* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:26] HI, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE TO ORDER ROLL CALL. YES. PRESENT. TAKE ME TO COURT. JAMIE SCHU. PRESENT. E TAN. ABSENT ANNA POLUSKI. ABSENT. BRANDON WASHINGTON. HERE. DANIEL BOFF. HELLO, ELIZABETH. WE HERE JIM HOWETT ABSENT. KELLY KELLI. HERE. LUTHER RICHARD ABSENT. MARGIE WILSON. ABSENT. PAM TI. HERE. TAMIKA BOY. GREETINGS EVERYONE. SHELBY BA HERE. MELANIE MARTIN. HERE WE HAVE COURT. ALRIGHT, THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. UH, WE'LL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE COC UH, SPECIAL BOARD MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY THE SEVENTH. SECOND. HAVE THE MINUTES IN YOUR PACKET. MOTION A MOTION. SECOND. A SECOND. OKAY. APPROVED NEXT, UH, DISCUSSION. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALRIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? WE RIGHT ALONE VOTE. DID WE GET A VOTE? YEAH, THAT'S VOTE. OH YEAH. SO PLEASE. NO, YOU'RE GOOD. TRYING TO GET OUTTA HERE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. TRYING TO GET OUTTA HERE TODAY. SORRY. THE PRESSURE. I HAVE AN EVENT I NEED TO LEAVE FOR AT FOUR 15. WE'RE LIKE TRYING TO ALL IN FAVOR? WE GOT THIS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL THAT OPPOSED? MOTION PASS. MOTION. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE FORGIVE ME. REVIEW, APPROVE. OKAY. RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THE COC BOARD ELECTION. SO IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL AS I THINK, UM, IN THE EMAIL THAT JEN HAD SENT OUT, UM, THERE WAS AN APPLICATION, UM, FOR ONE CANDIDATE, AND THEN AS WE DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, UM, THERE WILL BE, UH, A SEAT RESERVE FOR SOME LOOK EXPERIENCE ADVISORY BOARD. UM, AND SO I WOULD INVITE THOSE CANDIDATES TO COME UP. I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE TWO FOLKS HERE, UM, FROM THE BOARD, UH, THAT WILL BE ACTING AS CO-CHAIRS IF ELECTED. AND SO ONE OF THEM IS RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. UM, SO JANAE, MAYBE YOU WANNA GO FIRST, UM, UP SHIFT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. UM, CAN YOU JUST TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND, UM, LIKE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING? SO I, I WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE AND HERE IN SERVICE AREA AID. UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE AND A RESIDENT HERE FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS. UM, GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY. I'M GLAD TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES STILL IN THE TRENCHES AND DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO. AND SO I'M HERE TODAY TO SORT OF OFFER WHATEVER ASSISTANCE THAT THAT IS NEEDED, UM, TO HELP AND IMPROVE THE COLLABORATION AND INCREASE OUR, OUR RE AND COMBINE OUR RESOURCES TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, LONG BEACH IS A TOTALLY SEPARATE ENTITY, BUT I THINK IF WE COMBINE OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER, WE WOULD MAKE, UM, A MUCH GREATER DIFFERENCE. AND [00:05:01] SO I'D LIKE TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND THE WORKFLOW, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BEST UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN INSERT OURSELVES TO HELP SERVICE OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THEY, THEY ASK I IF, IF THERE IS A ASK, IS THAT WE IN INCREASE OUR COLLABORATION AND IMPROVE AND DOUBLE OUR RESOURCES IF, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, I, I, I HAVE, UH, I, I CAN BEST ANSWER THE BEST, BEST I CAN. UM, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT ABLE TO, UM, WELL, LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. I CAN MAKE SOME PROMISES TODAY IF, IF, IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S WITHIN MY LITTLE SQUARE HERE. BUT, UM, IF IT'S ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, THEN I WOULD TAKE IT BACK TO OUR BOARD AND, AND THEN WE WOULD ADDRESS IT FROM THAT. SO I'VE WORKED WITH THE VILLAGES OF KOREA FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I'VE WORKED WITH, UM, THE MULTI SERVICE CENTER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UM, I, WE'VE DONE OUTREACH, WE ASSISTED WITH THE BUNCH OF SHELTERS HERE, SO