This Week in Homelessness with Daniel McDonald

On this week's episode:

• A recap of our Point-in-Time count (homeless census), with a shout-out to my police colleagues, and how we share encampment data with volunteer surveyors.
  
  
• How the science of queue (line) management can reduce waiting times at soup kitchens, homeless agencies and other organizations that serve the homeless. This is the same science used by airlines and restaurants to reduce wait times, along with my low-tech (and free) ideas for implementing at your organization. 

Links I mentioned:

• Volunteers Counting Tampa's Homeless Thursday
• Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative (THHI)
• An introduction to queue management

Do you have any questions, comments or want to use my ideas? Contact me at:

[email protected]
https://homelesspolice.com
Or call me at (800) 643-1997

On this week's episode:

Introduction

• You’re listening to “This Week in Homelessness with Daniel McDonald” for Tuesday, February 18, 2020
• This is the inaugural episode
• We will talk about all things homeless – discussing issues such as:
  • The latest news
  • Commentary and analysis of current homeless topics

 
About Me

• I’ve worked in the trenches of police homeless outreach for 8 years – 16,000 hours
  • I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t work
  • You cannot arrest away the problem
• I want to offer my insight into current homeless issues and separate the information from the misinformation
• I am not an activist – I am a problem solver
• Thanks to over 2,000 likes, mentions, replies, etc. that were interested in the idea of a podcast about the police response to homelessness

Future shows

• Guests on issues such as the role of the private sector
• The criminalization of homelessness 
• Legal decisions such as Boise vs. Martin
• Homeless pet policies
• Homelessness and the legal system

Upcoming Events

• Wed. Feb. 19th @ 5 PM
• I will meet 4th-grader Noah who gives blankets to the homeless

 
This Week's Segment

• The pyramid of social inertia
• The charity response to homelessness
• A shout out to Invisible People

Listener Mail

• Send your listener questions or suggestions for future shows
• [email protected]
• Visit my website at: https://homelesspolice.com