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TALK ABOUT THOSE STREAMLINED PATHWAYS INTO HOUSING.
ONE OF THOSE CRITICAL COMPONENTS IS THE COORDINATED OUTREACH, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR HANNAH TALK A LOT ABOUT THE ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING WORK THAT WE DO.
HOUSING NAVIGATION IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
UNIT LOCATION IS VITALLY IMPORTANT IN FLEX FUND.
I WILL ALWAYS MAKE A PLUG THAT WE HAVE TO GET REALLY SERIOUS AS A CITY ABOUT, UM, CREATING AND MAINTAINING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, THIS DEMOGRAPHIC ALSO NEEDS THAT, BUT WE HAVE A LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT TEAM THAT'S GOING OUT EVERY DAY, COLD CALL, KNOCKING ON DOORS, DRIVING BY ENGAGING LANDLORDS THAT THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SO THAT WE CAN ADD MORE UNITS TO OUR SYSTEM.
AND THOSE UNITS ARE THEN AVAILABLE TO ALL.
BUT YOU'LL SEE THE GRAPHIC IS REALLY THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
GETTING BETTER AT ASSESSING NEEDS, UM, GETTING BETTER AT NAVIGATING INDIVIDUALS TO THE APPROPRIATE INTERVENTION THAT MEETS THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS, AND THEN CONNECTING THEM TO THE RIGHT HOUSING RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, OR ANY TYPE OF DIVERSION.
THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY GOES INTO THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR AROUND DALLAS REAL TIME.
LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT WE WE'RE NOW EXPANDING OUR REACH BECAUSE OF ALL THIS FUNDING THAT WE'VE HAD COME INTO OUR SYSTEM OVER THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
SO IN THE FUTURE, YOU ALL WILL RECEIVE.
I, TO ME, IS A BETTER PICTURE OF THE TOTALITY OF WHAT THE SYSTEM IS DOING RIGHT NOW.
WHEN WE DO THE DALLAS REALTIME PRESENTATIONS, YOU'RE GETTING VERY SPECIFIC DATA ABOUT DALLAS REALTIME.
BUT IN THE FUTURE WITH THAT EXPANSION, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW OUR SYSTEM IS PERFORMING THROUGH DIVERSION AND OTHER, OTHER INTERVENTIONS.
BUT HERE'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AS OF JULY 24TH, UH, FOR DALLAS REALTIME, WE'VE HOUSED OVER 2300 INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL.
REALLY, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE AMAZING WORK, UH, ACROSS OUR SYSTEM TO WORK EVEN MORE COLLABORATIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY.
TOGETHER, WE'VE ADDED DALLAS REALTIME AND THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED HAS ALLOWED US TO ADD THE 80 CASE MANAGERS TO OUR SYSTEM, WHICH IS VITALLY IMPORTANT.
WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND, ARE PEOPLE RECEIVING WRAPAROUND SERVICES? ARE THEY RECEIVING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED? AND IT'S OUR ABILITY TO HAVE CASE MANAGERS IN THE SYSTEM THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, AND THEN YOU HEARD ME MENTION JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS WORK OF OUR LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT TEAM.
SO YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS THERE.
THE PRIVATE FUNDING THAT WAS RAISED THROUGH THE DALLAS REAL TIME HAS ALLOWED US TO INCREASE OUR FLEX FUND OPPORTUNITY, WHICH REMOVES THOSE BARRIERS.
IF YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME PRESENT BEFORE, THOSE BARRIERS, LIKE, UH, RENTAL ARREARS, UTILITY ARREARS, WHEN I, I PHYSICALLY SIGN, UH, WHEN THOSE CHECKS ARE GOING OUT.
AND SO YOU MAY SEE TWO, $300 OF RENTAL ARREARS OR UTILITY ARREARS.
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING PREVENTING AN INDIVIDUAL FROM BEING HOUSED.
AND SO FOR MANY OF US, WE RELY ON FAMILY, FRIENDS.
WE HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM AND SAFETY NET THAT ALLOWS US TO PAY THOSE THINGS, UM, IN OUR PAST.
BUT FOR MANY OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, THAT SAFETY SYS THAT SAFETY NET AND SYSTEM JUST ISN'T THERE.
AND SO IT REALLY IS SUCH A BENEFIT TO US BECAUSE GOVERNMENT FUNDING CAN'T BE USED FOR THINGS SUCH AS THAT.
BUT TO GO OUT AND RAISE THOSE PRIVATE DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS THAT ARE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING HOUSED IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND THEN REALLY THE ADDITION OF THE ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS AND HOW WELL THAT IS WORKING IS, IS PHENOMENAL AND IS ALLOWING US TO GET PEOPLE HOUSED DIRECTLY FROM OUTSIDE.
UH, I ALWAYS LOVE TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND, AND, AND, UM, DISPEL ANY OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS.
IT IS A CASE BY CASE CURATED PROCESS FOR A CLIENT THAT IS OUTSIDE ONE OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
IT'S NOT JUST AS SIMPLE AS WE SEE SOMEONE OUTSIDE, WE ARE GONNA GIVE YOU A KEY TO YOUR OWN APARTMENT AND FAIR THE, WELL, GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
BUT REALLY IT'S ABOUT LOOKING AT THAT INDIVIDUAL.
WE HAVE NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AS A PARTNER.
WE HAVE PARKLAND AS A PARTNER THAT'S ENGAGING OUR CLIENTS SO THAT WE CAN GET THE BEST RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, BUT I'M NOT GONNA STEAL ANY OF THE THUNDER OR SHINE.
THE, UM, STATE OF HOMELESSNESS.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO PRESENT TO THIS GROUP AFTER THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS, WHICH WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR.
BUT WHAT WE SAW ACROSS DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY, AGAIN, HOUSING FORWARD COVERS THOSE TWO COUNTIES.
UH, WE SAW OVER 4,200 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON THAT, UH, ON THAT TIME DURING THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS A FEDERALLY MANDATED PROCESS FOR US TO DO.
WE KEEP, UH, AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE, BARRING ANY WEATHER PROCESS SO THAT WE KNOW WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES.
AND SO DURING THAT LAST, UH, POINT IN TIME COUNT, WE SAW 14% REDUCTION IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
YEAR OVER YEAR, WE SAW 32% REDUCTION IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
AS YOU SEE, WE CONTINUE TO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN AND THE GENDER BREAKDOWN.
WE STILL HAVE A MAJORITY MALE THAT'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT
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IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.I WANNA SAY THIS HAS BEEN OUR LOWEST COUNT IN FIVE YEARS.
AND WE KNOW, UM, THAT IT CAN BE DIRECTLY TIED TO NOT ONLY THE SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION THAT HAS HAPPENED, THE INVESTMENTS, THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING, REALLY, IS GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED EVEN FASTER.
UM, WE DID WANNA SHOW THE SUBPOPULATIONS AND WHERE WE SAW SOME OF THE INCREASES IN, UM, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DURING OUR LAST POINT IN TIME COUNT, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSING THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN, WHETHER IT'S EMERGENCY SHELTER OR UNSHELTERED OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE IN THE VETERAN SYSTEM, THE FAMILY SYSTEM, AND THE YOUTH SYSTEM TO TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO MOST EFFECTIVELY SERVE THOSE SUBPOPULATIONS.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE JUST TO ILLUMINATE HOW THAT WORK HAPPENS.
THERE'S A YOUTH WORK GROUP THAT MEETS EVERY MONTH WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE DATA AND THEY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND COME TOGETHER.
AND WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A YOUTH ACTION BOARD THAT'S COMPRISED OF YOUTH THAT ARE AND HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND HAVE ENGAGED OUR SYSTEM IN SOME WAY.
THIS LAST CONVERSATION REALLY WAS AROUND YOUTH WOULD LOVE A RESOURCE CENTER, A HUB THAT THEY CAN GO TO, RIGHT? KIND OF A ONE-STOP SHOP THAT WOULD THEN DO SOME TRIAGE AND ASSESSMENT AND THEN GET THEM ROUTED TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A SYSTEM, IS TO BRING ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO THE TABLE, BRING PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERTISE, IS WHAT WE CALL IT TO THE TABLE, TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEST SERVE THAT POPULATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR EACH OF US SUBPOPULATIONS AS WELL, REALLY BRINGING THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO THE TABLE SO THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO SEE A STEADY INCREASE IN THOSE NUMBERS AND POPULATION.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I MENTIONED OF HOW WE DO THAT WORK IS ON THIS SLIDE.
SO FOR YOUTH, THOSE TARGETED INVESTMENT FOR EVERYONE, YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND VETERANS, JUST A TARGETED INVESTMENT WE HAVE TO CREATE AND FIND PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR ALL.
BUT REALLY SUSTAINING AND EXPANDING ALL THE WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, FOR FAMILIES, WE'VE UTILIZED THE, THE, UH, DAY ONE FAMILIES FUND, WHICH WAS A $1.25 MILLION GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED.
WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY BLOWN OUR DIVERSION EFFORTS UP.
UH, AND WHAT I MEAN THAT LIKE, IN A GOOD WAY, WE HAVE IT ON STEROIDS NOW.
SO FAMILY GATEWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES TREMENDOUS WORK IN DIVERSION.
I THINK IF, IF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DATA BEFORE, IT MAY TAKE $12,000 TO BRING A FAMILY INTO A SHELTER, BUT ONLY $1,200 TO MEET THE NEED OF, OF SOME OF, OF SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE THINGS THAT THEY MAY NEED.
AND DIVERT INDIVIDUALS FROM A SHELTER.
A SHELTER ROUTE IS TRAUMATIC FOR INDIVIDUALS.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE RIGHT DECISION TO MAKE, BUT DIVERSION REALLY ALLOWS US TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT HAVING TO COME, COME INTO SHELTER.
AND THAT MAY LOOK LIKE JUST CONNECTING PEOPLE TO FAMILIES, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING FOR VETERANS, WE'RE WORKING THIS YEAR TO DO THE OFFICIAL DECLARATION, WHICH WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, AS MANY READ AND HEARD IN THE NEWS, WE WERE SELECTED.
WE WERE ONE OF SIX COMMUNITIES SELECTED FOR THE ALL INSIDE WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE.
AND REALLY IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE TAKE THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN, THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING WELL, AND HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE FULL CAPACITY AND WEIGHT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN EVEN BETTER.
SO WE'VE HAD RACHEL THAT'S BEEN HERE, I I THINK IT'S BEEN SIX WEEKS.
RACHEL FROM, OH, EXCUSE ME, SHE'S LOGGED ON.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX WEEKS THAT SHE'S BEEN HERE.
AND SO RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE SHE'S SEEING THE LAY OF THE LAND.
SHE'S, SHE'S UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR SYSTEMS WORK, UH, TOGETHER.
SHE'S UNDERSTANDING MAYBE SOME PAIN POINTS THAT WE'RE HAVING AND EXPERIENCING, AND WE'RE LIKE, CAN YOU TAKE THIS BACK TO HUD AND HELP US UNDERSTAND OR PROBLEM SOLVE AROUND, YOU KNOW, SUCH AND SUCH TOPIC.
IF IT'S VOUCHERS, HOW CAN WE TALK ABOUT VOUCHERS BEING, UM, BEING ADDED TO OUR SYSTEM? SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT SHE'S REALLY HELPING US DO.
AND SO SHE'LL BE HERE FOR TWO YEARS.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN JUST AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THAT NEXT LEVEL OF, OF PARTNERSHIP.
I MEAN, I HAVE TO ADMIT, WHEN WE ARE DOING THE DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OF ENSURING WE'RE GETTING OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS HOUSED, IT IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO HAVE, LIKE THIS THIRD PARTY THAT'S LIKE, HERE'S ALL THE, I CALL IT, IF WE COULD DREAM A THOUSAND DREAMS, HERE'S THE THING I WOULD LOVE TO DO.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO FIND IT.
FIGURE OUT WHO TO TALK TO, RIGHT? THAT WOULD TAKE ALL DAY.
AND SO IT'S BEEN JUST GREAT TO LEVERAGE HER EXPERTISE AND CONNECTIONS IN THAT WAY.
YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE 1.25 MILLION FROM THE DAY ONE FAMILIES FUND, THE 22.8 MILLION.
THAT WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT YOU ALL, UM, MAY
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HAVE HEARD, AND I THINK SOME OF YOU ATTENDED AS WELL.UH, THAT PRESS CONFERENCE AND THEN THE 22 MILLION, WE SAW 20% INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING.
REALLY, THIS, THIS TYPE OF, THESE TYPE OF RESOURCES BEING ADDED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE DAY ONE FAMILIES FUND WASN'T EVEN SOMETHING WE KNEW WAS OUT THERE FOR US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
THEY REACHED OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WERE SEEING HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING.
AND SO THEY REACHED OUT TO US, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO REALLY, THE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY ARE, ARE PROOF THAT WE ARE WORKING MORE EFFECTIVELY, MORE COLLABORATIVELY IN A WAY THAT IS SEEING RESULTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT, IT'S REALLY, THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US.
ARE WE MAKING THE EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS RARE, BRIEF, AND NON-RECURRING.
SO BECAUSE OF THESE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WE, WHEN DALLAS REALTIME WAS FIRST ROLLED OUT, NONE OF THESE COMMITMENTS OR, OR RESOURCES WERE ON THE HORIZON FOR US.
SO WE COULDN'T, IT WASN'T EVEN LIKE WE COULD INCLUDE IT IN THE PLAN, BUT NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THOSE RESOURCES COME TO THE TABLE.
WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE UNSHELTERED FUNDING THAT'S COME IN, THE DIVERSION FUNDING THAT'S COME IN, AND THE INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL CONTINUUM OF CARE, UM, UH, FUNDING.
WE'RE ABLE TO THEN EXPAND OUR ORIGINAL GOAL OF HOUSING OVER 2,700.
WE'RE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT TO HOUSE 6,000 PEOPLE BY 2025 BY THE END OF 2025.
AND THAT MEANS YOU ALL ARE GONNA START SEEING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
HOW MANY FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS ARE WE HELPING SERVE THROUGH DIVERSION? HOW MANY FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ARE WE HELPING TO SERVE THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO, TO ME, IT, IT SHOWS A BETTER PICTURE.
OFTENTIMES WHEN I'M ON, UH, I WAS GONNA CALL IT THE DUSTY TRAIL, BUT IT'S THE HOT TRAIL TODAY AS WE'RE ON THE TRAIL TO TALK ABOUT DALLAS REALTIME.
I THINK IT, IT, I THINK IT, AGAIN, IT'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT THE ONLY THING OUR SYSTEM IS DOING IS DALLAS REALTIME.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE FULLER PICTURE AND THE EXPANSION OF DALLAS REALTIME.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET RID OF DALLAS REALTIME.
WE'RE CALLING IT REALTIME REHOUSING, R T R A BETTER ACRONYM FOR ALL OF US.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL START TO SEE A REPORT OUT ON THAT DATA REGULARLY, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO SEE THE TOTALITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SYSTEM.
UH, THIS TALKS ALSO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THE ADDITION OF THOSE, THE 480 NEW SLOTS, BUT REALLY IT'S HOW ARE WE COMING TOGETHER WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY THAT CLIENTS HAVE A HOLISTIC, UM, SUPPORT AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT THEY NEED THAT'S REALLY INTENSIVE AND AGGRESSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND, AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S REALLY, THE CLIENT RATIO IS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN A, A CLIENT THAT MAY NOT HAVE AS HIGH NEEDS.
