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THE 23RD.IT'S GOING TO BE ATTEMPTING TO, UM, ACCOUNT FOR ALL UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS WITH LONG BEACH.
IT'S GOING BE CONDUCTED BY ROUGHLY THREE 50 STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 72 MAPPED AREAS ACROSS ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SPLITTING UP INTO 72 DIFFERENT TEAMS WITH STAFF FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, SERVICE PROVIDERS, ACTING AS TEAM LEADS, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WORKING WITH, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT MEMBERS, WORKING WITH, UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CANVAS THE ENTIRE CITY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A SPECIALIZED STREET BASED COUNT.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT, WHAT'S KNOWN AS OUR PRE COUNT, WHERE WE HAVE OUR OUTREACH TEAM GOING TO AREAS SUCH AS LARGE ENCAMPMENTS, RIVER BEDS, TRAIN TRACKS, PLACES THAT MAY BE A LITTLE MORE UNSAFE FOR, UM, THE GENERAL POPULATION TO BE SURVEYING.
AND ALSO THEY MAY NOT BE AS, UM, AS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THESE AREAS.
SO THAT USUALLY IS CONDUCTED THE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE COUNT.
AND IF NEEDED, WE ALSO CONDUCT THAT COUNT ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A SERVICE BASED, UM, ACCESS CENTER.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY NAVIGATION CENTERS SUCH AS MSC, THE VA, WHERE, UM, INDIVIDUALS COME TO RECEIVE SERVICES OR BE CONNECTED TO OTHER SERVICES.
SO WE WILL BE PROVIDING TRAININGS TO STAFF THAT ARE IN THOSE, UM, ACCESS CENTERS, SO THEY CAN PROVIDE THE SURVEY ON THE DAY OF, AS WELL AS DOING A VISUAL COUNT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING OUR HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT OR SHELTER COUNT, WHICH OCCURS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE HOMELESS COUNT.
UM, AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS WORKING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE SHELTER SERVICES, AND WE WILL GO AND WE WILL PERFORM THE SURVEY TO THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE IT ONSITE IN THE SHELTERS.
UM, WE'LL BE COMPARING THAT, UM, ALL THAT INFORMATION AS WELL TO THE ACTUAL HOUSING INVENTORY THAT DALTON IS GOING TO BE, UM, GETTING, WHICH BASICALLY WILL STATE HOW MANY BEDS ARE OPEN VERSUS HOW MANY BEDS ARE ACTUALLY TAKEN BY INDIVIDUALS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE PERFORMING A YOUTH COUNT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE AT LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS WELL AS C-S-E-L-B.
UM, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH STUDENTS, UM, VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE ACTUALLY PERFORMING THE SURVEYS ON, ON CAMPUS ON THE SAME DAY.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO CONNECTED THIS YEAR WITH L-B-U-S-D, WITH THEIR SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM TO ACCOUNT FOR EITHER UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AS WELL AS, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITHIN LB USD THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HUD'S DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND WE WILL BE DIFFERENTIATING AS THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT AT L-B-U-S-D.
SO JUST GOING TO STREET BASED ENUMERATION, WHICH IS OUR UNSHELTERED COUNT, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH TEAMS OF THREE TO FIVE VOLUNTEERS.
UM, IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE MOST LIKELY, UM, A STAFF MEMBER EITHER FROM HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU OR FROM ANOTHER SERVICE PROVIDER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THESE KINDS OF POPULATIONS.
UM, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS GONNA BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A TWO HOUR TRAINING THAT ARE GONNA BE OFFERED IN THE LEAD UP TO THE ACTUAL COUNT.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE TWO OFFERED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY AND TWO TRAININGS OFFERED IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY.
THEY'LL BE ON ZOOM AS WELL AS IN PERSON, SO PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS, UM, WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE DIRECTING EVERYONE TO APPROACH EVERYONE THEY ENCOUNTER, UM, AND, UH, BASICALLY JUST BE VERY OPEN WITH WHAT SERVICES OR WHAT WE ARE SEEKING, WHAT WE ARE DOING.
AND BASICALLY IF THEY, IF AN INDIVIDUAL RESPONDS THAT THEY ARE UNHOUSED AT THE TIME, WE WILL ASK THEM IF THEY WILL BE WILLING TO TAKE A 40 QUESTION SURVEY.
UM, WE WILL BE PROVIDING $10 GIFT CARD INCENTIVES TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE $10, SEVEN, 11 GIFT CARDS.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, ITEMIZED AND MONITORED BY THE TEAM LEAD AS THEY'RE BEING DISTRIBUTED.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE HYGIENE KITS.
WE ARE, AND I'LL GO OVER THAT AT THE VERY END OF THIS, BUT HYGIENE KITS AND INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLETS ON HOW TO RECEIVE SERVICES, AS WELL AS HAVING THE STAFF MEMBER OR THE TEAM LEAD ON SITE BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT TO, UM, ANYONE WE ENCOUNTER.
UM, LANGUAGE ACCESS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SPANISH TRANSLATE, OR THERE'S SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE SURVEY.
SO WE CAN GIVE THE SURVEY IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH.
UM, IF THERE IS ANOTHER LANGUAGE REQUIRED, THERE'S GONNA BE A LIVE TELE PHONETIC, UM, PHONE THAT WE PAIR, A PHONE NUMBER THAT WE CAN CALL.
SO WE CAN DO TRANSLATION VIA TELEPHONE FOR ACCESS CENTERS AND HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING TRAINED IN THE SAME METHOD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TRAINING ALL THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRAINED ON HOW TO USE THE APP.
UM, THERE'S AN APP DEVELOPED BY DRAW TAP, OUR VENDOR WHO HAS IN THE PAST PROVIDED THIS SERVICE.
UM, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT AND THEN YOU CAN PROVIDE THE SURVEY EITHER FROM YOUR PHONE OR TABLET.
UM, ACCESS CENTERS THAT AREN'T OPEN ON THE DAY OF COUNT ARE GOING TO, UM, MOST LIKELY PERFORM THE PERFORM THE SURVEYS THE DAY AFTER.
AND WE WILL, UM, ADD IN A DEDUPLICATION, UM, ASPECT OF THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DOUBLE COUNTING.
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UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE SAME INCENTIVES, UM, AT THOSE SERVICE SITES.UM, FOR SHELTER, INTERIM HOUSING PROGRAM STAFF, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT.
IT'S GONNA BE DONE THE NIGHT BEFORE, UM, WHEN EVERYBODY IS CHECKED IN FOR THE NIGHT SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET A, GET A VERY ENCOMPASSING COUNT AT A VERY ENCOMPASSING COUNT.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING SAME INCENTIVES AND TRAININGS TO EVERYBODY THAT'S PERFORMING THESE ACTIVITIES.
