Falls Twp Police Launches Effort to Support the Homeless with First Annual DASH Effort

“As a police department, along with our Human Services Co-Responder, Cara Gadzinski, we have regular proactive and reactive engagement with both the transient and resident homeless population in Falls Township. These encounters often involve only frustrating temporary solutions, such as checking on their welfare before relocating them, or determining a suspicious person who has been at a location for a period of time isn’t suspicious, sadly, they just have nowhere else to go,” Lieutenant Chris Clark said.

Because of the tremendous work carried out by Street Outreach, Street Medicine, and Advocates for the Homeless and Those in Need, to name a few, we have expanded our historical interactions to include serving as a conduit for those experiencing homelessness to receive resources from these organizations. With such a growing homeless population, we know these resources are finite and in need of sustained replenishment to provide for all, said Clark.

We have created the first annual Falls Township Police Department’s Direct Appeal to Support Bucks County’s Homeless (DASH). The police department is a liaison with Bucks County organizations that support the community-based homeless population as well as those supported in the emergency shelter, Falls public safety officials said.

The drive spans Friday, October 4, through Friday, November 1.

“We are still seeking any additional interested partners to allow the placement of a donation box!  If interested, please contact Amy Walton at a.walton@fallstwppd.com or (215) 302-3341,” Clark said.

Falls Township Police Department – 430 Lincoln Highway Fairless Hills

Saint Frances Cabrini Catholic Church – 325 South Oxford Valley Road Fairless Hills

Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church – 130 Levittown Parkway Levittown

First United Methodist Church of Fairless Hills – 840 Trenton Road Fairless Hills

Fallsington Library – 139 Yardley Avenue Fallsington

American Legion Post 834 – 300 Yardley Avenue Fallsington

Old Navy – 140 Commerce Boulevard Fairless Hills

Falls Township Senior Center – 282 Trenton Road Fairless Hills

Extreme Fitness – 8724 New Falls Road Levittown

Thornridge Hardware – 8730 New Falls Road Levittown

Shoprite – 547 South Oxford Valley Road Fairless Hills