UM, THE WAY THAT, UH, CASE MANAGERS ENGAGE AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NEED WITHIN OUR SYSTEM TO HAVE, UH, AN INTERVENTION THAT'S PERMANENT, THAT'S SUPPORTIVE AND, AND COMES WITH HOUSING.
AND SO REALLY, WE, WE THINK ABOUT IT AS IMPROVING THE OUTCOMES OF OUR CLIENTS.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR, UH, PROVIDERS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR THAT.
AND SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.
I'M GONNA READ THEM OFF 'CAUSE I DON'T, UH, WANNA MISS ANYONE.
BUT THE PROJECTS AND THE, AND THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WERE SELECTED IS THE STUPOT UNDER ONE ROOF, METROCARE, THE BRIDGE, SALVATION ARMY, PLANO, AND CITY SQUARE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UM, UH, LAUNCHING INTO THAT, UH, TO REALLY, UM, ENHANCE OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HERE IN THE SYSTEM.
AND THAT FUNDING COVERS VOUCHERS, IT COVERS CASE MANAGEMENT, AND THEN THOSE INTEGRATED SERVICE TEAMS THAT PROVIDE THAT INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT NEXT SLIDE.
AND I KNOW WE'LL BE GETTING MORE INTO THIS IN A MINUTE AND HANNAH'S GONNA DO A REALLY THOROUGH JOB OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
JUST TO UPDATE EVERYBODY, WE'VE CLOSED, I THINK IT'S 15 ENCAMPMENTS NOW, NOT, UH, IN 222 OR 23 RESIDENTS HOUSE, UH, INCLUDING ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE CITY.
UM, THAT WAS DOWN IN DISTRICT TWO AND SIX, UM, BY AUSTIN STREET.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, BUT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE, AS JOEY SAID, THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE AND MORE QUICKLY.
UM, AND SO THE FUNDING AND VOUCHERS THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED COMING INTO THE SYSTEM ARE, UM, WONDERFUL AND WILL ENABLE THAT WORK.
BUT WHAT WAS NOT FUNDED WAS CASE MANAGE OR WAS OUTREACH, THE OUTREACH STAFF WHO ARE HOUSING READINESS FOCUSED TO GO OUT AND ENGAGE IN THAT WORK.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED CITY BUDGET THAT JUST CAME OUT ON TUESDAY, WE'RE STARTING OUR FIRST TOWN HALLS, OR TONIGHT
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THERE'S A $1.5 MILLION IN THERE.AND THAT'S TO PROVIDE THESE 16 ADDITIONAL, UH, STAFF WORK STAFFERS, OUTREACH WORKERS TO THE SYSTEM.
AND THOSE WOULD BE CONTRACTED OUT.
THOSE WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT O H S DOES.
UM, AND THE, THE, THE LOGIC THERE IS THAT O H SS IS LARGELY OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY BUCKET.
AND SO THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE KIND OF THE CRISIS RESPONSE WHEN THERE'S CONSTITUENT OR RESIDENT ISSUES, SOMETHING'S UNSAFE, UH, T RIGHT OF WAY NORTH TEXAS HALLWAY AUTHORITY RIGHT OF WAY, ALL THE THINGS THAT LEAD TO SERVICE ENGAGEMENT, BUT ARE REALLY MORE OF ADDRESSING THE SPECIFIC NEED IN THAT TIME ARE WHAT O H S DOES.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR THREE, UM, R T R STAFF.
AND SO RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISSION CREEP AND THAT WE HAVE CLEAR BOUNDARIES ON WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT, UM, IT MADE MORE SENSE FOR US TO HAVE THE MONEY GO OUT AND BE CONTRACTED SO THAT THERE ARE OUTREACH WORKERS WHO CAN BE SPECIFICALLY HOUSING READINESS FOCUSED AND WORK WITH THIS LARGER PROJECT THAT'S ONGOING.
SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT TO BE IN THE BUDGET, UM, AND FOR THAT TO REALLY FACILITATE, UM, THE USE OF CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, FUNDING FOR CASE MANAGERS AND THE HOUSING SUBSIDY FTES.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I REALLY DON'T, AS YOU SAID, I DON'T WANNA SEE ANY MORE OF HANNAH'S SHINE.
'CAUSE THE REST OF THIS SHE'S GONNA GET INTO.
UM, SO I THINK UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE HANNAH? YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD A, A NOTE I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE.
AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WE GET QUESTIONS AROUND THE BUDGET AND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS BEING ADDED TO THE BUDGET.
BUT, BUT LET ME REALLY EXPLAIN WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL STREET OUTREACH WORKERS ADDED TO OUR SYSTEM WITH A HOUSING READINESS FOCUS.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT VISIBLE HOMELESSNESS THAT MANY RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME, COMPLAIN ABOUT, UM, ARE, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, IS PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT.
OUR STREET OUTREACH WORKERS THAT HAVE A HOUSING READINESS FOCUS ARE, ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT AND SERVING THAT POPULATION OF VISIBLE HOMELESSNESS THAT MANY PEOPLE SEE MOST DAYS THAT THEY'RE OUT IN THE CITY.
WITH THE LIMITED CAPACITY OF STREET OUTREACH TEAM MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE WHOLE SWATH, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.
THEY'RE NOT JUST CONCENTRATED IN DOWNTOWN.
THEY'RE NOT JUST CONCENTRATED OFF FOREST IN SEVEN FIVE.
THEY'RE NOT JUST CONCENTRATED IN WHATEVER NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE WOULD PREFER THEM BE CONCENTRATED IN.
AND WE KNOW THAT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR US TO MOVE QUICKLY TO ENGAGE CLIENTS.
I ALSO COUCH IT IN A CLIENT-FOCUSED RESPONSE.
IT IS TRAUMATIC TO LIVE OUTSIDE.
WE DO NOT HAVE TIME ON OUR SIDE AS TEMPERATURES KEEP RISING AND, AND TEMPERATURES DIP RIDICULOUSLY LOW.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME ON OUR SIDE THAT PEOPLE REMAIN UNHOUSED, ESPECIALLY UNSHELTERED.
SO THE WHY AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL STREET OUTREACH TEAM MEMBERS WITH THAT HOUSING READINESS FOCUS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT FOCUS ON GETTING CRITICAL DOCUMENTS, GET PEOPLE, UH, CONNECTED TO SERVICES THAT THEY MAY NEED.
AND THEY REALLY ARE THERE TO SERVE A POPULATION THAT IS NOT IN A SHELTER.
UM, AND THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE TRAUMA OF, OF THE NATURAL ELEMENTS OUTSIDE.
I DO WANNA KICK IT OVER TO HANNAH.
I THINK HANNAH TELL ME, IS THE MANAGER OF CRISIS SOMETHING IN ANOTHER? YOU'RE VERY CLOSE.
I'M, I'M THE CRISIS SYSTEM MANAGER AT HOUSING BOARD.
UM, AND IN THAT ROLE I OVERSEE OUR ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING RESPONSE, WHICH IS A CO-LED INITIATIVE, UM, WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, AS WELL AS OUR COORDINATED OUTREACH.
UM, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING WITH ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO KIND OF FRAME THIS WITH THE CONTEXT OF WHAT OUTREACH USED TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS A RECENT GRAD SCHOOL GRADUATE WHO WAS VERY NAIVE, VERY GREEN, AND VERY EAGER TO TAKE MY FIRST JOB AS A HOMELESS OUTREACH CASE MANAGER, UM, WITHIN OUR STUDY.
SO WHEN IT CAME TO MANAGING ENCAMPMENTS AT THAT TIME, OUR SYSTEM JUST DIDN'T HAVE ADEQUATE TOOLS TO EFFECTIVELY RESOLVE ENCAMPMENTS.
WE BASICALLY HAD THREE OPTIONS.
WE COULD ALLOW ENCAMPMENTS TO STAY, WE COULD DISPERSE PEOPLE WITH ENCAMPMENTS, WHICH WOULD INEVITABLY LEAD TO OTHER DISPERSE, SOMETIMES SMALLER, SOMETIMES LARGER ENCAMPMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
OR WE COULD TRY TO CRIMINALIZE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS.
AND I THINK ALL OF US CAN AGREE THOSE WERE NOT EFFECTIVE WAYS.
UM, AND THEY WERE NOT ACTUALLY AN EFFECTIVE TOOL TO END UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT OFTEN FELT LIKE AS AN OUTREACH WORKER, WE WERE CONSTANTLY BUTTING HEADS WITH OTHER ENTITIES.
WE WERE BUTTING HEADS WITH THE LEAD AGENCY AT THE TIME.
WE WERE BUTTING HEADS WITH THE CITY AT THE TIME.
AND ALL OF THAT REALLY JUST MEANT ENCAMPMENTS WERE GROWING LARGER.
UM, IT WAS HARDER TO DO OUR JOB AS OUTREACH WORKERS.
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WOULD BE CLEANED, OUR CLIENTS AND NEIGHBORS WOULD SCATTER.AND MY JOB AS AN OUTREACH WORKER CASE MANAGING 20 TO 30 PEOPLE WOULD JUST BECOME 10 TIMES HARDER.
SO LET'S HOP BACK IN A TIME MACHINE AND COME TO AUGUST 10TH, 2023, UM, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT ENCAMPMENT MODEL OF DECOMMISSIONING CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE.
UM, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD, I THINK TWO SLIDES.
SO ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING IS A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE ENCAMPMENTS BY HOUSING ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE THERE.
SO THIS WORK IS DONE IN LOCKSTEP WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
AND THE DAY-TO-DAY ENGAGEMENT OF THIS WORK IS REALLY CARRIED OUT BY OUR INCREDIBLE OUTREACH PARTNERS ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, AND MY CO-LEAD WITH O H S ALONZO GRAPE AND I WERE KIND OF THE LEAD CASE MANAGERS OVERSEEING THIS PROCESS.
SO OUR IDEAL TIMEFRAME FROM START TO FINISH FOR AN ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE SITE, IS REALLY ANYWHERE, UH, FROM SIX TO 12 WEEKS.
BUT THESE KIND OF IMAGE HEADERS ON THE SCREEN REALLY DO BREAK DOWN THE PHASES OF HOW THIS WORK IS DONE.
UM, I CANNOT UNDERSCORE ENOUGH JUST HOW COLLABORATIVE AND INTENTIONAL ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING WORK IS.
EVERYTHING FROM SITE SELECTION TO GATHERING CRITICAL DOCUMENTS, TO IDENTIFYING UNITS, TO FILLING OUT UNIT APPLICATIONS, TO MOVING SOMEONE INTO THEIR APARTMENT AND HANDING THEM A KEY AND GIVING THEM A MOVE-IN KIT THAT HAS EVERYTHING FROM LINNS TO POTS AND PANS TO DOING A WARM HANDOFF TO CASE MANAGERS AT THE TIME OF MOVE-IN.
AND THEN THAT CASE MANAGER ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THAT CLIENT WITH A LANDLORD AS THEY GET ADJUSTED TO WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE INTO A UNIT OF THEIR VERY OWN, WHERE THEIR NAME IS ON ELISE.
UM, ALL OF THIS WORK IS INCREDIBLY COLLABORATIVE AND INTENTIONAL IN HOW WE STRUCTURE OUR DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES.
SO ON HERE YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT THE KEY ACTIVITIES ARE UNDER EACH PHASE AND OUR REALLY CRITICAL KEY PARTNERS THAT HELP US CARRY OUT THIS WORK.
SO OUR KIND OF DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES, IF YOU WERE TO KIND OF WANNA KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AT AN ENCAMPMENT, UM, IT'S SOMETIMES A PRETTY CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS STRUCTURED AND INTENTIONAL WITH HOW WE APPROACH THE WORK.
SO ONSITE, WE HAVE A DAILY 9:00 AM HUDDLE EVERY DAY TO REVIEW ASSIGNMENTS AND GOALS.
UM, THEN OUTREACH WORKERS PAIR UP AND KIND OF COMPLETE THE ACTIVITIES UNDER EACH PHASE.
SO IN GROUPS OF TWO, THEY'RE GOING AND ENGAGING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
THEY'RE BUILDING RAPPORT, THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE NEED IN OUR H M I S HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
UM, WE ARE COMPLETING APPLICATIONS, WE ARE GATHERING STATE IDS AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS AND BIRTH CERTIFICATES, ALL OF WHICH ARE CRITICAL AND NECESSARY FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO EVEN APPLY FOR AN APARTMENT.
UM, SO ONCE ALL THAT IS DONE DAY TO DAY, WE'RE THERE FROM ABOUT 9:00 AM TO AT LEAST NOON.
THEN OUR OUTREACH WORKERS GET A BREAK, THEY'RE ABLE TO GO BACK, HAVE LUNCH, DO THEIR DAILY DOCUMENTATION, AND THEN WE ALL HOP ON A FOUR O'CLOCK DAILY CALL.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE THE FOUR O'CLOCK DAILY CALL IS EVERYONE'S FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY.
UM, AND THAT INTENTIONALITY IS REALLY HOW WE STAY ON TRACK AND THEN HOW WE'RE ABLE AS PROJECT MANAGERS, ALONZO AND I, TO COMMUNICATE UP TO OUR LEADERSHIP.
SO THEY'RE ALSO VERY IN THE LOOP OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO THROUGH ENCAMPMENT, DECOMMISSIONING, WE'RE CLOSING SITES, BUT COMPARED TO THE TIME MACHINE THAT WE HOPPED IN AND WENT BACK TO FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN EVERYTHING WAS KIND OF, IT WAS CONFLICT AND IT WAS FRUSTRATING.
NOW WE'RE OPERATING IN A WAY THAT IS COLLABORATIVE.
UM, IT IS INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOUSING BEING THE GOAL.
UM, AND IT ULTIMATELY RESPECTS THE DIGNITY OF ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS BECAUSE WE ARE OFFERING RESOURCES AND WE'RE ESSENTIALLY BRINGING THE ENTIRE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM TO THEM.
SO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED, UM, AND NAVIGATING A SYSTEM THAT IS REALLY COMPLEX AND HARD TO NAVIGATE, IT'S REALLY REWARDING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS WORK, UH, DIRECTLY TO THEM.
SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OUTREACH THAT HAPPEN WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.
UM, SO GENERAL OUTREACH IS WHEN TEAMS FROM MANY OF OUR CONTINUUM OF PEER PARTNERS, THEY HAVE OUTREACH TEAMS AND THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE ACROSS OUR CONTINUUM IN SIX OF OUR DESIGNATED ZONES.
SO WE HAVE SIX ZONES WITHIN OUR ENTIRE C O C, AND THEY'RE WORKING TO ENGAGE PEOPLE WITH THE GOAL OF CONNECTING THEM TO THE HOUSING SYSTEM.
UM, SO GETTING PEOPLE THEIR CRITICAL DOCUMENTS, GETTING PEOPLE VERIFICATIONS OF DISABILITY, REALLY PREPARING THEM FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO GO INTO HOUSING AND ENSURING THEY HAVE ALL OF THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION.
