[Dallas Area Partnership Meeting]
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I, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT A FORUM, I WOULD THINK WITH ONE OF THEM READING, UH, LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND ACKNOWLEDGE POINT NUMBER FOUR, THE, UH, RESIGNATION OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CASEY THOMAS.
AND WE PROBABLY COULD HEAR THE PRESENTATION OF BOTH IS NOT REFLECT THERE EITHER.
SO I SAY THAT THE, UM, CAROL LUCKY'S ON OUR WAY.
WE STILL NEED ONE MORE, RIGHT? ONE MORE AFTER HER.
AND, AND YOU'RE STILL EXPECTING, UH, UH, CHIEF HURLEY IN ESK, RIGHT? THEY BOTH ARE CP YES MA'AM.
AND MICHAEL S SO WE GOT THREE COMING MESSAGES.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP TO END AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
THIS IS THURSDAY, MAY 4TH, UM, 2023.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATENESS.
UM, BUT WOULD LIKE TO, UM, JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT YOU CAN JOIN THE VIDEO CONFERENCE AND I THINK THAT THAT LINK HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED, UH, TO JOIN, UH, VIDEO SYSTEMS. AND THAT HAS ALSO THAT THE PHONE NUMBER HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THAT.
UH, CAN JOIN, JOIN BY PHONE, UM, UH, EITHER AND SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU, UM, HAVE TO ARRANGE FOR AHEAD OF TIME BY CONTACTING JUANITA AGREES, UM, AT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
LAWYER PATEL IS SAYING YOU CAN'T LEAVE ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. NONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, NOT EVEN THE ONES THAT DON'T REQUIRE A, A VOTE ACCORDING TO TINA.
CAN WE DO NO QUESTIONS THEN? I MEAN, YEAH, WE JUST DON'T ADDRESS.
CAN WE DO A QUESTION? YOU ASK HER AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS IT.
CHRISTOPHER HUNTER, IS HE ONLINE? YEAH.
NO, UNLESS HE'S ONE OF THE APOLOGIES.
AARON, I THINK ASHLEY AND CAROL ARE ON.
AND I THOUGHT I SAW ASHLEY, BUT YEAH, I JUST LOGGED ON.
OKAY, LET'S GET THIS, LET'S GET THIS SHIPPED SAILING.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE.
UM, LET US NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
AND, UH, MS. RITA, DO YOU WANNA DO A ROLL CALL? YES.
CAN, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT.
POSITION ONE, CHAIR, MENDELSON PRESENT.
TERESA DANIEL, CHAIR DANIELS PRESENT.
LA LAKEISHA TOWNSON THAT PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT I CAN SEE YOU ON CAMERA VIEW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CONSIDERATION.
UH, POSITION FOUR, MIKE PEESE.
COMMISSIONER HAN, POSITION SEVEN.
COMMISSIONER PAVLIK, POSITION EIGHT.
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POSITION 11, COMMISSIONER BRUNK.UH, CAN I SEE YOU ON THE CAMERA, PLEASE? YES.
UH, BRENT HURLEY AND CHIEF CURLEY WAS, IS NOT HERE, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL, THE FORUM IS PRESENT WITH THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD THAT IS, THAT IS HERE EITHER ONLINE OR IN PERSON.
UM, ALL OF THE LEGAL ES HAVE BEEN POSTED AND THE MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED FOR BOTH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, CHRISTOPHER HUNTER HAD SIGNED UP.
UM, BUT I DON'T SEE HIM IN THE ROOM.
IS HE ONLINE? NOT UNLESS HE'S A CALLING USER.
IF CHRISTOPHER HUNTER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND IS ONLINE, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THAT.
UM, MAYBE NEXT TIME, UH, POINT NUMBER THREE.
UH, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 6TH, 2023 MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED OR HEAR ANY QUESTIONS HERE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
THE, UH, MINUTES OF THE APRIL 6TH, UH, MEETING HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UM, VICE CHAIR OF THIS, UH, PARTNERSHIP, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASEY THOMAS, UM, HAS RESIGNED.
UM, AND ALLS THAT ALLS THAT IS REQUIRED IS THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED AND WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THEN WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER KARA MEN MENDELSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON, ARE YOU THERE? I AM.
AND I'M ALSO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US TODAY.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, AND TO, UM, FIRST, I JUST LIKE TO SAY IT, I WAS ONLY APPOINTED YESTERDAY, SO, UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING IN PERSON.
UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO DOES PARTICIPATE IN THIS GROUP.
UM, I THINK THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE THINK OF HOW WE GET THERE, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EFFORT AND HEART TO TRY TO MAKE ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR AREA.
LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING EVERYONE WHO I DON'T KNOW AND SITTING DOWN TALKING WITH YOU.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SHARE SOME OF YOUR IDEAS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP AND THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS IN GENERAL AND HOW WE'RE ALL, UM, WORKING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT TOGETHER.
AND TODAY, I'M JUST HERE TO LISTEN, SO, UM, TAKE IT AWAY, TERESA.
UM, I ASK TO SUSPEND THE RULES, UH, WITH THE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAD MENTIONED, A COUPLE OF MEMBERS WHO HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY, UH, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY THE WHOLE MEETING.
SO IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE DO HAVE THE QUORUM HERE TO VOTE ON, UM, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A DISCUSSION FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS ABOUT THE POINT NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS THE COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, HAVING REVIEWED THIS AND HAVING HAD CONVERSATIONS AT THE TWO PRIOR MEETINGS, UM, IT SEEMED AS IF THE CONSENSUS, AND PLEASE ANYONE WHO IS ONLINE OR HERE, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, THAT, UM, THE CONCEPT, THE TITLE OF THE COMMITTEES APPEARS TO, UH, THEY MAY STILL APPEAR TO BE LEGITIMATE AND, UM, DIRECTED TOWARDS, UM, THE, THE VARIETY OF ASPECTS THAT WE ARE COVERING, COVERING IN HOMELESSNESS.
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WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MANY NAMES AS THEY ARE LISTED HERE WITH, AS WE, AS WE HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MEMBERS, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THOSE COMMITTEES, AND FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE PARTICULAR GAPS THAT THE PARTNERSHIP ATTEMPTS TO FILL, THAT THE TASKS MAY CHANGE WITHIN THOSE BROAD TOPICS.SO THE REQUEST WOULD BE TO, IF SOMEONE WOULD MAKE THE MOTION MOVE, THANK YOU.
SO THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR.
UM, IS THERE A SECOND TO, UH, KEEP THE TITLES OF THE COMMITTEES AS THEY ARE AND THEN FILL IN AS WE FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE SPECIFIC TASKS UNDER THOSE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
AND THAT A SECOND AND A THIRD OUT OF THAT, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW WE, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
NOW LET US GO BACK BECAUSE I, UNLESS THERE YOU SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE VOTED ON.
AND I DO NOT, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING HERE THAT MS. MENDELSON, ANY OTHER OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS NO.
THAT I'M REALLY ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE PACKET.
