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County tracks drop in homeless count By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA CALHOUN ZUBOWICZ/PROVIDED
Christina Calhoun Zubowicz christens USCGC Calhoun in June 2022. Zubowicz, a Milton resident and business owner, serves as sponsor for the ship, which is named after her grandfather, Master Chief Charles L. Calhoun.
Resident honors grandfather through ship sponsorship By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com
after Zubowicz’s grandfather Charles L. Calhoun, who served as the Coast Guard’s MILTON, Ga. — Milton first master chief petty officer resident and business owner from 1969 to 1973. Calhoun Christina Calhoun Zubowicz established the Coast Guard is heading to South Carolina senior enlisted advisors’ April 20 to commission the program. He also supported U.S. Coast Guard’s new the creation of the Cutterman national security ship, USCGC insignia and the Coast Guard Calhoun. uniform. The $468 million ship is Before enlisting in the the Coast Guard’s 10th Legend Coast Guard in 1946, Calhoun class cutter, the branch’s served in the Navy from largest series of national 1943 to 1946, when he was security ships. See SHIP, Page 22 The ship was named
Christina Calhoun Zubowicz signs a plaque at the keel laying for USCGC Calhoun in July 2021.
METRO ATLANTA — Fulton County’s annual survey of homelessness counted 312 people this January, a 7 percent decrease from its 2023 total. Each year, the county solicits volunteers to survey its unsheltered population for the Fulton County Continuum of Care Point in Time Count. The canvassing does not include sites within the city limits of Atlanta. Point in Time counts provide lawmakers and funding organizations with information on the number, demographics and characteristics of people experiencing homelessness. In Fulton County, the Continuum of Care promotes funding and programs to combat homelessness in Fulton cities. Atlanta has its own Continuum of Care. Data is then sent to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which uses the results to determine federal funding to address homelessness. But, the Point in Time Count is not comprehensive. It is meant to provide a “snapshot” of homelessness in the county on two nights of the year. The weather is often cold during the canvassing, and those living in hotels or motels, transitional housing, emergency shelters, hospitals and jails are not tallied in the street count. The organized count covered the cities of Johns Creek, Sandy Springs, Milton, Alpharetta and Roswell Jan.
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