SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — In a presentation to the city council, the city’s homelessness coordinator, Michelle Treasure, highlighted data and the work of local nonprofits of the past year.
“We had a really successful last year,” she said. Treasure said the campaign to end panhandling in the city saw positive data from the media company that serviced it. Treasure noted the heavy volume of engagements the campaign received on social media and its website. The campaign ran from May to August this year.
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The $150,000 campaign was created to encourage people to donate to nonprofits instead of giving money to panhandlers.
“Little to no panhandling was seen in some of our more tension areas where we saw a lot of nuisance behavior downtown and there were very few complaints to the mayor’s office,” Treasure said…