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[Dallas Area Partnership Meeting on November 2, 2023. ]
TO BE ON CAMERA.PLEASE, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS MEETING IS NOW BEING RECORDED.
I WILL TURN THIS MEETING OVER TO CHAIR MENDELSON.
UM, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CAMERA'S ON WHILE YOU'RE IN ATTENDANCE.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND.
CALL TO ORDER OF THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP ON ENDING HOMELESSNESS.
AND, UH, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
RENITA, ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT FOR US? YES.
CHAIRMAN ANDERSON, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR PRESENT AND YOU MUST HAVE YOUR CAMERA, CAMERAS FACE VIEW IN ORDER TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE PRESENT IN THIS MEETING.
OTHERWISE, YOU'LL BE COUNTED, ABSENT AND WE MAY LOSE QUORUM.
COMMISSIONER PEGGY, CAN YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE PRESENT? YEAH, I'M HERE.
UH, POSITION A COMMISSIONER GLOVER.
RE, I'M HERE AND I HAVE TO LEAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES EARLY.
THIS IS YOU WANNA UNMUTE YOUR PHONE? UM, UM, DR.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I SEE YOU.
CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND SPEAK NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.
COMMISSIONER HUR, HURLEY, CHAIR KING.
YOU DO HAVE A QUORUM? PARDON ME? I'M SORRY.
AND I, COMMISSIONER, JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE I CAN SEE, UM, MIKE
IS THAT BETTER? MIKE, YOU WANNA TRY TO SAY ANYTHING? SAY HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR? UH, LET ME GET SOMEONE ONLINE TO RESPOND QUICKLY.
CAN YOU RESPOND TO ME REAL QUICK PLEASE? THANK YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? SO I KNOW YOU'RE COMING THROUGH.
WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FOLKS THAT ARE ONLINE, WE CAN HEAR VIRTUALLY THROUGH THE COMPUTER, BUT MAYBE NOT THROUGH THE WHOLE SOUND SYSTEM HERE.
IS THAT TRUE? COMMISSIONER? LUCKY.
SO DID Y'ALL HEAR HER SAY YES? NO.
SO WE CAN HEAR IT THROUGH THAT COMPUTER, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY RECORDING THROUGH THE ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO COULD ADJUST FOR THAT, BUT THIS WILL AT LEAST ALLOW THE FOLKS ONLINE TO SAY THINGS THROUGH THERE.
AND THEN MAYBE RENITA, YOU COULD MAYBE, UM, SHARE WHAT THEY'VE SAID SO THAT IT IS RECORDED.
IT'S JUST NOT AN EXCITING MEETING IN DALLAS WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL GLITCHES.
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SO, WITH A QUORUM, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START PUBLIC COMMENT.ARE THERE ANY FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? WE HAVE A TWO MINUTE LIMIT PER SPEAKER.
ALRIGHT, WELL MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVE.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF SMALL EDITS, UH, THE LITTLE KNITS THAT I SENT TO RENITA, BUT THE SUBSTANCE DIDN'T CHANGE, BUT I MOVED TO, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
UM, SO WOULD YOU CLASSIFY THOSE EDIT AS LIKE, UH, YEAH, JUST MY LAST NAME WAS MISSPELLED.
AND IT HAD THE BOND AS A $1.1 MILLION BOND AS OPPOSED TO A BILLION.
SO THOSE WERE THE EDITS I SUGGESTED.
OKAY, WELL, THE ONE, THE BILLION WAS A, A BIT, MY LAST NAME DIDN'T MATTER THAT MUCH.
SO WITH EDITS, UM, AS, UH, OUTLINED BY MR. HAYES, UM, IS THERE A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MINUTES APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS ACTUALLY GOOD SEGUE AN UPDATE ON THE 2017 BOND, WHICH HAD PROPOSITION J RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, THE PLANNING THAT'S GOING INTO THE 2024 BOND FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND OUR OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR, CHRISTINE CROSSLEY'S, HERE TO PRESENT ON THAT ITEM.
SO, WHILE SHE'S GETTING SET UP, THE GOAL OF THE PRESENTATION IS REALLY JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, HOW THE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT FOR THE 2017 BOND, WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT, AND SORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PLANNING.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE, UM, THIS JUST BE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION, BUT ANY QUESTION YOU MIGHT WANNA ASK.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
CHRISTINE CROSLEY, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR.
UM, AND I'VE ACTUALLY INVITED THE, UH, DIRECTOR FOR THE BOND OFFICE TO BE HERE AS WELL.
AND SHE'S GONNA GIVE THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR OHS.
I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE IN BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND I HAVE A FEW SLIDES HERE.
UH, HAVING A HIGH OVERVIEW OF 2017 AND THE, AND COMPARING THAT TO WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE 2024 BOND.
UM, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME, I HAVE A, A PRINTOUT FOR THE 2017, UM, IN DETAIL, BUT I'LL HAVE TO RUN BACK AND, AND PRINT THAT OUT AND, AND BRING IT.
I I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THIS PRESENTATION, SO, BUT I CAN GET YOU, UH, THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING.
UH, SO FOR 2017, I'M JUST SHOWING, UH, KIND OF WHERE WE WERE AT IN TERMS OF THE VARIOUS PROPOSITIONS, UM, THAT TOTALED 1.05 BILLION.
UM, AND FOR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND HOMELESS ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, ECO AND HOUSING COMBINED INTO ONE PROPOSITION.
FOR THE 55 MILLION, UM, HOMELESS ASSISTANCE HAD A $20 MILLION PROPOSITION.
AND FOR, UH, FOR 2024, WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS IS THE OVERALL, UH, TASK FORCE HAS ASKED THE SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEIR, UM, THEIR PROJECTS AND THEIR PRIORITIES, UH, USING THE ALLOCATIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
SO FOR THE, UH, ENTIRE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEY WERE GIVEN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATION.
UM, THE, THAT SUBCOMMITTEE MET LAST WEEK, UM, AND THEY CAME UP WITH A, UM, A BREAKDOWN AND THAT SINCE THAT WAS, UM, A PUBLIC MEETING AS WELL, I, I INCLUDED IT IN THIS PRO.
UM, IN THIS PRESENTATION, I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE MEETING WITH THE OVERALL TASK FORCE ON SATURDAY, UM, TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE BOND PROGRAM, BUT THIS WILL BE PART OF THAT PRESENTATION.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SCREEN, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE 55 MILLION FOR THE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITION IN 2017 AND 20 MILLION FOR THE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE.
UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR, UH, THE 2024 BOND HAS RECOMMENDED, UH, THE BREAKDOWN, AS YOU CAN SEE FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT'S ABOUT 11 MILLION.
HOUSING IS, UH, 87 MILLION AND HOMELESS ASSISTANCE WAS 1.6 MILLION.
AND THAT WAS FOR SPECIFIC, UM, UPGRADES AT THE BRIDGE.
UM, IN THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
UM, OF THE 87 MILLION, THEY BROKE THAT OUT INTO, UH, THREE DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
UH, ONE OF THOSE BUCKETS WAS 10 MILLION FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, TO BE WORKED WITH IN COORDINATION
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WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE 1.6 FOR THE BRIDGE THAT INCLUDES UPGRADE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE, THE HVAC UPGRADE THAT WAS THE SPECIFIC PROJECT.
SO, AND WITH THAT, UM, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND OKAY.
WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOND FUNDS? UM, I WAS, IS THIS THE, UM, SHEET THAT YOU'RE SAYING WAS MISSING IS, UM, HOW THE DOLLARS WERE SPENT ON THE 2017 BOND? SO THE 2017, WE DO HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY, BY, YOU KNOW, EACH LINE ITEM.
I WAS FOCUSED ON THIS AND DIDN'T INCLUDE IT, BUT I CAN RUN BACK TO THE OFFICE AND GET A, A HARD COPY OF THAT.
AND THEN DO YOU WANNA CONFIRM ALL THOSE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED OR ENCUMBERED? YES, WE'LL DO THAT.
NO, I MEAN, WILL YOU VERIFY THAT? YES.
AND FOR OHSI CAN CONFIRM THAT ALL, BUT ABOUT 50,000 HAVE BEEN SPENT FOR US OR OBLIGATED.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOND? SO DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE ON THE CITY OF DALLAS SIDE? SURE.
SO SATURDAY, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE MEETING, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE OVERALL LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE, UM, HAVE WHITTLED DOWN TO THE 1.1 BILLION.
THE INITIAL CUT, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE PAST FEW, UH, WEEKS AT THE TOWN HALLS WAS AT A $1.8 BILLION LEVEL.
SO BASED ON THOSE ALLOCATIONS THAT THE, UH, TASK FORCE PROVIDED TO THE SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, THOSE REVISED, UH, PRIORITY LISTS ARE GONNA BE PRESENTED ON SATURDAY'S MEETING.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S, UM, AND SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE OVERALL, UM, TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION.
SO THE HOPE IS AT THE END OF THE MEETING ON SATURDAY THAT WE'LL, WE'LL WALK AWAY WITH A, WITH A FINAL LIST.
UM, BUT WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER MEETING OR TWO BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
SO, BUT AT THAT MEETING WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE DOLLARS, UH, BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS AND VARIOUS CATEGORIES AND HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS FROM THERE? OH,
THAT'S SATURDAY'S A BIG MEETING.
SO, UM, SO AFTER THAT WE, UM, WE'LL THE STAFF WILL BE PRESENT, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER AN A PRESENTATION AND WE'LL PRO, UM, GIVE THAT TO, UH, COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 6TH, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHAIR OF THE TASK FORCE.
WE'LL, UM, KIND OF REVIEW THE PROCESS THAT, UM, THAT GOT US THERE TO DATE, UM, AND PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDATION, RECOMME RECOMMENDATION FROM THE OVERALL TASK FORCE.
UM, AND AFTER THAT, THEN THE STAFF WILL START WORKING WITH COUNCIL, UM, ON THE FINAL, UH, BOND PROPOSITION.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE OR WEREN'T INCLUDED, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES ARE, ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A MONTH TO DO THAT.
UH, THE WHO, UM, LAST DAY TO CALL AN ELECTION IS THE FIRST COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY.
SO WE WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON THAT, BUT THAT'S, UM, THAT'S REALLY OUR DEADLINE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A MAY ELECTION.
