The City of Pensacola will host a Community Forum on Homelessness that will be conducted by Dr. Robert Marbut, who has been working with other Florida communities to make dramatic and consequential change in how they deliver services to address the growing number of homeless families and individuals in our state. Marbut Consulting was established in 1984. Originally, Marbut Consulting focused on public policy and marketing. Since 2005, Dr. Marbut has focused solely on homeless services consulting. Dr. Marbut has helped dozens of communities address issues of homelessness. His most comprehensive work was the start-from-scratch to opening of Haven for Hope in San Antonio.
A key to Dr. Marbut’s success is the ability to work with a wide range of parties and interests to develop logical and well-planned initiatives that are doable in the real world. Marbut Consulting has helped communities to dramatically reduce their homeless street populations while improving street graduation rates. While traditional shelters may have graduation rates of 5 to 9 percent, transformative communities around the country have graduation success rates of 51 to 84 percent.
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 12
TIME:
4–6 p.m.
WHERE:
Council Chambers at City Hall
222 West Main Street
Pensacola, FL 32502