FINALIZING HIS REPORT
Dr. Robert Marbut addresses the audience at the League of Women Voters of Sarasota County on Nov.
15. Photo by Roger Drouin
HOMELESSNESS CONSULTANT ROBERT MARBUT HAS A LIST OF FOUR
POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR A PERMANENT HOMELESS SHELTER IN
SARASOTA COUNTY, A RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL BE PART OF THE
PLAN HE PRESENTS NOV. 25
By Roger Drouin
County Editor
If Sarasota builds a homeless facility, about 85 more of the programs and move from living
to 91 percent of the area's homeless population on the street to living in a home.
will go into the new shelter — which would
also serve as a hub for social services ranging That is the ultimate goal, said Marbut, who is
from substance abuse and mental health coun- wrapping up the last of his community meetseling to job training — homeless consultant ings and preparing to make presentations of
Dr. Robert Marbut told the League of Women his final report to local elected officials Nov.
25. Marbut has been
Voters of Sarasota
working on the report
County at a luncheon
How you run the building is almost since August.
Friday, Nov. 15.
Of that group, an estimated 51 percent will
graduate from one or
as important as where.
Dr. Robert Marbut
Homelessness Consultant
One of the audience members at the
League of Women