AND SO UNTIL WE'RE TOLD OTHERWISE, WE'RE KIND OF GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, AND WE ALSO PLAN ON HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING IN JANUARY AS WELL WHEN THE, UM, FINAL, UH, PROPOSITION IS, IS APPROVED.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS BOND, EITHER THE 2017 OR POTENTIAL 2024 BOND? COULD YOU, UH, SEND OUT A COPY OF THE, UH, MEMBERSHIP OF THAT, OF THE TASK FORCE? SURE.
THERE'S A, A LIST THAT'S ON THE BOND WEBSITE, BUT I CAN GET THAT.
AND JENNY, DO YOU WANT TO, UM, GIVE THE ADDRESS FOR THE WEBSITE FOR FOLKS? YES.
UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY ONE.
IF YOU GO TO THE CITY OF DALLAS WEBSITE AND GO TO THE SEARCH BAR AND DO BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO OUR OVERALL WEBSITE.
UM, WE DO HAVE A, AN EMAIL AS WELL.
IT'S, UM, COMMUNITY CCBT F 2024 FOR COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE 2024.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO EMAIL THE GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THAT COMES TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS AS WELL.
SO I'LL BE ABLE TO, TO ANSWER AND RESPOND TO ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL, WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM THEN.
THE NEXT ITEM IS AN UPDATE ON DALLAS COUNTY FUNDING FOR HOMELESS PROJECTS AND OUR OWN VICE-CHAIR IS GONNA GIVE THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, AND THERE SHOULD BE A HANDOUT, DALLAS COUNTY'S HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS EFFORTS, NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023 UPDATE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT IT IS RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD AS FAR AS THE DALLAS REAL-TIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A REALLY NICE SOUNDING ACRONYM.
IT'S, SO, IT'S RAPID REHOUSING MAINLY IS WHAT IT IS CALLED.
UH, STARTING IN OCTOBER OF 2021 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WITH THE DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR NORTH TEXAS, THE CITY OF MESQUITE HOUSING FORWARD, AND A HOMELESS COLLABORATIVE.
UM, IT WAS A JOINT COMMITMENT TO
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REHOUSE OVER 2,600 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BY OCTOBER, 2023.THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, THE DALLAS COUNTY PORTION WAS $23 MILLION PLUS $2 MILLION IN HOUSING VOUCHERS.
UM, THE NEXT YOU'LL SEE JUST THE GENERAL, UH, FUND OF BUDGET EXPENDITURES, AND THEY SEEM TO, THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE NUMBERS, BUT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT NUMBERS WITH, UH, FISCAL YEAR, UH, 2008 THROUGH 2023 HISTORICAL EXPENDITURES ON HOMELESSNESS PROVIDERS PAYING TO JUST OVER $13 MILLION.
THEN WE HAVE THE ESG FUNDING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE WAS THEN DEDICATED TO, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS, A FAMILY PLACE, UM, HOPE STORE HOUSING FORWARD, THE BRIDGE, UM, METRO CREST.
AND OVER TIME IT CHANGED A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON WHAT SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING WAS BEING DONE AT THAT POINT.
UM, AS BY SEPTEMBER, 2023, $4.4 MILLION HAD BEEN SPENT ON THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS.
UM, THEN YOU CAN SEE A LISTING AND SHOOT, I REMEMBER THE PAGES, UH, IT'S HOUSING PROJECTS, AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECTS.
UM, AND THERE ARE, I THINK, 15 DIFFERENT ONES.
AND ACTUALLY, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING, UH, THE LOCKRIDGE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT THIS MORNING, WHICH IS, UH, MULTIFAMILY AND IT'S ON 52ND STREET IN DALLAS.
UM, JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS ARE, ARE PROGRESSING AND THAT KIND OF A THING OF THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS HERE.
THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT STAGES ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, PLANNING THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, THROUGH UH, BEING, BEING USED.
JUDE, THE HOUSING, UH, PROJECT SPOTLIGHT IS THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH WAS, UM, I THINK A, A, A VERY GOOD COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY CATHOLIC CHARITIES, CATHOLIC HOUSING INITIATIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, AND THERE WERE 180 UNITS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UM, IN THE DALLAS COUNTY.
PORTION OF THAT WAS A $1.1 MILLION.
UM, HAVING VISITED THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE, FIRST OF ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE DEVELOPED.
AND SECOND OF ALL, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH BY THAT AND THE REAL LIVES OF THAT, THAT YOU ARE IMPACTED.
UH, THE, UH, NEXT ITEM IS THE, UH, FREQUENT USER SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT GRANT OR THE FUSE GRANT, AND THAT IS THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL AND LOCAL SHELTERS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH INCLUDES THE AUSTIN STREET, THE REGION, SALVATION ARMY.
UM, AND THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, RECOGNIZING THAT A, A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS HAVE BEEN THROUGH OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO IT'S REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.
UM, AND, UH, WITH THE GOAL BEING THAT DO NOT REPEAT THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS.
UM, AND SO THE, THE FUSE GRANT WAS ONE OF THOSE EFFORTS, UH, THREE YEAR GRANT, UM, ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO, TO LOOK AT WHERE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING, UH, COME TOGETHER, MOVING ALONG THE EVICTION, UH, DIVERSION PROGRAM, PBP, WHICH, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER PARTS OF LOOKING AT HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS IS IF A PERSON IS IN HOUSING, LET'S TRY AND KEEP THEM THERE.
SO THERE'S AN EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IF IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A PERSON LOST THEIR JOBS, THERE'S UNEXPECTED HEALTH EXPENSES.
UM, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT KIND OF UPSETS THE, UH, STABILITY OF THEIR, UM, OF THEIR INCOME AND THAT'S THEIR, THEIR, THEIR LIVING EXPENSES.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S ATTEMPTING TO THEN TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THE HOUSING IF IN FACT THEY WOULD BE, UM, THEN THERE IS THE, UH, HOUSING NAVIGATORS IN THE ROLE IN EBP, UM, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY THAT, WORKING WITH THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS, WORKING WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICES.
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THANK YOU, MA'AM.UH, THE CHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB HOUSING FORWARD, AND THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DALLAS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE IN HOUSING IF ISSUES ARISE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES ONE BY ONE.
UM, THE, THE END ON THIS IS EVICTION DIVERSION DATA, JUST TO SEE WHERE WE, WHERE WE'VE COME TO, UM, SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL WE'VE BEEN IN THAT PROCESS.
UH, A PERSON IS IN HOUSING PROBLEMS ARISE, UM, THEY GO THROUGH AN EVICTION AND, YOU KNOW, THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM.
UM, THERE IS ALSO A, A OVERSIGHT HARSH PART OF ALL OF THIS, AND IT'S THE DALLAS COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOUSING WORK GROUP IN THE DALLAS COUNTY CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, BECAUSE THAT CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, UH, ALLOWS FOR A MUCH, YOU HAVE A MUCH GREATER SHOT AT BEING SUCCESSFUL AT KEEPING PEOPLE AT HOUSING AND WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES TO GET THEM BACK INTO HOUSING AS QUICKLY AND, UH, EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE NEXT TO LAST PAGE PAGE IS WHAT I'M VERY PROUD OF BECAUSE IT IS THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP TO END AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, WHICH DA, DA DA DA DA.
THIS IS WHERE WE SIT AT THIS MOMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY ORGANIZATION HAS A, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BIRTH, UH, IT HAS ITS BEGINNING, IT HAS ITS TODDLER STAGES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKS INTO BE IN A PRODUCTIVE AGENCY ORGANIZATION.
AND MOST OF THE TIMES IT IS NOT A PARTICULARLY EASY, UM, TASK TO, TO BRING AN ORGANIZATION TO ON ITS FEET AND TO GET TO A STAGE WHERE IN FACT, IT IS DOING WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO AND HAS THE INTENDED RESULTS.
UM, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, UM, THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP, OR THE PARTNERSHIP, AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, TO END AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS STILL EXISTS, EVEN THOUGH IT, IT DID HAVE A ROUGH BEGINNING.
UM, COVID DID HELP BECAUSE ALL OF THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME AND KIND OF GETTING IN THE WAY OF, OF PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER, PEOPLE MEETING AND THUS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THOSE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
UM, IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
WE ARE ON TARGET FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS THAT WE HAD SET OUT.
I THINK IT BACK, WE HAVE HOUSED 2,700, UH, UH, FOLKS OVER THE THREE, THREE AND A HALF YEAR PERIOD.
UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE SAY, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BY OURSELVES BECAUSE I, AND I THINK IT IS THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WERE CREATED AND, AND IN THE CONTINUATION OF THOSE, OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT MADE, UM, THE, THE HOUSING HOMELESS EFFORTS IN DALLAS COUNTY, AND THAT'S IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY, UM, UH, MEANINGFUL.
UM, BUT THE END OF THIS IS, OF COURSE, WE ARE NOT DONE YET BECAUSE WE STILL, WE HAVE A HOMELESS POPULATION.
WE STILL HAVE A POPULATION THAT IS, HAS INSTABILITY IN, ITS, IN ITS HOUSING.
UM, BUT I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN THAT THERE ARE MORE ASSISTS OUT THERE AND THAT WE'RE A LITTLE SMARTER THAN WE WERE WHEN WE STARTED THIS, THESE ENDEAVORS.
SO UNLESS IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM.
WELL, THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, WHO'S DOT QUESTIONS? I COULD SEE ASHLEY'S DOT HER BUTTON LIT.
I WAS WONDERING ON THE PROJECTS, THE HOUSING PROJECTS, IF YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE UNITS BY AMI THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED THERE? UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT TODAY, BUT IF YOU HAVE IT TO SHARE LATER, THAT'D BE GREAT.
IT'S NOT ON THE, UM, THE TOTAL UNITS ARE THERE, BUT NOT A BREAKDOWN.
UH, YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A LONGER SPREADSHEET THAT DOES HAVE ON IT.
AND SO I'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT TO YOU.
YEAH, YEAH, THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT INFORMATION IN HERE.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE WHO HAD ANY QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ONLINE AT THIS TIME.
ONE IS ABOUT THE FREQUENT USER SYSTEM, THE FUSE SYSTEM.
UM, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS, UM, MAYBE WITH HMIS TO SHOW WHAT THAT OVERLAP WAS.
