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Sarasota News Leader November 29, 2013 Page 17 Funding for the shelter could come from pub- is run more efficiently than other homeless lic and private funds. centers because the county sheriff manages it. Marbut's plan includes a master case management system to keep track of homeless After the meeting Monday, Knight told the individuals and families and to assist with News Leader he was open to the concept of providing them services. operating a 24-hour/seven-days-a-week, perGroups called "homeless outreach teams," manent shelter in Sarasota. made up of social service workers and law enforcement officers, will go out and encourage homeless people to go to the shelter or a portal for homeless families. Initially, he was skeptical, he said. "When it was first mentioned, I thought, 'That is not our role.' But our role changes all the time," Knight added. 'WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN' He supports Marbut's recommendations, he Marbut recommends Sarasota Sheriff Tom said. Knight run the shelter. "If the expert is sure our organization is the "This would be similar to Pinellas," Marbut one to run it, we will make it happen," Knight said, acknowledging that Pinellas Safe Harbor told the News Leader. City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo (right) considers the points consultant Robert Marbut is making during the presentation. Photo by Norman Schimmel