UM, DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, THIS, SO THE COUNT'S GONNA BE DUCTED SURVEY 1, 2, 3 OR ON THE SURVEY, 1, 2, 3 MOBILE APP, AGAIN MADE BY OUR VENDOR.
UM, DALTON IS GOING DALTON AND OUR DATA ANALYSIS TEAM ARE GOING TO BE PERFORMING A DEDUPLICATION.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA TO ENSURE WE'RE NOT COUNTING, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING ANY SPECIFIC DATA FROM INDIVIDUALS, SO WE'RE NOT TAKING FULL NAMES.
WE'RE NOT TAKING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS TO ENSURE ANONYMITY OF THE SURVEY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING FIRST INITIALS, LAST INITIALS GENDER RACE, DATE OF BIRTH TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT COUNTING THE SAME PERSON OVER AND OVER.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEYS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, WHICH ARE OPTIONAL FOR ANYBODY THAT WE ARE, UM, COMING IN CONTACT WITH 'EM ON THE STREET, WE'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING A VISUAL COUNT.
SO THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU IDENTIFY WHILE YOU'RE OUT ON THE STREET.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU MAY ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNWILLING TO TAKE A 40 QUESTION SURVEY.
SO IN, IN THOSE INSTANCES, WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE NOTING IT DOWN AND THERE IS, THERE IS A CAP OR CAPACITY ON THE SURVEY JUST TO DO THE VISUAL COUNT AND NOT TO DO THE SURVEY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, JUST DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS GONNA BE USED IN THE OVERALL ACCOUNT TO IDENTIFY TRENDS AND IMPROVE OUR FUTURE SERVICE DELIVERY AND ENSURE THAT WE ALLOCATE FUNDS TO THE CORRECT AREAS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE, UM, PERFORMING OR PERFORMING OUR, UM, SERVICES TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES, AND SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE THE LARGEST IMPACT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE, WE ARE EXPECTED TO RELEASE OUR FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY IN LATE APRIL, 2025 AFTER COMPLETING IT AT, AT THE VERY END OF JANUARY.
UM, JUST SOME WAYS TO SUPPORT WE'RE GOING TO BE, OR WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY PUT OUT REGISTRATION LINKS.
IF YOU FOLLOW THIS LINK, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO, UH, LONG BEACH'S CITY WEBSITE WHERE THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION OF OUR PREVIOUS HOMELESS COUNTS, AS WELL AS THE REGISTRATION LINK, UM, INFORMATION ON HOW TO DONATE IF YOU WOULD LIKE, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, CAPACITY TO DONATE HYGIENE KITS, YOU'RE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH ME.
UM, IN ADDITION, AFTER YOU REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE, IF, IF YOU REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE, IF YOU PARTICIPATED BEFORE, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPTION TO BECOME A TEAM LEAD.
UM, IF YOU DO BECOME A TEAM LEAD, YOU'LL BE TASKED WITH RUNNING A SMALL TEAM.
UM, AND BASICALLY YOU'LL HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT GREATER RESPONSIBILITY IN CARRYING OUT EVERYTHING THAT'S WITHIN THE HOMELESS COUNT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, JUST REACHING OUT TO YOUR, IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED, PLEASE DIRECT THEM.
YOU CAN ALSO GET INVOLVED BY CREATING YOUR OWN GROUPS.
WE CAN, WE CAN CREATE TEAMS WHERE, UM, INDIVIDUALS FROM THE SAME ORGANIZATION, INDIVIDUALS FROM THE SAME, UM, FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS, NEIGHBORHOODS, FRIENDS CAN BE ON THE SAME TEAM, SO THEY CAN BE GOING OUT TOGETHER AS LONG AS THERE IS SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE THAT IS A TEAM LEAD.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERED ALL.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP? YEAH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UH, I SEE THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND THAT'S GOING BACK TO THE, UM, SERVICE BASED ACCESS CENTERS.
IS THIS, IT IS SOMETHING NEW, RIGHT? NO, NO.
WE'VE, WE'VE USUALLY DONE THAT IN THE PAST WHERE WE COORDINATE WITH JUST THE EXAMPLES I'M THINKING OF OFF, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IN MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, WHERE CLIENTS COME IN TO INITIALLY RECEIVE SERVICES, SO THEIR FIRST TOUCH POINT, OR IF THEY'RE COMING IN TO POSSIBLY DISCUSS THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE ALREADY RECEIVING.
SO VA IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THEY HAVE, UM, A NUMBER OF CLIENTS WHO ARE UNHOUSED AND BASICALLY JUST TRAINING INDIVIDUALS AT THOSE CENTERS TO PERFORM THE SURVEY.
THEN WE'VE DONE COA, WE'VE DONE ST.
LUKE'S ON SATURDAY, UH, YUKO ON SUNDAYS.
SO WE TRY TO TRY TO GET TO AS MANY OF THE DROP-IN CENTERS.
WE KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE, THEY'RE ONLY OPEN ONE DAY A WEEK, BUT WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING TO ALL THOSE WITHIN THAT WEEK.
AND WE SEE A FAIR AMOUNT OF DUPLICATION, WHICH IS FINE.
WE HAVE WAYS OF DEDUPLICATING, SOMEBODY GETS TWO GIFT CARDS AT NAME AT THE END OF THE WORLD, IT'S $10
AND ALSO THE YOUTH COUNT IS WHERE, SO WE'VE DONE THE YOUTH COUNT IN THE PAST.
I, I HAD SEEN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS REPORTED ON, UM, AS ROBUSTLY LAST YEAR.
UM, THIS YEAR I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED.
UH, LAST YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE WORKED WITH L-B-C-C-C-S-U-L-B-U, WE'RE WORKING WITH STUDENTS THAT HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE PERFORMING THE SURVEY, AND WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A SMALL STIPEND FOR TAKING PART IN
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ACTUALLY BEING AN ENUMERATOR.AND WE COORDINATE WITH THE STAFF ON SITE TO KIND OF BE THE, THE STAFF LEAD, I GUESS.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A NUM OR WE ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER STAFF THAT ARE WITHIN THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU THAT ARE GOING TO BE KIND OF THE POINT OF CONTACTS FOR THE STUDENT ENUMERATORS IF THEY RUN INTO ANY ISSUES THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, THROUGHOUT THE PROCEDURE.
AND THEN THIS YEAR AS A NEW ONE, WE HAVE CONNECTED WITH L-V-U-S-D, UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY DO THEIR SUPPORT SERVICE DIVISION ACTUALLY DOES WORK WITH UNHOUSED FAMILIES OR FAMILIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOUSING CRISIS.