'CAUSE IT, I MEAN, I, THERE'S, I JUST, YOU KNOW, IS IT 50%?
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IS IT 60%? I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.YEAH, NO, I, I WOULD BE, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT.
AND THEN ALSO ON THE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM, UH, DO YOU KNOW WHEN Y'ALL STARTED THAT AND IF YOU'RE EXPENDING ALL THE DOLLARS EVERY YEAR OR IF, UM, THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE ADDING DOLLARS TO IT? UH, IT SEEMS, I I I FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT YES, WE ARE SPENDING THAT MONEY EVERY YEAR.
UM, I MEAN, BEING ATTENTIVE TO WHAT THE BUDGET IS AND, AND SO NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO ARREARS ON IT OR ANYTHING.
UM, I GUESS I'M SAYING LIKE, ARE YOU SPENDING IT ALL WITHIN LIKE THREE MONTHS AND LIKE THERE'S THIS HUGE NEED THAT ISN'T BEING MET, OR YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY MEETING THE NEED OF, WE'RE, I THINK, I THINK IT'S BEING METERED OUT SO THAT, UM, SO THAT WHEN YOU RUN INTO, BECAUSE YOUR IS GONNA RUN TO A REAL CRITICAL SITUATIONS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING ENOUGH SO THAT YOU SPACE IT OUT SO THAT IF THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN OCTOBER, THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULARLY MEETING SITUATIONS.
WELL, WELL, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THE COUNTY'S DOING, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE CITY OF MESQUITE, AND ALL THE OTHER CITIES WITHIN, UH, DALLAS COUNTY.
WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND OUR OWN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY STEVEN, IS HERE TO DO THAT PRESENTATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING IT YOURSELF, BUT ALL RIGHT.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST MOVE THAT MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
IF YOU WANNA GO THROUGH SOME LEGALESE.
THE LEGALESE BEHIND ALL OF THIS IS FOUND IN THE LOCAL TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 3 9 4 0.016, WHICH YOU CAN READ THAT IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I DON'T THINK NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE A NAP IN THIS MEETING.
BUT WHAT IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS IS THAT ALL CORPORATIONS MAY BE AMENDED AT ANY TIME IN ANY MANNER BY HOW THE BOARD DECIDES.
AND IT ALSO SAYS THE BODY IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION MAY AMEND OR CHANGE THE STRUCTURE AND IT MUST DELIVER THE NEW ARTICLES TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
UH, THAT'S ON PAGE SIX, WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PROPOSE AND WHAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW IS THAT THE D BOARD MUST FIRST APPROVE AN APPLICATION TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A NEW ARTICLE, NEW AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
AFTER YOU DO THIS PROCESS, THE AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL BY THE CITY AND COUNTY, RESPECTIVELY.
THAT WOULD BE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON DALLAS SIDE.
THEN, UH, STEP TWO, AS WE HAVE OUTLINED IN YOUR MATERIALS, IS THE CITY WILL THEN PASS A RESOLUTION GRANTING THE APPLICATION AND APPROVING THE NEW AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
THE COUNTY IN ITS GOVERNING FASHION WILL DO THE SAME, AND THEIRS IS ACTUALLY CALLED A COURT ORDER, BUT THEY WILL ADOPT A COURT ORDER ADOPTING THE NEW AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
AFTER THAT, IT WILL COME BACK TO THIS D BOARD,
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AND THEN YOU ALL WILL APPROVE THE, THE NEWLY, UH, NEWLY RESTATE, NEWLY AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES IN OF INCORPORATION.AFTER THIS, WE GET INTO THIS PART THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH, BUT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT ON, ON OUR END WITH THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
WE WILL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AND THE EXECUTED COPIES TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AS REQUIRED IN THAT 3.94 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION.
UH, AND YOU ALL WILL BE FINISHED AT THAT POINT.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE THE LARGEST PROCESS THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
HERE IS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ACTUAL CHANGES THAT YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE AS A BOARD TO THE, AND TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, UH, RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS.
AGAIN, YOU ALL WILL HAVE COPIES OF IT.
DISCUSS AMONG YOURSELVES THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
THE LARGEST CHANGE UP FRONT IS TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROTATION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR POSITION, ACTUALLY PUTTING DATES IN WHAT THE ACTUAL TERM FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE.
THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU WISH TO MAKE.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.
BUT AS ALWAYS, WE'RE GONNA BE STAND READY TO HELP YOU THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE, UH, CONCLUSION OF THIS.
UH, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE EASIER TO HANDLE,
SO, UM, WE HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY CONVERSATION AT OUR RETREAT THIS SUMMER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I'M JUST GONNA FIRST SAY THAT THIS IS LIKE A SIX MONTH PROCESS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE DOING TODAY.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE EVEN GONNA DO NEXT MONTH.
UM, DAN, MITCH KAY AND KEN OLDEN HAVE AGREED TO, UM, GO LINE BY LINE TO BRING BACK TO THIS GROUP.
WE HEARD AT THE RETREAT THAT, UM, THAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTING, UM, ON THIS GROUP MAY WANNA CONTINUE WITHOUT A TERM LIMIT ISSUE, UM, ALLOWING THEIR CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO MAINTAIN THEIR, UM, POSITION, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON AND THE RIGHT PERSON TO SERVE.
SO, UM, THERE MAY BE CHANGES LIKE THAT, THAT ARE PROPOSED.
UM, BUT THE WAY THIS ORGANIZATION WAS SET WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UM, THERE'S SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE WAY WE ACTUALLY OPERATE.
SO THE BYLAWS AND THE ARTICLES ENVISION, UM, THESE POSITIONS BEING APPOINTED IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, BUT ACTUALLY LIKE I WAS APPOINTED IN MAY.
SO IT ISN'T ACTUALLY WORKING THE WAY OUR GOVERNMENTS FUNCTION.
SO, UM, ALL THAT KIND OF ALIGNMENT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS, IF EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION COULD PLEASE, UM, READ THROUGH THIS, SEND YOUR IDEAS FOR CHANGES TO RENITA WHO WILL SHARE THEM BACK OUT, SO THAT WE'RE ALL MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IN TOMA.
UM, BUT YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE APPRECIATED AND, UM, WE JUST WANNA CLARIFY IT SO THAT THERE ISN'T CONFUSION.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME, UM, PERHAPS DISPARATE IDEAS, BUT WE'LL BRING 'EM TOGETHER.
EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A FAIR CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS SOME CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT THIS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND, UM, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE ITEM THAT I THINK ALL OF US COULD AGREE, AND THAT IS THAT THE, THE CHAIR POSITION WAS NOT, UM, THERE ISN'T CLEAR LANGUAGE ABOUT THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME AND THEN THE, UH, THE, THE TERM, RIGHT.
UM, SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF, OF WORDSMITHING TO BE DONE IN THAT AREA, FOR SURE.
UM, AND, AND THEN YES, IF EVERYONE COULD TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT REALLY STICKS OUT.
AND MADAM VICE CHAIR THAT HAS BEEN ALREADY PROPOSED, UM, AGAIN, UH, ALIGNING THE TERM, DEFINING WHAT THE TERM IS, AND ALSO ALIGN, PUTTING LANGUAGE IN THAT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS A ROTATION, RIGHT? THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS, LIKE, UH, BETTER RECORD KEEPING ON EVERYONE'S BEHIND SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE TERM IS.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE STEPS THAT ARE TAKEN THROUGH THE BOARD.
UH, IT'S BEEN A REALLY CLEAR PROCESS, WELL CLEAR AS MUD, BUT
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IT'S BEEN VERY, IT'S VERY OPEN IS WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M MORE SO TRYING TO SAY, NO ONE'S TRYING TO HIDE A BALL HERE.WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD AND GET YOU ALL INTO THE BEST GOVERNING DOCUMENT, RIGHT, THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT I WAS SAYING TOO IS YES, MA'AM, THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD FIRST STAB.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT IT GOT US UP AND RUNNING.
UM, BUT NO, AS YOU GO ON, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT, OH, THIS WAS, THIS WAS AN OVERSIGHT.
OH, WE HAVE TO HAVE CLARIFICATION HERE.
OH, IT'D BE EASIER IF WE DID SUCH AND SUCH.
AND, AND SO THOSE, THOSE ITEMS SHOULD BE, COULD BE ADDRESSED AT THIS TIME.
SO YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THIS ON THE NEXT SEVERAL AGENDAS.
AND, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR THOUGHTS TO IT EACH MONTH AND GO BACK AND TALK TO YOUR ORGANIZATIONS IF THEY HAVE, UM, ADDITIONAL INPUT.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO'S ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT.
OH, YES, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MS. TINA PATEL.
AND, UH, MS. HANNAH MINTON RIGHT BEHIND YOU AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE A FABULOUS TEAM THAT IS WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S LISTENING, BUT MS. LISA MAREZ, OUR SECTION CHIEF, SHE'S BEEN, SHE'S BEEN GUIDING A LOT OF IT.
AND YOU KNOW, AS I'VE JUST GOT HERE, I'VE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THAT.
I LOVE, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY EVERY BOARD MEMBER HERE THAT I MET DURING THAT, UH, RETREAT, REALLY EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRES TO HELP, YOU KNOW, THIS HOMELESS PROBLEM AND THE LOVE AND THE ACTUALLY FELT, I FELT IT IN EACH ONE OF YOU AS I SPOKE WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
SO Y'ALL HAVE A, A GREAT COMMITTEE AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU, I'LL HELP YOU PERSONALLY.
AND SO, UH, IF THAT'S, IF YOU NEED ME ANY FURTHER, YOU KNOW, I'M AVAILABLE.
BUT FOR NOW, MADAM CHAIR, I'M DONE PRESENTING.
SO OUR NEXT ITEM, UM, I JUST PUT ON THERE, UM, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, ASHLEY HAD SENT AN EMAIL, I THINK THE DAY BEFORE OUR LAST MEETING, SO IT HADN'T BEEN ON THE AGENDA.
AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, AND WE DIDN'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF OUR, UM, OPEN MEETING RULES.
SO, UM, WE JUST ATTACHED THE MEMO TO, UM, THE AGENDA SO THAT EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT IF THEY HADN'T READ IT PREVIOUSLY.
AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
UM, SO REALLY THE MEMO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN THERE, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH IT ALL, BUT IT WAS, UM, SENT OUT TO REALLY KIND OF PROVIDE A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP, WHERE WE WERE IT WITH OUR LEAD AGENCY AND OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED, AND WHAT, WHERE WE'VE GONE SINCE THEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017 WHEN WE HAD A REALLY WEAK REHOUSING SYSTEM.
WE DID NOT HAVE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES THAT HAD OVERSIGHT OVER THE REHOUSING SYSTEM, MEANING OUR LEAD AGENCY AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD.
THOSE TWO BOARDS HAD BEEN MERGED INTO ONE.
UM, SO WE WERE NOT FUNCTIONING AS A WELL-OILED MACHINE, LIKE WHAT WE ARE NOW IN 2020.
THE REHOUSING SYSTEM WENT THROUGH A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TRANSFORMATION.
WE BROKE UP THE, THE BOARD OF HOUSING FORWARD AT THE TIME, METRO DA HOMELESS ALLIANCE TO SEPARATE OUT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COC BOARD AND THE NONPROFIT HOUSING FORWARD BOARD INTO TWO ENTITIES AND RECONSTITUTED BOTH OF THOSE BOARDS WITH NEW MEMBERS.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHEN, UM, PETER BRODSKY BECAME CHAIR OF THE HOUSING FORWARD BOARD.
UM, AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS SINCE THEN.
SO WE'VE BROUGHT IN OVER $55 MILLION TO THE REHOUSING SYSTEM, UM, MAINLY THROUGH HUD FUNDING AND RECOGNITION OF THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD IN, UM, EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY REHOUSING FOLKS OFF OF THE STREETS THROUGH OUR, UM, ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS THROUGH THE RAPID REHOUSING PROJECT THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED A GRANT FOR THE YOUTH DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT, UH, PROJECT TO HAPPEN WITH OUR YOUTH POPULATION THAT'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, THAT SOMEWHAT GOES UNRECOGNIZED IN THE SYSTEM.
UM, SO REALLY WANTED TO JUST CALL OUT THOSE SUCCESSES, BUT THEN ALSO CALL OUT WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE POWERPOINT THAT HAD BEEN SHARED, UM, A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SO THE LAST TWO MEETINGS AROUND WHERE WE WANTED TO TAKE THE PARTNERSHIP, WHAT WE WANTED IT TO DO MOVING FORWARD WAS REALLY DUPLICATIVE OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING HAPPEN THROUGH THE COC BOARD AND THE HOUSING FORWARD ORGANIZATION.
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UM, SO REALLY LAID OUT SOME OF THOSE, UH, LIKE DUPLICATIONS THAT EXISTED ACROSS THE THREE GROUPS AS PROPOSED IN THAT, IN THAT POWERPOINT.UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY TOO, WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT, UM, THAT IT'S BEEN STATED A COUPLE TIMES THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION IN THE FACT THAT IT HAS REPRESENTATION FROM CERTAIN ENTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH DOES NOT MAKE THIS A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THE COC BOARD HAS THOSE SAME REPRESENTATIONS AT THE BOARD.
I THINK WHAT DOES MAKE THIS A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION IS THE FACT THAT IT CAN RAISE MONEY, IT CAN DEPLOY FUNDS, IT CAN ISSUE DEBT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOO, UH, WHAT WAS CONCERNING TO ME IN THE POWERPOINT AND WHAT'S BEEN STATED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN DIFFERENT MEETINGS IS THAT WE WANT THIS PARTNERSHIP TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOMELESSNESS PER CHALLENGE FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE AND REALLY NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THE HUD PRIORITIES ARE.
AND IF WE START TO DO THAT AS A REHOUSING SYSTEM, WE RISK LOSING THE, THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HUD DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING INTO THE COMMUNITY RECENTLY BECAUSE HUD LAYS OUT THOSE PRIORITIES.
AND YES, WE MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE WITH THEM, BUT IF WE MOVE AWAY FROM THEM, THEN WE LOSE THAT HEAD FUNDING IN OUR SYSTEM AND IT'S PUTS US AT A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO MOVE BACKWARDS FROM THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE SEEN.
SO REALLY THE MEMO WAS LAID OUT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOOD WORK THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND IN SUPPORT OF THAT WORK AND NOT, UH, DUPLICATING OR CONFLICTING ANYTHING THAT EXISTS.
SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYBODY, EXCUSE ME, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE EMAIL? I HAVE A QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FIRST? DID YOU, OH, I'M SORRY.
SO MY QUESTION, UH, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT, UH, INFORMATION HERE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT I'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS IS VISITING DIFFERENT, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND SO I'VE BEEN TO EIGHT OR NINE OF THEM HERE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR IN TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS, UH, HOW MUCH PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH HOUSING FORWARD AND, UH, THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH HEALTHIER THE SYSTEM IS, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, WHICH I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND, JUST BEING A, A, A REAL ESTATE PERSON, IS WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE THREAT IN THEORY TO HUD FUNDING WITHIN THE SYSTEM IF THERE ARE, UH, INITIATIVES OR PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING DONE, IF THERE ARE HOLES IN THE SYSTEM? SURE.
I CAN EXPLAIN IT AS BEST I CAN.
AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND CHRISTINE MIGHT HAVE, UH, MORE INSIGHT INTO IT, THE RISK OF HUD FUNDING IF WE MOVE AWAY FROM POLICIES LIKE THE HOUSING FIRST POLICY, WELL, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE HOUSING FIRST POLICY.
I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHY CAN'T YOU HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS GOING FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT HUD IS NEEDS TO THAT GET ALL THE DOLLARS YOU CAN MM-HMM,
AND AT THE SAME TIME, IF THERE ARE THINGS WITHIN THE SYSTEM, LET'S SAY THAT THERE'S, UM, THE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING MAYBE FOR FAMILIES OR NOT ENOUGH FUNDING FOR WHOMEVER THAT IF THERE'S A SEPARATE INITIATIVE THAT GOES TO DO THAT, WHAT, HOW DOES THAT RISK HUD FUNDING? BECAUSE HUD DOES NOT SEPARATE THE TWO.
SO HUD IN HUD'S COUNT OF LIKE SHELTER BEDS OR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IT'S ALL ONE THING.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE A SHELTER THAT IS OPERATING THAT OUTSIDE OF LIKE THAT HOUSING FIRST PIECE, THEN THAT IMPACTS THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GETTING HUD FUNDING BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE COUNT, AND IF THEY ARE MOVING AGAINST CERTAIN POLICIES, THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS TO HURT THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
AM I EXPLAINING THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, I STILL HAVE TO, EVERY TIME I COME ON CAMERA, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SAY CHRISTINE CROSLEY, CITY OF DALLAS HOMELAND SOLUTIONS.
UM, I, I THINK IT'S MORE HELPFUL, YOU KNOW, PER ASHLEY'S COMMENT TO THINK ABOUT HOW DOES THE LARGER UMBRELLA AND THE WAY THAT THAT CONNECTS TO US ON A LOCAL LEVEL IS THROUGH HOUSING BOARD.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT UNDER THE UMBRELLA, THAT CANNOT BE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT PARTNER.
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IT'S JUST THAT THAT GUIDING AGENCY THAT BRINGS IN THE FUNDING THAT ASSURES EVERYBODY'S PLAYING IN THE SAME SANDBOX IS HOUSING FORWARD.AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, INSTEAD OF SAYING, NO, WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING, IT'S TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT IS IT, WHAT'S THE END GOAL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE, AND HOW CAN THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE SAME SANDBOX IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T UNWITTINGLY CUT OFF ACCESS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE SYSTEM.
FOR SOMEONE, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A, A CERTAIN TYPE OF HOUSING, WELL THAT MAY THEN PREVENT YOU FROM GOING TO THIS OTHER TYPE OF HOUSING LATER ON BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT COMING FROM WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT COMING DIRECTLY FROM HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO HUD SAID, HUD HAS VERY STRICT RULES FOR WHERE YOU COME FROM AND HOW YOU ACCESS FUNDING AND THEY CAN ALL BE WORKED WITH.
IT'S JUST HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
SO I THINK THE GAPS CAN BE ADDRESSED IN PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION EARLY ON TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL OF THOSE CONNECTIVITY POINTS NEED TO BE.
AND I THINK WHAT I'M REMEMBERING TOO, PART OF THE RISK AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US IN THE PAST IS WE HAD SHELTERS WHO, UM, IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS EMERGENCY SHELTERS, BUT WE HAVE TO RECLASSIFY THEM FOR HUD PURPOSES AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, WHICH THEN ENDS UP MESSING WITH THE COUNT AND NOT, IT LIKE ENDS UP HURTING THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM HUD BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO, WELL, AND I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS RIGHT BEHIND IT, BUT I KNOW IT KEPT US, IT HURT, UH, THE NUMBERS HURT AND IT BARS, IT CAN BAR THEM FROM A DIRECT PATHWAY TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR RAPID REHOUSING BECAUSE THEY'RE TECHNICALLY NOT, THEY'RE LIKE IN A WASTE STATION, BUT THEY'RE STILL COUNTED AS HOMELESS.
SO IT'S JUST LITTLE THINGS YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT.
BUT HAVING THE DISCUSSION THAT I THINK IS BEING HAD NOW IS WHERE IT ALL STARTS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF EFFECTIVELY THE ALGORITHMS THAT EXIST IN ORDER TO RIGHT.
THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, OF, OF STRUCTURE.
'CAUSE THE REPORTING THAT GOES UP, YOU KNOW, THROUGH HOUSING FORWARD, YOU JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT DAMAGING THAT AS YOU'RE RIGHT.
HAS EITHER, HAS EITHER DALLAS COUNTY OR THE CITY OF DALLAS BEEN AFFECTED IN RECEIVING FUNDING UP TO THIS POINT IN THE PAST? YES.
THE, LIKE THE SHELTER ISSUE, THE BED CLASSIFICATION THAT I MENTIONED, UM, THAT HAS HURT US IN, IN ACCESSING SOME SORT OF THE, THE HUD RESOURCES THROUGH THE NOFO BECAUSE OF THE, THE COUNT OF THE WAY THAT WE CLASSIFY THE DIFFERENT BEDS AND I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE LOGISTICS BEHIND IT.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT BECAUSE, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE WHAT JUST BEEN SAID, I MEAN, BEING FULL WARNED IS BEING POOR ON, AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
SO THAT WE DO NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE VERY AWARE THAT WITHOUT THE FUNDING WE DON'T DO ANYTHING.