I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE HERE IN LONG BEACH AND I HOPE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. IN FACT, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BASED ON THE APPLICATION OR WHAT YOU HEARD? UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT. UM, WE SPOKE OF COLLABORATION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE OF WITHIN THE CITY, UH, WITH OUR COUNTY AND STATE. THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON BRING TO HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH, EVERYTHING THAT HAS PERTAINED TO HOMELESSNESS. YOU KNOW, WE NEED THESE MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD TO ADDRESS IT, EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, JUST THE WELLBEING OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S, UH, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE THERE. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT WE ARE HERE TO OFFER SERVICES NEEDED. THAT IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS. YES. UM, HA PART IS NOT HERE, BUT IF YOU WANNA KICK IT OFF, THAT'S GREAT. I, UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS H MCPA. UM, I AM CURRENTLY, I'M A RESEARCH ANALYST AT TON COLLEGE. I'M A DATA SCIENTIST. I WORK IN THE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS. UM, I HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING HOMELESS AND, UH, AS I'M NAVIGATING MY MASTER'S PROGRAM. UH, SO I HAVE LOTS OF THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK ON THAT. BUT MY MASTER'S IS IN, UM, SOCIOLOGY WITH A DOUBLE MINOR IN AFRICANA STUDIES IN CHICANO STUDIES. I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN, UM, THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN THE SOCIOLOGICAL WORK BEHIND THE DETERMINANTS OF HOMELESSNESS AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. AND REALLY, UH, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN RETHINKING SYSTEMS SO THAT THEY'RE VERY PERSON CENTERED SO THAT WE'RE USING DATA INFORMED PRACTICES AND BEST PRACTICES. AND, UM, YEAH, JUST ALL THE RESEARCH THAT'S OUT THERE THAT, THAT DEMONSTRATES, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WORKING, WHERE IT'S WORKING, AND WHY CAN WE NOT, WHY CAN, HOW CAN WE DO THAT HERE? SO I AM REALLY PROUD TO SERVE ON THE ABLE RENAMED FROM THE LEAD, OH, SORRY, A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT SHALL, I'M REALLY PROUD TO WORK THERE, UH, COLLABORATING WITH, UM, OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING OR HAVE BEEN RECENTLY EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS. UH, WE'RE ALL REALLY DEDICATED TO JUST LEVERAGING THAT, UM, POSITIONALITY AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO REALLY LIKE, UM, USING OUR LIVED EXPERIENCE, STEER HOMELESS INITIATIVES TOWARDS PERSON-CENTERED CARE TOWARDS, UM, JUST RESOURCES BEING POURED INTO THE PEOPLE WHO CAN USE THEM MOST. UM, SO THAT'S THE GOAL. , WE'LL SEE, UH, SEE WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THERE. UM, YEAH, WE'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT GROUP AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT TO HAVE BEEN ELECTED AS ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS AND I'M KIND OF SOLVING A LITTLE BIT . BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HA SINCE IT CLAUDE ISN'T HERE? I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, POSTPONE THE VOTE UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, JUST SO [00:10:01] HE HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON HIS EXPERIENCE AS WELL. OH, ONE LAST THING. I USE THEY THEM PRONOUNS IN THE MINUTES TO MAKE SURE THAT, THANKS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU PAUL. OKAY, MOVING ON, UH, TO NEXT, UH, ITEM RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DEBRIEF THE 2 20 23 CONTINUUM CARE PROGRAM. ALEXA. PERFECT. UM, SO THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL. WE DID RECEIVE OUR 2023 DEBRIEF FROM HUD. UM, TO BE HONEST, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH I MEAN IS A GOOD AND A BAD THING. OBVIOUSLY WE ALWAYS WANNA IMPROVE, BUT WE DID NOT DECLINE. SO THAT'S ALSO A POSITIVE. UM, AS MOST OF YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE, UM, OOPS, SORRY, . SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE WERE IDENTIFIED TO SCORE A LITTLE