SO REALLY JUST TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR, UM, I GUESS, GREATER POPULATION IN, IN THAT SAY THAT 18 TO 24 H RANGE.
AND THE CHANGES THAT WE DO HAVE THIS YEAR ARE, UH, WE'VE ADDED NEW MAPS EACH YEAR.
THIS YEAR WE TOOK SOME OF OUR LARGER MAPS AND BROKE THEM APART.
WE'VE HAD MORE PEOPLE EXPRESS INTEREST TO VOLUNTEER THAN WE'VE HAD CAPACITY.
SO IT MAKES IT EASY ENOUGH TO REDUCE SOME OF OUR MAP SIZE.
SO I THINK WE HAD 65 MAPS LAST YEAR, 66, SOMEWHERE RIGHT IN THERE.
UM, SO WE'LL NOW BE AT 72 SO THAT IT BREAKS SOME OF OUR LARGER ONES, LIKE THERE'S NOT AS MANY PEOPLE, BUT IT'S JUST A LARGE AREA FOR ANYBODY TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT COVERING.
UM, SO WE BROUGHT DOWN OUR LARGER MAP SIZES INTO A MORE, UH, DIGESTIBLE AREA FOR SOMEBODY TO TRULY COVER.
AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO, UM, LAST YEAR WE STARTED AT THE VERY END TO RECRUIT PEOPLE FOR DOING THE HOUSING INVENTORY SHELTER C OR TRYING TO BE MORE UPFRONT ON THAT AND RECRUIT FOR THAT UPFRONT VERSUS SOMEBODY DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE VOLUNTEER LIST AND THEN ASKING THEM IF THEY WANT TO DO IT.
SO, UH, WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE UP FRONT, UH, IF THEY WANT TO DO THE SHELTERED COUNT.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY WE DID CHANGE.
UH, SO HOW WE ASKED DV, WE ARE TAKING A DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY AND ASKING SENSITIVE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL GO OVER IT IN THE TRAINING.
UH, IT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE STRANGE AT FIRST, BUT IT DOES HAVE LIKE METHODOLOGY LIKE AND RESEARCH BEHIND HOW TO ASK THE SENSITIVE QUESTIONS.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK SOMEBODY DIRECTLY IF THEY EXPERIENCE TV ANYMORE.
WE'LL BE PART OF A LIST OF THINGS IN ONE GROUP.
WE'LL HAVE THE LIST AND ANOTHER GROUP WON'T.
SO, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE AND IT'LL BE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED, BUT WE'LL GO OVER THAT IN THE TRAINING.
SO THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES.
AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO GET AS THOROUGH OF ACCOUNTS.
THE MORE APP MAPS WE HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS, THE MORE THOROUGH THAT WE CAN BE.
SO, UH, I THINK EACH YEAR WE'VE DONE SOME WORK TO IMPROVE.
WE DO LOOK AT THE SURVEYS AND TAKE PEOPLE'S INPUT, AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ROW TRY TO DO.
ALSO WITHIN THE DAY OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD THE ROOF CAVE IN.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T EXPERIENCE ANYTHING LIKE THAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT CRAMMED IN A SMALL ROOM, BUT, UH, WE MADE IT WORK AND WE WILL, WE'LL LOOK AT WAYS TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE THE CHECK-IN PROCESS, EXPERIENCE GETTING OUT.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN GETTING THE MOST FEEDBACK.
IT'S JUST ALL WE CAN DO IS JUST GET BETTER.
ALL WE CAN DO EACH, EACH YEAR WE TAKE SOMETHING AND WE DO SOMETHING NEW.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN IMPROVE A LITTLE BIT EVERY YEAR.
ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER THING THAT LAST YEAR WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.
UM, THIS YEAR AFTER DISCUSSION WITH HUD, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OF THE SHELTERS THAT ARE WITHIN LONG BEACH'S AREA.
UM, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THERE'S BEEN OTHER LA BASED OR SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRACTING WITH LONG BEACH MOTELS TO PUT, UH, CLIENTS IN THOSE MOTELS THAT WE'RE NOT BEING ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN OUR COUNT.
SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ENSURING WHAT THEY'RE ACCOUNTED FOR AS WELL.
AND WITHIN THAT, WE'LL PROBABLY PUT A ADJUSTED 2024 COUNT.
THAT WAY WE'RE NOT, HE'S, AND AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THAT CHANGE HAS OCCURRED.
UM, DURING THE, THE SURVEY, IS IT COMMON FOR FOLKS TO ATTEMPT TO GET CONNECTED TO SERVICES? AND IS THAT BUILT INTO THE, THE TRAINING AS WELL? UM, SO WHAT, THERE IS A QUESTION THAT WE'VE ASKED, AND I THINK IT'S STILL IN THERE GOING INTO THIS HERE, IS ARE YOU LINKED WITH ANYBODY WITHIN HOMELESS SERVICES? MOST EVERYBODY THAT TAKES A SURVEY HAS ENGAGED WITH SOMEBODY PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE HANDOUT
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PAMPHLETS ABOUT HOW TO REACH OUT AND GET SUPPORT, AND WE'VE INCREASED OUR OUTREACH AND OUR CONNECTIONS.SO, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'RE FINDING THAT MOST PEOPLE, A LARGE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE SOME SOCIAL CONNECTION.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
WHAT GOT BRANDON? NO, I, IT'LL SOUND TOO SELFER.
UH, I GUESS THAT QUESTION MADE ME THINK, HEY, UM, THAT QUESTION MADE ME THINK OF THE IDEA OF OF MAYBE HAVING, UH, UH, SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, NON-PROFIT PARTNERS THAT YOU HAVE A NAVIGATION, UH, AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE FOLLOW ON HOUSING SERVICES SINCE THEY'RE GONNA BE HAVING OUR PACKAGES, IT DOES PRESENT A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HOUSING NAVIGATION THERE TOO.
IS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS PERHAPS, UH, UH, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE WE COULD THINK OF PERHAPS HAVING A NON-PROFIT PARTNER OF THE BOARDS CHOOSING TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ACCOMPANY THE PIT COMPANY SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
ALL THE FORCES KIND OF RALLIED UP IN TOGETHER TO KIND OF GET SOME, SOME WORK DONE TOO.
YEAH, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE LIKE A FOCUSED EFFORT ON TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE DISPATCH OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR VETERANS TO GET THEM CONNECTED.
UM, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHY IT STOPPED WAS IT JUST WAS PROBABLY MORE MESSY THAN LIKE,
I MEAN, WE COULD, WE COULD DEFINITELY DISCUSS AND LOOK AT LIKE, ARE THERE BETTER WAYS THAT WE COULD DO IT? AND I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE AROUND AT THE POINT THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO DO IT LIKE IN THE FIELD VERSUS LIKE, SO IF THERE ARE IDEAS, WE'RE OPEN TO IT.
