The board of directors of the Houston Downtown Management District on Thursday unanimously approved spending up to $25,000 through the Coalition for the Homeless as part of a collaborative outreach and relocation effort to assist the chronically homeless on the streets of downtown Houston.  

The project is a trial program of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness and of CORE, the Coordinated Outreach Response Effort, which is based on a mid 1990s effort undertaken by the district and key service providers that proved surprisingly successful, according to Bob Eury, district executive director. 
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