The program moved to virtual operations rather than shut down, and helped Flint and other cities launch homeless courts of their own.
2020 slowed everything down, and Street Outreach Court Detroit was no exception. Graduates dropped from 160 to 94 and cases closed from 2,119 to 1,027 — but the program never stopped. When in-person operations became impossible, SOCD switched to virtual, kept the referral queue moving, and held the line.
1,027 cases closed in a pandemic year is a testament to the service providers who never stopped showing up for people experiencing homelessness.
And while managing its own pivot, Street Democracy kept its technical assistance work going. Flint opened their homeless court in October 2020, using SOCD's MOU and application as its template. Street Democracy also offered guidance to Oklahoma City on pandemic-related procedural changes and to Marquette, MI on the initial steps to starting a homeless court in their community. The model kept spreading, even in a year that made everything harder.
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