Falls Twp. Police Launch Initiative To Support Homeless

A donation box used in the program. Credit: Falls Township police

The Falls Township Police Department has announced the initiation of a new outreach program to support the homeless population in Bucks County.

The program is named Direct Appeal to Support Bucks County’s Homeless (DASH) and seeks to streamline resources and aid for the community’s transient and resident homeless.

“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,” police said.

To combat this, the department, with the help of Gadzinski, has fostered partnerships with local organizations, including the Bucks County Opportunity Council, Street Outreach, Street Medicine, and Advocates for the Homeless and Those in Need.

The donation drive began Friday, October 4, and will continue through Friday, November 1.

The below list of businesses, faith-based entities, and civic organizations have partnered with the police department to allow a donation box to be placed.

Falls Township Police Department
430 Lincoln Highway
Fairless Hills, PA 19030

Saint Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
325 South Oxford Valley Road
Fairless Hills, PA 19030

Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church
130 Levittown Parkway
Levittown, PA 19055

First United Methodist Church of Fairless Hills
840 Trenton Road
Fairless Hills, PA 19030

Fallsington Library
139 Yardley Avenue
Fallsington, PA 19054

American Legion Post 834
300 Yardley Avenue
Fallsington, PA 19054

Old Navy
140 Commerce Boulevard
Fairelss Hills, PA 19030

Falls Township Senior Center
282 Trenton Road
Fairless Hills, PA 19030

Extreme Fitness
8724 New Falls Road
Levittown, PA 19030

Thornridge Hardware
8730 New Falls Road
Levittown, PA 19054

Shoprite
547 South Oxford Valley Road
Fairless Hills, PA 19030

The department has expressed gratitude towards these partners and is actively seeking more organizations to participate. Interested parties are encouraged to contact Amy Walton at a.walton@fallstwppd.com or call 215-302-3341 for more information.

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