MM-HMM,
SO ASHLEY, YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NOFO AND SO I PULLED THE PROJECT APPLICATION FOR THE NOFO FOR 2023 AND HUD SPECIFIES 10 ITEMS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, WHICH IS DEMONSTRATING ALIGNMENT OF THE AREAS THAT ARE THE POLICY PRIORITIES.
SO THE 10 THINGS I'M JUST GONNA READ, THE FIRST THREE, ONE IS ENDING HOMELESSNESS FOR ALL PEOPLE.
SO WHEN WE HAVE A, HAVE EVEN A PROVIDER THAT'S, LET'S SAY NOT PART OF THE COC, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IN DALLAS, THE LARGEST PROVIDER IS NOT PART OF THE COC, ASSUMING THEY'RE STILL THE LARGEST THEY USED TO BE, I DON'T KNOW, DALLAS LIFE, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
UM, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY ENDING HOMELESSNESS FOR SOME PEOPLE AND THAT DOES HELP THE SYSTEM EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT CATEGORIZED THE WAY YOU SAY.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS USING A HOUSING FIRST APPROACH.
NUMBER THREE IS REDUCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TAKE LIKE A UNION GOSPEL MISSION, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE CURRENTLY PARTIALLY STILL PART OF COC, PARTIALLY NOT, I THINK THAT'S THE LAST I HAD HEARD.
UM, BUT THEY ARE REDUCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY WOULD LIKE EVERY SINGLE HOMELESS PROVIDER TO BE PART OF IT, MANY ARE NOT WILLING, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING, UM, RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS THAT LEAVE THEM OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE TWO I JUST MENTIONED, I THINK FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY FOR US TO AFFIRM, 'CAUSE I'VE NOT HEARD ANYONE ON THIS GROUP THAT HAS SAID THAT THEY WANT THE COC TO GET EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR POSSIBLE FROM HUD.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY EFFORT WHATSOEVER TO DO ANYTHING BUT HELP BOLSTER, UM, THAT SUPPORT.
BUT THIS GROUP IS DIFFERENT THAN THE COC.
THERE'S NO ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE COC AND FRANKLY, UM, A LOT OF THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, AS, AS COMMISSIONER DANIELS
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JUST PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 65 MILLION FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT WE HAVE, UM, ALLOCATED TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS OVER THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS.FISCAL YEAR 22 THROUGH, I'M SORRY, IN, IN 2360 $5 MILLION.
THAT'S MORE THAN HUD GAVE IN THOSE TWO YEARS.
AND SO YOU NEED THE ELECTED OFFICIAL AND YOU NEED THE BUY-IN, AND FRANKLY, YOU NEED THE ALIGNMENT BOTH OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY IMPORTANT GROUP PLUS THE ISSUE OF RAISING MONEY AND DEBT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE WHOLE SYSTEM-WIDE ACCOUNTABILITY, BECAUSE WHILE THE COC SHOULD A HUNDRED PERCENT ALIGN WITH HUDS, THEY CAN MAXIMIZE THOSE DOLLARS.
UM, HUD IS NOT PRIORITIZING EVERYBODY THAT OUR COMMUNITY THINKS IS IMPORTANT.
SO I, UM, SENT OUT THE ARTICLE FROM SCHOOLHOUSE CONNECTION, WHICH IS TITLED LEFT OUT OF ALL IN, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON HOMELESSNESS CHILDREN USING FAMILIES IN THE FEDERAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON HOMELESSNESS.
AND WHAT IT GOES THROUGH ARE THE WAYS THAT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT, AS WELL AS THINGS THAT WE COULD ADVOCATE FOR, FOR A REVISION SO THAT, UM, WE DON'T CREATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND I DO THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD EXPRESS MULTIPLE TIMES, ESPECIALLY AT OUR RETREAT, UM, HOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
AND, UM, WHAT I HEAR THE COC TALKING ABOUT LATELY, UM, ARE WHAT YOU'RE CALLING, UM, YOUTH 18 TO 24, I'M GONNA CALL THEM YOUNG ADULTS.
THEY ARE, UM, THEY CAN BE A MILITARY SERVICE.
WE CALL THEM ADULTS WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING ELSE IN LIFE.
BUT SOMEHOW IN HOMELESSNESS, WE'RE CALLING THEM YOUTH.
AND I HAVE CHILDREN IN THAT AGE RANGE.
UM, BUT I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR UNDER 18 AND HOW CERTAIN WE ARE THAT THEIR FUTURE MAY INVOLVE HOMELESSNESS IF WE DON'T ADDRESS SOMETHING.
AND SO I I I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I THINK, LIKE I SAID, I HAVEN'T HEARD A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS GROUP THAT DOESN'T WANT COC TO, UM, PROGRESS WITH THEIR HUD ALLOCATIONS AND HELP SUPPORT IT HOWEVER WE CAN.
BUT I THINK THERE'S MORE WE CAN DO AND SHOULD DO.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE AND RAISING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM.
DALLAS IS AN EXTREMELY, UM, AND I SAY THAT AS THE COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF DALLAS, EXTREMELY GENEROUS COMMUNITY, AND THEY CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO HELP AND I THINK WE SHOULD GO GET IT.
UM, SO
I MEAN THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION THEY'RE INVOLVED IN COCI THINK IT HAS TO BE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GETTING HUD FUNDING, IT JUST MEANS THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE COC.
SO THEY'RE OPERATING WITHIN THE SYSTEM, HUH? SO THAT, NO, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
OH, I GUESS WE SHOULD CALL HIM.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW I ENVISION AS THE NEWER PERSON SINCE I WASN'T HERE WHEN IT FIRST STARTED.
UM, BUT THINKING ABOUT THIS ORGAN, THIS GROUP AS A MANAGER, UM, WHEN I, JUST READING THROUGH THE MEMO MADE ME THINK OF, YOU KNOW, THE IDEAL BEST MANAGER.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING OVER THE HOMELESS SYSTEM, LOOKING OVER WHAT WOULD WORK OR WHAT WASN'T WORKING.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME PAUSE DURING COVID, BUT IT MADE ME THINK OF, YOU KNOW, A BEST MANAGER WORKING WITH, UM, A TALENTED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.
HOW CAN WE HELP STEWARD THAT TALENT OR HOW CAN WE HELP, UM, UPLIFT THE SUCCESSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE? SO I KNOW ACCOUNTABILITY IS, IS, IS, IS PART OF, OF THE WORK.
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WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE I WAS REVIEWING, UM, THE ORIGINAL BYLAWS OF, OF THE DAP.UM, BUT THAT ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE, BUT ALSO I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING THAT, THAT IF WE CONTINUE THIS, THIS, THE GROUP IN THE WAY IT IS, I FEEL LIKE WE WANNA BE THE BEST MANAGERS.
AND THOSE BEST MANAGERS ARE PEOPLE WHO LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S KIND OF SOMEBODY WHO HOLDS YOUR FOOT WHEN YOU'RE JUST CLIMBING UP A WALL OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE GIVING YOU THAT BOOST AND, AND MAKING SURE, AGAIN, IF WE CONTINUE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE FORMAT WE ARE, THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE IS, IS REAL.
UM, BUT MY BEST MANAGERS HELD ME ACCOUNTABLE WHILE LIKE, MAKING ME SHINE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND YOU MENTIONED HAVING, UH, A VOICE AS THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.
UM, AND I THINK YOU ALSO MENTIONED MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE, ARE PART OF THE STORY.
UM, WE ARE PART OF THE STORY, THE THE COUNTY, CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN GENERAL.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S EDUCATED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT EMBEDDED ADVOCATES EVERYWHERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S A, A SPACE WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED, AGAIN, IF WE CONTINUE IN THE WAY WE'RE, WE'RE GOING IN MY, IN, IN, IN MY OPINION, IT'S, WE'VE GOT SUCH INCREDIBLE TALENT, SUCH INCREDIBLE VOICES, FOLKS WHO ARE CHANGING THE NARRATIVE, NOT JUST CHANGING THE WORK WORK, WHICH IS, UM, GOING IN AN INCREDIBLE DIRECTION.
THE MOST MONEY WE'VE EVER GOTTEN, MOST MONEY ACROSS THE NATION BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK WE'VE, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT EXIST NOW IN 2023.
UM, BUT FOLKS LITERALLY CHANGING THE NARRATIVE OF WHAT BEING UNHOUSED LOOKS LIKE.
AND WE COULD USE OUR VOICE, WE COULD USE THIS FORUM TO HELP CONTINUE CHANGING THAT NARRATIVE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, FOR NORTH TEXAS.
BECAUSE I, I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST DALLAS, SORRY.
UM, BUT FOR NORTH TEXAS AND THE WAY I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS RECENTLY, IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT MORE OR PUNITIVE OR KIND OF GOTCHA.
UM, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE SHARED BETTER OR MIGHT NEED MORE AVENUES FOR, FOR SHARING THE DATA.
UM, IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'VE COME SO FAR AND, AND, AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED WHERE YOU WERE KIND OF GOING THROUGH ALL THE NONPROFITS AND HAVE JUST HEARD THE UNANIMOUS, IT WAS BAD, IT WAS REALLY BAD.
AND NOW WE'VE COME SO FAR, BUT LIKE, HOW CAN WE USE OUR FORUM TO UPLIFT THAT? UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS, I THINK I LIVE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A BUBBLE WHERE I'M IN HOMELESS SERVICES.
I I, I SEE IT ALMOST ON THE DAILY.
UM, BUT MAKING SURE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS, IS UNIQUE, A GAME CHANGER AND HELP PEOPLE FEEL, UM, LIKE WE ARE HERE TO HELP THEM STEP ON OUR HANDS AS THEY GO OVER THE FENCE OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO MIGHT YOU BE SAYING PURPOSEFUL ACTION FORWARD PURPOSEFUL SUPPORT FOR, UM, THE PARTNERSHIPS LIKE, UM, SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO UPLIFT THEIR VOICE AND STORY AND THEN THAT, SORRY.
AND I'M, I'M GONNA STOP RAMBLING.
