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The city of Elk Grove has developed a unique way to get the homeless to clean up after themselves. It's an unusual idea: a city paying homeless people to keep their camps clean. READ MORE: Sonora Man, 81, Dies After ATV Accident On His Property "As far as I know, we are the first," said City of Elk Grove Housing and Public Services Manager Sarah Bontrager. Homeless residents of Elk Grove can now cash in by bagging up trash -- helping eliminate the eyesore that encampments often create. "We need to reduce the amount of public complaints that we're getting," said Bontrager. "We'd go there, it would just be a massive mess, we'd spend hours just cleaning and cleaning, but now we go there and their bags are ready," said Elk Grove Police Department Homeless Outreach Officer Jennifer McCue. "I was shocked, in all honesty," said homeless resident Ashley Ross. The city now pays people like Ashley with $20 gift cards each time they tidy up their tents. "Just because I'm homeless doesn't mean I don't care," she said. READ MORE: New Stockton Mass Vaccination Site Can Give Out Up To 5,400 Shots A Day "They actually don't like to live like this, so having that sense of community and pride keeping their area clean has really shown," said McCue. So, what's the pricetag of this project? "The cost of running this program for over a year has been under $10,000, when we might have run through that in one month previously just doing the regular cleanups," said Bontrager. There have even been some unexpected benefits. "What we've discovered with our incentive program is that we're actually building relationships," said McCue. "They're excited when we come every other Wednesday for junk and rubbish cleanups." And it's an idea that's now getting attention in other cities. 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