I'VE ONLY SEEN THE AGENDA, SO I REALLY AM ONLY HERE TO LISTEN, BUT THANK YOU.
WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAMES OF THE COMMITTEE, SO NOT SURE THAT I'M, I'M THE BEST PERSON BECAUSE WAIT TO KNOW.
I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA LISTEN VERY, VERY WELL.
OKAY THEN, UM, SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS TO BE VOTED ON, LET US NOT GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ORDER OF THE AGENDA, WHICH WOULD BE GOING TO POINT NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ADDRESS RECAP.
AND THAT BRINGS UP CHRISTINE CROSSLEY AND SARAH FRIEND NINE.
NOW YOU'RE JUST HERE, UM, IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING COURT.
SO THIS IS SARAH GREG'S PRESENTATION AND, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
UM, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME ALL RIGHT ONLINE THIS WEEK.
I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH MY VOICE, SO I WILL ATTEMPT TO SPEAK LOUD.
CENTER, CAN EVERYBODY HERE? ALL RIGHT.
UM, SO WE HAD OUR HOSTED OUR STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ADDRESS ON APRIL 13TH.
AND THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IS WHERE WE GIVE OUR ANNUAL REPORT OUT FOR HOMELESSNESS AT DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY.
KIND OF OUR RECAP OF THE YEAR, IT'S ALSO WHERE WE MAKE PUBLIC OUR, THE RESULTS OF OUR MOST RECENT POINT IN TIME COUNT, UH, THIS YEAR THAT WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 26TH.
AND THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS REALLY OUR MOST, THE, THE MEASURE THAT GIVES US THE TOTALITY OF HOMELESSNESS ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT IN DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY.
IT IS OUR ONLY COUNT OF UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO ARE IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO HELP US UNDERSTAND TRENDS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING, HOW THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE PRODUCING RESULTS.
SO IT'S MEANT TO BE USED FOR TRENDS, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO ALSO TRACK THE MEASURE OF OUR SUCCESS.
AND IN OUR STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ADDRESS, WE REALLY TRY TO GIVE A FULLER PICTURE IN THE TOTALITY OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRACK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT HELP US GIVE INDICATIONS OF HOW OUR SYSTEM IS PERFORMING.
SO JUST TO KIND OF TAKE US BACK TO A CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY GOALS, UH, THE THREE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON ARE EFFECTIVELY ENDING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING CHRONIC UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND SIGNIF SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING FAMILY AND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
SO THOSE ARE SORT OF OUR NORTH STAR GOALS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO ALIGNS TO THOSE GOALS.
AND IF I'M JUST GONNA TAKE US BACK FOR A MOMENT TO WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO.
SO A YEAR AGO WHEN WE DID THIS REPORT OUT, WE SAW, UM, A SLIGHT DECREASE IN, IN OVERALL HOMELESSNESS, BUT WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT DE INCREASE IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND A 40% INCREASE LAST YEAR.
SO THAT GAVE US INDICATIONS THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO TARGET RESOURCES TO THIS POPULATION.
AND ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN THAT WE ACTUALLY, HE SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF HIS STORY DURING THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS, UH,
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AND HE SHARED THAT HE LOST HIS HOUSING AND HIS IDENTIFICATION RIGHT BEFORE COVID HIT.AND THEN WHEN COVID HIT, THERE WAS NO WAY FOR HIM TO GAIN NEW IDENTIFICATION OR REGAIN HOUSING OR GET SERVICES BECAUSE OF THE ORDERS TO STAY AT HOME.
SO, JUST BECAUSE HIS WAS ONE EXAMPLE OF MANY OF, UH, THAT WAS, UH, THE KIND OF A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC BEING THAT CON OUR NEIGHBORS WHO EX BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS CONTINUED TO LINGER FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
SO WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO TARGET RESOURCES.
AND THANKS TO THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INVESTMENT, WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES TO REHOUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE BEGAN TO WORK, UH, CLOSELY WITH OBVIOUSLY THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THOSE FOLKS TO, UH, INCREASE IN CAM DECOMMISSIONING EFFORTS AND REALLY TARGET THOSE RESOURCES TOWARD HOUSING THOSE NEIGHBORS WHO WERE CHRONIC AND UNSHELTERED.
AND, UH, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SO WHILE THIS YEAR WE DID, WE WERE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THAT WE HAD A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN OVERALL HOMELESSNESS, WHERE YOU REALLY SEE THE RESULT RESULTS OF THOSE INVESTMENTS.
ARE WE AT A 32% DECREASE IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS? SO THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS WHO'VE BEEN UNHOUSED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, EITHER, UH, A YEAR OR MORE, OR, UH, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SEVERAL, UH, KIND OF CUMULATIVELY A YEAR OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS WHO AT TIMES CAN BE, UH, DEEMED HARDER TO REHOUSE WHEN THEY, UH, HAVE BEEN UNHOUSED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
BUT, UH, OUR EFFORTS HAVE REALLY PAID OFF WITH THAT 32% DECREASE IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
WE ALSO SAW A DECREASE IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, A 14% DECREASE, AND YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU'D LIKE.
UM, AND THAT WAS WHERE, AGAIN, THOSE TARGETED INVESTMENTS IN ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING HAVE PRODUCED RESULTS BY DECREASING THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE ARE SEEING EXPERIENCED UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, AND SOME OF THE, UH, SO THOSE WERE A LOT OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE SAW THROUGH OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT.
WE DID SEE SOME AREAS OF JUST OPPORTUNITY, AND THAT IS WITH SOME OF OUR SUBPOPULATION GROUPS, SO OUR YOUTH, OUR FAMILIES, OUR VETERANS.
WE DID SEE THOSE OVERALL NUMBERS INCREASE.
BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE YOU SEE THE INCREASES ARE KIND OF IN THAT YELLOW AREA, MANY OF OUR, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL SERVICES, UH, THEY, MANY OF THEM REDUCE THEIR SERVICES IN THEIR CAPACITY DURING COVID.
AND WE HAVE MANY OF THOSE PROVIDERS FULLY COME BACK ONLINE IN THIS LAST YEAR.
SO WHERE WE SAW THOSE INCREASES, WERE REALLY IN THAT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SPACE.
AND SO FOR US AS A TOTAL SYSTEM, WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR PROVIDERS THAT, UH, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE PROVIDING THOSE SUPPORT SERVICES, WE CAN DO THAT WITH SOMEONE IN A PERMANENT HOME SETTINGS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A SYSTEM, WE HAVE THE PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES TO GET NEIGHBORS INTO HOUSING AND END THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH HOMELESSNESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY DO NOT LINGER IN OUR SYSTEM.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO REPORT ON RACE AND ETHNICITY.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO SEE BLACK HOUSEHOLDS OVERREPRESENTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BASELINE, IN DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY, BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTIES, THE GENERAL POPULATION IS 20% OF BLACK HOUSEHOLDS REPRESENT 20% OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY.
