THE STREETS. WVTM 13’S JON PAEPCKE INVESTIGATES HOW RED TAPE IS KEEPING RECAS ACT CASH FROM THE AGENCIES THAT NE IED JON: UNFORTUNATELY, HOMELESS TENT CLUSTERS LIKE THIS ARE NOT HARDO TFIND UNDER BIRMINGHAM BRIDGES. PANDEMIC PROTOCOLS HAVE LIMIDTE SPACE AT AREA SHELTERS. >> THEY COULD VEHAONE D MORE. JON: MICLLHEE FARLEY RUNS ONE ROOF, AN AGENCY BATTLING HOMELESSNESS IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA. >> WE EXPECTED TO SEE AND PEOPLE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TONHE STREET. -- AN EQUAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE STREET. WE DIDN’T SEE TH.AT JON: THEY DIDN’T SEE 10% A JUMP THEY DID STILL SEE A TEN% JUMP IN TOTAL HOMELESSNESS BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021, AND A LARGER 23% INCREASE FOR THOSE LIVING ON THE STREET. >> UP ALL OVER THE UNIDTE -- THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE GOING UP ALL OVER THE UNITED STAS.TE JON: WHICH HAS PROMPTED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OFFER MONEY TO HELP SHELTER THOSE IN NEED. RECORDS SHOW NEARLY $100 MILLION WAS SET ASIDE FOR ALABAMA, A TENTH OF WHICH WAS EARMARKEDOR F BIRMINGHAM. >> SOME OF THE MONEY WE HAVE NOT SEEN YET. JON: TAKE THE FIREHOUSE HERE. THEY ASKED FOR MONEY. IT CAME IN JULY 2020. BY JULY OF 2021, THEY WERE STLIL WAITG.IN JON: NEARLY 12 MONTHS LATER,HE T SHELTER FINALLY RECEIVED WORD FROM THE CITY THAT REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE. WE REACHED OUT TO BIRMINGHAM ABOUTHE T DELAY. THE CITY SAID IT DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDS UNTIL FEBRUARY. A CI CTYOUNCIL VOTE ON5 $ MILLION IN CARES ACT CASH TOOK ANOTHER THREE MONTHS. >> I THINK OUR SHELTERS ARE THE MOST FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY COULD HAVE DONE MORE AND COULD HAVE DONE IT MORE QUICKLY. N:JO N FOWIREHOUSE PLANS TO QUICKLY HIRE SECURITY AND INSTALL MORE COV