The taylor police department is requesting this funding so we can start a program to assist the homeless population in the city of taylor, including individuals who are squatting

The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program awarded the City of Taylor, Michigan $174,970 on October 1, 2025, under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to establish a homeless outreach and resource referral initiative.

The program creates an overtime officer detail tasked with locating homeless individuals and people squatting within the city and connecting them with community resources in a non-enforcement setting. Officers provide referral services without interfering with their primary law enforcement duties. The referral system operates under a memorandum of understanding between the Taylor Police Department and the Guidance Center.

Performance runs through September 30, 2027, in Taylor, Michigan. The Community Oriented Policing Program funds law enforcement agencies to advance public safety through community policing strategies, emphasizing partnerships between law enforcement and the communities they serve to collaboratively address public safety issues.

The program would create an overtime detail where officers would be tasked with locating homeless individuals within the city and connecting them with / referring them to community resources in a non-enforcement setting. Officers will also provide the same referral services to individuals who are determined to be squatting and the referral would not interfere with the officers primary law enforcement duties. The primary referral system would be in accordance with a memorandum of understanding that the taylor police department has signed with the guidance center.