Homeless Outreach Team (HOT)
The Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) is a specialized group of Houston
Police Officers and mental health case managers who engage in street
outreach to the chronically homeless. The team is relationship-focused
and works to find individual solutions to the problems that have
people living on the streets.
HOT is comprised of Houston Police Department sergeants, police officers,
a Metro Police Department officer, a senior police service officer,
and case managers from The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD.
The team helps the homeless with the following:
- Housing
- Social security cards
- Passports
- Birth certificates
- Shelter referrals
- Medical equipment
- Employment
- Bus fare
- Medical care
- Mental health treatment