SO BY THE TIME THAT REFERRAL IS MADE IN OUR COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GET THEM ON THE PATH TO HOUSING QUICKLY WITH AS FEW BARRIERS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, CHRISTINE TOUCHED QUICKLY ON HEALTH AND SAFETY OUTREACH, AND THE CITY OF DALLAS REALLY SPEARHEADS THAT INITIATIVE, UM, RESPONDING TO ENCAMPMENTS, UM, AND
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RESPONDING TO CONSTITUENTS WHEN THERE'S LEGITIMATE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS.AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH REALLY DOES KIND OF BUNDLE ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER AND TRY TO FAST TRACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AN ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING WHERE EVERYONE WITHIN THE SITE IS ABLE TO BE HOUSED QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
SO THE, THE NEXT SLIDE IS GONNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURES.
UM, TO MANAGE OUR OUTREACH STRUCTURE.
WE'VE ORGANIZED OUR TEAMS AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COVERAGE AND KIND OF ALL OF OUR AREAS OF INFLUENCE TO MAKE THIS WORK WORK.
UM, SO THE CITY OF DALLAS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OUTREACH, PROVIDING, SAY, HEALTH AND SAFETY OUTREACH SERVICES AND CO-COORDINATING ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH, UM, WITH HOUSING FORD.
SO AS A LEAD AGENCY, UM, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING OUR GENERAL OUTREACH AND ALSO CO CO-COORDINATING OUR ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH.
UM, AND TO DECOMMISSION A SITE, WE NEED SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS AT THE TABLE.
SO HAVING ALONZO KIND OF HIS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AS A CITY EMPLOYEE IN A CITY DEPARTMENT LIKE O H SS, HE'S ABLE TO PULL ALL OF THOSE IMPORTANT PARTNERS TOGETHER THAT WE NEED AT THE TABLE, LIKE THE MARSHALS CODE, UM, ADDITIONAL O H SS SUPPORT TO ACTUALLY DECOMMISSION AN ENCAMPMENT AND KEEP IT CLOSED.
AND THEN FROM THE LEAD AGENCY PERSPECTIVE, WE KIND OF HAVE THIS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE OVER HOUSING.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES, THE CASE MANAGEMENT TEAMS, THE UNIT LOCATION.
UM, SO THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER ARE KIND OF WHAT MAKE ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING REALLY EFFECTIVE.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD ARGUE PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND DOING THIS WORK.
UM, AND THOSE ARE WONDERFUL SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO HAVE STREET OUTREACH TEAMS WHO ARE INCREDIBLY TRAUMA INFORMED, UM, INCREDIBLY DEDICATED STAFF, AND THEY'RE REALLY THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS WORK WORKS.
UM, TO THE LAST SLIDE, I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN FOR ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING.
SO OF THE SITES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE, WE'VE ENGAGED 266 NEIGHBORS, WE'VE HOUSED 223 AND 85% OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY MAINTAINED THEIR HOUSING.
UM, WHICH I THINK COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS A REALLY GREAT STATISTIC TO BE ABLE TO SHARE.
UM, THIS IS WORK THAT I THINK IT JUST SHOWS HOW FAR OUR SYSTEM HAS COME, UM, FROM MY TIME AS AN OUTREACH WORKER TO NOW BEING ABLE TO BE IN THIS POSITION, UH, TO REALLY LEAD THIS WITH THE HELP OF REALLY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, UM, IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE A PART OF AND VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE HOW FAR OUR SYSTEM HAS COME.
UM, WE ARE IN NO WAY PERFECT, AND I THINK WE CONTINUE TO TWEAK OUR WORKFLOWS AND HOW WE APPROACH THIS WORK ENCAMPMENT BY ENCAMPMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WILL EVER HAVE A PERFECT MODEL.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL TO BE SURROUNDED BY LEADERSHIP THAT IS WILLING TO ADJUST, BE CREATIVE, UM, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING AS MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS AS WE CAN.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SHARE ABOUT THIS.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHAIR FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, AGAIN, WELCOME AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT THAT, UH, INSIGHT THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED.
UH, AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN, UH, UP THE FLOOR TO COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL DO ONE ROUND HERE AND, AND, UM, SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS.
UH, BEFORE I START THAT, I JUST WANT TO, UH, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE DR.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS LOVE WHEN YOU COME BY AND HANG OUT WITH US.
I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE DAVID GRUBER.
UH, SO GOOD TO SEE YOUR FACE HERE AS WELL.
AND SO WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR UP TO COMMISSIONERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS, UH, WITH QUESTIONS FOR THE PANEL? YOUR FIRST QUESTION WILL COME FROM COMMISSIONER JACOB.
UH, WHAT A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
AND I LOVE, UH, THE DEEP DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS.
UH, I'M A DATA PERSON MYSELF AND THE STORIES THAT CAN BE TOLD FROM DATA IS IMPORTANT.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS THOUGH ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THE NUMBERS IN AND OF THEMSELVES, UH, ON THE PIT COUNT, UH, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY ON THE SLIDE, IT SAID A 14% REDUCTION IN, UH, HOMELESSNESS.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, UH, THAT, I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, IN UNSHELTERED, 14% REDUCTION IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND 32% REDUCTION IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS JUST, I MEAN, COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES PIT COUNTS OVER THE YEARS.
AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT OF, I MEAN, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, I MEAN, A, A ONE-TIME PIT COUNT, UH, IS A, UH, KIND OF A, A NATIONAL ASK.
HAVE WE AS A CITY OR AN OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS OR, UH, CON UH, CONGLOMERATION PERSPECTIVE LOOKED AT, LOOK AT DOING
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LIKE QUARTERLY PIT COUNTS SO THAT WE CAN TRACK NUMBERS AND WHETHER OR NOT HOMELESSNESS GOES UP AND DOWN OVER THE CYCLE OF A YEAR RATHER THAN JUST A ONE NIGHT AT A GIVEN TIME, 1 3, 360 FIFTH TIME OF A YEAR? SO I'LL SAY THE ENORMOUS MANPOWER AND WOMAN POWER AND VOLUNTEER POWER TO COORDINATE AND PULL OFF A PIT COUNT JUST DOESN'T MAKE IT PERSONNEL FEASIBLE TO DO ONCE A QUARTER.BUT I ALSO HAVE TO CLARIFY, OUR SYSTEM DOESN'T JUST RELY ON A ONCE A YEAR NUMBER TO UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH OF OUR SYSTEM.
WE LOOK AT THE DATA FROM THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ALL OF THE TIME.
ARE WE, IS THE, AGAIN, IS IT RARE, BRIEF AND NON-RECURRING FOR INDIVIDUALS? ARE WE SEEING, UM, SHELTER CAPACITY, UH, OR BED USAGE? LIKE WE LOOK AT THOSE GRANULAR DATA NUMBERS ALL OF THE TIME? THE PIT COUNT NUMBER REALLY, AGAIN, IS THE FEDERAL MANDATE.
IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND TRENDS YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT IT IS NOT THE, THE ONLY DATA SET THAT OUR SYSTEM RELIES ON TO UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH OF OUR SYSTEM.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF, I MEAN, IN Y'ALL'S MINDS, UH, WHEN LOOKING AT TRENDS AND TO REALLY, UH, QUANTIFY, UH, THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS, AT LEAST FROM A NUMBERS PERSPECTIVE, COULDN'T WE OR WOULDN'T WE GLEAN MORE BY DOING ADDITIONAL COUNTS MORE THAN JUST THE ONE FAN FEDERALLY MANDATED COUNT? LET ME, LEMME SAY ONE MORE.
I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF, UH, MANPOWER WOMAN POWER AND VOLUNTEER POWER THAT GOES INTO THAT, BUT WOULD YOU SEE MORE VALUE IN DOING ADDITIONAL COUNTS MORE SO THAN JUST ONCE A YEAR? NO, WE GLEAN MORE INSIGHT INTO THE REGULAR NUMBERS WE SEE IN HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
I'M GONNA USE AN EXAMPLE, A VERY SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.
ANYONE THAT SHOWS UP TO AN INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, WE, WE COUNT A BED NIGHT FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL INCLEMENT WEATHER, THEY'VE SHOWED UP TO A SHELTER.
THAT DATA THAT WE'RE GATHERING AT THAT TIME IS SO MUCH MORE HELPFUL IN US UNDERSTANDING AND PLANNING FOR FUTURE INCLEMENT WEATHER.
AND WE WOULDN'T GET THAT LEVEL OF GRANULAR INSIGHT DOING A PIT COUNT ONCE A QUARTER.
IS THAT MAKING, SO LIKE OUR REALLY ROBUST WAY TO DIG INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SYSTEM IS THROUGH THAT EVERY, EVERY TIME A CLIENT COMES INTO A SHELTER, THEY'RE ENTERED INTO H M I S WHEN THEY'RE UTILIZING SERVICES, IT'S RECORDED IN H M I S, HOW LONG THEY'VE STAYED AT THE SHELTER, IT'S RECORDED IN, IN H M I S.
THAT IS MUCH MORE CRITICAL FOR US AS A SYSTEM.
AND I, I WOULD, I WOULD BEG, UH, TO SAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT LEVEL OF DATA, WHICH IS DATA WE REPORT OUT TO HUD AND USE REGULARLY.
AND THAT'S THE DATA THAT HUD IS, UM, SCORING US ON AS WELL.
AND NOT JUST, NOT JUST PIT COUNT DATA.
SO COMMISSIONER, UH, JUST, I WILL ALSO SAY, UM, THERE'S A STUDY, IT'S ABOUT, I THINK A YEAR OR SO OLD OF, UH, DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
I THINK IT'S SAN FRANCISCO, UM, THAT ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THAT QUESTION AND SAID, WELL, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DID UNIQUE COUNTS IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND HELD THEM AGAINST THE PICK COUNT? UM, AND IT WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTING.
BUT REALLY WHAT IT FOUND, AND I CAN TRY TO FIND THAT REPORT, WHAT IT FOUND WAS THAT THE, THE PICK COUNT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WAS ON AVERAGE FAIRLY ON LEVEL.
THERE WAS MAYBE ONE SPIKE, AND THEY LOOKED AT THAT AND LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS THERE? AND IT WAS SOMETHING AROUND LIKE COLD WEATHER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THE DATA WAS NOT INCONGRUENT ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO WHAT THE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY DID.
SO I CAN FIND THAT FOR YOU, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING LOOK AT THAT AND KNOWING THAT THAT STUDY HAS BEEN DONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LOOKING FOR THAT.
JUST ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION, AND I APPLAUD.
I MEAN, THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, UH, IN DALLAS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO HOMELESSNESS AND OUR, UH, I THINK, I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH OF A STRETCH TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A, A MISSION AND A VISION TO BE A, UH, A CITY BY WHICH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, UH, CAN LOOK TO IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES FOR OUR WORK AND, UH, FOR OUR WORK WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATIONS.
WHO DO WE, UH, AS A, AS A MUNICIPALITY, UH, EITHER COMPARE OURSELVES TO OR LOOK TO CURRENTLY FOR, UH, THE WORK THAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING WITH THE HOMELESS BY WAY OF LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES? UM, WELL I'M, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I LOVE THAT QUESTION 'CAUSE IT GIVES ME THE PLEASURE OF SAYING PEOPLE LOOK TO US.
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VERY REDUCTIVE, BUT IT'S TRUE, UM, NOT JUST LOCALLY, BUT NATIONALLY.AND SO, UM, WITH THAT REALLY FUN THING THAT I GET TO SAY, I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO JULIE.
UM, WE, IT IS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO A COMPARISON FROM CITY TO CITY.
WHAT WE DO TRY TO DO, AND WE DO, WE ENGAGE HOUSTON REGULARLY.
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM IS ON A CALL WITH A TEAM OUT OF INDIANAPOLIS REGULARLY TO TALK ABOUT HOW ARE YOU ALL MANAGING THIS? HOW ARE YOU MANAGING THESE HOT TEMPS? HOW ARE YOU MANAGING INCREASING HOUSING COSTS? AND IT'S DIFFICULT.
DO YOU HAVE A LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT TEAM? WHAT PROCESSES? SO WE USUALLY DO A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING ACROSS THE NATION WITH OTHER CITIES.
BUT THE COM THE COMPARISON IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE EACH CITY HAS A DIFFERENT POLITICAL STRUCTURE, HOUSING MARKET, UH, SHELTER POLICIES THAT THEY UTILIZE.
EAST COAST PLACES HAVE A RIGHT TO SHELTER.
EVERYBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO SHELTER IF THEY SO DESIRE.
SO WE CAN'T ALWAYS COMPARE FOR THEM, BUT WE TRY TO USE MANY OF OUR TEXAS CITIES.
BUT WE ARE TALKING TO THEM REGULARLY ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING.
WHAT HAVE YOU TRIED OVER THE YEARS? HOUSTON, WE KNOW, UM, THEY'VE BEEN AT THIS A REALLY LONG TIME, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT POLITICAL STRUCTURE WHERE THEY HAVE A STRONGER MAYOR.
TWO MAYORS IN A ROW SAID WE WILL END HOMELESSNESS.
A BUNCH OF CITY DEPARTMENTS COALESCED.
THEY DID MASSIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S, WE, WE DO FOR US AS A SYSTEM, REALLY HAVE GREAT KNOWLEDGE SHARING PARTNERS THAT WE ENGAGE WITH.
BUT THEY ARE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF SESSIONS AND CAM DECOMMISSIONING USUALLY IS ONE OF THEM.
WE ARE ALSO THE CITY THAT MANY ARE LOOKING TO, UM, AND TOWARDS ABOUT LIKE, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS WORK? HOW ARE YOU, HOW DID YOU HOUSE OVER 2300 PEOPLE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF DALLAS REAL TIME? WHAT, WHAT WAS, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO WORK WITH YOUR, UM, YOUR, UH, YOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY? THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
I'M GONNA STOP TALKING, BUT I COULD GO ON FURTHER, BUT YES, YES, YES.
THERE'S A CONVERSATION WE HAD.
AND, AND I WILL JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING CITY TO CITY, YOU'RE ACTUALLY COMPARING CONTINUUM OF CARE TO CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE CITY PEERS THAT I TALK TO, UM, AND YOU KNOW, SAME AS JOLIE, BUT WHEN I'M TALKING TO CITY PEERS, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT, WELL, HERE ARE POLICIES.
HOW DO THEY PLAY INTO THE LARGER CONTINUUM OF CARE IN YOUR AREA? BECAUSE THE CITY IS A PIECE OF THAT LARGER REGIONAL PUZZLE.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO THINK ABOUT HOW COMPLEX IT IS WHEN WE'RE ALL SHARING OUR DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
JACOB, UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? VICE CHAIR O PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THE COMMENT IS, THIS HAS BEEN SO GOOD TODAY.
VICE CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER COFF, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? PLEASE GO AHEAD.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
UH, IT'S GOTTA BE JUST SO NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY YOUR PEERS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST RECOGNITION YOU COULD GET, I WOULD THINK.
UM, I DO HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION ON THE HOMELESSNESS.
AND YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS TO DECLARE AN OFFICIAL END TO THE VETERAN'S HOMELESSNESS HERE.
WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT WHAT KIND OF PARAMETERS DO WE HAVE TO MEET AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? UH, GREAT GETTING THAT DECORATION.