WHEREAS IN OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION, THAT NUMBER ROSE FROM 54% TO 59%.
AND, UH, AS WE ALL KNOW WHO WORK IN THIS INDUSTRY, UH, THAT IS NOT A RESULT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, ACTIONS, BUT IT IS A RESULT OF A LOT OF SYSTEMS OF INJUSTICE THAT SORT OF FILTER INTO THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
SO WE CONTINUE TO INTERROGATE HOW DO WE PROVIDE SERVICES, UH, EQUITABLY ACROSS OUR SYSTEM AND IN AREAS WHERE WE DO SEE ANY RACIAL DISPARITIES, HOW CAN WE CORRECT THOSE AS A SYSTEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE? AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE AREAS, AGAIN, WE TRIED TO GIVE MORE, UH, KIND OF A WINDOW INTO WHAT WE TRACKED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE, WE GAVE A STATE OF OUR SYSTEM, AND THAT WAS REALLY WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THAT GIVES US INDICATIONS AS TO HOW OUR SYSTEM'S PERFORMING.
AND, UH, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE GOOD WORK THAT THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE HAS PRODUCED, OUR COMMUNITY IS NOW RECEIVING MORE AND INCREASED FUNDING.
SO NEW FUNDING SOURCES INCREASE TO EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES.
AND THAT WAS SORT OF A PREDICTION OF THIS INITIATIVE, WAS THAT IF THIS INITIATIVE DOES WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO, IT WILL SHOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS WORKING MORE EFFECTIVELY, MORE COLLABORATIVELY, AND THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, AND WE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THOSE RESOURCES.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE SAW HAPPEN THIS LAST YEAR.
IN THE FALL, WE RECEIVED 1.25 MILLION FROM THE DAY ONE FAMILY FUND.
THAT'S THE JEFF BEZOS FAMILY FUND.
AND IT SPECIFICALLY WAS GIVEN TO OUR COMMUNITY TO TARGET, UH, AND INCREASED DIVERSION EFFORTS FOR
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FAMILIES.SO HOW MUCH WAS THAT? 1.25? 1.25, YES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GO OUT FOR A NEW FUNDING SOURCE.
HUD IN THE FALL PUT OUT AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY WITH A HUD UNSHELTERED NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.
THAT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT WAS AN ALL OR NOTHING FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY COULD EITHER GET ALL 22.8 MILLION OR WE WOULD GET NONE OF IT.
AND WE HAD TO SHOW WITH THAT APPLICATION, WE REALLY HAD TO SHOW PARTNERSHIPS LOCALLY WITH OUR COUNTY, WITH OUR CITY, WITH OUR HOUSING AUTHORITIES, WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH SPACES.
WE HAD TO SHOW THE COLLABORATION THAT'S ACTIVELY HAPPENING.
AND WE HAD TO SORT OF BRING THOSE RESOURCES TOGETHER WITHIN THAT APPLICATION TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, UH, SHOT AT THAT MONEY.
WE WERE ONE OF ONLY, UM, AND THE EXACT NUMBER, UH, I APOLOGIZE, I JUST LOOKED AT THIS YESTERDAY.
IT'S LIKE 20, IT WAS 20 SOMETHING COMMUNITIES OUT OF OVER 400 ACTUALLY GOT THAT UNCHECK OF THE AWARD.
AND WE WERE ONE OF THOSE, WE RECEIVED THE THIRD HIGHEST AWARD.
THE ONLY COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, GOT MORE MONEY THAN US WERE CHICAGO AND LA.
SO THAT MONEY IS TO BE USED OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
WE ALSO GOT USED THIS WEEK WHEN A CALL ABOUT THOSE FUNDS THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE FUNDS TO OUR ANNUAL FUNDING AFTER THAT THREE YEARS.
SO WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT THAT SEVEN OR SO MILLION OR SO EACH YEAR WILL BE ABLE TO REAPPLY FOR THAT EACH YEAR AFTER THIS KIND OF INITIAL UNSHELTERED FUNDING NOTICE ENDS.
SO THAT IS ALL NEW PROGRAMMING IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND DIVERSION THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED ACROSS ALLISON COLLIN COUNTY.
ANOTHER INDICATION RELATED TO FUNDING WAS WE GOT A 20% INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL FUNDING.
AND IF YOU, UH, KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HUD AND THEIR ANNUAL FUNDING, YOU MIGHT GET A, A SMALL BUMPY CHEER, BUT 20% IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED.
SO THAT'S A GREAT INDICATION THAT, UH, THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THOSE.
THEY ARE PRODUCING RESULTS AND HUD LIKES TO INVEST IN, UH, THINGS THAT ARE WORKING.
SO THAT'S GREAT INDICATIONS FOR US.
A COUPLE OTHER SYSTEM MEASURES ON THE NEXT SLIDE ARE, UH, WE LIKE TO SAY WE WANNA MAKE HOMELESSNESS RARE, BRIEF, AND NON-RECURRING.
SO SOME OF THOSE METRICS THAT WE TRACK RELATED TO THOSE ARE RARE.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
LAST YEAR WE INCREASED OUR HOUSING PLACEMENTS BY 18%, AND THAT IS MASSIVELY, AND THANKS TO THE DALLAS REALTIME INITIATIVE THAT GAVE US THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE, WE WANNA MAKE HOMELESSNESS BRIEF.
SO WE WANT, UH, FOLKS TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS FOR THE SHORTEST PERIOD OF POSSIBLE.
RIGHT NOW, UH, LAST YEAR, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 95 DAYS.
WE ARE HOPING WITH BRINGING ON DIVERSION AND OTHER RESOURCES, ADDITIONAL RAPID REHOUSING AND THOSE THINGS WITH THE NEW FUNDING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE THAT AS WE CAN.
UM, ALSO WITH OUR LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING TO FIND NEW UNITS TO HOUSE OUR NEIGHBORS, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THAT NUMBER DOWN NON-RECURRING.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO REHOUSE FOLKS, THEY HAVE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN HOUSING.
AND 92% OF OUR NEIGHBORS DID NOT RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS.
NOW, WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THAT IS NATIONWIDE, THAT THAT PERCENTAGE IS ABOUT AN 87%.
SO WE ARE DOING BETTER IN OUR COMMUNITY THAN NATIONWIDE AT MAINTAINING THE HOUSING OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO THAT'S A GOOD INDICATION, AGAIN, OF THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM TO GIVE NEIGHBORS THAT WRAPAROUND SERVICES A COUPLE OF AREAS.
WE WANTED TO JUST DIG INTO THAT.
UM, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE MADE MORE PROGRESS IN THE AREAS THAT WE DID FROM THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WE ALWAYS WANNA LIFT UP ALL OF THE, UM, PROVIDERS.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU WANT TO.
UM, WE ALWAYS WANNA LIFT UP ALL OF THE MANY PROVIDERS THAT ARE ACTIVE IN THE ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING WORK.
