Volunteers help homeless Volusia County students prepare for the holidays
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Five hundred backpacks filled with food for students across Volusia County are being delivered this week. Jennifer Watley, district homeless liaison for Volusia County Schools, dropped off several to Holly Hill School on Monday. Sheriff Mike Chitwood along with the Volusia County school district told News 6 there are 2,000 homeless students in the area. | Pilot killed in Fla. gyroscope crash]“This year with COVID-19, and partnering with the school board, we’ve seen a spike, a dramatic spike in homeless Volusia County students,” Chitwood said. Visit the Volusia Sheriff’s Youth Foundation to donate.
Sheriff accuses health department of ‘playing hide and seek’ with information concerning COVID-19 patients
“Why is it that the department of health, which should be our most reliable source of answers during this crisis, is constantly playing hide and seek with information?” Chitwood wrote in a Facebook post. "Today they're saying there was some kind of miscommunication and you will get those addresses tonight," Chitwood said. News 6 also requested a list of all facilities with COVID-19 patients from the Agency for Healthcare Administration. “I believe what happened was when we posted our post last night [on Facebook], we tagged the governor and said hey this is B-S. He said he does not publicize the addresses of the facilities and only shares them with his first responders.