IS IT 90 DAYS BELOW? UM, AND THAT'S FROM IDENTIFICATION TO A PERSON GETTING ASSESSED AND HOUSED, UH, CHRONIC AND LONG-TERM.
WE CAN ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND WE ARE REALLY, REALLY LOW.
WE ONLY HAVE LIKE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSIDERED CHRONIC CHRONICALLY UNHOUSED, UM, IN THE VETERAN POPULATION.
AND THEN OUR INFLOW OF WHO'S COMING IN AND OUTFLOW HAS TO BE AT A CERTAIN KIND OF PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE METRICS THAT USAGE.
THE UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL OF HOMELESSNESS, THEY REQUIRE TO LOOK IN, DIG INTO, AND THEY WANNA SEE US HOLD THE LINE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE, WE'RE SUBMITTING THE DATA TO THEM.
THEY'RE POURING OVER THE DATA.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
YOU KNOW, I DO ALWAYS USE THE CAVEAT, THE DATA IS ONE THING, BUT WE ARE LITERALLY HOUSING THOUSANDS OF HUMANS.
AND SO EVEN WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE IN, IN DIFFERENT CITIES OR IN THAT ARE IN OUR FOOTPRINT OR, UM, INTERESTED PARTIES, I ALWAYS WANNA CENTER THE EXPERIENCE OF THE HUMANS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING.
AND THAT ALONE WILL MAKE ME CRY EVERY DAY.
UH, BUT I NEVER WANNA MISS LIKE THE,
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THE POINT OF VIEW THAT WE ARE HOUSING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WE DIDN'T HOUSE BEFORE.THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE FINANCIAL, UM, RESOURCES AT OUR FINGERTIP TO HOUSE.
WE'RE HOUSING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, WE WEREN'T WORKING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT'VE BEEN WORKING IN OUR SILOS AND INDEPENDENTLY AND WE'RE MORE, WE'RE WORKING MORE COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER TO, TO REALLY HOUSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, WHICH IS AMAZING.
UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GLADDEN HOFF, UH, ANY OTHER, OH, COMMISSIONER BROWN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO JOLIE THAT I'M, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING, BUT THIS FELT SUPER INFORMATIVE.
I FELT LIKE ENERGY IS JUST, IT'S JUST BEEN DIFFERENT LISTENING TO YOU ALL GO BACK AND FORTH AND GIVING US THE UPDATES.
AND I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY TURNED, LIKE, HONED IN ON WHATEVER KINK NEEDED TO BE WORKED OUT.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST TIMES WITH US GETTING REAL TIME UPDATES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A TREMENDOUS SHOUT OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION, BECAUSE IT FEELS DIFFERENT THIS TIME AND I'M SEEING THE DIFFERENCE AND I'M HEARING THE DIFFERENCE.
AND IT'S GREAT TO GO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO MY OWN DISTRICT SEVEN AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES WHO ARE WORKING NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT NATIONALLY WITH OTHER, OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN COMBAT THIS HOMELESSNESS AND PROVIDE A REAL SOLUTION.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
I WILL ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN JOEY TALKED ABOUT HOW AMAZING IT IS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S AMAZING FOR US, IT'S AMAZING FOR ME, BUT IT'S MORE AMAZING BECAUSE MY STAFF HAVE HOPE THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
AND EVEN TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, IT WAS JUST A SENSE OF FRUSTRATION.
WE KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND IT'S NEVER GONNA CHANGE.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT SAYING, WELL, HOLD ON.
JUST WAIT, WE'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING, IT'S GONNA COME.
AND THEY ALL, THEY ALL HELD ON AND THEY'RE STILL HERE AND THEY'RE GETTING TO SEE, THEY'RE GETTING TO SEE THE CHANGES THAT THEY, THEY WROUGHT 'CAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN IT.
AND I THINK THAT SYSTEM-WIDE HOPE AND SEEING THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED WILL TALK TO US BECAUSE THEY HAVE HOPE IS SOMETHING THAT WE WAITED A VERY LONG TIME FOR.
I, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD THE FUN UPDATE THAT BY THE TIME WE SUBMITTED THESE SLIDES, WE HAVE ACTUALLY HOUSED 225 PEOPLE FROM ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING, WHICH IS A FUN PROBLEM TO HAVE, WHICH YOU HOUSE PEOPLE QUICK ENOUGH, WHICH MEANS YOUR SLIDE DECKS ARE ALWAYS A COUPLE NUMBERS OFF BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE'RE PRESENTING, WE'VE HOUSED TWO OR THREE MORE PEOPLE.
UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BROWN.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY IN VIRTUALLY? NO.
UM, SO FIRST LET ME SAY, UM, I THINK THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF, UM, THE IMPACT MADE BY THE PROPER INVESTMENT IN AND CLEAR DIRECTION FOR RESOLUTION OF, OF SOCIETAL PROBLEMS. UM, AND SO TO THAT END, I I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I GUESS IT'S THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THE PANDEMIC THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE AN INFUSION OF FUNDS THAT ALLOWED US TO PURSUE PATHWAYS THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE NOT ACCESSIBLE.
THE OTHER THING IS THE DIRECTION AND THE FOCUS THAT HAS ADJUSTED AND CHANGED.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND DIRECTOR CROSLEY, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE APPROACH TO UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS FOR YEARS.
AND I COULDN'T
AND I THINK THAT'S EVIDENT IN THE FACT THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS REDUCTION IN THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE NUMBERS, WHICH IS A LITTLE LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS.
UH, SO I THINK THAT THAT CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED, THAT WE HAVE SEEN THE SUCCESS IN THE FACE OF WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED BEFORE.
AND ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, IT WAS THE FASTEST INCREASING SEGMENT OVER OVER A DECADE, UH, WHERE WE SAW UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS
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GOING DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.WE SAW IT INCREASED HUNDREDS OF PERCENT HERE IN DALLAS.
SO I HAVE TO SAY THAT TO PROPERLY POSITION YOUR WORK AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAD IN TERMS OF THE MASSIVE DI YOU KNOW, MASSIVELY IMPROPER DIRECTION WE WERE GOING IN AND HOW QUICKLY WE WERE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT IT TAKES TO TO, TO PUMP THE BRAKES ON THAT AND CHANGE DIRECTION AND GOING ANOTHER DIRECTION.
AND WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT.
SO I JUST, I I, I, I WANNA, I WANNA CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, STATE THE MAGNITUDE HERE, UH, BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD.
AND AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE FRAMEWORK OF A NEW PATHWAY THAT WE SHOULD SEE FROM ONE COAST TO ANOTHER, UM, BECAUSE HUMANITY IS THAT IMPORTANT.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, WITH MY 2 CENTS, YOU KNOW, DOING THE RIGHT THING IS ALWAYS A SMART INVESTMENT.
AND YOU SEE THAT CLEARLY IN THE RETURNS OF HUMAN LIFE THAT IS ABLE TO GROW AND CONTRIBUTE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M RIGHT WITH YOU IN TERMS OF THAT HUMAN STORY, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT'S AT.
UH, SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, I, I DO WANT TO JUST FIRST, WELL, LET ME GO ON.
TOIL YOU, IT'S A LOT OF COMMITMENT GOING ON TODAY,
SO IT'S A, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO HAVE THIS KIND OF A CONVERSATION, BUT FIRSTLY, LET, WELL, SECONDLY, LET ME COMMEND YOU ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO CLOSE TO THAT FINISH LINE ON VETERANS HOMELESSNESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A AMAZING MILESTONE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AT FOCUS, UH, SO THAT, THAT IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UH, ANOTHER GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UH, NOW I GUESS THE, UM, QUICKLY, I WANTED TO JUST, UM, COMMENT ALSO ON THE FLEX FUND USAGE AND THAT IMPORTANCE THERE, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWING YOU TO BE, TO DEAL WITH THE ASYMMETRICAL REALITIES.
UH, I KNOW THAT THAT'S KEY IN THE PROCESS.
SO IN TERMS OF THE, THE USAGE OF THAT, I GUESS I'M GONNA TALK A LOT ABOUT, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, USING THE R T R R T R AS THE FRAMEWORK OR, UM, YOU KNOW, A FOUNDATION FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, A CHANGING APPROACH ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, AND, AND USING THE ASSESSMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THE, THE D R R T R AFFORDED IN THAT PROCESS.
AND SO THE USE OF FLEX, THE FLEX FUND, I THINK, UM, IS A CRITICAL, YOU KNOW, UH, FUNCTION, UH, THAT WE NEED TO START TALKING MORE ABOUT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, FUNDING POOLS THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE TO REALLY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
SO WE JUST AS YOUR POINT, WE DON'T HAVE A $200 BARRIER FOR SOMEBODY TO MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIFE.
UM, SO, BUT THAT, I THINK THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT WE WANT TO WANNA CONTINUE TO, UH, UH, FOCUS ON TO SEE THAT FLEX FUND GROW AND DEVELOP AND BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FLEX FUND THAT YOU CAN USE ACROSS THE BOARD AND, AND THOSE ENDEAVORS.
SO, UM, TO CLARIFY, IT'S ALSO AN EXPANSION OF DALLAS REALTIME.
THE, THERE WAS A PRIVATE FUND RAISING EFFORT THAT WAS DONE RIGHT, FOR DALLAS REALTIME AND FLEX FUND, BUT AS WE EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY, IT GIVES MORE EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES, THE CASE MANAGERS THAT ARE ASSISTING THOSE CLIENTS, THE POOL OF FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO, TO TAP INTO SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST RELEGATED TO ONE INITIATIVE HAPPENING IN OUR SYSTEM, GETS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLEX FUND AVAILABLE TO THEM IN THEIR CLIENTS, BUT REALLY ACROSS OUR SYSTEM EXACTLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR LIFTING THAT UP.
DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY.
UM, OKAY, SO ONE, ONE QUESTION THAT I DID HAVE, UH, AND I, IT JUST MAY BE A CLARIFICATION, UH, OF HOW YOU'RE APPROACHING THIS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, AND THIS IS I GUESS SLIDE SEVEN, TARGETED INVESTMENT IN PERMANENT HOUSING AND DIVERSION.
UH, BUT YOU HAVE THE CATEGORIES OF YOUTH, FAMILIES AND VETERANS, UH, AND IS THAT THESE CATEGORIES ARE SPECIFIC TO YOUR FOCUS ON PERMANENT HOUSING AND DIVERSION EFFORTS, OR WHAT, WHAT IS THIS CATEGORIZATION? NOT JUST PERMANENT HOUSING AND THAT DIVERSION EFFORTS, BUT REALLY THESE ARE THE THREE SUBPOPULATIONS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH ARE ALIGNED WITH FEDERAL GOALS, THOSE ARE THE SUBPOPULATIONS THAT WE'RE REALLY, UM, UTILIZING THE BREADTH OF ALL THAT OUR RESOURCES HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S, IT IS A, WE'RE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON
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PERMANENT HOUSING, NUMBER ONE.SO YES, WE'RE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON PERMANENT HOUSING, BUT IT IS ALSO HOW ARE WE UTILIZING THE FUNDING THAT'S COME INTO OUR SYSTEM, LOOKING AT OUR PIT COUNT TRENDS YEAR OVER YEAR, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM TO DO THE WORK IN THOSE BUCKETS FOR THOSE SUBPOPULATIONS.
SO WHAT, WHAT I WILL ADVOCATE FOR, YOU MAY HAVE A GOOD, YOU KNOW, PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, A REASON WHY, UM, YOU KNOW, KNOW THE CATEGORY OF SINGLE MEN IS NOT THERE.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT'S THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE.
BUT WE NEVER SEE THEM AS A CATEGORICAL FOCUS.
AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT, THAT I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE.
CAN WE, CAN WE DO THAT? CAN WE FOCUS ON THE LARGEST SUBPOPULATION THAT IS THERE AND THE SPECIFIC DRIVERS THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE CAUSING THIS TO BE THE LARGEST SUBGROUP AND, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THAT RE THAT RESOLUTION FOR THAT SUBPOPULATION? YES, WE DO FOCUS ON THAT.
UH, THE, THE PULLOUT OF THOSE SUBPOPULATIONS ARE ALSO, 'CAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS FOR THOSE SUBPOPULATIONS THAT NOT, NOT JUST FOR US, US, RIGHT? I KNOW.
THERE'S DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS, THERE'S DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE MET.
BUT, BUT FOR US, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT AND LOOK AT RACIAL EQUITY IS A PART OF OUR WORK.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE A PART OF OUR RACIAL EQUITY WORK THAT AREN'T JUST INNER SYSTEM, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE FAITH-BASED SYSTEM, JERRY HAWKINS FROM DALLAS, T R H T IS A PART OF THAT RACIAL EQUITY WORK GROUP.
AND WE DO HAVE A, A LASER FOCUS.
WHEN I ATTEND LIKE THE VETERANS WORK GROUP, I'M THE ONE LIFTING UP, HEY, WE'RE SEEING A DISCREPANCY IN SINGLE BLACK MEN IN THE VETERAN'S POPULATION.
AND THEN IN THAT VETERAN'S WORK GROUP, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW ARE WE ENSURING WE'RE DOING TARGETED OUTREACH TO SINGLE BLACK MEN? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE VETERAN AFFAIRS OFFICES AND STAFF TO HAVE A, UH, REALLY FOCUSED EFFORT AND INTENTION AROUND SINGLE BLACK MEN? RIGHT? SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN WITHIN THE SUBPOPULATIONS AND NOT LIKE OUTSIDE OF THEM IN A DIFFERENT ONE.
BUT I DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I JOTTED IT DOWN AS A NOTE, IF WE CONTINUE TO DIG INTO THOSE DRIVERS, WHICH MANY OF US KNOW VERY PLAINLY WHAT THOSE DRIVERS ARE, THAT WE SEE A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF BLACK MEN IN OUR SYSTEM.
BUT YES, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT.
RIGHT? AND, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU FACILITATED IN THAT EFFORT.
I JUST WANNA SAY I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT FACILITATION.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS I CAN FIND FUNDING FOR EVERY OTHER SUBGROUP.
I CAN FIND FUNDING FOR YOUTH, FOR FAMILIES, UH, ABUSED, UH, UH, UH, WIVES OR MOTHERS.
I CAN'T FIND ANY FUNDING, ANY FOCUS, NOTHING WHEN IT COMES TO SINGLE BLACK MEN.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAID I WANT TO, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHERE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AND WHAT I WANNA SEE YOU GUYS FACILITATE IT SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THAT SUBPOPULATION AND THE, AND THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF IT.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT I HOPE, UH, THE ALL IN INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW TO GO FEDERAL AND THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN ENGAGE, UH, PROPER SOLUTION MIXES FOR.
UH, SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UM, THE, UM, LEMME CHECK TIME HERE.
NOW, THE, UM, THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THE 480 NEW SLOTS, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CITY, THE, THE NEW CITY FACILITIES, OR THAT'S, THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THAT? THE 480 SLOTS YOU SEE ARE VOUCHERS PROMISED TO US.
THAT'S THE VOUCHERS COMMITTED TO THE SYSTEM.
WE ARE HOPING THEY CAN BE, UM, BE APPLIED TO SOME OF THE NEW FACILITIES COMING UP, EITHER THE CITY OR THE COUNTY.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS AT THE TABLE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO APPLY THOSE 480 VOUCHERS.
