Fairfax County officials are pledging more outreach in their efforts connecting panhandlers with services to stabilize their lives and get them off the streets.
“We want to drive people who have need to organizations that can help,” Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay said at a Feb. 10 meeting of the Board’s Health and Human Services Committee.
Board members’ comments came after the presentation of a new 62-page report by the Urban Institute, which delves into the motivations behind panhandling activities and won praise from some supervisors…