TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Tallahassee organizations are seeing an uptick in housing needs for residents, fueling mental health struggles during the holidays.
211 Big Bend said they have seen a jump in calls for people needing a place to live or help paying rent. As for mental health, the organization said it has received calls from people who are considering suicide after being evicted.
Currently, the Kearney Center is also seeing an increase in the need for housing assistance.
“We are already seeing that uptick,” Kearney Center Executive Director Sonya Wilson said. “We’ve had a few people that have come in that have never experienced homelessness in their life that are coming into the shelter for the very first time.”
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Additionally, the center said mental health can be much more of a struggle during the holidays, with added stress and sometimes loneliness.
“You don’t have to be homeless to experience loneliness and hopelessness during the holidays,” Wilson said.
To accommodate people working during the day, Wilson mentioned that they now have volunteer doctors providing after-hours mental health services.
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