THE, THE, SO I'LL DEFINITELY BE ADVOCATING FOR THE, UH, THE BUDGETARY, UM, A FOCUS OR ALLOCATION FOR THE, UH, 16 ADDITIONAL STAFF.
I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
I, I, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, I, I WILL, I MEAN, WE NEED TO SEE THIS EXPANDED.
THAT'S A SIMPLE FACTOR OF THE MATTER.
WE NEED TO SEE THIS BECOME THE WAY FORWARD.
UH, AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT FACILITATING.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, AND, AND I'LL, I'LL JUST MAKE THIS MORE INCLUSIVE BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT, UM, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE, UH, FROM WHATEVER SUBPOPULATION ONCE YOU'RE GETTING 'EM INTO HOUSING THROUGH REAL TIME THAT THEY'RE STAYING THERE.
UM, AND SO, WELL, LET ME ASK, WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME ARE YOU ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT OVER AT THIS POINT? LIKE, HOW LONG IS THE LONGEST TIMEFRAME, SHORT AS TIMEFRAME, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN HOUSING, AND MAYBE WHAT IF, IF YOU, TO SUM UP IN, YOU KNOW, IN A SENTENCE, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE, UH, UH,
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THE SUCCESS, YOU KNOW, THE SUCCESS OF THAT IS? WHAT'S CAUSING THAT SUCCESS? WE LOOK AT SIX MONTHS AND WE LOOK AT 12 MONTHS.UH, WE ALSO, WHAT DO I THINK IS THE SUCCESS TO 85% OF INDIVIDUALS BEING HOUSED IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE AMAZING CASE MANAGERS AND PROGRAM MANAGERS THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR SYSTEM, REALLY PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED APPROACH AND SOLUTION TO EACH CLIENT THAT THEY SERVE.
WHETHER THAT'S CONNECTING THEM TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, CONNECTING THEM WITH PEERS AND PEER SPECIALISTS.
BUT REALLY, I ATTRIBUTE THAT SUCCESS TO JUST THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT NUMBER OF 85% REALLY TELLS US AS A COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE WANT HOUSING, RIGHT? AND IF WE PROVIDE THEM HOUSING, THEY WILL REMAIN HOUSED.
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS AROUND 80 PO, 80% FOR PEOPLE TO REMAIN HOUSED.
SO WE'RE GOING ABOVE THE KIND OF NATIONAL AVERAGE IF PEOPLE REMAINING HOUSED, AGAIN, WE ARE AMAZING CITY THAT'S DOING SOME TREMENDOUS THINGS, BUT I THINK, UM, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR HOW WE WERE GETTING TO 85%.
WE ALSO DO, UM, YOU KNOW, HANNAH AND THE TEAM DO AN AMAZING JOB, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT DOES FOCUS GROUPS WITH OUR CLIENTS ONCE THEY ARE HOUSED.
HOW DID THIS PROCESS WORK FOR YOU? WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY OR BETTER? DID WE COMMUNICATE THIS PROCESS SO THAT IT WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
AND THEN WE TAKE IT, RIGHT? THAT IS THE BEST PRACTICE TO UTILIZE THE VOICE OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
THEN WE TAKE THE UNDERSTANDINGS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING US AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR NEXT ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS.
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.
I LOVE, I LOVE LEARN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LEARNING AND GROWING YOUR PROCESS.
AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU MENTIONED TO RE RETAIN THAT FLEXIBILITY AND BE ABLE TO CHANGE AND ADJUST AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ADD IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE GAINING AS YOU GO ALONG.
I THINK SO MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK, HAVE JUST KIND OF BEEN BLIND TO THAT.
UM, SO I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION, UM, WELL, I'LL JUST MAKE IT A LAST
THERE'S BEEN A PROCESS OF DATA COLLECTION AND A PROCESS OF ASSESSMENT.
AND SO, UH, I THINK WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A MORE DETAILED, UH, UH, CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO SUM UP WHAT IS THE DATA THAT YOU'VE COLLECTED THROUGH REAL TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS IT TELLING YOU ABOUT, UM, I GUESS THE LARGER, THE LARGER HOMELESS RESPONSE FOCUS AND OTHER CHANGES THAT MAY NEED TO BE MADE ELSEWHERE? FUNDING MATTERS,
UH, I THINK THE DATA ALSO TELLS US THAT WHEN WE ARE A SYSTEM OPERATING AT, LIKE HE PERFORMANCE, EVERYONE IS DOING THE THING THAT THEY DO BEST.
BRENDA AT THE STEWPOT, THEY HAVE AMAZING, UM, DOCUMENT ID GATHERING PROCESSES.
WE'RE LEVERAGING THAT WHEN WE ARE OPERATING WITH STREET OUTREACH WORKERS, WHETHER THEY BE AT THE BRIDGE OR CITY SQUARE OR CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
EVERYONE IS OPERATING AT THEIR PEAK PERFORMANCE AND WHAT THEY DO WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE PROJECT MANAGERS THAT ARE KIND OF HELPING TOE THE LINE, HELPING US STAY ALL TOGETHER.
HAVING THE MORNING HUDDLES, THE EVENING HUDDLES WE'RE, YOU SAID IT BEST, WE'RE PIVOTING WHERE WE NEED TO, WE'RE NOT SO STUCK IN OUR WAY.
LIKE, NOPE, IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY.
WE'RE NOT SEEING THE RESULTS AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO IT THIS WAY, BUT WE KNOW WE'RE SEEING RESULTS AND WE WANNA SEE THESE TYPE OF RESULTS.
'CAUSE THE MODEL SAYS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET HERE BY THIS TIME, AND WE ARE MAKING THE TWEAKS NECESSARY.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS, UM, INITIATIVE REALLY HAS SHOWN US.
AND I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, THE INITIATIVE IN AND OF ITSELF YES, WAS ABOUT HOUSING X NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT REALLY WHAT IT'S DONE FOR OUR SYSTEM, IT HAS CHANGED THE WAY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO BUSINESS.
AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED THAT WE HAVE.
AND IF WE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD DREAM A THOUSAND DREAMS, THERE WOULD BE AN AMAZING UNIVERSITY THAT WOULD HELP US DOCUMENT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING HERE.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT I THINK THE, THE DALLAS REAL TIME HAS REALLY SHOWN US AS A SYSTEM.
WE MAY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT FURTHER TOO.
'CAUSE I, I CERTAINLY AGREE MM-HMM.
SO, AND, UH, SO AGAIN, I'LL JUST, AND IT SEEMS THAT, THAT I, I GUESS ANOTHER POINT I'LL MAKE ABOUT CHANGES THAT I'VE SEEN IS THE COLLABORATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT I KEEP HEARING YOU SPEAK ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WE SAW SUCH SILOING, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO GOING BACK TO THE, TO, UH, UH, PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION.
BUT, UM, NOW WE'RE SEEING COLLABORATION AT AT LEAST IT SEEMS THAT WAY.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE SOME, SOME ROADS TO TROD WITH THAT, BUT I THINK THAT COLLABORATION JUST, YOU KNOW,
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ALLOWS SO MUCH LEVERAGING OF CAPACITY AND JUST AS YOU SAID, ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO PERFORM AT THEIR HIGHEST CAPACITY.UH, AND SHOUT OUT TO STUPAC, BY THE WAY.
SO, UH, BUT, BUT SO I, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT TO SAY THAT, THAT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE SEEING, THE, THE, THE, THE ADJUSTMENTS, THE CHANGE IN DIRECTION IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.
AND WE, WE, WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF IT, SEEING THIS EXPAND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, AND I JUST SAY AGAIN, THAT IT PROVES THAT, YOU KNOW, DOING THE RIGHT THING IS ALWAYS A SMART INVESTMENT.
UH, AND SO I THINK THAT, UH, YOU GUYS ARE TO BE COMMITTED AGAIN AT DIRECTOR CROLEY.
I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING, I COULD SEE SOMETHING IN YOUR
AND, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MASSIVE CHANGE THAT WE HAVE BOTH SEEN IS CHANGE IS POSSIBLE, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE POLICY AND YOU HAVE TO STICK WITH THE POLICY, AND YOU ALL HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME POLICY.
AND SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO FUNCTION COHESIVELY IS ONE BODY, UH, AND RESPECT POLICY SETTING, AND THEN STICK WITH IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND IT SEEMS BASIC, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BEFORE EITHER, SO.
UM, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, NEXT PRESENTATION.
I DO, I DO WANNA SAY AGAIN, WELL, LAST THING I PROMISE, BUT THE 6,000 BY 2025, I'M LOVING THAT.
UM, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAIR KING.
I THINK WE HAVE COMMISSIONER JACOB, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS OR DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, PLEASE? UH, IT WOULD, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT CHAIR KING WAS MENTIONING BY WAY OF CATEGOR CA UH, CATEGORIZATION OF HOMELESS, THE YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND THE VETERANS, ARE THERE ANY, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, INTAKE INFORMATION OR SURVEY, UH, WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS, UH, OF, UH, THE HOMELESS POPULATIONS, ARE THERE ANY FEDERAL STANDARDS OF CATEGORIES THAT ARE TRACKED, UH, AT THAT LEVEL THAT CAN TRICKLE DOWN TO US BY WAY OF HOW WE CAN CATEGORIZE THOSE IN HOMELESS, THOSE THAT ARE IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION? WE ARE ALIGNED TO FEDERAL HUD STANDARDS WHEN WE CATEGORIZE YOUTH, VETERANS, AND FAMILIES.
UM, THE, I, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANNA ASSUME THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE ACROSS SYSTEMS IS THE EDUCATION SYSTEM CONSIDERS UNHOUSED YOUTH A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CATEGORY, A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PARAMETERS, UM, INCLUDING YOUTH THAT ARE LIVING IN HOTELS OR MOTELS WITH THEIR FAMILIES OR COUCH TURFING.
BUT THIS, THE CATEGORIES THAT WE USE IN THE WAY THAT WE CATEGORIZE A YOUTH VERSUS A FAMILY VERSUS A VETERAN, IS, IS FOLLOWING THE HUD STANDARDS.
DOES THAT, IS THAT, DID I ANSWER THAT APPROPRIATELY OR WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? YES.
I MEAN, IT'S HELPFUL THAT, I MEAN, THAT HUD DOES HAVE THOSE THREE STANDARD CATEGORIES, BUT I MEAN, JUST TO, UH, ALIGN WITH WHAT CHAIR KING WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, AS WE DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE DATA THAT WE DO COLLECT BY WAY OF ASSESSMENT AND IDENTIFYING WAY, NOT ONLY GEOGRAPHICALLY WHERE THE POCKETS OF THE HOMELESS POPULATIONS ARE, BUT ALSO, UH, WHAT, UH, RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, UH, UH, OUR HOMELESS POPULATIONS FALL UNDER.
HOW CAN WE RELY ON THOSE CATEGORIES TO, UH, DEVELOP, UM, UH, AND IDENTIFY WAYS TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS ACCORDINGLY AS A WAY TO COUNTERACT WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE TELLING US? I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION.
I'M GONNA USE, I LIKE THE DAY ONE FAMILIES FUNDING THAT CAME IN.
THERE WERE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT IT HAS TO BE UTILIZED FOR FAMILIES, UM, ONLY, OR IF WE, UH, WHEN WE'RE SUBMITTING OUR ANNUAL CONTINUUM OF CARE, UM, NOTICE OF FUNDING INFORMATION, AND WE'RE ANSWERING THAT, THEN WE ARE SUBMITTING A PROCESS THAT'S ALIGNED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT WHAT DOES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT'S OUR PLAN FOR THAT? WHAT'S OUR PLAN FOR RAPID REHOUSING? UH, WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO SERVE THIS SORT OF POPULATION? I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION, BUT I'M NOT YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
OH, I'LL JUST SAY, SO EVERY TERM THAT WE USE HAS A SPECIFIC CORRELATING DEFINITION WITH, UH, HUD.
WE DON'T, WE CAN'T MAKE UP ANY TERMS. EVERYTHING IS MEASURED, EVERYTHING ROLLS DOWN FROM, UH, HUD AND THEN THERE ARE SCORECARDS THAT OUR GRANTS ARE BASED ON.
UH, ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT JOLIE CAN SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IS ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LOCAL LEAD AGENCY AT THE C O C IS TO HELP ALIGN THE FEDERAL SCORECARD WITH THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE.
BECAUSE OUR LOCAL LANDSCAPE IS GONNA BE
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ADJUSTED FOR WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.THE SCORECARD WILL LOOK DIFFERENT.
SO HOUSING BOARD'S, KIND OF THAT TRANSLATOR TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD TO HAVE THE BEST AWARD POSSIBLE.
AND SO, WHEN WE ARE COLLECTING DATA AND WE'RE SUBMITTING THAT DATA TO HUD, IT IS ALIGNED WITH THE HUD STANDARDS AND DEFINITIONS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW AKIN THAT'S HOW THE SCORECARD COMES OUT, IS IF WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JACOB, AND THANK YOU LADIES.
UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE.
UM, CITIZEN OWNERS, THIS COMMISSION COMMITTEE REPORTS, UH, FIRST WE HAVE HOUSING, UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR, JOHN SHALENE.
UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE A REPORT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING SINCE, UH, OUR LAST, UH, COMMISSION MEETING, WORKING TO SCHEDULE ONE FOR, I BELIEVE, AUGUST 28TH.
AND I FIGURED THAT'S, THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE WITH, WITH ALL COMMITTEES, UH, WELL, MOST COMMITTEES.
WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS MORE ABOUT, UH, COMMITTEE WORK, UPCOMING ITEM, UH, THE RACIAL EQUITY COMMITTEE.
UH, WE DID NOT HOLD A JULY MEETING.
WE DID HOLD A JUNE MEETING THAT WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE, UH, COMMISSION.
UM, EFFECTIVELY WHAT WE FOCUSED ON, UH, WERE, WAS THE STATUS OF E L I AND B L I HOUSING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THAT RELATIONSHIP TO, UH, HOUSING FOR, UH, HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
AND, UH, IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, THE EXTREME GAP THAT EXISTS THERE AND, AND THE PROBLEM PROBLEMS THAT THAT CREATES, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, I WILL SAY THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
UH, AND SO I, I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL, ALTHOUGH WE WILL PROVIDE, UH, SPECIFICS TO ANY, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER THAT, THAT WISHES IT AND BE IT, BE VIABLE.
REMIND EVERYBODY AS WELL THAT BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE, OUR, OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC.
IF YOU WANNA JOIN A MEETING YOU HAVE, YOU CAN.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, A SHORTAGE OF WELL OVER 600,000 UNITS, UH, FOR VERY LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, UH, MEANING THAT WELL OVER 600,000 VERY LOW INCOME RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS DON'T HAVE, DON'T HAVE AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO GO.
UH, AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT RELATIVE TO ITS IMPACT ON HOMELESS HOUSING, UH, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE VAST MAJORITY OF HOMELESS NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO PERSIST, AT LEAST INITIALLY IN THAT, IN THAT INCOME BRACKET, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT THAT ALSO DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, AS A, HAS AN IMPACT, UH, OR DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT, AS I SAID, ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, REASONS FOR THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESS RESPONSES, WE LOOK AT SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY, OR WE LOOK AT, UH, PREVENTION OF HOMELESSNESS.
