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Sarasota News Leader December 6, 2013 Page 27 continue to serve the poor without enabling The organization has a contract on the prophomelessness? erty near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Tuttle Avenue that it hopes will become the Other questions about the report show how new North County intake portal. While there many details still need to be worked out. are "many variables in play," she says that if Would the emergency intake portal for famthings go as planned, the portal should be ilies with children include families led by open by May. At first, that site would focus prisame-sex couples? What about minors with marily on providing emergency shelter for the children: Will they be considered minors or homeless, before moving them to transitional parents? And what should the intake portal housing for up to a year and then, ideally, into and emergency housing facilities look like? permanent housing. Partnership members want to make sure they're designed in a non-"institutional" style. The joke about helping the homeless being "sexy" may be just that, a joke, but there is The Partnership only made it through the first a sense of urgency to solving the homelessfour of Marbut's 12 recommendations before ness problem that didn't exist before. Minor the meeting had to be wrapped up due to time says: "I think it was a very, very wise decision constraints, but the group expressed unanifrom our city and our county and our commumous support for the sections it did address. nity foundations to bring Dr. Marbut to town, Harvest House is moving ahead with its role in because it really motivated all the social agenMarbut's report, Minor tells the News Leader. cies to unify." % AFFORDABLE ACUPUNCTURE FOR EVERYONE Our Mission MENTION THIS AD TO RECEIVE $5 OFF THE NEW PATIENT FEE To provide our community with high quality and affordable acupuncture and herbal medicine and to create a treatment space that connects people and builds community. •Gene Burgess and Melonie Burgess, licensed acupuncture physicians •Serving Sarasota since 2008 •Treatment rates are on a sliding scale, from $15-$35; new patients pay a one-time additional fee of $10 Click To Schedule An Appointment Online 3615 Webber St • Sarasota, FL 34232 (941) 922-4611 SarasotaCommunityAcupuncture.com Click for larger map and driving directions Open Tuesday through Saturday