UM, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS LIKE, YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE SURVEY DONE.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF IT.
BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT THAT DOESN'T CREATE TOO MUCH DISRUPTION OR SLOW DOWN OUR ABILITY TO DO THE COUNT, LIKE MORE THAN WILLING TO CONSIDER IT.
I, I BRING IT UP AGAIN TOO FOR THE POINT, AND I'M SO SORRY FOR DOMINATING THE CONVERSATION HERE.
UH, ONLY BECAUSE THERE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS INCREASE, UH, THE INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO DO A THOROUGH AND ACCURATE COUNT IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE $10 GIFT CARD IS AN INCENTIVE TO, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE TAKING THE SURVEY, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF US MAYBE BEING ABLE TO INCREASE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OFFER SOME NAVIGATION SERVICES AND MAYBE EVEN GET MORE VOLUNTEERS VIA, UH, AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME NONPROFITS OUT THERE, AND AGAIN, I SAID THIS WAS GONNA SOUND A LITTLE SELF-SERVING.
UH, THERE ARE SOME NONPROFITS OUT THERE WHO, IF DURING ONE OF THESE TRAININGS, LIKE THIS TRAINING THAT'S COMING UP HERE, UH, IF WE TARGET COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE ALREADY, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MINE, WE CAN BILL FOR THEIR SERVICES.
ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTACT THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S ABOVE 15 MINUTES, I CAN BILL ABOUT 26 BUCKS PER HALF HOUR FOR THAT, UH, INTERACTION.
15 MINUTES OF OF, OF INTERACTING DURING THE POINT IN TIME COUNT 15 MINUTES OF HOUSING NAVIGATION, UH, OF WITH THEM.
AND THAT WOULD BASICALLY GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PAY THE VOLUNTEERS THE SMALLER OF, YOU KNOW, MORE SIGNIFICANT STIPEND AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE A, A, A HANDLE ON, WE GET TO PUSH 'EM INTO A SERVICE SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME GOOD AND GET ACCOUNT AND, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A FUND THAT PAYS FOR FUTURE SERVICES.
I'M JUST SAYING IT'S POSSIBLE.
YEAH, I MEAN, LEMME THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE AS EACH PERSON GETS ADDED TO A TEAM OR TWO, AND MAYBE WE DON'T COVER EVERY MAP LIKE THAT IS GONNA BE OUR 70 70 SOMETHING MAPS.
LIKE THAT MIGHT BE HARD TO GET 70 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE, BUT MAYBE WE FOCUS ON SOME OF OUR BUSIER MAPS AND YOU GO ALONG WITH THE TEAM, SOMEBODY EXPRESSED INTEREST, YOU CAN STAY BEHIND THAT TEAM TO CONTINUE ENGAGEMENT.
THAT WAY THE TEAM DOESN'T GET DERAILED FROM LIKE GETTING THROUGH THEIR MAP AND GETTING TO EVERYBODY.
UM, WE COULD, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL FOLLOW UP AND, AND WE SET UP
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TO DISCUSS AWESOME.THAT, THAT, UH, SELF-SERVING THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COULD ALSO ALSO HAS AN EHR THAT CAPTURE ALL THOSE SOCIAL DETERMINES THE HEALTH THAT COULD BE ALSO GIVEN BACK TO THE, OUR, UH, OUR SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN UPLOAD THAT INFORMATION, OUTREACH INFORMATION TO THE, UH, TO, UH, YES, IT WAS ALL, SO SORRY.
I THINK IT'S A, UM, HOW EASY IS IT TO PULL KIND OF LIKE THE GEOLOCATION AND THE APP TO PULL LIKE A HOTSPOT MAP? PRETTY EASY.
WE HAVE A HOTSPOT MAP FROM, FROM LAST YEAR, SO EVEN WHEN IT'S A VISUAL COUNT MM-HMM
THAT'S STILL BEING GEOLO GEOLOCATED.
SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW, SENSE AFTER, I WOULD SAY YOU GO ANY MORE THAN A MONTH PAST, LIKE THE ALMOST COUNT, LIKE IT GETS A LITTLE FUZZIER, BUT UM, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LARGE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE.
AND WE COULD PROBABLY EVEN DO AN ASSESSMENT ON LIKE CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS LIKE VETERAN, UM, OR VETERAN FOCUSED OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, THE MONTH POST, UH, POST COUNT.
I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY AN EXCELLENT PLACE FOR WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT IS THE HOTSPOT ARE THE BEST SPOTS TO, YOU KNOW, IN OUR EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST TO REALLY GIVE PEOPLE THAT MAY, UM, IN THAT MOMENT HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART.
USUALLY DURING THE DAY THEY'RE LIKE, NO, NO, NO, IT'S COLD.
IF THEY'RE VULNERABLE, THEY'RE GETTING ATTENTION.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND WE HAVE A GOOD SENSE GOING INTO THE COUNT WHAT THE HOTSPOT MAPS ARE NOT.
EACH MAP GETS THE SAME AMOUNT OF GIFT CARDS.
IT REALLY IS BASED OFF OF BOTH PREVIOUS COUNT AS WELL AS OUTREACH AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, WITHIN CURRENT OUTREACH.
SO WE DO HAVE GEOLOCATION WITHIN THE OUTREACH THAT'S HAPPENING CURRENTLY.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO SEE LIKE ROUGHLY HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE ANTICIPATE WITHIN A CERTAIN MAP GOING IN INTO THE COUNT.
EVERYONE FOR ANY COMMENTS, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE HOMELESS COUNT PRESENTATION AND UPDATE FIVE STEPHEN FROM THE UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT MOTION.
SECOND, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS TO THIS? UM, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, JUST NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT
ANY OPPOSED? NO MOTION PASSES.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE, UM, HOMELESS, UH, SERVICES BUREAU STAFF OPERATIONS UPDATE.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE A FEW STAFFING UPDATES FOR EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE OF.
UH, SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY ALEXA HAS TAKEN A POSITION, UH, BACK IN THE COMMUNITY FROM, UH, WHERE SHE JOINED US FROM.
SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY SHE IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UH, SHE DID A LOT OF GREAT THINGS WHILE HERE, SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT SHE DID DO, UM, TO BRING TOGETHER QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS AND GETTING SOME NEW THINGS IN PLACE, REALLY LEADING SOME OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE BOARD.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT REFILLING HER POSITION, UH, BUT ALSO CHANGING UP A LITTLE BIT ON HOW WE DO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.
