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  1. Residents Experience Expanded Services in NW Charlotte’s Catherine Simmons Neighborhood 

     In the three months since Mecklenburg County directed enhanced health, housing, and support services to a challenged northwest Charlotte community, residents have witnessed a difference in the resources available to them.
  2. 2,404 Neighbors in Need: Mecklenburg County Releases Housing and Homelessness Report

    Mecklenburg County Community Support Services has released the 2025 State of Housing Instability and Homelessness (SoHIH) Report.
  3. Extreme Weather: Update on Mecklenburg County Homeless Shelters, Closures, and Service Changes

    In response to the extreme winter weather and cold temperatures forecasted, activation of extreme weather protocols will begin Saturday evening, Jan. 24, and last at least until the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 27
  4. Mecklenburg County's Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Center

    Mecklenburg County Community Support Services operates a Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Center (SVSE) specifically for families experiencing intimate partner violence.  
  5. Everybody Counts Charlotte: Volunteers and Donations Needed for 'Point-in-Time’ Count

    Preparations are underway for the 2026 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count and Mecklenburg County is seeking volunteers and other resources to help ensure everybody counts.
  6. Remembering Lives Lost to Domestic Violence: Annual Memorial Tree Lighting Ceremony

    Mecklenburg County and its partners will light up the 21st annual Domestic Violence Memorial Tree to commemorate the lives lost this year to domestic violence in the county and across North Carolina.  
  7. Services for Veterans: Survey Allows Residents to Share Veteran Needs with Mecklenburg County

    Mecklenburg County is seeking to learn more about what our community’s veterans, their families, and supporters need from local service providers.
  8. Community Conversation on Homelessness Kicks off the 2026 Point in Time Count

    Every January, volunteers span out across Charlotte-Mecklenburg streets, parking lots, encampments, and other locations to survey people who are living without shelter and connect them to resources.
  9. Operation Green Light: Shine a Light in Support of Veterans on Nov. 11

    Tuesday, Nov. 11, is a day to honor veterans and their families. To demonstrate its support on Veterans Day, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community is invited to shine a green light at home to recognize the service and sacrifice of our veterans.
  10. 'With Survivors, Always': Mecklenburg County Spotlights Healing from Domestic Violence

    One in three women and one in four men will experience intimate partner abuse in their lifetime, according to national statistics. In Mecklenburg County, police reported 11 intimate partner-related homicides in 2024, up from six in 2023 and two in 2022.