THE, THE NEXT PIECE WAS JUST THAT, UM, THAT CHILDREN PIECE, IT'S KIND OF WAS HIGHLIGHTED AS A LITTLE BIT MISSING.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ENGAGING IN THE CHILDREN PIECE THROUGH FAMILIES, UM, AND THERE ARE HOMELESS CHILDREN THAT, THAT LEAVE THOSE FAMILY SPACES.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT, UM, OH GOSH, THE NEW, THE NEW SUPPORTERS THAT WORK WITH, UM, THE SOUTH DALLAS NONPROFIT, THEY'RE OVER, THEY'RE BASED IN GARLAND, SORRY.
UM, ANYWAYS, WE'VE GOT FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE AND, AND WORKING WITH PROMISE HOUSE AND, AND, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE WORKING WITH THOSE KIDS THAT, THAT HAVE LEFT FAMILIES.
BUT THE CHILDREN PIECE TO ME, SOME, SOMETHING THAT, THAT MAY NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT MORE THAN IS, IS HOW THE COC OR HOW THE, THE HOUSING FORWARD WORKS WITH FAMILIES, UM, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WORK WITH CHILDREN TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT THE NEXT GENERATION OF, OF FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, UNHOUSED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM QUARTERLY UPDATE.
AND CHRISTINE, I SEE YOU ON THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF JOLIE WAS HERE AS WELL.
AND I'VE GOT YOU DOWN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
UM, CHRIS, OH, CHRISTINE CROSLEY AND SARAH CRAIG HERE FOR, UM, HOUSING FORWARD.
SO, UM, NOT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME, BUT WE ARE HERE WITH OUR QUARTERLY REPORT, UM, AND A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS TO GET US GOING.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO, UH, SHARE THIS REPORT AND SHARE, UH, THIS
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IN PARTICULAR AS IT WILL TRANSITION TO THE LARGER REPORTING SYSTEM, UM, AS WE MOVE INTO THE REAL TIME REHOUSING INITIATIVE.AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS, THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A PART THAT IS NOT NORMALLY ATTACHED, UM, ON THE YOUTH NEEDS AND GAPS ANALYSIS, UM, WHICH I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY THAT WAS DONE.
UM, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART.
SO, UH, TODAY, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS OF THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT, UH, MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WERE A PART OF LAUNCHING THE DALLAS REAL-TIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE.
WE ARE OVER 2,700 INDIVIDUALS HOUSED AS OF TODAY.
WE'RE AT 22,767 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN HOUSED THROUGH THAT INITIATIVE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THOSE ARE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN WELCOMED BACK INTO HOUSING, MANY WHO WERE OUT OF HOUSING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND ONE OF THE BEST PARTS ABOUT, UH, THIS IS NOT ONLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOW HOUSED, BUT WE HAVE ACTUALLY BUILT AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM THAT CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE INDIVIDUALS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AT A MUCH MORE RAPID PACE THAN WE WERE BEFORE THIS BEGAN.
UH, IN 2 20 21, WE'VE ALIGNED OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH HAVE PROVEN TO BE REALLY THE KEY TO SCALING OUR REHOUSING SYSTEM.
WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED OUR GOALS BY CENTERING RACIAL EQUITY.
WE HAVE LISTED DEEPLY TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SERVING BY EMBEDDING THEM THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM AND REALLY LISTENING TO THEIR FEEDBACK ON HOW THEY, UH, APPROACHED OUR SYSTEM AND HOW THEY EXPERIENCED OUR SYSTEM.
WE ALSO HAVE BUILT INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, MANY OF THOSE, ROB, THAT YOU WERE REFERENCING WHEN YOU SAID YOU'RE VISITING MANY OF OUR ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION MEMBERS.
WE'VE, WE'VE DOUBT THE DALLAS CITY, THE DALLAS COUNTY, THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, WE HAVE STRENGTHENED THAT HAVE REALLY HELPED US MOVE FORWARD.
WE ARE, UH, SEEING THAT RACIAL DISPARITIES STILL PERSIST, BUT WHILE, UH, 59% OF OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION ARE BLACK HOUSEHOLDS, OUR GENERAL POPULATION IS, UH, 20% OF BLACK HOUSEHOLDS.
SO THAT INEQUITY IN OUR SYSTEM STILL PERSISTS, BUT OUR REHOUSING SYSTEM IS ENSURING THAT WE ARE NOT, UH, IN, WE ARE NOT INCREASING THOSE DISPARITIES THAT EXIST THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY FROM THAT SNAPSHOT, SORRY, ON THE LAST SLIDE, WAS THAT'S JUST, THOSE ARE SNAPSHOTS FROM OUR PUBLIC DASHBOARD WHERE YOU CAN GO AND ACTUALLY SEE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT BREAKDOWN BY RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, THOSE THINGS.
UM, NEXT, UH, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK A LOT ABOUT IS THE WORD SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION AND, AND COMMUNITY IMPACT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE HAVE DATA RECENTLY THAT REALLY HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW OUR SYSTEM IS MOVING DIFFERENTLY.
SO, AND I'M ON SLIDE THREE, JUST FY
UM, AND, UH, IN 20 18, 20 19, WE WERE AVERAGING 80 PLACEMENTS A MONTH, 80 HOUSING PLACEMENTS IN 2022 TO 2023.
SO NOW KIND OF POST TRANSFORMATION, WE'RE AVERAGING 207 HOUSING PLACEMENTS PER MONTH.
THAT'S 160% INCREASE IN HOUSING PLACEMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE EXITING OUR SYSTEM EACH MONTH.
SO THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE REALTIME INITIATIVE HELPED US DO, UH, THAT HAS INCREASED, THAT IS ENGAGE LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE OUR LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT TEAM TO TAKE UNITS OFF MARKET AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM AVAILABLE TO OUR NEIGHBORS AS THEY'RE READY TO BE HOUSED.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE IMPACT OF THAT TEAM, THE TEAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2021.
WE BEGAN SORT OF SOCIALIZING AND THEY BEGAN THEIR WORK IN 2022.
IN 2022, THEY BROUGHT A TOTAL OF ABOUT 105 UNITS TO OUR SYSTEM THIS YEAR.
THEY'VE BROUGHT 650 UNITS SO FAR TO OUR SYSTEM THIS YEAR THAT HAVE THEN BEEN DEPLOYED TO OUR FAMILY SYSTEM, OUR YOUTH SYSTEM, OUR ENCAMPMENT, DECOMMISSIONING WORK, AND THEN THE HOUSING OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO THOSE ARE INCREDIBLE SYSTEM-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
THE, UH, DALLAS REAL-TIME RAPID REHOUSING MODEL HAS PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WHICH IS WHAT HAS BROUGHT US UNPRECEDENTED NEW FEDERAL AND PRIVATE DOLLARS.
SO WHEN WE COMBINE THESE RESOURCES, SO UH, YOU'LL SEE HERE, SORRY, ON SLIDE FOUR, UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE THE DAY ONE FAMILIES FUND, WHICH IS PRIVATE MONEY THAT CAME INTO OUR SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY FOR FAMILIES, OUR HUD UNSHELTERED AWARD, WHICH IS 22.8 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS.
THAT'S COMPLETELY NEW FUNDING.
AND THEN AN INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL FUNDING AS WELL OF THE 22 MILLION.
SO, UM, WITH ALL OF THOSE COMBINED, WE HAVE LAUNCHED AN EXPANSION OF OUR INITIAL GOAL.
SO WE ARE NOW SHOOTING TO SERVE 6,000 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BY 2025.
THE NEW FUNDS THAT HAVE COME IN WILL HELP US SUSTAIN OUR RAPID REHOUSING GROWTH.
THAT THE INITIAL, UH, THOSE KIND OF ONE-TIME COVID MONIES ENABLED US TO, UH, HAVE WAS AN EXPANSION OF OUR RAPID REHOUSING.
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WILL HELP US CONTINUE THAT EXPANSION AND CONTINUE, UH, TO MAINTAIN THOSE HOUSING UNITS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.THEY WILL ALSO HELP US INCREASE OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
THEY WILL ALSO ENABLE US TO EXPAND DIVERSION ACROSS OUR SYSTEM.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, DIVERSION REALLY BRINGS HOUSING TO THE FRONT DOOR OF OUR SYSTEM.
SO HELPING NEIGHBORS AVOID SHELTER ALTOGETHER AND IMMEDIATELY REHOUSE AND RESOLVE THEIR HOUSING CRISIS.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IN DETAIL IN A COUPLE SLIDES, BUT WE'VE ATTRACTED 9.3 MILLION FOR THE YOUTH SYSTEM THROUGH THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
AND AS WE'VE SHARED, THIS INITIATIVE WILL NOW SORT OF REFLECT THE TOTAL, UH, REHOUSING EFFORTS OF OUR SYSTEM.
SO WE HAVE SORT OF SHORTENED THE NAME OF IT TO JUST BE THE REAL TIME REHOUSING INITIATIVE.
UM, WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS INITIATIVE, WE ARE ALSO LAUNCHING OUR NEW COMMUNITY DASHBOARD.
IT WILL BE READY VERY SOON WHERE YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GO AND THE PUBLIC CAN GO AND ACTUALLY TRACK OUR PROGRESS TOWARD THAT 6,000 GOAL.
AND THE DASHBOARD, UH, ALSO TRACKS VERY CRITICAL METRICS, WHICH I KNOW MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM ARE INTERESTED IN, SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO HOUSING, THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES TO REHOUSE THEM, THE EXTENT TO WHICH PEOPLE RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS AFTER EXITING TO HOUSING, AND THE RACIAL AND ETHNICITY BREAKDOWNS OF EACH OF THOSE GROUPS.
AND, UM, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE, SCALING ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSION, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, UM, WITHIN THIS IS TO REALLY TARGET THOSE WHO HAVE THE HIGHEST BARRIERS, WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
SO VISIBLE HOMELESSNESS IS WHEN YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE, BUT WITHIN THAT GROUP, BE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS MEAN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE FOR A MUCH LONGER TIME.
THERE'S A CERTAIN HUD DEFINITION THAT GOES WITH THAT.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOUSING THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OUTSIDE LONGER.
THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST BARRIERS.
AND SO THAT IS REALLY WHERE, UH, THE TARGETED USE OF, OF VOUCHERS HAS GONE FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT EVER BE SUS ABLE TO SUSTAIN RENT ON THEIR OWN AND NEED LONGER TERM CARE.