BIT LOWER IN WERE THINGS AROUND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, UM, BED UTILIZATION, UM, AND THEN LIKE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE LIKE THE TIME HOMELESSNESS AND STRATEGIES TO REDUCE, UM, DESTINATIONS AND, UM, HOUSING RETENTION. AND SO I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHY WE LOST POINTS IN THOSE AREAS RIGHT NOW. I WILL SAY THAT, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, TO, TO ACCESS HUD TA TO HELP US FOR THIS UPCOMING NOFO SO WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S LIKE OUR SYSTEM AND HOW IT'S WORKING. IS IT OUR NARRATIVES? IS IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE MAKING US, UM, LOSE POINTS IN THESE AREAS? UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE DID LAST YEAR AT OUR BORDER TREAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK WE DO ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE THINGS IN THAT PLAN. UM, AND SO JUST WANTING TO KIND OF KNOW IF WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK OR SOME THINGS THAT WE SHOULD ALSO BE WORKING ON, UH, WHILE WE ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR. UM, SO I, I, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE A TON OF ANSWERS FOR WHY WE SCORED THAT WE DID, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO, TO GET THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU, LIKE I SAID, WITH KIND OF TA WELL, I DE WANTED TO ADD ON THAT, UM, THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS. SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE, I THINK JUST THIS, UM, THERE'S COMPETITION DEBRIEFING AND THERE'S THE DB BONUS. SO WHAT I THINK IS HIGHLIGHTED RIGHT NOW IS THE DB BONUS FOR CLARITY. WE WEREN'T AWARDED DB BONUS THIS YEAR, UM, UH, BUT WE RECEIVED ESSENTIALLY THE FULL AWARD ON THE ANNUAL COC AS THE YEAR PRIOR. THERE WERE SOME SMALL ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THEN THE OVERALL, UM, APPLICATION, WE RECEIVED A SMALL INCREASE FOR OUR PLANNING GRANT AND THERE WERE FMR ADJUSTMENTS FOR, UM, PSH PROJECTS. SO YOU, OUR PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM THAT HAD RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUILT IN, YOU SAW INCREASES IN YEAR, UM, PERMITS WERE CAUSING PROGRAMMING, UM, FOR THE AREAS THAT THERE BASICALLY WEREN'T FULL POINTS AWARDED. THE LITTLE THAT WE HAD GOTTEN INFORMATION FROM FROM HUD IS THAT WE'RE, OUR COC IS SCORING SLIGHTLY BELOW MEDIAN, UM, BASICALLY NATIONALLY. SO, UM, THE HUD TA THAT A LOT WAS REFERENCING BERNSTEIN, SHE'S FROM A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COLLABORATIVE, BASICALLY WITH THESE AREAS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, WE'RE SORT WORKING THROUGH WITH HER TO SEE IF, UM, TO THIS POINT, LIKE, IS THERE ACTUALLY SOMETHING HAPPENING WITHIN OUR PROGRAM, WITHIN OUR DATA, WITHIN OUR COC? OR IS IT SIMPLY, UH, OUR NARRATIVES THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN DO BETTER TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL WORK THAT'S HAPPENING? UM, SOME OTHER AREAS THAT, UH, PULL POINTS WERE NOT AWARDED, UM, WHERE SORT OF LIKE THE COLLABORATIVE EXPERTISE OF THE BOARD WOULD BE GREAT TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH YOU ALL ON BUILDING THE, THE COLLABORATION, THE PARTNERSHIP, THE NARRATIVE, ALL THAT. BUT IT WAS ALSO ON INTEGRATION WITH HOUSING AND INTEGRATION WITH HEALTHCARE. I'LL ALSO ADD, UM, IN OUR TA CONVERSATIONS, ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IS DEFINITELY OUR PORTFOLIO AND THE AGE OF A PORTFOLIO. UM, AND SO I THINK AS OF BEFORE DURING OUR RETREAT, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF, UH, WHAT PROJECTS WE HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE ALIGNING FOR WHAT WE WANNA BE DOING IN THE FUTURE AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT OUR SYSTEM TO LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD. UM, AND IF IT IS, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE'RE SPOT ON, THEN THAT'S GREAT. UM, IF NOT, THEN WE SHOULD AS A BOARD FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE TO ENSURE THAT OUR PORTFOLIO IS SERVING, UM, AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH, A COMMENT. UM, I BELIEVE WE DID EM, WE, WE EVENTUALLY, WE DID. TOGETHER WE CONFIDENT AND ALL MORE ANY OF THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE DEBRIEFING? [00:15:02] THANK YOU. SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICE BUREAU OPERATIONS REPORT NEXT VOTE. YEAH. UM, LET'S VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE, UH, THE DEBRIEF. UH, MOVE TO, UM, VOTE I SECOND. UH, MS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT, GOOD. THE AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM, SO A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS FOR UPDATE, UM, ON THE TOC SIDE, UM, I GOT DUPLICATED IN A COUPLE CASES, UM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, JENNIFER SANTANA USED TO BE OUR BUREAU SECRETARY AND YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, COURAGE. SHE'S BEEN SUPPORTING, SHE'LL CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTING, BUT, UH, HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO A CPS, UH, COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALIST TOO. UM, SO HELPING OUT WITH OUR BILLING AS WELL AS JUST OVERALL, UH, OVERSIGHT OF THE COC PORTFOLIO. SO, UH, EXCITED TO HAVE HER, UH, MOVE INTO THIS POSITION AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT BRINGS. SO, UH, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE HER JUST IN A DIFFERENT, UH, WE ARE WORKING TO BACK FILL THAT POSITION, SO WHOEVER COMES ON AS BUREAU SECRETARY, UH, YOU'LL BE ENGAGING WITH THEM AND RECEIVING UPDATES, UH, FROM THEM AS THAT HAPPENS. SO THAT'LL TRANSITION AS WE GET THAT ROLE FILLED. UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY INTERVIEWING AND JUST WRAPPED UP THAT PROCESS FOR A PARTICIPANT ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST. UM, SO THIS IS A NEW POSITION, UH, REALLY THEY'LL BE SUPPORTING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS INCLUDING, UH, ABLE, WHICH WE'LL COVER IN A SECOND. UH, AS WELL AS JUST OVERALL HOW WE ENGAGE WITH PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT, UH, BOTH THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY OPERATES AS WELL AS WITH THE AGENCIES THAT WE FUND. SO REALLY TRYING TO BRING IN WHAT IS THAT EXPERIENCE, BOTH FROM A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA PERSPECTIVE. SO, UH, AS THEY COME ON, WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL FOCUS AREAS TO RECEIVE INPUT. UM, SO THEY WILL BE REACHING OUT TO AGENCIES THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE COC AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR OTHER FUNDING TO DISCUSS, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND ROLLING THAT OUT OVER THE NEXT YEAR. UH, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY BEING ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER QUALITATIVE PIECE ON HOW OUR SYSTEM IS DOING OVERALL VERSUS JUST THE QUANTITATIVE DATA THAT IS LARGELY WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, RELEASING AT THIS POINT. UM, MONITORING HAS BEEN COMPLETED OR ONGOING FOR THE FOLLOWING AGENCY. SO, UH, THESE ARE ONSITE MONITORING. UM, ONE THING THAT, UH, MAYBE, UM, ALEXA AND HAWK YOU COULD TALK ABOUT IS THE INCORPORATION OF CABLE WITHIN THAT PROCESS. YEAH, SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING MONITORING OBVIOUSLY SINCE WE'VE HAD CONTRACTS. UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE COVID THAT WE'VE BEEN BACK ON SITE. AND SO WE DECIDED TO CHANGE THINGS BACK UP TO OR CHANGE IN A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO WE HAVE INVITED, UM, ABLE, WHICH IS LEAD AS YOU ALL KNOW IT, UM, AS OF NOW TO COME DO TOURS OF THE FACILITIES BEFORE WE COMPLETE THE MONITORING. UM, AND SINCE WE ARE CHANGING THINGS A LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, LESS LIKE REGULATION MONITORING AND MORE SO LIKE PROGRAMMATIC, ARE YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU, HOW DOES HOUSING FIRST LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES CLIENT SATISFACTION LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? UM, WE WILL BE INVITING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL AND AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD. UM, SO THE FOUR THAT YOU SEE THERE, KIND OF OUR FIRST ROUND, UM, WE'LL BE BEGINNING OUR NEXT ROUND, UM, THIS MONTH. AND SO WE'LL BE INCORPORATING ABLE, UM, INTO THAT PROCESS AS WELL TO GET FEEDBACK. HOW YOU WANNA ADD? I HAVEN'T BEEN LOADED ON YET. AM I ALLOWED TO TALK? YEAH. OKAY. UM, ACTUALLY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT PROCESS IS GOING GOOD. WE'VE, AGAIN, [00:20:01] FIRST, UH, PHRASING AND IT'S KIND OF UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT IT IS AND THAT CHANGING UP THE ORDER OF THOSE, UH, IT'S AN ADVISORY BOARD WITH PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, UH, BETTER FIT. SO THEY HAVE VOTED TO CHANGE THEIR NAME, TITLE OF THEIR GROUP TWO EIGHT. SO, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? ? UH, NO, BUT HAVE PATIENCE WITH US AS WE'RE LIKE, UM, ESTABLISHING ALL OF OUR BYLAWS AND EVERYTHING AND TRYING TO DECIDE ON A DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING AND CHANGING THE NAME WITH THE FIRST ONE. I THINK WE'RE ALL FEELING REALLY EMPOWERED BY, UM, EVERYONE LIKES THE NAME A LOT, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE IT, I THINK, WELL, WHY DIDN'T WE DO THAT, RIGHT, ? ALRIGHT, HERE'S A OVERVIEW OF AT A SYSTEM LEVEL, SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, OVER THE PAST QUARTER. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO BRING, YOU KNOW, SYSTEM LEVEL DATA ON A QUARTERLY ASKED, UM, QUARTER. I WAS GONNA ADD REALLY QUICKLY TO, UM, NOW THAT WE'VE MOVED CES INTO HIS PAUL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LATER SLIDE, UM, THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME INFLOW AND OUTFLOW DATA SO WE CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ENTERING OUR SYSTEM, UM, AT A TIME PERIOD VERSUS HAVING PEOPLE OUR EXIT TO PERMANENT HOUSING DESTINATION. SO WE CAN KIND OF, UM, SEE BETTER JUST LIKE HOW, HOW MANY RESOURCES WE NEED IN ORDER TO, UM, END HOMELESSNESS OR GET FOLKS OFF THE STREETS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO ADDITIONAL DATA THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THE PAST, CAN I JUST CALL OUT? I MEAN, THIS AGE 55 PLUS IS REALLY JUMPING OUT IN MAYBE, UH, MORE THAN KIDS AND VETERANS COMBINED MORE THAN ALL THE HOUSING ENROLLMENTS COMBINED A QUARTER OR SO OF THE PEOPLE ASSISTED. IT'S, THAT'S REALLY INTENSE. SO FOR IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT AGE, I MEAN JUST SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. MM-HMM, . YEAH. AND, UH, AND WE'RE SEEING IT AT, AT LUTHERAN FOR SURE, AND THE FOOD CASE MANAGEMENT DATA. SO I DUNNO, JUST, JUST REALLY JUMPS OUT AT ME. MM-HMM. , I THINK WE'RE ALL THINKING ABOUT THAT. MM-HMM. AND I THINK THE, WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND SEEING FROM A LOT OF PROVIDERS IS JUST AN INCREASE IN LIKE THE PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS. YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE AGE, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COME UP THAT CREATE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, UH, IN PROVIDING SERVICES. WE, A COUPLE OF US WENT UP AND TOUR A ACCESS CENTERS IN, UM, SOUTH LA EARLIER TODAY. THEY WERE BRINGING UP, UH, SEEING MORE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS AROUND, UH, OLDER ADULTS COMING IN FOR SERVICES. UH, IT'S BEING SEEN WITHIN THE NUMBERS, BUT ALSO LIKE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY SERVICES IS STARTING TO CREATE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES. UM, SMALL, IT'S SMALL, BUT THERE IS A PRINTOUT, , UM, THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, THE PRINTOUT STILL FEELS SMALL, BUT LIKE, IT'S NOT AS SMALL AS THIS. UM, WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY KIND OF AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT. WE HAVE LARGELY, UM, MADE IT THROUGH LIKE SOME OF THE SHORT TERM STUFF, UM, AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. UH, AND JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ON SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS DISCUSSED LAST YEAR AS WE GO INTO, UM, OUR COC UH, RETREAT. AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING ON THE LARGER CITY, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN REFRESH, UH, FROM EVERYONE HOME. SO THAT IS ONGOING AS WELL. BUT THIS WAS SPECIFIC TO, UH, OUR COC BOARD AND LAST YEAR'S RETREAT. UH, SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY BEFORE WE MEET, UH, LATER THIS MONTH ON THE RETREAT. THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS A PRESSURE MIND AS WE'RE MEETING WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH, WHERE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK CREATING SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG-TERM GOALS, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR MAKES SENSE. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, WHERE WHERE DO WE FOCUS AS WE WE MEET LATER THIS MONTH AND KIND OF PLAN OUT SOME OF OUR STUFF FOR THIS COMING YEAR. ALRIGHT. UH, SOME STAFFING UPDATES. UH, SO MANY PEOPLE KNOW ALLISON KING, UH, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY THE, UH, BUREAU MANAGER OF THE LONG BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, AND WAS RECENTLY THE ACTING DIRECTOR IS NOW THE, UH, PERMANENT DIRECTOR FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO THAT IS OFFICIAL. SHE HAS MOVED INTO THAT ROLE. UH, THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR A, UM, NEW BUREAU MANAGER FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. IN THE [00:25:01] MEANTIME, ANNA IS THE ACTING BUREAU MANAGER FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. UM, SO NO, SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY. UH, BUT THAT IS IN PROCESS. UM, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT JENNIFER SENT ANNA, UH, SOME OF THE NON-PROFITS PROBABLY KNOW TERRY. UH, TERRY HAS BEEN WORKING ON OUR ESG PORTFOLIO AND SUPPORTING THE COC TEAM. UM, HE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO A COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR, SO THAT'S BASICALLY REPLACING ARIEL. UH, HE HAD BEEN IN THAT POSITION FOR QUITE A WHILE AND RETIRED THIS LAST YEAR. SO, UH, WE WILL BE BACKFILLING HIS POSITION. UH, SO WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UH, AND REALLY HIS FOCUS IS AROUND THE INVOICES AND HELPING AGENCIES GET PAID. UM, CASSIE, WHO'S IN THE BACK? , UH, THIS IS DAY NUMBER TWO FOR CASSIE. SO, UH, CASSIE HAS JOINED US AS A COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALIST. FIVE. UH, YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE WHAT CASSIE WILL BE DOING? SURE. UM, SO CASSIE IS JOINING, UH, THE NEW SUPERVISOR ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS DIVISION. UM, SHE'LL BE OVERSEEING A TEAM THAT WILL BE NEW FOR THE BUREAU, BUT A BUREAU TO FOCUS ON BASICALLY HOW WE DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND MANAGE PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY SUBRECIPIENT PROGRAM FOR WE GET CONTRACTED OUT. UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ADMINS WHO ARE KIND OF LIKE A JACK OR JANE OF ALL TRADES. THEY PROVIDE A WHOLE LIFECYCLE GRANT MANAGEMENT. UM, WE FIND THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES WITH GETTING REALLY, UH, REALLY DI DEPTH OF CONTENT OR EXPERTISE WITH LIKE ANY PARTICULAR FOCUS AREA, WHETHER IT'S THE CONTRACTING SKILLS, THE FINANCE, UH, INVOICING SKILLS, OR THEIR CAPACITY AND EQUITY AROUND PROGRAMMING. SO WE'RE BREAKING THAT UP INTO SORT OF A FUNCTIONAL ORG CHART WITH SPECIALIZED TEAMS TO LEAD TO THOSE AREAS. AND, UM, CASSIE WILL BE OVERSEEING OUR PROGRAM TEAM. SO, UM, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE GONNA, UH, WORK WITH YOU ALL TO CONSIDER NEW PROGRAMS FOR INTERIM HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING PREVENTION, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CASING, OUR TEAM WILL WORK TOGETHER ON CONCEPTUALIZING AND IMPLEMENTING ALL OF THAT FOR US. AND THEN MANAGING IT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL FUNCTION AND OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL OF OUR POLICIES AND REGULATIONS. DECIDE TO HAVE OUR OWN BOARD. UM, SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING TO FINALIZE THE 2024 POINT IN TIME COUNT. UH, OUR HOPE IS TO RELEASE IT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH OR VERY BEGINNING OF MAY. UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST FINALIZING THE LAST COUPLE THINGS ON THE DATA AND THEN, UH, STARTING ON GETTING THE REPORT TOGETHER. SO, UH, WE'LL BE OUT LATER THIS MONTH, BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH. SO, UM, WE, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S RELEASED YET, BUT WE EXPECT CO CS TO PROBABLY START RELEASING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, TWO TO THREE MONTHS AND WE'LL KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. UM, BUT WE'LL LET EVERYBODY IN THIS GROUP KNOW, UH, WHEN THEY, WHEN THE COUNT IS GOING TO BE RUINED. UM, THERE WAS ONE PROPOSAL AND WE WILL SEND