Homelessness has increased 33 percent in Jacksonville alone during the last year. The scariest part of it is that out of all the homeless population in Duval and Clay counties, 33 percent have had some sort of college education or degree. Census figures from the Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of Jacksonville show there are about 1,500 homeless people located downtown on any given day, and over 3,000 in Duval County.
After five weeks of extensive training, a class of 22 students was the first to graduate from Florida State College at Jacksonville's Brownfields Job Training program. Those students celebrated their achievement with prospective employers in attendance at the commencement ceremony, which took place on Feb.