AND, UH, THAT WORK AT THIS POINT HAS CLOSED 11 ENCAMPMENTS WITH TWO OF THOSE BEING VERY LARGE IN CITY OF DALLAS ENCAMPMENTS WITH 60 PLUS RESIDENTS IN EACH.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE HAD SOME SMALLER ONES.
BUT OUR HOPE, UH, IS TO, AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE CITY, WITH THE COUNTY TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH SERVICES.
AND WITH MORE FUNDING FOR INCREASED OUTREACH WORKERS, WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON MULTIPLE ENCAMPMENTS AT ONE TIME AND CONTINUE TO REDUCE THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS THAT'S VISIBLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE JUST LOOKING AT THE PARTNERS AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT, BECAUSE IT IS, UH,
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PROVIDERS OF SERVICE, PROVIDERS OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.IT'S, UH, LONG-TERM BRIDGE, UM, CITY SQUARE, THE STU POD, AUSTIN STREET ARE PROVIDERS, DIRECT PROVIDERS OF SHELTER, THE EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND, YOU KNOW, VERY LIMITED, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, TAKING, AND THEN THE VARIETY OF SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
THEN THE, THE HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH PARKLAND, THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH METRO, UM, METRO CARE.
IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW, UM, BY BRINGING ALL OF THE VARIETY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS TOGETHER, IT REALLY DOES FILL IN A LOT OF THE HOLES IN THE SYSTEM.
WELL, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT ENCAMPMENT COMMISSIONING IS THAT, UM, AND CHRISTINE AND HER TEAM CAN ATTEST TO THIS, WHEN WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT A NEW SITE AND WE ASSESS WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT'S ASSESSING THEIR HEALTH NEEDS, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, ANY, UM, SUBSTANCE SUPPORT NEEDS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, IT'S ASSESSING ALL OF THAT AND BEGINNING TO BRING IT TO THE ENCAMPMENT, BUT THEN ALSO ENSURING THAT AS THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO AN INTERVENTION THAT'S BEST FOR THEM, IT'S LINKAGES TO THAT THAT CASE MANAGER CAN THEN CONTINUE TO WRAP THEM WITH THE SUPPORT SERVICES THEY NEED.
AND THAT, AGAIN, SPEAKS TO OUR INCREASED PERCENTAGE OF NEIGHBORS MAINTAINING THEIR HOUSING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, THAT IN, IN DECISION MAKING, I LOOK AT ADDRESSING THE CRISIS WE HAVE TODAY, WHICH IS THE HOMELESSNESS OF THAT PERSON, BUT THEN KEEPING IN MIND WHERE YOU WANT TO BE SIX MONTHS FROM NOW OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW, AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROVIDE THOSE LINKAGES.
AND THIS LISTING OF PARTNERS IS A, IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF FIRST OF ALL WHAT IT TAKES.
AND SECOND OF ALL, IT'S THAT, IT'S THAT, THAT VERY REAL, UH,
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? CAUSE I KNOW THAT, UH, A LOT OF INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED.
I AGREE, BUT I YES, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FINISH THE PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT NOW IF THAT'S LOCAL.
UM, ALTHOUGH I HAVE MANY TIMES MORE, UH, DAYS ON THE COMMISSION, I'M STILL STILL NEW HERE.
SO I, I'M, UH, LOOKING FOR KIND OF A SCORECARD ON WHO ALL, ALL THE PLAYERS ARE.
AND SO, UM, HOUSING FORWARD IS A, IS A NONPROFIT.
SO, SO WHERE, WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN THEN? ALL NEIGHBORS AND THEN, THEN REALTIME HOUSING.
I, I JUST WANT, WANT TO GET THAT'S THE TERMINOLOGY.
I, HI, CHRISTINE CROSS WITH OFFICER HOME SOLUTIONS.
SO, UM, AND I, YOU CAN, I'LL HAND THIS UP TO YOU IN A MINUTE, BUT THE, THE OVERARCHING, UM, THING IS THAT THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE CAME ABOUT DUE TO, UM, THE ARPA FUNDS FROM COVID, UM, THAT CAME DOWN SPECIFICALLY FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO, UM, IT BEGAN WHAT, WHO IT INCLUDES, UM, IN TERMS OF FUNDING, THERE'S 25 MILLION FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, 25 MILLION FROM DALLAS COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN THOSE WERE PUT TOGETHER ALONG WITH, UM, HOUSING FORD BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, UM, 10 MILLION IN PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS AND THEN, UH, HAS MOU YEAH, MOU WITH A BUNCH OF THE SMALLER CITIES WITH DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY IN DALLAS COUNTY FOR A TOTAL OF 758 HOUSING VOUCHERS.
UM, THAT'S ABOUT A $12 MILLION VALUE.
SO IT'S 72 MILLION INITIATIVE AND WAREHOUSING COURT COMES IN, IS CONTINUUM OF CARES ARE HOW FEDERAL, UH, THE FEDERAL HU UH, DESIGNATES LOCAL ENTITIES.
AND SO THEY'RE ALL OF THE, THE US IS BROKEN UP INTO COS.
AND OUR LOCAL COC IS CALLED THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION THAT ENCOMPASSES DALLAS AND HOLLAND COUNTIES.
AND THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THAT IS HOUSING FULL.
AND SO THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE, IN ESSENCE IS 72 MILLION POOLED TOGETHER.
AND THEN THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, ADMINISTERS THE 50 MILLION FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR THE CITY.
AND THERE'S A CONTRACT WITH DALLAS HOUSING OF AUTHORITY TO PAY THE RENT THROUGH A SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE CREATED, UM, WHICH IS REALLY CUTTING EDGE.
UM, AND THEN ALL OF THE CASE WORK AND ALL OF THE SERVICES AND ALL OF THE CONTACT OUTREACH ASIDE FROM A SMALL PART THAT OHS DOES IN PARTNERSHIP IS CONTRACTED THROUGH HOUSING FORWARD, AND THEN THEY SUBCONTRACT WITH THE OTHER PARTNERS.
AND SO THEN I, THAT'S THE POINT.
I WOULD HAND IT OFF TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT THAT IF YOU WANT TO.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SEND YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO KIND OF, UH, GET YOU UP TO SPEED SO THAT YOU FEEL, UM, FULLY
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INFORMED.BUT YES, THIS, UH, INITIATIVE WAS SORT OF USING THAT ONE TIME FUNDING.
BUT HOUSING FORWARD, WE ARE THE LEAD AGENCY.
WE DO, UH, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR BUDGET IS FEDERALLY FUNDED, SO THROUGH HUD GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THEN WE DO RAISE, WE ARE A 5 0 1
SO WE DO RAISE OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL MONEY AS WELL.
AND THEN WE FACILITATE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS WITH THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION, THAT'S A GROUP OF 130 PLUS NONPROFITS, CITIES, UH, DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SOLVING HOMELESSNESS THAT COME TOGETHER.
UM, JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF SORT OF HOW THE WORK HAPPENS, THERE ARE OVER 20 WORK GROUPS THAT HAPPEN EACH MONTH WITH MEMBERS OF THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION FACILITATED BY A HOUSING BOARD STAFF MEMBER.