OUT A FOLLOW UP EMAIL TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS INTEREST AND WE CAN HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION AT THE END OF THE REPORT. THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION OF THE 30TH, OBVIOUSLY THE 30TH IS THE RETREAT. UM, ONE THING THAT WE COULD LOOK TO DO IS LIKE RIGHT AFTER THE RETREAT ENDS HAVING LIKE A PRESS CONFERENCE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COC BOARD PRESENT, BUT LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT GETTING TOO INTO LIKE WHAT THEY, WHAT THE COUNT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. LIKE, DON'T WORRY THAT NOT GONNA GET, NOBODY'S GONNA GET TOMATOES THROWN AT THEM WITH THE, UH, WITH THE RELEASE OF THE COUNT. SO, UM, I THINK IT'LL BE A POSITIVE THING FOR, UH, FOR THIS YEAR'S COUNT RELEASE. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S UPCOMING. UH, CONSTRUCTION HAS BECOME ON THE PROJECT HOME KEY SITE AT 59 50 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, UH, FORMERLY THE LUXURY INN. UH, IT WILL BE COMPLETED SOMETIME END OF THIS YEAR, UH, BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. UH, IT IS REDOING A LOT AT THAT SITE, SO UPGRADING MECHANICAL, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL, UH, REDOING A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THERE, PUTTING IN SAFETY FEATURES SUCH AS, UH, A FIRE SYSTEM. THERE ARE NO FIRE SPRINKLERS CURRENTLY [00:30:01] ON SITE. UH, SO THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BRING THE SITE UP TO A DA, UH, CODE AS WELL AS SAFETY FEATURES. UM, AND, UH, EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPEN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL PROVIDE 78 ROOMS FOR PEOPLE THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. UH, THE PRIORITIZATION WILL BE FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, OUT THERE THE LONGEST AND HAVE A DISABLING CONDITION. SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY, UH, EXCITING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS FOCUSED ON, ON THAT POPULATION. WE CONTINUE TO, UH, FOCUS OUR OTHER PHK SITE AROUND, UH, MEDICAL VULNERABILITY AND OLDER AGE. SO REALLY TRYING TO GET TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WITH THOSE TWO PROJECTS. UM, THE CITY DID, OR THE CFC SLASH CITY, UH, DID RECEIVE OUR ALLOCATION AMOUNT FOR MEASURE H FOR FY 24 25. SO WE DO SEE A PRETTY, UH, SIZABLE BUMP, AND THIS IS ALMOST DOUBLE WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. SO, UH, WE WON'T BE RECEIVING $8.2 MILLION IN MEASURE AGE FUNDING. UH, SO ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS, SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICES. UM, SO EXCITING TO GET IN SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING. UH, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN, UH, THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AROUND, UH, ONGOING FUNDING BOTH FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES. SO MEASURE HS COMING TOWARDS ITS 10 YEAR LIFESPAN. UH, THERE IS AN EFFORT TO HAVE A HALF SET SALES TAX ON, UH, THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO HAVING THE SIGNATURES NEEDED. UM, AND THIS WOULD FUND, UH, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CREATION OF LA CASA, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, ONGOING SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN PAID THROUGH MEASURE H. SO THAT'LL BE ON THE BALLOT. UM, IF THAT DOESN'T GO THROUGH, UH, MEASURE H HAS A COUPLE MORE YEARS AND THEN WOULD BE AT ITS SUNSET OF A 10 YEAR, UH, SPECIAL SALES TAX. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, AND COC DID SUBMIT OUR HALF ROUND FIVE APPLICATIONS OF THE STATE FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MILLION. UH, SO THAT IS IN WITH OUR REGIONAL PLAN WITH THE OTHER THREE COCS, THE CITY OF LA AND THE COUNTY OF LA. UH, BIG LIFT. A LOT OF STUFF THAT, UM, THEY WERE ASKING FOR IN THAT REGIONAL PLAN. SO TRYING TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER, UH, COMMUNITIES TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. UH, THE, ALTHOUGH WE HAD THAT CREATED PLAN, THE ADMINISTRATION OF IT AND THE FUNDING WILL COME SEPARATE TO EACH ENTITY. SO WE WILL SEE, RECEIVE THAT 15 MILLION DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE, UH, WITH THE EXPECTATION OF CONTINUING TO