A newly announced program through the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office calls on county residents to take in homeless individuals.
The initiative is in response to an uptick of homeless encampments within Omaha and Douglas County. It’s also meant to push uncomfortable conversations, said Sheriff Aaron Hanson.
“The end goal is to find larger-scale solutions to our growing tent camp population, and ultimately that’s going to be a discussion that branches off in many different directions,” Hanson said. “We need to have a serious conversation over whether we have enough acute mental health infrastructure in Nebraska. I believe we do not.”…