UH, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, ONE WOULD BE A FAMILY, UH, GROUP.
SO THEY'RE FOCUSED ON WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE FACING IN HOMELESSNESS, HOW CAN WE HELP, UH, DECREASE FAMILY HOMELESSNESS? THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE PARTNERS LIKE FAMILY GATEWAY, UH, THE SAMARITAN INN, THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE WORK AND, UH, WORKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE SOLVE, UH, THOSE ISSUES.
AND THEN, UH, OUR TEAMS HELP TO SORT OF MOVE THE WORK ALONG AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST HAVING GREAT DISCUSSIONS, BUT THEN GOOD ACTION IS COMING OUT OF THAT, AND THAT WE CAN HELP BRING TOGETHER SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UH, THIS NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY, UM, JUST REMINDS EVERYONE WHAT THE DALLAS REALTIME PROJECT, WHAT THE EXPANDED CAPACITY, WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS IN REAL LIFE.
UH, THAT MEANT AN ADDITION OF 80 CASE MANAGERS.
CASE MANAGERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO BEING PARTNERED WITH NEIGHBORS WHO ARE REHOUSED.
THOSE CASE MANAGERS HELP PROVIDE THOSE CRITICAL WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
THEY MAKE SURE NEIGHBORS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO STAY HOUSED, AND THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED IN THEIR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WHERE ARE THOSE CASE MANAGERS LOCATED? ARE THEY AT DIFFERENT AGENCIES? NOPE.
SO THEY'RE AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
THEY'RE AT THIS STUPAC, THEY'RE AT, UM, THE BRIDGE.
THEY'RE AT, UM, UNDER ONE ROOF.
UH, WE HAVE A FULL LIST ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, OF KIND OF WHO ALL THOSE PARTNERS ARE.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THEM, AND THEN WE MONITOR AND REVIEW THE CASE MANAGEMENT, THE CASELOADS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND TERMINOLOGY, BECAUSE SHELTERED, UNSHELTERED HOUSED UNHOUSED, AND THEY ALL, I MEAN, THEY'RE HUD DEFINITIONS, AND SO THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN CATEGORY AND YOU ARE VERY PARTICULAR INCLUDE IN, IN HOW YOU TITLE THESE.
SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER PIECE OF WHAT, UH, UH, MR. MUK IS LOOKING FOR.
AND I CAN, UH, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT AS I'VE CONTINUING TO GO ON, I PULL OUT SOME OF THOSE DEFINITIONS AS WE CAN.
UM, THE, ANOTHER PIECE THAT THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE GAVE US WAS THE ADDITION OF A LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT TEAM.
THE REASON WHY THIS TEAM IS SO CRITICAL, UM, LOTS OF COMMUNITIES MAYBE STRUGGLE TO FIND, UH, LANDLORDS WHO WILL ACCEPT VOUCHERS, BUT IN ONLY TWO STATES, TEXAS AND INDIANA CAN, UH, LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ACTUALLY LEGALLY CHOOSE TO NOT ACCEPT A HOUSING VOUCHER IN EVERY OTHER STATE, IT'S CONSIDERED DISCRIMINATION, BUT IN OUR STATES, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO NOT ACCEPT A VOUCHER BASED ON PAY SOURCE.
SO IT'S, UH, IT, IT JUST REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL TEAM.
WE HAVE LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS WHO THEIR ENTIRE, UH, JOB IS TO WORK EVERY DAY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW DO THEY ACCEPT HOUSING VOUCHERS, WHAT'S THE PAPERWORK PROCESS, HOW DO THEY WORK WITH THE HOUSING AND AUTHORITY? ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET YOUR UNIT INSPECTED? ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WE NOW HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OVER 180 LANDLORDS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF UNITS TO OUR SYSTEM.
AND IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU SEE HOW IT ACTUALLY, LITERALLY, THEY HAVE A COUPLE CALLS A WEEK WHERE THEY GET CASE MANAGERS ON THE PHONE AND, AND, UH, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS UNIT IN THIS PART OF TOWN.
IT'S THIS BIG, IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOT THESE THINGS ATTACHED TO IT.
AND THEN OUR CASE MANAGERS CAN SAY, I HAVE A CLIENT THAT THAT FITS.
AND THEY CAN GO, HOW'S THAT, THAT CLIENT? AND IT USED TO BE THE CASE MANAGER HAD TO DO ALL OF THAT THEMSELVES.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS, OF THIS SYSTEM TOO IS THAT, THAT THE HOUSING FORWARD, IS THAT KIND OF THE BIG ORGANIZER? BECAUSE BEFORE, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT DID EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS, AND OFTENTIMES THEY WORKED TOGETHER AND SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T.
UM, IN FACT, I'M AWARE OF A COUPLE THAT MADE PRIVATE THEMSELVES ON, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THEIR STAFF, UH, UH, APARTMENTS.
UM, BUT THE POINT OF, OF THIS EFFORT IS THAT IT'S, IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO BRING IT TOGETHER SO THAT RATHER THAN FIGHTING ALONG OURSELVES AND DUPLICATING,
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UM, WE CAN SPREAD IT OUT BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES IS STILL VERY INVOLVED IN THE WHOLE PROCESS.DOES THAT KIND OF MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
AND THEN THE, THE TERMINOLOGY, BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WHAT YOU CALL IT, AND WHICH DOLLARS CAN BE USED FOR, UH, WHAT, WHAT HOUSING SITUATION.
SO THAT LEADS BEAUTIFULLY INTO THE NEXT, UH, POINT, WHICH IS INCREASED.
THIS INITIATIVE ALLOWED US TO INCREASE OUR FLEX FUND.
SO THAT IS, UH, THE $10 MILLION THAT CHRISTINE MENTIONED THAT WAS PRIVATELY RAISED FROM, UH, PHILANTHROPY IN, UH, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT 10 MILLION HAS BEEN USED TO DO THINGS LIKE PAY FOR APPLICATION FEES, PAY FOR PET DEPOSITS, PAY FOR THINGS THAT CAN BE A BARRIER TO ENDING SOMEONE'S HOMELESSNESS.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE A HOUSING VOUCHER, YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY CERTAIN FEES TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO AND SECURE AN APARTMENT.
SO OUR FLEX OF FUND HELPS TO PAY THOSE FEES SO THAT NEIGHBORS CAN IMMEDIATELY GET INTO HOUSING.
IT ALSO PROVIDES BASIC HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, BASIC THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO A NEIGHBOR CAN COOK A MEAL ON A, ON THEIR STOVE, THEY CAN SIT DOWN ON A TABLE AND THEY HAVE A CHAIR THERE TO EAT A MEAL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE INCREASED FLEX FUNDS HAS REALLY BEEN CRITICAL.
AND AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS, ONCE THEY'RE HOUSED, THEY CAN STAY SUCCESSFULLY HOUSED.