PARTNER AND WORK AS A COLLABORATIVE WITHIN THE REGION. SO, UH, I THINK A GOOD START FOR TRYING TO IMPROVE SOME OF THAT REGIONAL COLLABORATION. UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM ON HALF AND OTHER THINGS TO TRY TO STAY, ENSURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ALIGNED, UH, WITHIN OUR APPROACHES. UH, FIRST TO SERVE, WE'LL START AS A SITE OPERATOR AT 1725 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD. UH, THE PHK SITE THAT USED TO BE THE V WESTERN, UH, THIS COMING MONDAY, APRIL 16TH, THERE WILL BE A TWO WEEK OVERLAP WITH THE CURRENT CITY OPERATIONS. SO, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TEMP AGENCY AND OTHER, UH, STAFFING SUPPORTS ON SITE WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING AS SMOOTH A TRANSITION AS POSSIBLE. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME, UH, DATA AND SYSTEM UPGRADES. UH, I THINK VERY EXCITING AND SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, LONG DUE IS GETTING OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM AND MATCHING MANAGEMENT INTO HMIS. UH, SO UP UNTIL JUST RECENTLY, UH, MATCHING WAS STILL HAPPENING ON, ON EXCEL SHEETS. UH, THIS PROCESS IS NOW ALL WITHIN HMIS, UH, LEADING TO EASIER REFERRALS, MORE TRANSPARENCY WITHIN WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT IN THE SYSTEM, UH, ALONG WITH CHANGES THAT ALEXA AND DALTON HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING AROUND, UH, THE, UH, CASE CONFERENCING AS WELL. SO BOTH OUR MATCHING AND, UH, COMMUNITY QUEUE, UH, FOR OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, BOTH FOR INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES [00:35:01] IS NOW BEING MANAGED ALL WITHIN THE HMIS SYSTEM. UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE CAN GIVE A FUTURE UPDATE ON, LIKE HOW THAT IS OPERATING. UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE AGENCIES FEEL UP TO SPEED THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO PUT IN REFERRALS THROUGH THE NEW PROCESS. WE HOPE THAT IT'S A LITTLE EASIER AND SMOOTHER FOR THOSE AGENCIES. IF YOU'RE CONNECTED WITH AN AGENCY THAT, UH, HAS BEEN PROVIDING COORDINATED ENTRY, UH, REFERRALS AND, YOU KNOW, STILL NEED SOMETHING OR YOU'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES, PLEASE DO REACH OUT, UH, AND WE'LL HELP IN GETTING ADDITIONAL TRAINING OR GOING OVER WHATEVER ISSUE IS CURRENTLY, UH, HAPPENING WITHIN YOUR AGENCY. UH, DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH, UH, INCLEMENT WEATHER WAS PRETTY PREVALENT. UH, WE ACTIVATED CLOSE TO HALF THE DAYS OVER THAT TWO MONTH PERIOD. SO FEBRUARY WAS REALLY WET AND COLD, UH, WHERE WE ACTIVATED 20 DAYS. AND IN MARCH WE WERE, UH, RIGHT AROUND 10 DAYS THAT WE ACTIVATED. SO, UM, THAT HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN ADDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WHEN IT IS, UH, WET AND RAINING. UH, WE ARE RAMPING DOWN, UH, FOR THE SEASON. UM, WE HAVE CREATED SOME THRESHOLDS FOR GOING FORWARD. THIS LAST WEEKEND WE SAW A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DROP IN TEMPERATURE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN JUNE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, FOR SOME REASON, IT'S, YOU KNOW, 45 DEGREES AT NIGHT, WE WILL OPEN UP. UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AS FAR AS IF WE ACTIVATE AND OPEN UP INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER. UH, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ONGOING WEATHER TEMPERATURES AND THE LEVEL OF RAIN. UH, BUT WE ARE KIND OF AT THE END OF OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER SEASON. UH, WINTER SHELTER HAS BEEN RAMPING DOWN FOR THE COUNTY. SO, UH, MOST OF THE VETS FOR WINTER SHELTER, UH, DID SUNSET AT THE END OF LAST MONTH. UH, INITIAL DESI SITE DESIGN HAS STARTED FOR THE SHELTER AT 7 0 2 WEST ANAHEIM, PREVIOUSLY LONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION BEFORE THAT WEST COAST SHOPPERS. UM, SO WE'LL BE FINDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT, UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME INITIAL DESIGNS. SO, UH, WE MIGHT BE REACHING OUT TO VARIOUS GROUPS AND ASKING, UH, FOR SOME TIME AND JUST TO WEIGH IN ON, UH, THE DESIGN, HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING, UH, AND ULTIMATELY WHAT THAT SITE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.