Atlanta organizations’ crisis teams out before severe storms roll through

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Severe weather is rolling into our viewing area and teams are out trying to get the unhoused to safety.

When you get somewhere and don’t want to go back, you try to pull people up, so they don’t stay where you’ve been.

“I know a lot of the guys that we interact with, they have trust issues because of things they have run into on the streets, but I try to be that person that they can trust to say, ‘Hey, I was in a similar situation man.’ said Jabarri Tucker.

Jabarri is part of Frontline Response’s crisis team. He’s out now looking for people who need a safe place to be as severe weather moves in.

“Anytime there is a crisis going on we go out and check on two particular groups of people: the unhoused population and the people who are suspected of being trafficked,” said Terry Tucker, chief executive officer of Frontline Response International.

Many people who are living on the streets might not always have ways to get weather information, so Tucker and his team could be their first heads up that severe weather is on the way.

For the past five days, the organization says they have been encouraging people to come in. They’re planning on being out until 1 a.m. Sunday as well.

These are the times we see who the helpers in our community are. These are also the times we see what that help does for communities.

“This place is a home for me, but has given me hope for the future,” said Kareem, a Frontline Response client.

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