NOW, ON THIS PARTICULAR POINT TOO, BECAUSE THE FLEX FUNDS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE BECAUSE THERE WAS MONEY COMING FROM BOTH DALLAS COUNTY AND DALLAS CITY, SO THAT, UH, UH, IF A FAMILY IS ON THE VERGE OF BEING EVICTED, THEY'VE BEEN, UM, SERVED WITH THE EVICTION PAPERS.
WE NOW HAVE CASE MANAGERS AT ALL OF THE JPS WORKING WITH FAMILIES AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS EVICTION PROCESS WITH THE ADDITIONAL TOOLS THAT THIS FUNDING HAS ALLOWED, WHICH IS THE FLEX FUNDING, WHICH IS REPRESENTATION IF, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF HAVING AN ATTORNEY REPRESENT THEM, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER PIECES DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF, AND A LOT OF THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH IS WORKING WITH THE UN UNSAFELY HOUSE AND EVICTION PREVENTION.
DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE, BECAUSE THE CITY OF DALLAS TAKES CARE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
BUT THE POINT OF ALL THAT BEING IS THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER KNOWING THAT, OH, WE'VE ENDED UP WITH ONE OF YOUR RESIDENTS OUT, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU LINE.
NO, BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S ADDRESSING AND, AND FILLING IN SOME OF THOSE GAPS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, DALLAS REAL TIME HAS ENABLED US TO ADD ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE FOR.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE HOUSING OUR NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY FROM ENCAMPMENTS.
AND IF YOU, UH, HAVE NOT, UH, SEEN IT, THAT WORK AND THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS, IS VERY, UM, CUTTING EDGE.
AND WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO PRESENT AT CONFERENCES NATIONWIDE TO TALK ABOUT THIS WORK TALK.
UH, WE'VE BROUGHT CITY OF DALLAS PARTNERSHIPS TO THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND HOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING, BECAUSE THAT IS A MUNICIPAL ACTIVITY.
AND CITIES CAN DO THAT BY, BY THE DESIGNATION OF THE ORDINANCES THAT THEY HAVE.
AND SO MY QUESTION ON THIS IS, ARE THERE OTHER CITIES IN DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY THAT ALSO ARE WORKING ON THE, UM, RECONDITIONING WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO? AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING, UH, ALL OF THOSE MUNICIPALITIES TO SAY WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WORKING IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, LIKE THIS IS WORKING WELL, WE WANT TO BRING THIS TO DALLAS AND COL COUNTY, BUT WE DO NEED, JUST LIKE WE NEED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE NEED MORE OUTREACH WORKERS TO REALLY COVER THE TOTALITY OF OUR SYSTEM.
WE, UH, ARE WORKING, AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE KIND OF 20 PLUS WORK GROUPS I TALKED ABOUT.
ONE IS ON ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING KIND OF OUTREACH.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND IT'S SORT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
METRO PRESS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
THEY KIND OF COVER LIKE A NORTHWEST CORNER OF DALLAS COUNTY, BUT ALSO FARMERS BRANCH, ADDISON, THOSE TYPES OF PLACES.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THOSE SPACES TO SAY, HERE IS HOW YOU NOT JUST PUT A BANDAID AND PROVIDE A BLANKET, BUT HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET THAT NEIGHBOR ON A PATHWAY TO HOUSING.
AND THEN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE SUPPORTS AVAILABLE TO GET THAT NEIGHBOR TO END THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH HOMELESSES.
AND THAT'S HOW MANY THE OTHER CITIES THEN BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED, WHO IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUES IN THEIR OWN CITIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU LIVE IN
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BRIDGES, WHAT HAPPENS IN, AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE LESSONS LEARNED AND THE SUCCESSES AND SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, STREAMLINING THE PROCESSES THAT WE DO.
AND PR AS OF MAY 1ST, THAT INITIATIVE HAS HOUSED 1,951 NEIGHBORS.
SO JUST, UH, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN GETTING THAT, THAT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE.
BUT THAT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT'S PRODUCING RESULTS.
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THAT? UH, IT, WELL, UH, WHAT I'M GETTING TO NOW, THE INITIAL GOAL WAS 2,700 NEIGHBORS BY THE END OF 2023.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THIS, UH, INITIATIVE, SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE, JUST TO RECAP AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING A REDUCTION IN OVERALL HOMELESSNESS.
EVEN WITH THE CHALLENGING YEAR OUR COMMUNITIES HAD WITH RISING RENTS ACROSS DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, EVICTION PRODUCTIONS ENDED, WE STILL SAW A SLIGHT DE DECREASE, WHICH IS HOPEFUL.
UH, WE AGAIN SAW THE REDUCTION IN THAT SHELTERED AND THE REDUCTION IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEN WITH, UH, THE INCREASE, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WITH THE INCREASE INVESTMENTS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING THESE INVESTMENTS, WRAPPING THEM INTO THE REAL TIME MODEL THAT WE KNOW HAS WORKED AND IS PRODUCING RESULTS.
SO WE ARE TAKING IT AND WRAPPING THESE INVESTMENTS INTO THAT SAME INITIATIVE.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY EXPANDING THE GOAL.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR NEW GOAL OR, UH, AND WE HAVE JUST SHORTENED THE NAME SLIGHTLY BECAUSE IT NOW DOESN'T INCLUDE JUST RAPID REHOUSING AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE JUST DALLAS.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY, THIS INITIATIVE WILL NOW REPRESENT THE TOTALITY OF OUR SYSTEM.
SO WE HAVE KIND OF REBRANDED IT, IF YOU WILL, AS THE REAL TIME REHOUSING, UH, INITIATIVE.
AND WE ARE WRAPPING THE EXISTING RAPID REHOUSING AND PERMANENT HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WERE WITHIN THAT CAMPAIGN.
BUT WE'RE ADDING MORE RAPID REHOUSING, WE'RE ADDING MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND WE'RE ADDING DIVERSION SYSTEMWIDE MM-HMM.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER HAVE ALLOWED US TO EXPAND OUR GOAL TO HOUSE 6,000 NEIGHBORS BY 2025.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CONTINUING TO REPORT OUT ON NOW IN THE FUTURE.
AND JUST ONE THING TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDED IN THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS, BUT IT'S APPLICABLE FOR THIS GROUP TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE ARE WE HEADED, WHAT'S NEXT? AGAIN, TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, WE NEED OUTREACH AND ENCAMPMENT WORKERS WHO CAN WORK, UH, SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON MULTIPLE ENCAMPMENTS AT ONE TIME.
UH, RIGHT NOW, CITY OF DALLAS HAS ALLOCATED THREE OF THEIR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN WE HAVE ASKED, AND WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO TRY AND ADD AN ADDITIONAL 16 TO THAT OUTREACH STAFF SO THAT WE CAN WORK MULTIPLE ENCAMPMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AT ONE TIME.
BECAUSE IT'S STILL RELYING ON THAT ENORMOUS PARTNERSHIP YES.