UM, SO THIS POSITION GOING FORWARD WILL LIKELY BE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON COORDINATED ENTRY AND OUR GOVERNANCE, UH, AND A LITTLE LESS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.
SO WE'LL BE KIND OF BREAKING APART SOME OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING INTO HOW WE STRUCTURE ALL OF OUR OTHER GRANTS, UH, THAT WE'RE GETTING IN FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL.
UM, SO, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING TO GET THAT POSTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UH, CITY PROCESS ALWAYS TAKES A MOMENT, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY AT SOME POINT MID NEXT YEAR OR TWO, UH, TAKE
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OVER THAT ROLE AND THEY WILL BE SUPPORTING, SUPPORTING THE BOARD, THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, UH, AND HAYSTACK GOING FORWARD ALONG WITH OUR COORDINATED ENTRY STUFF.UM, SO MELISSA MOJICA, WHO'S BEEN WITH THE BUREAU, UH, SHE'LL BE TRANSITIONING INTO OUR JAIL CLINICIAN AS WELL AS JUSTICE COORDINATOR.
AND I DON'T ALWAYS PUT ALL OF OUR, UH, EMPLOYMENT STUFF, BUT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE SUPPORTING PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF HOUSING STATUS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH JAIL WITH MENTAL HEALTH RELATED SERVICES AND CONNECTING, BUT IS WITHIN OUR BUREAU.
SO REALLY A KEY FOCUS ON PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE JAIL THAT, UH, CURRENTLY ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND TRYING TO GET THEM CONNECTED IN, UH, AS WELL AS JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR, UH, JUSTICE WORK AS A WHOLE.
PEOPLE THAT ARE REENTERING FROM, UH, OTHER JAILS AND PRISONS AS WELL AS, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, BACKGROUNDS THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTING THEIR CURRENT ABILITY TO GET EMPLOYMENT, GET A, A PLACE TO LIVE.
SO, UH, SHE'LL BE REALLY FOCUSING IN AROUND, UH, OUR JUSTICE AND REENTRY RELATED SERVICES.
UM, EMILY RODRIGUEZ IS, UH, NEW WITH US.
SO SHE IS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANT THAT STARTED, UH, LAST MONTH.
SO SHE'LL BE SUPPORTING BOTH THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU AS WELL AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF MESSAGING DURING THE EMERGENT HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION.
HOWEVER, WE STILL DIDN'T HAVE LIKE A POSITION WE JUST HAD PULLED IN A BUNCH OF COMMS PEOPLE TO SUPPORT AT THAT TIME.
SO, UM, WE STILL HAVE OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
SHE'LL BE REPORTING TO JENNIFER RICE EPSTEIN.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE FOCUSED IN SPECIFICALLY AROUND, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES MESSAGING AS WELL AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SO TRYING TO GET OUT MORE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, MANAGING ON THE WEBSITE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION ONTO THE WEBSITE ON A REGULAR AND TIMELY BASIS.
SO, UH, JUST TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR OVERALL COMMUNICATION.
UH, THE TEXT LINE DEFINITELY FELL OFF WITHOUT SOMEBODY TO SUPPORT IT, SO GETTING THE TEXT LINE UP AND GOING AGAIN.
UM, SO SHE IS WITH US AND WE'LL BE JUMPING IN, UH, AND TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
UH, I KNOW YOU MAY NOT READ THAT AS THAT, BUT THAT IS HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT.
SO SHENE WILL BE JOINING US AS THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
SO, UH, SHE'LL BE OVERSEEING OUR OUTREACH TEAMS, UH, FOR, UH, THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
SO, UM, SHE'LL REALLY BE TRYING TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR, OUR WORKOUT IN THE FIELD.
SO SHE'LL BE STARTING WITH US AT THE END OF THIS, UH, OPERATIONS UPDATES.
UM, SO TONIGHT, UH, WE NEED TO UPDATE IT TONIGHT, 1210.
UH, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO LAST WEEK.
WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT DELAY, UH, BUT TONIGHT THERE WILL BE AN ITEM ON CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR PROP ONE PROPOSALS FROM THE CITY.
SO THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
ONE WOULD BE AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER WITHIN THE PARKING LOT AND BUILDING OUT AN OFFICE SPACE, OPIATE TREATMENT PROGRAM, AND THEN BUILDING OUT THE BACK, UH, BACK BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY HABITABLE AND TEARING ONE DOWN AND BUILDING A NEW BUILDING THAT AT 7 0 2 WEST ANAHEIM, UH, WHICH THE SHELTER THAT, UH, WAS BOUGHT DURING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION.
THERE'S SOME BUILDINGS IN THE BACK.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO TURN THOSE INTO ENRICHED RESIDENTIAL CARE.
UM, SO REALLY FOCUSED IN ON PEOPLE WITH, UH, SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS THAT CYCLING IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ARE JUST NOT ENGAGING.
WELL, THEY MIGHT BE CONNECTED WITH CARE COURT, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY AT THE LEVEL OF BEING CONSERVED AT THIS POINT WHERE THEY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN A LOCKED FACILITY, BUT THEY'RE NOT FAR OFF FROM THAT.
SO REALLY THAT IS THE, UH, FOCUS OF ENRICH RESIDENTIAL CARE IS THAT IN BETWEEN LEVEL OF SHELTER, WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE, NONE WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE COUNTY.
UH, RIGHT NOW YOU REALLY GOTTA GO TO, LIKE, DOWNTOWN IS THE NEAREST, UH, ENRICH RESIDENTIAL CARE.
SO IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING WITHIN OUR REGION.
UH, DMH HAS SAID THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER ENRICHED RESIDENTIAL CARE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS WELL WITHIN PROP ONE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME MARKET CAPACITY AS A COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
UH, BUT WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD A PROJECT HERE, UH, IN THE CITY.
WE CAN ALSO DO HAVE A COUPLE OF
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OTHER AGENCIES THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THAT WILL BE PUTTING IN PROP ONE PROJECTS AS WELL.UH, SO, UH, ROOTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, NATIONAL HEALTHCARE, UH, AND HOMELESS HEALTHCARE ADVOCATES.
UM, WE'LL BE PUTTING IN ONE FOR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, THE NEW COMMUNITY CARE CAMPUS.
SO THAT WILL ADD, UH, 130 ADDITIONAL TREATMENT BEDS IF AWARDED.
SO IT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROPOSAL, UH, AS FAR AS BEDS.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE, UH, SUPPORTING PROVIDING A SUPPORT LETTER WITHIN THAT PROJECT.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE NEW AGENCY THAT HAS REACHED OUT, UH, COMMUNITY WELLNESS, UH, MEDICAL CENTER, UH, ON ANAHEIM.
