Advocates for the homeless, anxious to inch up their issues on the local political agenda, are stepping in early to lobby for more funding.
The Dane County Homeless Services Consortium, a group of more than 30 agencies serving the homeless, is asking the county and the city of Madison to boost funding for specific services to keep people in housing and assist those already homeless to a total of more than $4.4 million.
….The death of a homeless man in a Madison park in 2004 spawned a flurry of activity demanding more resources for homeless services, led by a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison students who at one point staged a sit-in at Cieslewicz’s office.