AND THE RESOURCES THAT EACH PARTNER BRINGS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT, YOU'RE GONNA EXTEND ALL THIS TO 20, UH, TO 2025.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO SUSTAIN THAT? BECAUSE ONE OF THE PARTS THAT I KNOW DALLAS COUNTY'S BEEN WORKING ON IS THAT SUSTAINABILITY PIECE BECAUSE THE, THE, UH, ARPA FUNDS ARE GONNA RUN OUT.
THEN WHAT HAPPENS, AND WE'VE REALLY WORKED IN, IN, IN, IN DISTRIBUTING THE FUNDS WITH MAKING THAT, MAKING EVERYBODY WHO RECEIVES FUNDS VERY AWARE THAT, OKAY, SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO SUSTAIN YOUR FAMILY AFTER THESE FUNDS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE? AND START TALKING ABOUT THAT AT THE TIME OF, OF THE, OF THE RECEIPT RECEIVER FUNDS SO THAT YOU'VE GOT THE THOUGHT IN YOUR HEAD, I'VE GOTTA FIND A JOB, I HAVE TO FIND A JOB WITH, PAY MORE.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT OUR TRANSPORTATION SO WE CAN GET TO THAT JOB.
AND WHATEVER THAT, THAT MATRIX IS GONNA BE FOR YOU TODAY.
AND A LOT OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THAT NEW HUD GRANT, THE UNSHELTERED GRANT, OUR INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL FUNDING, THOSE THINGS WILL ALLOW US TO SUSTAIN THE INCREASE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD.
SO IT'S, AGAIN, WHEN YOU CAN SHOW THAT YOU'RE PRODUCING RESULTS, WE ARE BEING ABLE TO BRING MORE RESOURCES TO HELP SUSTAIN.
AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS SHEET.
BUT EVEN PRETTIER THAN JUST THE WAY IT LOOKS IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MET SOMETHING.
DID THAT HELP IT IN YEAH, IT HELPS QUITE A BIT.
AND SO WHEN IS THE CLIP FOR THE OFFICE FUNDS? SO IT'S, UH, 2024
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OR 20.SO OUR, UM, THOSE FUNDS WILL GO THROUGH THE END OF THE INITIATIVE, KIND OF, OF THAT, UM, THOSE INITIAL FUNDS WILL GO THROUGH THE END OF THE, UH, ORIGINAL INITIATIVE, WHICH WOULD'VE HAD NEIGHBORS BEING HOUSED THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR.
BUT THEN THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT AND THEIR SUPPORT WILL CONTINUE FOR 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
SO WE GO INTO 2025 AND THEN BY THAT POINT, ALL THESE OTHER NEW RESOURCES WILL BE ONLINE AND WE'LL KIND OF BE BILLING IT ALL OF THE A OF FUNDS UNLESS WE DISPERSED BY 2026.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW.
SO WHEN DO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE GOT SOMETHING ELSE IN THE ALREADY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? NOTHING OTHER THAN THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU DO TO HELP MAKE THESE INITIATIVES AND THINGS POSSIBLE.
AND THERE'S SOME REALLY NICE OTHER SHEETS HERE THAT BRING, THAT ARE JUST KIND OF HANDOUT SHEETS THAT ARE A SYNOPSIS OF A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE HEARD RIGHT HERE.
UM, SO THAT ONE YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND CURRENTLY IS WE PRODUCE THAT ANNUALLY BASED ON RESULTS OF THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
THE OTHER SHEET WE PRODUCE MONTHLY.
AND IT JUST GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY IN DIFFERENT VENUES TO ALLOW FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SYSTEM AND ANY UPDATES WE MAY HAVE TO SHARE ANY UPCOMING EVENTS WE HAVE TO SHARE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SYSTEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT SOME POINT A SPREADSHEET ON WHERE ARE WE, SO THAT OVER WHETHER IT'S A MONTHLY, YOU KNOW, BY THIS TIME THESE FEASIBLY ACHIEVEMENTS, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.
THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WE HAVE SEEN.
THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, UM, BEEN SHELTERED.
THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED, UM, SERVICES.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH THAT IN REAL TIME.
WE UPDATE WEEKLY AT COMMUNITY DASHBOARD.
AND OUR COMMUNITY AND DASHBOARD VERY SOON WILL REPRESENT THE TOTALITY OF THE SYSTEM.
SO THE TOTALITY OF THE INITIATIVE.
SO YOU CAN LITERALLY, IT'S UPDATED EVERY WEEK.
UH, AS I SAID, THE NUMBERS I STATED EARLIER WERE MAY 1ST, SO THEY WILL BE UPDATED AGAIN NEXT MONDAY.
UM, AND THEN SOON THAT INITIATIVE AND THAT COMMUNITY DASHBOARD WILL REPRESENT ALL EXIT PATHWAYS.
AND YOU CAN LITERALLY DRILL DOWN WHO HAS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM, WHO HAS BEEN HOUSED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRILL DOWN INTO RACE AND ETHNICITY AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF METRICS.
YOU CAN EVEN SEE HOW LONG FOLKS ARE IN HOUSING SEARCH.
FOR A WHILE WE SAW THAT BLACK HOUSEHOLDS WERE ACTUALLY IN LONG IN A HOUSING SEARCH LONGER, UH, FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
SO AGAIN, AS WE'VE HAD AN INFLUX OF LANDLORDS THAT WILL ACCEPT HOUSING VOUCHERS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF SHORTEN THAT WINDOW.
UM, MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE TO, OKAY, WE ARE THE, THE PARTNERSHIP HERE, AND PART OF WHY IT WAS CREATED WAS TO FILL IN THE GAPS OUT OF ALL THE INFORMATION YOU'VE PROVIDED, PART OF IT IS, OKAY, NOW I'M LOOKING TO SEE, UM, WHERE ARE THE AREAS THAT, THAT ARE NOT BEING COVERED? WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE WORK FOR AREAS THAT ARE KIND OF NOT BEING COVERED.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, MY CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER, SARAH COMM PROBABLY HAS MORE EXACT DETAILS, BUT I KNOW CURRENTLY SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING ON, SOME OF THOSE GAPS ARE THE OUTREACH WORKERS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO WHAT ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES WE CAN USE TO FILL THE GAP FOR THE OUTREACH WORKERS THAT WE NEED? WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON MANAGED CARE TEAMS AND INTENSIVE TEAMS THAT WILL WRAP SUPPORT SERVICES AND CARE TEAMS AROUND INDIVIDUALS IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE HORIZON THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE QUITE THE BOW ON IT YET, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE A TEAM OF PEOPLE AROUND THEM, THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT NEED MORE INTENSIVE SUPPORTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT UP TO CASE MANAGERS TO TRY AND FILL IN THOSE GAPS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE TEAMS AVAILABLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND PHYSICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, ALL OF THOSE FOLKS TO SUPPORT.
BECAUSE WHEN I SEE US, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE ARE KIND OF MEETING TOGETHER AT THE SAME POINT OF LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT IS THE STATUS AND WHERE ARE THE GAPS? WHERE ARE THINGS THAT, UM, THERE'S STILL UNMET NEED YES.
