KSAC refutes reports of a ban on street feeding programme

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation, (KSAC), is refuting reports that it has placed a ban on the feeding of homeless persons on the streets.
 

It states that it is only seeking to regularise and coordinate the work of the groups that have caring programmes for these persons.

Mayor Angella Brown Burke says although the people who are feeding the homeless have good intentions, if the activity is not managed in can be part of the problem that the KSAC is trying to rectify.
 

Brown Burke outlined that the KSAC recently met with stakeholders following concerns from persons about the activities of the homeless, and while several recommendations were accepted, no ban was placed on persons being fed on the streets.

She said following the meeting, several homeless persons were examined by professionals and placed at the Bellevue Hospital. 
 

She explained that going forward, a part of the solution is to discourage the congregating of the homeless in certain areas which the feeding programme encourages.