UH, AND SO KNOWING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO MORE OF THAT AND BE ABLE TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE MORE QUICKLY, UM, WE REALLY EXPANDED THAT EFFORT.
THE 22.8 MILLION THAT'S COME ONLINE, UM, HAS ALSO REALLY HELPED, UH, EXPAND AND BRING ON A NEW 480 SLOTS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THROUGH THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION.
THOSE ARE COMING ONLINE, UH, THIS MONTH IN NOVEMBER OF 2023.
UM, OUR BIGGEST BARRIER INTO CREATING PATHWAYS INTO THAT HOUSING AND CLOSING MORE ENCAMPMENTS HAS BEEN THE GAP IN OUTREACH STAFF.
AND SO TO FULLY LEVERAGE THOSE PSH SLOTS, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS VOTED IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR TO FUND 16 ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, UM, WHICH WILL BE GOING, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THE VEHICLE FOR WHAT THAT, HOW THAT FUNDING WILL GET RFPD OUT NOW.
BUT THAT IS FOR 16 STAFF THROUGH THE, UH, CONS, THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROVIDERS WHO WILL BE IN THE FIELD SOLELY TO GO AND WORK WITH PEOPLE TO GET THEM ON A PATHWAY TO HOUSING AND DO THAT DEDICATED COMING BACK TO THAT PERSON, THOSE PEOPLE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HOUSED.
UM, AS A AVERSE TO THAT, WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES, OUR LANE IS REALLY HEALTH AND SAFETY.
AND SO WE GO OUT AND ANSWER SERVICE REQUESTS.
WE GO OUT AND TALK TO CITIZENS TO MAKE SURE THAT AREAS ARE SAFE.
WE ALSO WORK WITH THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED, BUT WE'RE THERE TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HANDING THEM OFF TO RESOURCE PROVIDERS, UM, IF THEY WANT THAT.
AND IF THEY SAY NO, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO GO BACK AND ENGAGE WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE.
AND WE EVEN HAVE AN EMERGENCY HOMO ACTION RESPONSE TEAM, THE HEART TEAM FOR EXTREME EMERGENCY ISSUES.
SO BEING ABLE FOR THE SYSTEM TO HAVE MORE OF THESE STAFF WHOSE SOLE FOCUS IS TO BE IN THE FIELD, GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND I KNOW, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A, A BLITZ I THINK COMING SOON, SARAH, IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED THE BLITZ TO DETERMINE WHERE THE, THE GREATEST NEEDS ARE.
SO, UM, TWO OF THE THINGS THAT FOR US ARE A PRIORITY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING AND ENDING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, WE NEED TO EXPAND HOUSING OPTIONS AND WE NEED TO CREATE PATHWAYS TO THOSE HOUSING OPTIONS.
THE NEW FUNDING WE HAVE HAS ENABLED US TO EXPAND THE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN NOW THESE ADDITIONAL 16 OUTREACH WORKERS WILL HELP US CREATE PATHWAYS INTO HOUSING.
THESE STAFF MEMBERS ARE DEDICATED STAFF WHO ENGAGE AND BUILD TRUST.
THEY CONDUCT ASSESSMENTS IN THE FIELD AND THEN GET THOSE NEIGHBORS ON A PATHWAY TO HOUSING.
THEY'RE THERE TO HELP PEOPLE COLLECT CRITICAL DOCUMENTS THAT THEY NEED TO SIGN A LEASE AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN A UNIT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND THEY ARE KIND OF ASSIGNED TO A VOUCHER, THAT THEY'RE THEN IMMEDIATELY MOVED INTO HOUSING.
AND SO THIS WILL HELP MAKE THAT JOB MUCH MORE POSSIBLE.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT, UM, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE IN AN
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ENCAMPMENT TO BE MATCHED TO HOUSING.SO THESE TEAMS WILL COVER, UH, VERY SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND THERE IS AN ACTUAL, UH, OR VERY ORGANIZED, UH, GROUP THAT GETS TOGETHER.
AND THERE'S A PLAN THAT KIND OF TARGETS EACH AREA OF DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY TO ENSURE WE HAVE FULL COVERAGE.
THIS WILL PREVENT ENCAMPMENTS FROM POPPING UP AND BEING UNRESOLVED.
UM, JUST WANNA MOVE IN IN OUR REMAINING TIME ONTO WORKING, UH, LOOKING AT THE NEW FUNDING THAT'S COMING IN FOR YOUTH.
SO REDUCING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE PRIORITY FOR HOUSING FORWARD AND OUR ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION AND ALSO JUST OUR BROADER COMMUNITY.
AND WE FACILITATED A HOUSING FORWARD, FACILITATED A COMMUNITY-WIDE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WITH THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION.
IT WAS CONDUCTED THIS PAST SPRING AND IT WAS, UH, WORKING TO ASSESS WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN DESIGN A SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
OUR HOMELESS PROVIDERS PARTICIPATED IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, FOLKS PARTICIPATED AS WELL AS OUR YOUTH ACTION BOARD, WHICH IS YOUTH WHO HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE.
AND THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT THE NEEDS ANALYSIS WAS LOOKING AT, ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR NEEDING HOUSING SERVICES.
AND THEN SECONDLY, LOOKING AT OUR SYSTEMS CAPACITY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
WE ALL CAN DEFINITELY ATTEST THAT YOUTH ARE VERY, UH, DIFFICULT AT TIMES TO GET AN ACCURATE COUNT OF BECAUSE THEY ARE SORT OF HIDING IN THE SHADOWS, RIGHT? THEY'RE COUCH SURFING, THEY'RE SORT OF MOVING BETWEEN SYSTEMS. SO, UM, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR ANNUALIZED ESTIMATES ARE LIKELY AN OVER COUNT, UNDER COUNT, EXCUSE ME, HERE IN AND IN COCS EVERYWHERE.
OUR DATA TEAM EXAMINED DATA FROM DISD, WHICH IS THE LARGEST OF THE 28 ISDS IN DALLAS COUNTY OR IN DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY, AND ALSO THE TEXAS CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SLIDE, UH, YES, YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SLIDE.
UH, SO WHEN LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE DATA POINTS, WE CAN ESTIMATE THAT THERE'S AN ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF, UH, OVER 2,200 YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
BUT OUR SYSTEM LITERALLY HAS 148 BEDS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A BIG GAP THERE IN WHAT OUR SYSTEM CAPACITY CAN, UH, SERVE AND THE YOUTH THAT ARE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.
SO, UM, OUR, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO SERVICE PROVIDERS, MAINSTREAM AGENCIES, UH, WE VISITED WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, ADVOCATES AND YOUTH WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE ON OUR YOUTH ACTION BOARD.
AND WE CAME TOGETHER NOT ONLY TO REVIEW THAT NEEDS AN, UH, GAPS ANALYSIS, BUT ALSO TO, UH, CAST A VISION FOR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HOPED TO SEE RELATED TO YOUTH AND HOMELESSNESS.
AND PART OF THAT VISION WAS THAT YOUTH NEVER EXPERIENCED UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
THAT THEY CAN AVOID SHELTER WHENEVER POSSIBLE WITH ACCESS TO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PREVENTION AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION ASSISTANCE, THAT THEY HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO SAFE AND TEMPORARY HOUSING AND SHELTER WHEN NEEDED.
AND THAT YOUTH ARE EMPOWERED TO DETERMINE THE MOST APPROPRIATE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT WILL MOVE THEM BACK INTO PERMANENT HOUSING WITHIN 30 DAYS.
THIS VISION EMBRACES A NO WRONG DOORS APPROACH SO THAT YOUTH WHO NEED ASSISTANCE CAN FIND THAT AND THERE'S NO WRONG DOOR THAT THEY'RE SORT OF TURNED TO AND SENT ANOTHER DIRECTION.
WE HAVE NEW OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO DELIVER ON THAT VISION WITH THE NEW FUNDING THAT'S COME IN AT THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, HAS BEEN AWARDED 9.3 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS AS A PART OF THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
YHDP, THE PURPOSE IS TO LEVERAGE STATE AND LOCAL AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO SCALE KEY AND EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT AND END YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
SO THIS FUNDING WILL ACTIVATE A NEW SYSTEM DESIGNED.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PART OF THE COMMUNITY PLANNING, UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF A SIX MONTH COMMUNITY-WIDE KIND OF REQUIRED HUD PLANNING PROCESS.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT YOUTH NEED A CENTRALIZED ACCESS TO ENSURE ALL YOUTH ARE IDENTIFIED AND MATCH TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE INTERVENTION.
WE NEED OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES TARGETED TO ASSIST OUR YOUTH.
AND WE NEED HOUSING PAIRED WITH WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES SO THAT YOUNG ADULTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MIGHT BE EXITING THE UH, CPS SYSTEM, THINGS LIKE THAT, CAN RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
SO THAT, UM, PROCESS IS UNDERWAY NOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL AN IDEA OF TIMING, THE, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT PROCESS, THAT COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS WILL BE WRAPPED UP HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF MARCH, 2024.
AND WE'RE, UH, GIVEN TWO HUDS SORT OF OUR PLAN WILL BE GIVEN TO HUD AND THEN THE COMMUNITY-WIDE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR RFP WILL BE PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY PUT THOSE FUNDS TO WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT WILL GO OUT APPROXIMATELY APRIL OF 2024.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE PROJECT EXECUTION WILL BE HAPPENING BY SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
SO OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, THERE ARE PROPOSED PHASES.
SO AT THIS MOMENT, WHICH WE'LL KIND OF CONFIRM THESE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, BUT PHASE ONE WOULD BE A YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER AND STREET OUTREACH BEING ENGAGED, PHASE TWO EMERGENCY
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SHELTER ADDITION BEDS, AND THEN ALSO IN ADDITION OF A HUNDRED SLOTS OF RAPID REHOUSING IN ADDITION TO PHASE THREE BEING PERMANENT, SUPPORTING HOUSING UNITS JUST FOR YOUTH.AND I DID WANNA SAY, WHILE THOSE PHASES ARE ONGOING AND THE PLANNING PERIOD FOR HUD, WHICH IS NECESSARY, TAKES PLACE, THE NORMAL, UM, SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH YOUTH OF ALL AGES, UM, IS STILL UNDERWAY.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SITTING ON OUR HANDS AND NOT DOING ANYTHING UNTIL THIS IS DONE.