AND WHAT THOSE NEEDS MIGHT BE.
BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING, I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, WELCOME, UH, MICHAEL PE I THINK HE JOINED US.
AND IT'S A PERFECT TIME BECAUSE, UH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING WE WILL BE LOOKING AT TOO, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A, AS A BOARD HERE WITH THE, WITH THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE AND HOW DOES THAT MATCH UP TO WHAT THOSE UNMET NEEDS ARE SO THAT WE CAN BUILD IT TOGETHER.
AND SO TO ME IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE THAT WE'RE,
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WE'RE AT THE SAME POINT.WE'RE IN VERY GOOD TIME BECAUSE WE DO A SMIDGEN OF TIME BEFORE THE FUNDING RUNS OUT.
UM, BUT THEN TO SEE, OKAY, HOW CAN WE USE OUR, OUR PEOPLE RESOURCES, OUR BRAIN RESOURCES AND ADDITIONAL FINANCES, I'M GUESSING TO RESPOND BETTER TO THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT AND SITUATION.
AND, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS AS WELL THAT ARE OUR SYSTEM, BUT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
I THINK THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS, IS WORKING ON AS PART OF THIS LARGER HOLD, UM, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MASTER LEASING PROGRAM THAT'S ABOUT TO GO TO COUNCIL.
UM, AND THAT WAS DONE, UH, AS A COUNCIL, UH, AMENDMENT IN THE LAST BUDGET ON THE FLOOR.
UM, AND SO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO KIND OF WORK PAST SOME OF THAT, UM, RIGHT.
TO REFUSE FROM THE VOUCHERS AND SECURE UNITS INVOLVED, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP EXPLORING AND HOW DO WE DO MORE OF THAT, CREATE A WAY TO ADDRESS IT.
WORKING COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THAT WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS ARE A CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE.
JUST AGAIN, THAT WAS ANOTHER AMENDMENT FROM THE FLOOR, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, TO BRING UP, UH, IN-LAWS LAST BUDGET TO, UM, IDENTIFY AND BRING UP, UH, MORE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND GIVE THEM STIPENDS TO START APPLYING FOR GRANTS, UM, AND COVER THEIR, UH, SINGLE FINANCIAL AUDITS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY PLAY IN THE, IN THE MUNICIPAL SANDBOX.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A SHELTER OVERFLOW CAPACITY ONE, WHICH IS JUST, AGAIN, SHELTERS NEED MORE SPACE.
THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH, UH, EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEL.
AND SO CAN WE BOLSTER THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE MORE SPACE WITHOUT HAVING TO REINVENT THEM.
AND PART OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO THIS, THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.
UH, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT A LARGER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS ALSO WHO ARE SOME OF THE PARTNERS WHO ARE VERY INVOLVED IN EXACTLY THOSE ITEMS TOO.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN ALL OF US BE PARTNERING, UM, GRANT TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM WITH THAT KIND OF, SO PART OF IT IS MAKING THAT KIND OF ASSESSMENT OF WHEN IS THE STATUS, WHERE ARE WE AND WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITIES AND WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS.
I'M MUCH MORE FAMILIAR, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FAMILY HOUSING AND WHAT'S BEEN DONE ON FAMILY HOUSING IN ORDER TO FILL IN PARTS OF THE GAPS BETWEEN REALITY AND WHAT WE THINK WE HAVE.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF MARVELS ON THE TABLE, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER INTO A GAME OF PORTUGESE PRETTY WELL.
I MEAN, WHAT ELSE? HE DIDN'T SAY QUESTIONS, OBSERVATIONS? NO, I DON'T HEAR ANY.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL OF THE WORK.
WE DON'T DO ANYTHING BY OURSELVES AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THE, UH, EXISTING COMMITTEE REPORTS.
UM, AND I'M THE, THE, THE LAST PERSON LEFT STANDING THERE.
AND ALLS I GOTTA SAY IS HOUSING IS A LONG TERM EFFORT.
AND SO THAT THE, THE 15 DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT DALLAS COUNTY IS WORKING ON IS IN VARIOUS STAGES AND EVERYTHING IS MOVING ALONG FROM THE PLANNING TO THE DEVELOPING TO THE CONSTRUCTION TO PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO MOVE IN.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HERE? ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPCOMING EVENTS? YES, MA'AM.
WE HAVE A HARD CONVERSATION COMING UP ON MAY 11TH.
WE'RE HOSTING JEFF USAGE FROM, UH, JEFF OLIVA FROM THE UNITED STATES, INSERT AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS USAGE.
AND YOU'LL BE GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO, UM, UM, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THIS.
AND HE'S GONNA GO, GONNA END UP WITH US, UH, ON THE FEDERAL PLAN, THE ALL IN FEDERAL PLAN, AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO, UH, OUR NATION, BUT ALSO WHAT IT MEANS LOCALLY TO US HERE.
SO THAT'LL BE A GREAT CONVERSATION.
AND IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO READ THE I BELIEVE 104 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF READING, THEN YOU CAN JOIN THAT CONVERSATION AND GET SOME RECAPS.
AND THAT THAT IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE AGENDA.
WILL, WILL IT BE RECORDED? YES.
AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER THING IN CASE LITERALLY RIGHT NOW, UH, FIVE MINUTES AGO WE ADDED A WEBINAR ON DIVERSION THAT STARTED.
SO AS WE'RE BRINGING DIVERSION ACROSS OUR SYSTEM, WE HAVE A TRAINING KIND OF
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FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND.IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DIVERSION IS, UH, YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO IF YOU GO TO, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN IT LITERALLY RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, UH, GO TO THE ALL NEIGHBOR SECTION AND THE TAB THAT SAYS TRAINING, AND YOU CAN CLICK LINK THERE AND JOIN.
AND IN FACT, THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE PIECES THAT IS NOT VERY WELL DEVELOPED HERE BECAUSE DIVERSION HAPPENS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THEN IT MIGHT BE A TOPIC TO ADD TO OUR NEXT, UH, MEETING'S AGENDA, TO LOOK AT IT FROM A CRIMINAL JUSTICE VIEW, TO LOOK AT IT FROM HEALTHCARE, TO LOOK AT IT FROM EDUCATION WISE.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF, OF, OF, UH, ACTIVITIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW, UM, TO EXPLORE.
UM, AND THEN LAST UPDATE THE, UH, REALTIME REHOUSING UPDATE.
THE NEXT DEEP DIVE, UH, WILL BE TO THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE IN JUNE, UM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THIS UPDATED INFORMATION.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO MAYBE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, THAT'S IN THE WORKS AT THAT TIME.
WELL, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IT, RIGHT? WE KEEP ON MOVING FORWARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, OBSERVATIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE, LISTENING, CHEERING EVERYBODY ON AND WORKING IN THE TRENCHES.
SO WITH ALL THAT BEING YOU, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO, UH, ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND WE WILL SEE YOU VERY SOON.