SO, UH, THEY'VE GOT SOME SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
THERE'S A PORTIONS OF THAT BUILDING THAT, UH, AREN'T REALLY USABLE AT THIS POINT FOR SERVICES.
SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REDO THAT.
THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF CO-LOCATED PARTNERS THAT WORK WITH THEM AT THAT LOCATION, UM, SUCH AS A DAP ALSO PROVIDES SOME SERVICES OUT OF THERE.
SO THEY'LL BE LIKE WORKING ON BOTH SOME MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE RELATED OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND REDOING THAT BUILDING BOTH ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE TO, UH, BE CONDUCIVE TO SERVICES IF FUNDED.
AND THEN, UH, WE DID SPEAK TO COLLEGE HOSPITAL.
THEY'RE NOT PUTTING IN A PROPOSAL HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A PROJECT IN THE CITY OF HAWTHORNE.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN POINT OF ACCESS FOR THAT SITE FOR THEM TENDS TO BE THE EMERGENCY ROOM HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT CAN TAKE A WHILE BEFORE YOU GET SEEN.
SO ANYTHING THAT INCREASES THAT CAPACITY AND THE FLOW THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM WILL BENEFIT THE EXPERIENCE OF ANYBODY THAT IS NEEDING TO GO THROUGH THAT EMERGENCY ROOM, UH, TO GET A BED.
SO, UM, THEY ARE PUTTING IN A PROJECT, NOT NECESSARILY IN LONG BEACH, BUT IT SHOULD SUPPORT ACCESS TO SERVICES HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO WE'LL KNOW PROBABLY MARCH OR APRIL OF NEXT YEAR, UH, WHAT THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE PROPOSALS ARE.
UM, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION AND AWARD OF THOSE WOULDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL EARLY 2026.
THEY HAVE NOT COLLECTED THE BOND YET, SO THAT IS WHY IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER IS $6 BILLION IN BONDS THAT CAN TAKE A MINUTE TO RAISE.
SO, UM, THERE WILL BE AROUND TWO OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
UH, SO THERE IS ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY BEYOND THAT.
UM, WE ARE ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, THE PROP ONE HOME KEY PLUS, WHICH IS THEIR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SIDE OF PROP ONE.
THEY JUST RELEASED THE RFP LAST WEEK.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT WILL HAPPEN HERE IN LONG BEACH.
NOT NECESSARILY, PROBABLY NOT THE CITY'S GONNA PURSUING A PHK PLUS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME, UH, PARTNER DEVELOPERS AND NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT MIGHT BE HOPEFULLY PURSUING SOME HOME KEY PLUS OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THEY'RE ALSO ON THE BEDSIDE OF THINGS NOT ON HERE.
UH, WAS A COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BRIDGE OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS RUN THROUGH BRILLIANT CORNERS, UH, THAT DIDN'T CLOSE.
UH, THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING WAS KIND OF CHAOTIC AND WEIRD, BUT, UH, THAT DID CLOSE.
UH, WE ARE AWARE OF ONE PROPOSAL THAT WENT IN.
UH, THERE IS STILL SOME MORE COMMUNICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AROUND THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT IF THAT WERE TO GO THROUGH, IT'D END UP BEING, UH, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BEDS THAT WOULD FOCUS IN ALSO ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, THAT WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT ON IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL.
UH, SO, UM, JUST A FUN ONE FOR OUR MAIN ACCESS CENTER AND TRYING TO MAKING IT MORE WELCOMING.
WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY MURAL THAT HAS BEEN, UH, BEING PAINTED AT THE MSC.
SO IF YOU'RE EVER OVER THERE, IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE NICER WHEN YOU WALK UP.
GOT, YOU KNOW, SOME NICE VISUALS ON THE FRONT OF THE BED BUILDING WITH, UH, SOME LANDSCAPE AND, AND A NICE BIG BIRD.
SO, UH, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, COME BY, TAKE A LOOK.
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UM, STAFF DID GET A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL BUILT FOR ZERO CONFERENCE HOSTED BY COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, UH, IF NOT FAMILIAR WITH COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS.THEY DID DO THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMES CAMPAIGN BACK IN THE DAY, WHICH WAS PRETTY WELL, UH, PUBLICIZED AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ROUND, UH, BUILT FOR ZERO IS A KIND OF OFFSHOOT FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMES CAMPAIGN.
SO INSTEAD OF COUNTING UP TO A TARGET, IT'S REALLY ABOUT, HEY, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY COUNT DOWN IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY? LIKE, YOU COULD HOUSE A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE AND STILL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO THE BETTER, MORE FOCUSING IS, ARE YOU ACTUALLY REDUCING HOMELESSNESS FOR A TARGETED POPULATION? UH, SO THAT IS THE FOCUS OF BUILT FOR ZERO.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH, UH, A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED COMMUNITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN BUILT FOR ZERO HEARING FROM COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SEEING SOME SUCCESS IN, UH, DIFFERENT TARGET POPULATIONS.
YOU HAVE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON, UH, YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
YOU HAVE SOME COMMUNITIES FOCUSED ON VETERAN HOMELESSNESS.
YOU HAVE SOME COMMUNITIES FOCUSED ON CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND REDUCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
THERE ARE SOME REALLY SMALL COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A HUNDRED, 200 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WORK ON THE LARGER SIDE IN BUILT FOR ZERO, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, 10,000 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH, UH, THEIR COC AS WELL.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN SOME THINGS FROM SOME LARGER, UH, COMMUNITIES AROUND, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING DATA TO, UH, AFFECT DECISION MAKING AND LIKE HOW DO YOU USE DATA TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND, UH, CHANGE AND, UH, MAKING POSITIVE CHANGE WHERE NEEDED.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE, UH, DISCUSSED.
WE DID HEAR SOME STRATEGIES AROUND RAPID REHOUSING TARGETING, UH, JUST HOW WE TAKE OUR DATA, BETTER LEARNING, UH, APPROACHES WITHIN THE COC.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO IMPLEMENT SOME STUFF WITH, UH, PROVIDERS AS WELL AS INTERNALLY WITHIN THE CITY PROCESS, UH, AND STUFF THAT WE GAINED FROM FROM THAT CONFERENCE.
UM, STAFF ARE FINALIZING ITS WORK WITH THE CITY'S CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE AROUND, UH, THE AUDIT PROCESS.
WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH AN AUDIT SINCE MAY, 2023.
UH, SO IT HAS BEEN PRETTY LONG.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S, UH, SOME NONPROFITS THAT HAVE ALSO PARTICIPATED WITHIN THE AUDIT PROCESS.
