Homeless Outreach Team (HOT)
Outreach and support for the chronically homeless
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