WE SEE THIS AS A MAJOR IMPACT AND SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED DIRECTLY.
UH, YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF A DISPARITY IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THAT TYPE OF A POPULATION, UH, WITHOUT IT ACTING AS A MAJOR DRIVER IN THE HOMELESSNESS.
UH, SO THAT, THAT, THAT WAS THE FOCUS, AS I SAID, WE'LL, WE CAN, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS IN DEPTH, THE DATA, THE SOURCES OF DATA, ET CETERA.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE COMING IN A MORE FORMALIZED WAY BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
UH, BUT THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF THE JUNE MEETING.
AND ANYBODY, ANY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT, PLEASE GO AHEAD, FEEL FREE TO ASK.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MOVE ON.
ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT REPORT? OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, STREET OUTREACH.
SO WITH STREET OUTREACH ON JULY 20TH, WE TOOK A FIELD TRIP TO THE BRIDGE.
WOODY, WHO IS IN OUR PRESENCE TODAY.
WOODY, FOR LETTING US COME AND FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU.
SO IT WAS MYSELF, UH, COMMISSIONER HAN AND COMMISSIONER OTTENHOFF.
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WE SAW AT THE BRIDGE, WHICH WAS THE WORD I'M USING IS OUTSTANDING AREA.UM, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS, UH, CREATING AN INITIATIVE, ADOPTING A SHELTER.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WHILE WE WERE THERE, WAS BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT, UM, IF MORE PEOPLE WOULD GET INVOLVED, MAYBE EVEN DIRECTLY WITH THE SHELTERS, ASSISTING THEM WITH MORE, UH, OF THE PROVISIONS AND RESOURCES THAT WOULD ASSIST THEM AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS, ALTHOUGH THEY GET SUPPORT, THEY COULD USE SO MUCH MORE SUPPORT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW THERE, WHERE THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE SAW, BUT WHAT WE WERE IMPRESSED BY WAS, UH, THEY PROVIDE A COMMUNITY GARDEN THERE.
UH, THEY HAD A LIBRARY WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO CHECK OUT BOOKS, AND THEY HAD THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR THEIR GUESTS.
UH, THEY HAD EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS AS WELL AS GREAT VOLUNTEERS.
THEY PROVIDED MAILBOXES TO THOSE WHO WERE UNHOUSED.
THEY DO HAVE A BARBERSHOP AND HAIR SALON THERE, BUT THEY DO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.
SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WOULD PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, THEY COULD USE THAT AS WELL.
THEY HAVE BOOKS THAT ARE DONATED, SO WE HAVE BOOKS AT HOME THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THEM.
WE CAN DO THAT ALSO, UM, UH, DALLAS COUNTY COMES IN ONCE A WEEK TO DO TESTING, UH, PHYSICAL TESTING, SOMETIMES SUCH AS TB TESTING.
UH, THEY NEED, UM, MORE OUTSIDE VOLUNTEERS WHO COULD, AGAIN, PROVIDE RESOURCES.
OF COURSE, THAT'S ALWAYS A BLESSING.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 108 EMPLOYEES.
AND, UH, WE GOT A CHANCE TO VISIT THE MEN'S FLOOR, WHICH WAS VERY NICE.
AND WHAT I WAS SHARING EARLIER WAS, IT'S A VERY SERENE PLACE.
SO THOSE THAT HAVE HOUSING IN THE FACILITY, THEY CREATE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE ENVIRONMENT.
WOODY DOES A GREAT JOB WITH MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE FEEL, UH, DIGNIFIED AND RESPECTED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAW EVEN WITH THEM IN RESPONSE TO HIM AS THEY WERE COMING UP TO HIM, THEY WERE BEING VERY KIND, VERY RESPECTFUL.
AND WE SAW THE HONOR THAT HE CARRIES.
HE CREATES AN INCREDIBLE ATMOSPHERE THERE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STANDING THERE.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED, WHICH ARE MORE COMMITMENTS TO CARE MANAGEMENT TEAM LIKE, HE NEEDS MORE CARE MANAGEMENT TEAM, UH, PROVIDERS, AND AN EXIT STRATEGY TEAM.
SO THOSE ARE, UH, SPECIFIC THINGS THAT HE NEEDS.
AND OF COURSE, UH, THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FUNDING MATTERS WHEN JOLIE WAS HERE.
I BELIEVE THAT ALSO RESIDES WITH DR.
SO WE WANNA JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
BUT AGAIN, THE WORD WAS OUTSTANDING AREA.
YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND SHARE COMMISSIONER
WOODY, FOR YOU AND FOR AMY WELCOMING US OVER THERE.
THAT WAS, I REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO THINK OF A WORD TO DESCRIBE MY, UM, SHE'S SO IMPRESSED BY, UM, EVERYTHING THERE, WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING THERE, AND THE ENERGY THAT IS THERE.
IT'S SO POSITIVE AND SUCH A, A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR YOUR GUESTS TO BE.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE WORD I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF? VERY RESPECTFUL.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU'RE IN A PARK.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT THEY ALSO HAVE PLACES FOR ANIMALS.
UM, AND THAT THEY ASK THE RESIDENTS TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS.
YOU KNOW, WALK THEM, FEED THEM.
THEY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S OPEN, THEY TAKE ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WHO SHOWS UP.
AND, UM, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST, AND, AND IF YOU'RE DRIVING BY THERE, YOU WOULD NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS A HOMELESS RECOVERY CENTER.
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUILDING.
THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THEM THERE.
AMY, UM, THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER TALKED TO US ABOUT THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES THAT HAS HAPPENED AROUND THAT SINCE THE BRIDGE WAS FOUNDED.
AND SHE SENT ME THAT INFORMATION.
SO THAT SORT OF PROVIDES SOME GOOD INFORMATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAY, WHAT ABOUT MY PROPERTY VALUES? 'CAUSE PROPERTY VALUES DON'T GO DOWN, OR THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SHOWN TO GO DOWN RIGHT THERE.
SO I WAS SUPER IMPRESSED IN, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO THE SEPTEMBER 8TH, 15TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, THAT EXCELLENT REPORT.
AND I'LL SAY, I, I'VE, I'VE TAKEN THAT TOUR A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
UH, I, I ACTUALLY, UH, THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY GUARD WAS A PROJECT, UH, UH, OF MINE.
AND SO WHAT I WANNA SAY IS, BECAUSE WE JUST BUILT IT,
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BUT YOU KEEPING IT GOING, THAT'S THE WORKSO, I, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOVE OF MINE.
UH, BUT A AGAIN, I, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE SAID, UH, ABOUT DR.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UH, UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR GARNER, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES CHAIR, KEEN, THAT REPORT WILL BE GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER JACOB.
I THOUGHT THAT, UH, SINCE COMMISSIONER GARNER WAS ON THE LINE THAT SHE WOULD BE GIVING IT, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.
UM, WHENEVER I START TALKING, I START COUGHING.
SO I'D PREFER IF YOU JUST GAVE THE, OKAY.
UH, THIS IS, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER GARNER THAT SHE SHARED WITH ME EARLIER.
THERE'S NO NEW UPDATE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, UH, CHAIR GARNER HAD HIT A PAUSE AFTER THE HOPE REPORT WAS RELEASED IN JUNE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT CALLED FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE C H C.
GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS RECOMMENDATION, CHAIR GARNER THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE DISCUSSED IN THE AUGUST MEETING.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
OUR NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 28TH AT THREE O'CLOCK TO DISCUSS THE HOPE REPORT.
UM, NOW LET ME, LET ME CORRECT YOU.
THE HOPE REPORT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, BUT YOU WILL SEE WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH IT.
UM, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVING ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THE REPORTS? OKAY.
UH, COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THOSE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UH, THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AGENDA, CONTRACTS, FORECAST.
AND WE HAVE DIRECTED CROSSLEY WITH THAT PRESENTATION.
OOH, BEAR WITH ME FOR A MINUTE.
MY COMPUTER IS MALFUNCTIONING AND I'M TRYING TO FIND IT 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE BARBIE PRINT ON THAT SCREEN.
UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE A, UH, COUPLE OF, OH, THANK YOU.
UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CONTRACT RENEWALS COMING UP.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THAT YOU WILL SEE.
MOST OF THEM ARE JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, SECOND, SECOND YEAR RENEWALS, UM, OR ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM A GRANT SOURCE OR A COUNTY TO THE BODY THAT THEY GO TO.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, UP AT THE TOP, WE HAVE THE EXISTING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY THAT CONTRIBUTES A MILLION TO THE BRIDGE EVERY YEAR.
SO THAT'S COMING UP FOR AUTHORIZATION.
UH, ON THE 23RD, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, T D H C A FUNDING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, APPROPRIATED TO, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT WILL THEN GO OUT FOR, UM, FOR USE.
AND SO THAT'S COMING UP AS WELL.
AND I THINK THIS ONE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT I CAN'T READ THE PRINT.
APOLOGIES, GUYS ON MY COMPUTER IS JUST ON THE FRITZ.
SO THIS IS JUST, YEAH, THE SECOND POT OF FUNDING.
UM, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE, OR IT MIGHT BE THE SAME ONE.
WOULD THAT BE A TYPO? UM, AND THEN THIS IS THE OVERALL BUDGET THAT GOES TO THE BRIDGE EVERY YEAR, UM, INCLUSIVE OF THE COUNTY, I L A.
UH, AND SO THAT WILL GO ON THE 23RD AS WELL.
UM, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR SENIORS, UH, THAT IS, UH, AGAIN, A RENEWAL OF SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY GOING ON WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UH, FOR 250,000.
AND THEN, UH, YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, WE HAVE T D H C A FUNDING THAT GOES, THAT WILL BE AWARDED TO A PROVIDER.
SO AGAIN, MOST OF THESE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL OR RENEWALS.
UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVING QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER, STILL HUNT.
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GO AHEAD.WHAT'S THE, UH, RENEWAL OF THE BUDGET FOR, UM, THE BRIDGE AND IS IT MORE HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR? UM, SO IT IS THE SAME.
IT'S, IT'S USUALLY ABOUT FOUR TO 5 MILLION.
SO IT'S, UM, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH IT OCCURS TO ME.
I HAVE A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON HIS BUDGET BEHIND ME IF HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
TALK ABOUT, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, I WILL SAY THAT CITY COUNCIL, UH, QUITE A WHILE AGO, IT WAS AN AUDIT FINDING.
IT ENCOURAGED THAT THE CITY, THE CITY CONTRIBUTION TO THE BRIDGE SHOULD BE EVER SLIGHTLY DECREASING SO THAT THE BRIDGE BECOMES MORE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT.
AND AS OF LAST YEAR, UM, THE CITY IS ONLY ABOUT 30% OF THE BRIDGE'S BUDGET BECAUSE THEY DO SUCH AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF FUNDRAISING THAT THEY OUTPERFORM THEMSELVES BY LEAPS AND DOWNS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO, GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR OFFERING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, UM, I HAD REALLY ADVOCATED WITH THE CITY, WITH THE SUPPORT OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS THAT, UM, WE HAVE A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT.
AND ONE OF MY MAJOR ASKS IN THAT WAY WAS THAT, UM, AROUND US BEING ABLE TO EXPAND OUR FUNDING BASE, UM, FOR POTENTIAL DONORS, UH, FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, TO SEE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A MULTI-YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY, OFFERED MORE CONFIDENCE TO FOLKS IN TERMS OF THAT.
AND SO, UM, WE, UM, EXCITEDLY ACCEPTED THE FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT.
WE'VE JUST FURNISHED THE, FINISHED THE FIRST YEAR.
AND SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THAT'S THE CITY'S, UH, CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THE FUNDING FOR OUR SECOND YEAR.
AND, UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, UM, THAT THE COMMISSIONER WOULD ASK ABOUT INCREASING.
OF COURSE, YOU ALL WOULD KNOW HOW MUCH THINGS HAVE INCREASED, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, 18 MONTHS AGO WE WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND BEING A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME MODICUM, HOW IS IT THAT WE MIGHT INCREASE FUNDING AND THAT KIND OF THING REGARDLESS.
UM, WE CERTAINLY HAVE EMBRACED, UM, THE NEED FOR THE BRIDGE TO BE AN AWESOME NONPROFIT, UH, GOOD STEWARDS OF FUNDING AND CONTINUE TO FUNDRAISE.
AND ULTIMATELY, UM, THE CITY HAS MADE, UM, NOW AS WELL CELEBRATE A 15 YEAR COMMITMENT TO THIS, AND THAT WE'RE OWNING THAT, UM, AND HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL, I THINK IS A GREAT, UM, UH, SET OF DESCRIPTIONS OF SUCCESS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
BUT, UM, WHY IT IS THAT, UM, THE CITY'S HOMELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER IS SUCH A GREAT MODEL, UH, FOR THE NATION IS IMPORTANT TOO.
AND SO, UM, UM, WE'RE EXCITED, UM, THAT WE'RE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS APPROVAL AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT.
I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION, UM, AND I THINK I CAN SAY THIS, UH, IF, I GUESS THE BRIDGE IS ON THE AGENDA, BUT, UM, THERE IS A LARGE, SIZABLE PORTION OF FUNDING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, AND THAT IS IN THE BOND ASK.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE COMMITMENT TO RENEWING THIS PROPERTY AS THE FLAGSHIP SINGLE ADULT LOW BARRIER SHELTER FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS REALLY COMES IN IN THIS NEXT, YOU KNOW, 24 MONTH CYCLE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, THIS ITEM? SO, I, I, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M IN, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF, OF, YOU KNOW, FACILITATING YOUR EFFORTS OVER THERE.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S JUST MONEY, OBVIOUSLY, CLEARLY DEMONSTRABLY MONEY WELL SPENT.
UH, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING THERE, YOU SETTING STANDARDS AND RAISING STANDARDS, I SHOULD SAY A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT.
UH, AND THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FURTHER INVESTMENT IN THAT, UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF OUR PROBLEM, UM, MAKES SENSE TO ME.
BUT I THINK THAT THE GROWTH THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD IN, IN YOUR, UM, IN YOUR OTHER FUNDING EFFORTS IS ALSO INDICATIVE OF THAT.
BUT YOU, YOU HAVE MY, MY FULL SUPPORT CERTAINLY, UM, IN TERMS OF DISAPPROVAL AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUATION, YOU KNOW, THAT COLLABORATION, SO, RIGHT.
UH, 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'VE, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND, UH, THE CHANGES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
UH, I KNOW YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UH, AND I, I KNOW WE'LL GET INTO THAT AT THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY,
BUT SO VERY, VERY WELL DESERVED.
SO YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I SAY WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE, UH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING SUCH A MAJOR IMPACT ON THIS RESPONSE SYSTEM OVER SO MANY YEARS, SO, RIGHT.
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JUST, I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF DATA POINTS.NUMBER ONE, LAST EVENING WE SAW 600 LESS FOR DAY SHELTER, 610 INDIVIDUALS, OKAY? WOW.
AND WE'VE EXPANDED OUR OVERFLOW, RIGHT? AND IT'S ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE 42.
