To create a response team to work personally with the homeless, Birmingham signed a $1.7 million contract with San Francisco-based Urban Alchemy, which will run a team called Heart Birmingham.

HEART will now dispatch trained professionals to provide compassionate care and connect individuals to essential resources.

THAT’S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS ACROSS THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. BUT A CITY INITIATIVE HOPES TO CHANGE THAT AHEAD OF THE EXPECTED COLD WEATHER. WVTM13’S ERIN LLEWELLYN HAS MORE FROM THE ...