JUST SO ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE, WE ANNOUNCED, UH, IN MAY THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHED THE ALL INSIDE INITIATIVE, WHICH WAS TO HELP SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND WE WERE ONE OF, UH, NINE COMMUNITIES.
I MEAN STEPHANIE, UM, SEVEN COMMUNITIES, UH, THE WERE CHOSEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND UH, RACHEL WILSON IS OUR HUD TA EXPERT THAT IS EMBEDDED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SHE IS AT LITERALLY EITHER THE CITY OF DALLAS OFFICE OR THE HOUSING FORWARD OFFICE.
UM, AND AT MANY OF OUR MEETINGS, UH, ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
SO I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL BE MEETING HER JUST SO SHE HAS A FAMILIAR FACE.
JUST SO Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS WE ARE LOOKING TOWARD.
SO WE MENTIONED THE NEW SLOTS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WILL BE COMING ON BOARD HERE VERY SOON THIS MONTH AND BEYOND.
AND THOSE ARE ALL EMBEDDED WITH COMPLETE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AS WELL.
SO FOLKS WILL HAVE SUPPORTS FOR ANY MENTAL HEALTH ADDICTION OR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, STREET OUTREACH.
SO THE PROCUREMENT FOR THOSE 16 FULL-TIME STREET OUTREACH PROVIDERS AS WELL AS OUR SYSTEM-WIDE DIVERSION IS, UH, WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO LAUNCH THAT RFP LITERALLY THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE COMMUNITY COORDINATED INVESTMENT PLANNING FOR THE YHDP GRANT.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT VETERANS IN DIFFERENT, IN THIS SPACE AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE, WE THINK THAT THE, UH, DECLARATION THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO USAGE COULD TAKE ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OR SO BEFORE WE'RE, UM, GIVEN WORD ON THAT.
AND USAGE IS UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS.
UM, NEXT STEPS AFTER THIS, WE OF COURSE REPORT BACK TO THIS BODY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
UM, AND I DID WANNA SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT AND THAT YOU'VE HEARD HERE IS WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THOSE WHO COME INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND WHILE UH, THE SYSTEM IS MOVING MOUNTAINS, ONE THING THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL IS THE INFLOW INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE LOOKING AT THAT PREVENTION WORK UPSTREAM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, OHS CANNOT, CANNOT STEP INTO THAT SPACE.
UM, AND NEITHER CAN HOUSING FORWARD.
WE ARE REALLY RESTRAINED TO WORKING WITH THOSE WHO ARE ACTIVELY HOMELESS.
SO PREVENTION IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY NEEDED AS WELL.
UM, SO THANK YOU CHAIR WILL HAND IT BACK OVER FOR QUESTIONS.
WHO HAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION? YOU HAVE ONE.
I, MY, ONE QUICK QUESTION WAS JUST ON THAT, THAT LAST UH, SLIDE YOU MENTIONED THE SYSTEM-WIDE KIND OF DIVERSION PROGRAM.
UM, WHEN I WENT UP AND VISITED FAMILY GATEWAY, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY STRUCK BY WHAT ELLEN AND, AND AND THEIR HER TEAM IS DOING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING IN THAT THEY'RE, I THINK SHE SAID IT WAS 50% OF THE FAMILIES THAT WALKED IN, THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DIVERTING.
AND UM, AND WHEN I ASKED HER KIND OF HER THOUGHTS ON WHAT SHE WISHED TO SEE MORE PEOPLE DOING WAS ON MORE, UH, PROACTIVE DIVERSION PROGRAMS. WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES A SYSTEMWIDE DIVERSION ROLLOUT KIND OF LOOK LIKE? YES.
SO, AND I ACTUALLY THINK THE 50% METRIC THAT SHE GAVE YOU WAS 50% OF THE FAMILIES ARE NOT EVEN NEEDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
THEY GET 'EM TO LIKE STAY AT GRANDMOM'S OR, OR WHATEVER.
LIKE WE'RE LITERALLY DIVERTING THEM EVEN FROM USING ANY FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
UM, AND THEN THE SYSTEM-WIDE DIVERSION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, TAKING THAT THE FAMILY GATEWAY'S BEEN DOING DIVERSION FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS WITH FAMILIES AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT DATA TO SHOW US, YOU KNOW, HOW SUCCESSFUL IT CAN BE.
UM, NOT ONLY DOES IT SAVE A TON OF MONEY, IT SEEMS JUST A TON OF TRAUMA FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT DO NOT NEED TO COME INTO SHELTER AND CAN BE DIVERTED OUT OF OUR SYSTEM.
UM, BUT ALSO, UM, THE SYSTEM-WIDE DIVERSION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WILL BE LAUNCHED ACROSS OUR SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE'VE SORT OF HAD IT IN THE FAMILY SPACE AND WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE DAY ONE FAMILIES FUND WHERE 1.25 MILLION WAS ADDED TO OUR SYSTEM FOR FAMILY DIVERSION AND NOW DIVERSION WILL BE SCALED ACROSS OUR SYSTEM.
SO FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT IF THEY ARE SHOWING UP TO AN ACCESS POINT IN PLANO, IN MCKINNEY, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE AND NOT JUST IN THE FAMILY SYSTEM.
ASHLEY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I WAS CURIOUS.
SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUTH, SO YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT IT WAS 18 TO 24 THAT YOU THOUGHT WE WERE FOCUSED ON, BUT THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ALL AGES OF YOUTH FOR THE YOUTH DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL ASPECTS, BUT LIKE OUR PROVIDERS ARE, IF A YOUTH SHOWS UP TO A PROVIDER THAT IS UNDER 18, WE HAVE TO INVOLVE OBVIOUSLY
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THE CPS SYSTEM.THAT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING OUR, OUR SYSTEM CAN'T NECESSARILY TAKE THAT UNACCOMPANIED MINOR ON.
UM, I HAD SENT UM, A REQUEST FOR FIVE ITEMS TO BE COVERED IN THE SYSTEM.
DID YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? SO I HAD THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR FUNDING STREAMS AND UM, IN THE EMAIL THAT I SAW IT WAS IF WE COULD NOT BRING IT TO THIS MEETING TO HAVE IT BY NOVEMBER 15TH, WE ARE COMPILING THAT CURRENTLY AND WE'LL HAVE IT BY NOVEMBER 15TH.
IT ALSO WAS SOME DATA POINTS AND THAT'S FINE TO DO IT FOR THAT.
UM, OKAY, WELL WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO OUR NEXT ITEMS AND I JUST WANNA, UM, FOR PROPOSED ITEMS FOR NEXT AND FUTURE MEETINGS.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I HAVEN'T PUT ON HERE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
'CAUSE GENERALLY THE COMMITTEES ARE NOT MEETING.
IF YOUR COMMITTEE DOES MEET AND YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE A REPORT, JUST GIVE ME A HEADS UP AND WE'LL ADD IT TO THE AGENDA.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY STOOP PART STOOP ST.
STUPOT DID A, UM, A MEMORIAL EVENT YESTERDAY OF UM, PEOPLE WHO, UM, PASSED AWAY THAT WERE HOMELESS AND UM, I HAVE ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE TO US INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND SORT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IF THEY WERE UNSHELTERED, IF THEY WERE SHELTERED, IF THEY ARE HOUSED, BUT STILL HAVING CASE MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION NEXT TIME.
UM, THE NEXT TIME IS FIELD TRIPS.
UM, ROB, THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE EFFORT YOU'VE PUT INTO VISIT SO MANY OF THE PROVIDERS.
I'M WONDERING IF PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN VISITING EITHER LOCAL PROVIDERS, STATEWIDE PROVIDERS, OR EVEN NATIONALLY.
AND IF SO, I'M HAPPY TO COORDINATE THAT.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REALLY, UM, OUTSTANDING PROVIDERS OUTSIDE OF DALLAS THAT WE MAY WANNA SOMEHOW ENTICE TO COME JOIN US.
AND UM, IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN VISITING ANY OF THOSE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW OR LET REGINA KNOW.
AND WE WILL, UM, NITA, I'M SORRY, AND WE WILL HELP COORDINATE A FIELD TRIP AND THOSE ARE OF COURSE ALWAYS FUN.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT, WELL, TWO MORE THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, ROB WAS ELECTED AS OUR TREASURER, OUR CITY CFO IS LOOKING INTO THE DOLLARS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR THIS GROUP, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PULL THEM BACK IN SO THAT HE CAN ACTUALLY GO OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT.
JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS BEING WORKED ON.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY IS CONSIDERING DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND SO IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM THAT WOULD, UM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ADVOCATE FOR EITHER AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL THAT RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
THERE'S SOME SOCIAL MEDIA GOING OUT WITH WAYS TO DO THAT.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY.
I AM GONNA PROPOSE TO THE COMMITTEE THE THREE ITEMS ADVOCATED BY, UM, SCHOOLHOUSE TO, UM, AMEND THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE ALL IN.
SO THAT, I MEAN, AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEND THOSE OUT.
ACTUALLY I'LL, I'LL MAKE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHAT DURING THE END OF THE MEMO THAT WAS ALREADY SENT.
BUT THOSE ALL MAKE SENSE TO ME SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUTH ARE, UM, PRIORITIZED BY HUD INCLUDING FUNDING.
SO, AND ACCOUNTABILITY, I THINK BEFORE WE LIKE APPROVE ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE NEED TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THE IMPACT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ON THE BROADER SYSTEM AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THAT TYPE OF FUNDING AND THE DECISIONS BEHIND WHY THEY'RE NOT ALREADY IN THE ALL IN PLAN.
SO MAYBE WE CAN HEAR FROM RACHEL WILSON SINCE SHE REPRESENTS THE PLAN HERE LOCALLY.
WELL, SO THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT IF ANYBODY HAS INPUT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT NOW IS THE TIME, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 15TH TO GET THAT IN.
AND THEN IT'S REALLY UP TO THAT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IT OR NOT.
SO, UM, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THEM, UM, PLEASE DO.
AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA SEND OUT THAT LINK ON HOW YOU CAN DO IT, BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY THINK ABOUT IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS WE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE AGAIN AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS I HAD FOR THAT.
UPCOMING MEETINGS FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH IN DECEMBER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE GOOD WORK.
THIS MEETING IS NOW MEETING'S OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED AT 1 32.