WE SAW 60 FOR OVERFLOW BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR NIGHT SHELTER IN THE EVENINGS ACROSS OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
AND SO, UM, THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE CITY, RIGHT? AND TRYING TO ADDRESS FOLKS WOULD OTHERWISE BE SLEEPING ON THE CONCRETE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND SO THAT, THAT JUST, THAT JUST FURTHERS MY POINT TO SAY THAT THIS IS, THIS IS MONEY WELL SPENT, UH, THIS IS IMPORTANT INVESTMENT THAT YIELDS RETURNS GREATER THAN THE DOLLAR SPENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT, THAT THE NEED
YOU KNOW, TO ME, I, I'LL SAY IT BECAUSE IT JUST STRUCK ME.
I, I DIDN'T INTEND TO SAY THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, TO NOT PROVIDE THE INVESTMENT TO NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
IT'S LIKE FINDING A LEAK IN YOUR HOUSE AND JUST LETTING IT LEAK.
LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA GET WORSE.
LIKE, IT'S NOT GONNA GET MORE EXPENSIVE.
NOT LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA CREATE OTHER PROBLEMS, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU DON'T INVEST IN THE PROPER WAY TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS AND RESOLVE THEM.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE.
THAT'S WHAT REAL TIME IS SHOWING.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING AT THE BRIDGE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE GREATER BENEFIT TO THE GREATER GOOD THAT WE'LL ALL GAIN FROM IF WE JUST INVEST IN POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR PEOPLE'S LIVES.
UH, AND LIKE I SAY, I THINK THAT POINT IS WELL PROVEN.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM, DID WE? OKAY.
UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM SEVEN.
THIS IS THE, UH, ANY PROPOSALS FOR NEXT OR FUTURE MEETINGS.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHERE ARE WE ON TIME? OKAY, SO YOU SEE WE HAVE AN A AND A B TO THIS.
UH, SO IF THERE ARE ANY PROPOSALS, UM, JUST DON'T PROPOSE A OR B UNTIL AFTER WE'VE DISCUSSED THOSE.
UH, BUT ANY OTHER PROPOSALS FOR ITEMS? UH, THIS IS THE TIME I SEE COMMISSIONER JACOBS, UH, IF YOU'RE VIR OKAY, I SEE COMMISSIONER GARNER.
SO COMMISSIONER JACOBS FIRST, THEN COMMISSIONER GARNER.
UH, IF YOU'RE VIRTUAL AND YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, RAISE YOUR HAND AS THEY HAVE DONE.
UH, COMMISSIONER JACOB, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
UH, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON, UH, THE HOMELESS BUDGET, OR AT LEAST, UH, FACTORS IN, UH, OR CATEGORIES OF, UH, THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BUDGET RELATED TO, UH, HOMELESS SPENDING.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARNER, I'M JUST WRITING THIS DOWN.
SO, COMMISSIONER GARNER, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
UM, YES, SIR, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
WE NEED TO HAVE A, A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUDGET WITH A, UH, BREAKDOWN OF THOSE 6,000 BEDS, WHERE THEY'RE GOING, UM, WHERE, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT ADDING MORE BEDS AT THE BRIDGE.
UM, AND I THINK SOME OF THAT MONEY MAY BE GOING TOWARDS THAT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY HAVE AN IN-DEPTH, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS.
LEMME BE CLEAR, THE HOPE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY BUDGET, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT OTHER FUNDING, LIKE COMING FROM HOOD OR INTO THE C O C PROPOSED? THE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2020? THE CITY BUDGET? YES.
BECAUSE MY, MY ONLY, THE ONLY REASON I BRING THAT UP IS WHEN YOU SAY THE 6,000 PEOPLE HOUSED BY 2025 IS IN OUR LAST REPORT, THAT'S NOT GONNA NECESSARILY BE A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH THE CITY BUDGET THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING AS THERE'S OTHER FUNDING THAT'S COMING INTO PLAY.
SO YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE, JUST THE CITY BUDGET, RIGHT? UH, ANNUAL BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24 HOUSING.
AND YES, HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS HOUSED 6,000 INDIVIDUALS BY 2025.
UM, SO THAT IS THE CITY BUDGET.
WELL, NO, DIS I DON'T THINK WE CAN DISCUSS ON THIS.
IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION OR RECOMMENDATION, I SHOULD SAY.
AND THEN THE HOPE REPORT, I REALLY WANTED JUST DIS DISCUSS THAT AS WELL.
I THINK WE SHOULD DEDICATE A WHOLE SESSION TO THAT.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ABOUT TO DISCUSS THAT
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PROCESS.UH, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT, UH, AS ITEM SEVEN A OR B, WHICHEVER ONE IT IS, UM, IT SAYS, UM, NO DISCUSSION, DEBATE, OR VOTE.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
LET ME, LET ME READ IT FOR YOU WHERE IT SAYS, NUMBER SEVEN, PROPOSED ITEMS. B DISCUSSION, CITY OF DALLAS HOPE REPORT.
DO YOU GUYS SEE THAT? UM, ROMAN NUMERAL SEVEN PROPOSED ITEMS FOR NEXT FUTURE MEETINGS, NO DISCUSSION, DEBATE AND OR VOTE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING, RIGHT? SO LEMME EXPLAIN, GUYS, LET ME EXPLAIN.
WE DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ITEM IS.
IF WE CANNOT TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING, WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT.
IF WE CAN POST IT ON THE AGENDA SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOTIFIED, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS, OKAY? THAT'S WHY I HAD IT PUT ON HERE, THE SPECIFIC CITY OF DALLAS HOPE REPORT.
SO THE PUBLIC IS NOTIFIED AND IT, AND IT LISTS DISCUSSION.
BUT I WILL SAY, YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE GET TO THE DISCUSSION, WHAT, WHAT THE FOCUS IS.
WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO THE REPORT AS MUCH AS THE PROCESS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE REPORT.
OKAY? AND THAT'LL COME UP IN JUST A SEC.
BUT I DO FIND IT CONFUSING, AND I ALSO DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH TIME TO GO OVER, UM, THE DETAILS OF THE REPORT.
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS READ IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE, COMMISSIONER GAR, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT UNTIL WE JUST ALLOW FOR OTHER COMMISSIONERS, IF, IF THERE'S NO OTHER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, SUGGESTED ITEMS? LET'S GET THROUGH THAT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO A AND B.
ANY OTHER ITEMS, UH, RECOMMENDED ITEMS? OKAY.
SO WHAT, WHAT I HAVE IS, UH, DISCUSSION OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, UH, BUDGET FOR O H SS OR FOR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, UH, AND THE DIRECT RELATION OF THAT BUDGET TO THE GOAL OF THE HOUSING 6,000 INDIVIDUALS BY 2025.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO FIRSTLY ITEM A, WHICH IS THE CITIZENS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION PLANNING RETREAT IN NOVEMBER.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DID OUR FIRST RETREAT LAST YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING TO DO ANOTHER ONE THIS YEAR, UH, SAME MONTH.
AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT A DOODLE POLL.
IT'S A DOODLE POLL, UH, SO THAT, UH, COMMISSIONERS CAN PROVIDE RESPONSES TO INDICATE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, WHAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON, WORK ON, ET CETERA.
I WILL SAY THAT WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO IN THIS RETREAT, I'M LOOKING FOR, UH, WELL, I'LL, I'LL SIMPLY SAY I THINK IT WILL BE A LONGER RETREAT BASED UPON WHAT I'M LOOKING TO INCLUDE.
I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR OUR OWN PLENARY SESSIONS, UH, OR WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND FOCUS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC ACTIONS, UH, AS WELL AS THE, IN FINALIZATION OF THE, UH, REPORT AT THAT POINT, AND OTHER ISSUES.
SO IT'S LOOKING LIKE A MORE OF A ALL DAY AFFAIR.
UH, WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONERS TO HELP SHAPE THE FOCUS OF IT, THE STRUCTURE OF IT, TIMEFRAME, ET CETERA.
UH, SO THAT, UM, SO GONNA MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF THAT.
WE ARE PLANNING THAT WE, WE WILL BE SENDING OUT THAT DOODLE POLL, AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR EVERYBODY'S RESPONSE, TAKING THAT IN, AND THEN COMING UP WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, PRELIMINARY PLANNING FORWARD AND BRINGING THAT BACK BEFORE EVERYBODY.
UH, NOW ON TO DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS HOPE REPORT.
UH, SO FIRSTLY, LET ME SAY, UH, THAT AT THIS POINT, UM, BASED UPON WHEN THE REPORT CAME OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE ABLE TO VERIFY, OR, OR I GUESS, DIRECT PEOPLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'VE READ THE FULL REPORT.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE REPORT WHERE COMMISSIONERS HAVE NOT FULLY ABSORBED IT.
UH, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO THE REPORT IN FULL, NOT JUST A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO, WHAT I AM TASKING ALL COMMITTEES TO DO IS TO PLACE THE WHOLE REPORT ON YOUR AGENDA FOR YOUR VERY NEXT MEETING.
UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND THIS WILL TAKE PLACE EITHER ONE, ONE OF TWO WAYS, EITHER IN SEPTEMBER, UH, WHAT
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WE WANNA SEE IS ALL COMMITTEES PROVIDING THEIR ASSESSMENT OR ANALYSIS OF THE HOPE REPORT FROM THE SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE OF YOUR COMMITTEE.UH, DEPENDING UPON, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHAT THE, WHAT THE FULL BODY WANTS TO DO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONSIDER HOLDING A SPECIAL SESSION JUST FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE REPORT, UH, MEANING AS OPPOSED TO WAITING UNTIL OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
UM, BUT THAT DEPENDS ON OUR TIMELINES.
WHAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE WE COULD HAVE EITHER THAT SPECIAL SESSION OF BRINGING UP AS AN ITEM IN SEPTEMBER IS FOR THE COMMITTEES TO FULLY REVIEW IT AND MAKE THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT.
UH, I HAVE READ THE REPORT, AND I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY OWN PERSPECTIVE OR ANALYSIS, ANALYSIS ON THAT, EXCEPT TO SAY, I THINK THAT IT REQUIRES A DIRECT RESPONSE AS OPPOSED TO PERHAPS LIKE A SIMPLE UP OR DOWN VOTE OR RECOMMENDATION ON IT.
UH, AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO OCCUR IN A STRUCTURED FORMAT.
UH, SO AGAIN, WHAT I, WHAT I'M ASKING ALL COMMITTEE CHAIRS TO DO IS PLACE THIS AS AN ITEM ON YOUR VERY NEXT AGENDA.
UH, IT MAY BE THE ONLY ITEM BECAUSE IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME DISCUSSION, BUT WHEN WE GET TO, UH, IN OUR VERY NEXT MEETING, WHEN WE GET TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS, UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM EACH COMMITTEE YOUR ASSESSMENT ON THE HOPE REPORT ONCE WE HAVE THOSE ASSESSMENTS IN.
UM, AND WE'LL, WE CAN, UM, UH, I, YOU KNOW, IF, IF COMMISSIONERS HAVE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT, UH, BEST APPROACH IN TERMS OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER INTO, UM, A RESPONSE THAT THEN THE COMMISSION CAN VOTE TO APPROVE OR NOT, OR, OR DISPROVE, UM, WE'LL HEAR THAT INDIVIDUALLY IN COMMUNICATION AND EMAIL COMMUNICATION.
UH, BUT I WILL SAY, I'LL BE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY TO A PROCESS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, SIMPLY, UH, BRING TOGETHER THE COMMITTEE REPORTS INTO THAT RESPONSE DURING THAT MEETING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND THEN THAT'S THE REPORT THAT WE WILL VOTE ON.
UH, AND THAT REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, NOW, I, WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I WILL CONSIDER AT THIS TIME IS THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE PROCESS OR OUR APPROACH TO REVIEWING AND RESPONDING TO THE REPORT, THE PROCESS OR OUR APPROACH, NOT WHAT OUR RESPONSE IS, UH, THE, THE PROCESS OR THE APPROACH TO REVIEWING AND RESPONDING TO THE HOPE REPORT.
UH, COMMISSIONER JACOBS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU, I MEAN, THE PROCESS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE COMMUNICATED HERE.
MY ONLY FEAR IS THAT IT KIND OF SILOS OUR WORK, OUR, OUR ABILITY AS A, UH, BODY TO DISCUSS THE REPORT AS A WHOLE.
AND I FEEL, UH, IF WE DEDICATE, UH, A FULL MEETING THAT WOULD ALLOW EACH OF US TO HAVE FRANK DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS ON, UH, THE HOPE REPORT, AND USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, AS, UH, TO DEVELOP THE BASIS OF OUR RESPONSE, IT COULD BE BETTER TIME, IT WOULD BE TIME BETTER SERVED, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION.
SO, I, I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.
AND I TAKE IT THAT YOU WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF A SPECIAL SESSION AS OPPOSED TO, UH, TRYING TO PUT IT ON AS AN ITEM IN SEPTEMBER.
WELL, IT, I GUESS IT BEGS THE QUESTION, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY, UH, GUIDANCE ON A TIMELINE THAT THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE OR THE MAYOR MIGHT BE, UH, MAKING DECISIONS BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS DELIVERED IN THE REPORT? I HAVE NOT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN SOME DISCUSSED OR ISSUED.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, ANY INFORMATION IN THAT REGARD.
SO, UM, UH, DEPENDING UPON, WELL, YEAH, I'LL, I'LL RESERVE COMMENT FOR NOW.
BUT I, AND I WOULD JUST SAY THOUGH, TO THAT POINT, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I CONSIDER THIS, ANOTHER REASON I CONSIDER THE SPECIAL SESSION, TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ONLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE TIME TO ONLY FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE, UH, BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS IT IN A FASTER MANNER THAN WAITING TILL OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
I, FOR THAT REASON, I'D, I'D BE IN FAVOR OF A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE WE DEDICATE A FULL AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE REPORT.
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UH, COMMISSIONER GARNER.UH, YES, I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE MEETING, UM, IN OUR SUBCOMMITTEES AND DISCUSSING AT LENGTH, UM, WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT.
UM, I ALSO SUGGEST THAT EACH, UH, COMMISSIONER MEET INDEPENDENTLY WITH YOUR COUNCIL PERSON TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYONE'S VIEWS ARE IN ALIGNMENT SINCE WE ARE APPOINTED, UM, BY OUR COUNCIL PERSON.
AND I AGREE THAT WE NEED A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THIS.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS AN OUTLINE, UM, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST TAKE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, READ THAT, AND THEN USE AS AN OUTLINE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, OUR, UM, ASSESSMENT INDIVIDUALLY OF EACH RECOMMENDATION.
UM, I, I WON'T OF COURSE, UM, DIRECT ANYBODY TO FOLLOW.
I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT, THAT, UH, INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, AND SO, BUT I, I WILL, UM, I DO AGREE WITH THAT.
UH, LET'S, LET'S GET OUT HERE AND COMMUNICATE ABOUT THIS.
UH, SO THAT'S TWO ON THE SPECIAL SESSION.
UH, NOW JUST BE AWARE, UH, IF WE DO THAT, AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR TO SEE WHERE WE COULD PUT THAT.
UH, SO I'M GONNA NEED AVAILABILITIES, UM, FROM COMMISSIONERS.