UH, THEY DID SELECT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS WITHIN, UH, THEIR AUDIT PROCESS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH, UM, STAFF FROM THOSE AGENCIES AS WELL AS GET PARTICIPANT INPUT.
AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, UH, DATA, CITY PROCESS INVOICES, UH, WHAT OUR POLICIES ARE, HOW WE UTILIZE DATA.
SO IT'S PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE, AGAIN, A YEAR AND A HALF OF TIME.
UH, SO THERE WILL BE QUITE A BIT THAT COMES OUT.
UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT IT GETS RELEASED IN THE FIRST COUPLE MONTHS OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THERE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE, UH, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME, UH, WITH THE AUDIT PROCESS.
AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY SEEN.
MOSSA HAS RECENTLY HAD A PRETTY, UH, HIGH PROFILE AUDIT RELEASE.
UH, THAT HAS LED TO A LOT OF CONVERSATION.
UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE ANYTHING AS SIGNIFICANT AS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT CAME OUT IN THERE, BUT THERE ARE MANY, UH, SIMILAR ISSUES, RECOMMENDATIONS, FINDINGS THAT WILL EXIST WITHIN OUR AUDIT REPORT.
UM, OUR HOPE IS THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS CAN ALSO BE LOOKED AT AS, YOU KNOW, CITYWIDE PROCESS.
HOW DO WE BETTER SUPPORT OUR NONPROFITS? HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR POLICIES AND PROCESSES THAT ARE IN PLACE, UH, REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACTING, A LOT OF THAT PROCESS, HOW DO WE UTILIZE DATA WITHIN, UH, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT? SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WILL LIKELY BE DISCUSSED WITHIN THAT.
UH, WE WILL TRY TO BRING IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO THE COC BOARD SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IN THE AUDIT, UH,
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WHAT SOME OF OUR RESPONSES ARE.THERE ARE SOME THINGS WITHIN THE AUDIT THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT FROM 20 20, 20 21, WHERE WE HAVE CHANGED SOME PROCESSES IN PLACE.
SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS WHERE WE MIGHT BE ADDRESSING, HEY, THIS WAS WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED, HERE'S WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED POST THAT TIME.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, MORE SO THAN ANYTHING WE LOOK AT, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND IMPROVE WITHIN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORTS AS A BUREAU VERSUS, YOU KNOW, UH, LOOKING AT IT AS SOMETHING NEGATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD, UM, HOPEFULLY A ROADMAP NOT TOO FAR AFTER THE AUDIT OF LIKE, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAN IMPROVE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR STAFF, IF ANY QUESTIONS? UM, HAS THE WINTER SHELTER BEEN ACTIVATED YET OR YOU STILL LEAVING? SORRY,
YEAH, UH, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF HOLD UP AND BACK AND FORTH.
UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT 7 0 2 WILL ADD ADDITIONAL BEDS, UM, COME ON JANUARY 1ST.
SO WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW TO KEEP ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN PLACE GOING FORWARD, UH, BEYOND JUST WINTER SHELTER.
SO, UM, THERE'LL BE SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION HOPEFULLY AROUND THAT IN THE NEXT, UH, SHORT MOMENT.
BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT FINAL THINGS THAT NEED TO GET RESOLVED WITHIN CONTRACTING PROCESS, WE'LL BE DONE AND BEDS WILL BE READY ON JANUARY 1ST.
WE HAVE ONE STANDING ITEM FOR, UM, INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER OR AUGMENTED WELL WINTER SHELTER, UH, FOR THE MSC IN MY CASE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE RAINING AND IT'S GONNA BE BELOW 45 DEGREES.
UM, SO WE WILL BE, UH, FOLLOWING LOSS OF ACTIVATION, BUT ALSO MAY ACTIVATE IN A SITUATION WHERE MAYBE LOSSA DOESN'T.
UH, SO WE HAVE A LOSS OF CONTRACT, WE HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR IMPLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, UH, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH READY TO GO.
SO IF WE WERE TO HAVE SOMETHING COME UP WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WHERE IT WAS GONNA BE RAINING OR BELOW 45 DEGREES, WE ARE READY TO ACT.
WELL, I HAVE ONE QUESTION OR COMMENT.
JUST GOING BACK TO THE PROPOSITION ONE PROPOSAL.
IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT, WILL WE BE STABILIZED BY 2028 OR BEFORE THE OLYMPIC GAMES? I DON'T SEE THAT WITHIN, YOU KNOW, JUST THESE PROP ONE PROPOSALS HERE.
I THINK IT GOES A LONG WAY AND IT MEETS A LOT OF GAPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS AT, UH, THE COMMUNITY CARE CAMPUS, WHICH IS GREAT.
LIKE WE DIDN'T REALLY, WE HAD 10 RECUPERATIVE CARE BEDS IN THE WHOLE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UH, WE'RE NOW AT CLOSE TO 70 WITH BEDS THAT ARE, UH, OPENING UP AT COMMUNITY CARE, UM, ADDING ADDITIONAL TREATMENT BEDS, ADDING THE POTENTIAL OF, UH, THE, UM, ENRICHED RESIDENTIAL CARE THAT WOULD FILL A KEY GAP THAT WE'VE HAD.
BUT DOES IT MEET LIKE OUR FULL NEED OF, YOU KNOW, SHELTER AND HOUSING? NO, BUT IT'S A GOOD STEP FORWARD.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HOPEFULLY GONNA BE COMING ALONG THE PHK UH, PLUS PROGRAM.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE BREAKING GROUND.
UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL GOES TOWARDS OUR CAPACITY.
UH, I THINK THIS WILL FIX SOME, FIX SOME KEY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, BUT IT DOESN'T FULLY COVER WHAT WE DIDN'T NEED BY 2020
BUT IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD START.
IT'S A SOLID, YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN.
YOU OVERALL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT'S GONNA BE IMPLEMENTED RELATES TO HOMELESS SERVICES, COME, COME, YOU KNOW, BE THERE FOR US, YOU KNOW? YEP.
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ALRIGHT, THANK YOU PAUL.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UM, HOUSING SERVICE BUREAU STAFF AND OPERATIONS REPORT? ALL MOTION.
AND WE HAVE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, SHOW HANDS.
ANY OPPOSED? NO MOTION PASSES.
UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, RIGHT? YES.
RECOMMENDATION, RECEIVE AND FOUND ASAC TO REPORT.
I DISCUSSED THIS POSITION, WHAT AM I DOING? IT'S JUST THAT WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AT ASAC, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
UM, WHAT IS HAPPENING ON OUR COMMISSION? UM, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, I'M ON THE MAYOR'S FUND COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN SEEING, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF APPLICATIONS, BUT WE'VE BEEN SEEING LATELY SOME OF THE SAME SAY, UM, OPERATORS COMING.