WE WILL NEED TO HAVE A FULL HOUSE FOR THAT, UH, OR IT STARTS TO BECOME COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
WE NEED ALL COMMISSIONERS TO BE IN THAT DISCUSSION.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT WHAT A SPECIAL SESSION MEANS IS, UH, IT MAY FORCE A CHANGE IN SCHEDULING FOR THE COMMITTEES.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LOOKING AT EXACTLY WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED, BUT THAT MEETING NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE SPECIAL SESSION, UH, SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT IT AS A COMMITTEE AND BRING THAT RESPONSE SO THAT WE HAVE SOME CON, YOU KNOW, SOME THINKING, SOME, SOME DIRECTION COMING INTO THAT MEETING AS OPPOSED TO JUST A KIND OF A FREE FALL.
UH, COMMISSIONER, JACOB, DID YOU HAVE YOUR OKAY.
I WAS JUST GONNA, I MEAN, JUST IN RESPONSE TO THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE, UH, IF, IF THE DECISION IS TO HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION THAT, UM, I THINK THAT COULD TAKE PLACE IN LIEU OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE THERE IS, I MEAN, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO SEE SILOED DISCUSSION, UH, FROM THE RUBRIC OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES GUIDING THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, AND I THINK WE GOT A SECOND ON THAT, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, PER SE.
WE HAVE A, A, A, A SPECIAL SESSION DIRECTLY FOCUSED TO THAT, AND WE CAN GET IN THERE AND HASH IT OUT.
BUT WHAT I, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I WANT A RESPONSE TO THE WHOLE REPORT, NOT JUST ONE OR TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WANNA ABSORPTION OF THE WHOLE REPORT, EVERYTHING THAT IT'S SAYING, NOT JUST A PIECE HERE OR A PIECE THERE.
UH, AND I WANT THAT ANALYSIS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES RELATIVE TO WHAT WE FIND IMPORTANT, UH, IMPORTANT FOCUSES WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSES.
SO, UH, JUST TAKE THAT NOTE AND SEE HOW WE CAN FACTOR THAT IN.
UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I, I, I DO AGREE THAT WE MAY NEED TO PRESERVE THAT FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE TIME MAY NOT PERMIT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE NEED TO POST EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL, LET'S JUST SAY THAT WE'LL ADJUST TO WHAT THE NEED IS, I THINK, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE, AS A COMMISSION TO FULLY DISCUSS AND ENGAGE IN, UH, CREATING A RESPONSE TO THE REPORT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENT ON PROCESS OR APPROACH TO RESPONSE OF, OF THE HOPE REPORT? I DO GET ON THE MIC.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK MINES IS WORKING NECESSARILY.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
SO, I, I'M DEFINITELY IN AGREEANCE WITH YOU BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE BROKEN DOWN.
AND THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE THESE COMMITTEES, I FEEL LIKE IT'LL BE TIME BETTER SPENT IF WE BREAK THEM DOWN INTO COMMITTEES FIRST.
THAT WAY THOSE COMMITTEES CAN FOCUS ON THAT TIDBIT OF IT.
AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AFTERWARDS.
BUT MY WORRY WITH THAT IS WHAT THE TIME PERMIT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY COMMENT.
WHAT WOULD THE DAY BE IF WE DID HAVE A SESSION? IN A PERFECT WORLD, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE BOTH.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE SESSION WHERE WE ACTUALLY USE OUR COMMITTEE MEETING TO FOCUS ON THIS AND HASH IT OUT AND COME BACK WITH SOME, UH, A GOOD GENERAL
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OUTLINE TO DISCUSS FROM OUR SECTOR.AND THEN IN A SPECIAL MEETING, JUST KNOCK IT ALL OUT.
SO THAT WAY WE ARE SUPER PREPARED AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD ROUNDED ANSWER TO GIVE TO EVERYBODY.
BUT THE CONCERN IS WHAT THE TIME PERMIT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PREFER THAT PROCESS, UH, JUST TO YOUR POINT OF TIME DOESN'T PERMIT, THEN WE'LL, WE WILL ADJUST.
UH, BUT CERTAINLY COMMISSIONER JACOB, TO YOUR POINT, BE BE ASSURED THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT FULLTHROATED DISCUSSION ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS FROM SEVERAL PERSPECTIVES.
WE NEED TO, UH, LOOK AT THE FULL REPORT AND WE NEED TO RESPOND TO IT IN FULL.
UH, SO I, WHAT I WILL SAY IS I'LL ASK COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO I HAD A CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME, UH, BUT YEAH, I'LL ASK COMMISSIONERS TO, YEAH.
THURSDAY WOULD BE BE FINE WITH ME.
WE CAN NOW, WE CAN MEET ANY DAY.
THURSDAYS IS WHEN WE MEET, IF THAT'S A GOOD DAY FOR PEOPLE.
WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS, COMMISSIONERS SENDING YOUR AVAILABILITIES, IF YOU CAN, EVERYBODY SEND ME IN AT LEAST THREE, UM, DATES AND TIMES THAT YOU'RE AVAILABLE, LET'S TRY TO COORDINATE WHEN WE COULD DO A SPECIAL SESSION.
COMMISSIONER ILHAN, PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
I THINK PART OF IT SHOULD BE AROUND WHEN THE BUDGET IS GONNA BE APPROVED, BECAUSE PART OF THIS IS A BUDGET, UH, QUESTION FOR, FOR US EXISTING, I THINK BUDGET APPROVAL, PROBABLY THINK THAT THE REPORT, HANG ON, COMMISSIONER, UH, JACOB.
UH, BUT I, I WOULD SAY THE REPORT DEFINITELY RELATES TO THE BUDGET.
UH, AND SO THAT'S WHAT, AND TO, TO THE, TO MY POINT, WE WANNA RESPOND TO THE WHOLE REPORT, NOT JUST THE RECOMMENDATION ABOUT C A C, UH, BUT I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER SAHA, TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO ACCELERATE THIS PROCESS.
AND TO COMMISSIONER JACOB'S POINT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO OUR CONSENSUS IN AS TIMELY A FASHION AS POSSIBLE.
UM, COMMISSIONER JACOB, YOU WERE ABOUT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT THERE, UH, THE, THE FULL COUNCIL'S VOTING ON THE BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.
SO THIS WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THAT REGARDLESS, BUT WE, LIKE I SAID, THE EARLIER, THE BETTER FOR ME.
SO AGAIN, IF COMMISSIONERS WILL, UM, SEND IN THEIR AVAILABILITIES, LET'S SAY, UH, OVER THE NEXT, LOOK OVER THE NEXT, UH, TWO WEEKS, WHAT AVAILABILITIES YOU HAVE THERE, UM, AND SEND THAT INFORMATION IN DIRECTLY TO JUST, JUST SEND IT DIRECTLY TO, TO MYSELF AND TO RENITA.
IN ADDITION, UM, I'M GONNA WANT TO HAVE A SHORT MEETING WITH COMMITTEE CHAIRS, AND I WOULD LIKE THAT MEETING TO TAKE PLACE, UH, BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, UH, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE COMMITTEES ADDRESSING THE REPORT AND LOOK AT TIMELINES.
AND I WILL SAY TO ALL COMMISSIONERS, IF WE HAVE YOUR AVAILABILITIES BY THE TIME THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS MEET, WE CAN FACTOR THAT INTO OUR PLANNING AND WE CAN LOOK AT TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN PLACE PRIOR TO A SPECIAL SESSION.
UH, IF WE NEED TO JUST GO DIRECTLY TO A FELLOW HOW WE NEED TO APPROACH YOU.
UH, SO WHEN YOU SEND ME AVAILABILITY, SEND ME AVAILABILITY FOR A MEETING FOR OURSELVES.
IT IS PROBABLY GONNA TAKE 30 MINUTES.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE A LONG TIME.
UH, BUT IF WE CAN MEET EARLY NEXT WEEK, UH, JUST TO DISCUSS THE SCHEDULING, ET CETERA.
AND I'LL ASK, UH, RENITA TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT MEETING AS WELL, UH, AND SEE IF WE CAN COORDINATE, UM, OUR TIMELINES.
UM, AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, THIS IS DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR PROCESS FOR THIS.
SO IF YOU, IF, UH, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, EXCUSE ME.
UH, AND SO IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT AT THIS POINT, UM, GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT.
WELL, COMMISSIONER GARNER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY.
I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
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YEAH, I'LL MEET WHENEVER YOU LIKE.UM, SO AGAIN, UH, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU'LL SEND ME YOUR AVAILABILITY, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIND A DATE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
UH, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, WHEN YOU SEND IN THAT AVAILABILITY, ALSO SEND ME YOUR AVAILABILITY FOR A MEETING BY, I WOULD SAY I'D LIKE TO DO IT ON TUESDAY OR BY TUESDAY.
UH, BUT SEND ME YOUR AVAILABILITY SO WE CAN COORDINATE THAT.
LIKE I SAID, SHOULD BE ABOUT A 30 MINUTE MEETING, SHOULD BE SHORT.
UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK TO, UH, GET OUR SCHEDULING TOGETHER, UH, BY, YOU KNOW, EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON OUR PROCESS OF RESPONSE TO THE REPORT? OKAY.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, UM, FINAL ITEM, WHICH IS ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.
UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OTHER THAN THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRIDGE COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER.
OF COURSE, YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE YOUR INVITATIONS FOR THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE? HI, THIS IS VICE CHAIR OWENS.
WE ARE HAVING OUR 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH WHERE ARE YOU OUTREACH? AND WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH A FASHION SHOW FUNDRAISER HAPPENING ON AUGUST THE 27TH.
AND ONE OF OUR HONOREES IS, UH, COMMISSIONER SHAMON BROWN.
SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL.
IT'S ON A SUNDAY NIGHT AT 5:30 PM UHHUH
WHAT'S THE LOCATION? IT'S AT A LOCATION DOWNTOWN CALLED VIVO.
UM, THEY'RE ALLOWING US TO USE THEIR SPACE TO HOST OUR EVENT.
ANY OTHER, UH, I SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER BROWN SAID, COMMISSIONER BROWN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YES, WE ARE HOSTING, NOT MY SON, WHICH IS MY NONPROFIT, WE'RE HOSTING A BIG BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, UM, THIS COMING SATURDAY.
SO THIS SATURDAY, A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION THERE.
AND OF COURSE, IF I WASN'T RUNNING THE SHOW, I WOULD BE THERE FOR US.
BUT I'M, UH, LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE WILLING TO JUST COME AND SET UP, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION, SET UP A LITTLE TABLE I'M GONNA GET WITH, UM, SOME FOLKS AT THE CITY TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET SOME LIT AND STUFF JUST TO KEEP OPEN COMMUNICATION.
UM, I'M DOING ROUND ROBINS WITH MY COMMUNITY STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
SO THIS IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO OPEN UP COMMUNICATION.
UM, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S IN NEED OF ANY BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES, UM, WE WILL ALSO HAVE UNIFORMS AND, UH, TENNIS SHOES, SO AROUND A WELL-ROUNDED BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT ARE INVOLVED.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF ANYBODY WAS AVAILABLE FROM OUR COMMISSION, THAT YOU CAN BE THERE, BE THERE.
THIS IS A LOT OF EXCELLENT STUFF GOING ON.
UH, I THINK WE GONNA NEED A CALENDAR OR SOMETHING
UH, I DON'T WANNA THIS OR FORGET SOMETHING, UH, BUT DEFINITELY EXCELLENT WORK COMMISSIONERS.
UH, AND I, LOOK, I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE EVENTS COMING UP WHO'LL CONTINUE TO REMIND US.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN, WE CAN GET SOMETHING WE CAN REFER TO ON A REGULAR BASIS, UH, AS I, I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S EXCELLENT.
I, I'D LOVE FOR COMMISSIONERS TO, TO SEE WHAT EACH OTHER'S DOING IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.
SO I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'LL LOOK OUT FOR, FOR BOTH THOSE EVENTS AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT CALENDAR FURTHER.
UM, ANY, ANY OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONERS WITH A ANNOUNCEMENT? JUST GOT A QUICK ONE.
UH, ON TUESDAY NIGHT IN DISTRICT 12, WE HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING WHERE ABOUT 150 PEOPLE WERE, UH, PRESENT TO DISCUSS HOMELESSNESS AND PANHANDLING, UH, WITH DIRECTOR CROSSLEY AND, UH, DEPUTY CENTER, CITY DEPUTY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UM, ALSO IN ATTENDANCE, I FELT LIKE IT WAS A, UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ASKED.
AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, COMING DOWN THE PIKE IN SEPTEMBER, UH, A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL PLAN, UH, WHEREBY, UH, A PLAN WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED ON HOW TO RESPOND BEST TO HOMELESSNESS AND, UH,
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PANHANDLING IN DISTRICT 12.AND, UH, JUST BY WAY OF, UH, LIFTING THAT UP, I DIDN'T KNOW IF OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE SIMILAR, UM, TOWN HALLS PLANNED TO DISCUSS SPECIFICALLY THAT TOPIC.
WE DEFINITELY NEED THE CALENDAR.
WE DEFINITELY NEED THE CALENDAR.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
UH, EXCELLENT ANNOUNCEMENT, COMMISSIONER JACOBS.
UM, AND YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, JACOB, NO SS I'M SORRY, SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, COMMISSIONER JACOB.
SO, AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN PUT ALL OF THESE THINGS IN ONE PLACE AND WE CAN KIND OF FOSTER AND FACILITATE COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, COMING TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND EVEN BRINGING IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND REMEMBER, ONE OF OUR PRIMARY PURPOSES AS A COMMISSION IS ALIGNMENT OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ENTITIES, ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICTS.
AND SO WE, WE WANT TO, UH, WE'RE GONNA FURTHER THE INTERACTIVITY, I SHOULD SAY AROUND THAT KIND OF THING.
UH, SO EXCELLENT NEWS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
UH, AND WE'LL, WE'LL PLEASE, EVERYBODY REMIND ME, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS HOW WE CAN PUT ALL THAT STUFF TOGETHER IN ONE SPOT AND CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT.
WEBSITE, UH, COMMISSIONER SILHAN SAYS WEBSITE.
SO WE'LL
ANY, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, THAT WAS OUR FINAL ITEM FOR THE DAY.
UH, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
UM, I WILL REITERATE THAT YOUR PARTICIPATION IS KEY.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK AS WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE HERE.
UH, AND THAT GOES FOR THE COMMITTEE WORK AS WELL.
THAT'S OUR MAIN DRIVER OF PROACTIVE BEHAVIOR HERE.
UH, AND SO WE NEED TO SEE IT, CONTINUE TO SEE IT IMPLEMENTED IN GREATER CAPACITY.
UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PARTICIPATING STRONGLY IN THEIR COMMITTEES.
UM, BUT I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT I'M THANKFUL FOR EVERYBODY HERE.
UH, WE ARE FOCUSED ON IMPORTANT WORK HERE.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE FOCUSED ON THE GREATER GOOD HERE.
UH, AND THAT'S ALWAYS ITS OWN REWARD.
UH, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING FOR HANGING OUT A LITTLE LONGER THAN EXPECTED.
UH, AT THIS TIME, IT IS FIVE 11, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
FOR THE RECORD, THE THE CITIZENS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 3:06 PM BY CHAIR KING.
RECORDING STARTED AT THREE 15 FOR A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF 15 MEMBERS.
WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES, ONE ABSENT.
THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED BY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SILHAN, SECOND BY OWENS VOTED UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS MEETING AT 5:11 PM THANK YOU.