UM, THERE IS A RULE THAT WE ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT A GRANT MAKER WHERE YOU CAN JUST RUN YOUR PROGRAM ALMOST.
SO, BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING THAT SOME OF THE SAME ONES THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WHEN THEY APPLY, IT'S NOT ALWAYS FOR THE SAME THING.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR SO P FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE A LITTLE MORE, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING THE INFLUX OF, UH, APPLICATIONS, BUT YET STILL WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY.
SO, UM, THAT, UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, I DUNNO IF YOU GOT YOUR BILLS YET FOR YOUR, UH, GAS BILL, BUT THAT LITTLE FLYER IN THERE ABOUT DONATING TO THE MAYORS FUND, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO WORK WITH, UH, THE CITY AND GET THAT DONE.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT, TRYING TO RAISE MORE AWARENESS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE MAIN THING HAS BEEN, UH, FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION, ONGOING, ONGOING CONVERSATION AROUND, UH, GRANT'S PAST AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, RESPONSE AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE AS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING UN SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
UH, FOCUS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAS BEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION THAT CONTINUES FORWARD AROUND, UH, SAFE SLEEP SANCTION, ENCAMPMENT TYPES, SETTINGS, AS WELL AS RESTROOM ACCESS.
SO THOSE ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS THAT, UH, CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AT THE ASAC MEETING.
UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S THE ONE OTHER THING THAT HAS BEEN HAVING SOME RE FOR CONVERSATION.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
WELL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HAYSTACK REPRESENTATIVE REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED BY KIMBERLY LEWIS? SORRY, WHO WAS SECOND? WHO WAS FIRST? OH, THANK YOU
AND WE HAVE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
CAN I GET A SHOW OF HANDS FOR APPROVAL? THE REPORT? CAN I GET A SHOW OF HANDS FOR MOTION PASSES? RIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE ARE TAKING OUR RECRUITMENTS FOR OPEN SEATS.
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THERE ARE TWO CURRENT OPEN SEATS WITHIN, UH, THE BOARD.SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY OR HAVE ANYBODY INTERESTED, PLEASE DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UH, REACH OUT WITH INTEREST.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO FILL THE TWO OPEN SEATS HERE.
UH, I GUESS RELATING TO THE HOMELESS, UH, MEMORIAL, WHICH IS DECEMBER 21ST AT 6:00 PM AT FOR LINE IN LONG BEACH.
SO, UM, GUYS, IT'LL BE NICE GUYS TO COME OUT THAT EVENING.
UH, REALLY GREAT ATMOSPHERE TO KNOWLEDGE ALL OUR HOMELESS THAT PASSED AWAY.
SEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY FLYER, ANYTHING ON, ON THAT? UH, YOU RATHER GO TO THE HOMELESS COALITION WEBSITE.
UM, AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL BOARD SEAT OPEN JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
UH, JIM, UH, HOWT HAS STEPPED DOWN FROM THE BOARD.
HE IS STILL, UH, PARTICIPATING IN AEC, BUT, UH, HAS CHOSEN TO, YOU KNOW, CONSOLIDATE STUFF THAT HE IS WORKING ON.
SO, UH, HE DID RESIGN FROM THE BOARD AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SEAT.
SO
SO WE'RE STILL, UM, WE'RE STILL FILLING BOTH THE AFFORDABLE AND THE BASH UNITS FOR THE CODE.
UM, FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS, THEY CAN JUST GO DIRECTLY TO PROPERTY MANAGER, CALL ON THE WEBSITE.
I'LL SEE, I'LL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO MY NONPROFIT, WE, UM, SOMETHING GOOD TODAY FOUNDATION TO HELP SENIORS.
IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON SENIORS, EVERYONE, THEM, UM, IT PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE, UH, FORTIES TO THE SEVENTIES.
UM, IT, SO EVERY DEVICE YOU CAN IMAGINE, IF YOU HAVE A SMART CAR, IT'S IN THERE TOO.
UM, I'M BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE I ALWAYS OFFER FREE COMMERCIALS TO SERVICE PROVIDERS.
SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET OUT, LET KNOW, UM, GIMME 30 SECONDS, 60 SECONDS, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL RADIO STUFF.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL VOICEOVER ARTISTS THAT WILL RECORD IT FOR YOU UNLESS YOU RECORD YOURSELF.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET AWARENESS OUT.
MAKE ANOTHER NOTE, BUT LITTLE SHAME WAS PLUGGED.
I KNOW EARLIER I WAS MENTIONING, UH, THE BILLING SERVICES FOLKS, IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE WHO DOES ANYTHING THAT IS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER RELATED OR PEER SUPPORT, HEALTH OR PEER SUPPORT, SPECIALIST RELATED, MECAL, PEER SUPPORT RELATED.
IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE BUT HAVEN'T HAD CHW TRAINING WOULD LIKE TO BE A CHW AND GET OUT THERE TO THE FIELD AND START USING THEIR CHW, UH, TRAINING AND BEING REIMBURSED FOR INDIVIDUALS.
$26, UH, UH, PER HALF HOUR, UH, UH, OF SERVICE THAT YOU SPEND WITH A MEDI-CAL RECIPIENT, UH, UP TO FOUR IN A GROUP.
$12, UH, UH, UH, A REIMBURSEMENT PER FOR THE GROUP PER THE HOUR, UH, UH, PER MEMBER.
UH, $9 PER MEMBER FOR THOSE SAME GROUP MEMBERS.
UH, UH, UH, UH, FOUR AND ABOVE.
UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE AN ER SYSTEM THAT WE ALLOW YOU TO USE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CAPTURE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.
UH, UH, HEALTH SYSTEMS USE THESE, YOU CAN USE THESE FOR YOUR GRANTS.
UH, YOU HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING FOR THOSE GRANT FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE.
THIS CAPTURES THAT YOU GET BUILT IN SERVICES FROM OUR WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION, YYW SERVICES.
SO THAT MEANS CLINICAL SERVICES, UH, ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH PLAN, UH, ACCESS TO A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, CLINICIAN IF ANYBODY NEEDS IT, UH, UH, REFERRAL OUT, UH, UH, AS WELL.
AND ALSO, UH, UH, WE DO CARE PLANS
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FOR THAT ACCOUNT.SO PLEASE, PLEASE, YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING CHW AND PEER WORK ALREADY.
DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE.
IF YOU'RE ALREADY IN, YOU ARE DOING THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS.
LET US SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN MONETIZE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING.
UH, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO KIND OF MOVE FROM BEING BRAND BASED TO, YOU KNOW, SERVICE BASED.
JUST PUT OUT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.