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UH, KIMBERLY WHEAT, JAMIE UFFORD, IKO TAN, ABSENT.
AND THEN JUST A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO SPEAK AFTER EACH AGENDA ITEM.
UM, IT IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES AND IT'S NOT A Q AND A SESSION.
UM, AND THEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END TO ALSO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY? ALRIGHT, SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE.
UH, TODAY I'LL BE SIGNING A REVIEW OF THE COC PROGRAM IN FRONT ME UPDATES.
UH, TODAY I'LL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 INCLUDES PROGRAM THAT WAS C FUNDING OPPORTUNITY OR NOFO, UH, EXPLODING IMPLICATION OF THE FEDERAL POLICY PRIORITIES AND CHANGES TO THE COMPETITION.
UH, I'M GONNA REVIEW THE, LIKE PROJECT AND MERIT REVIEW CRITERIA WITHIN THE NOFO, PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF LONG BEACH'S PORTFOLIO AS PROBABLY THE PORTFOLIO OF, UH, OTHER CITIZENS IN THE REGION, AND THEN THE STEP STRATEGIES TO RESPOND TO THE COC PROGRAM.
UM, I'M GONNA ADD NOW THAT, UM, I MAKING SOME ADDITIONS ON THE FLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I PREPARED MATERIALS LAST THURSDAY TO GET OUT, TO FOLLOW YOU IN A TIME MANNER, AND THEN AT ABOUT 5:00 PM ON THURSDAY, UH, RELEASE.
AND SO, UH, FRIDAY, UH, VERY QUICKLY I PUT THE ENVELOPE TOGETHER, THE PACKET, AND, UM, AND YESTERDAY WAS FINALLY ABLE TO FINISH MY UPDATES TO, UH, THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS.
AND WE HAVE POLICY, SO I'LL ASK FOR FORGIVENESS AND THANKS.
UM, SO ON NOVEMBER 13TH, UH, AGREE RELEASE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO AS THE FISCAL YEAR 2025,
UH, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 3.918 BILLION FUNDING AVAILABLE INCLUDES 52 MILLION FOR NEW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BONUS PROJECTS.
UH, 129 MILLION FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE SEEKING BEING RENEWAL, THAT WERE ORIGINAL FUNDED UNDER THE UNSHELTERED NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IN 2022, AS WELL AS TWO 28 MILLION FOR
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RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT.UH, LONG BEACH DOES NOT HAVE ANY YHCP GRANTS, SO WE'LL NOT BE DISCUSSING THOSE THAT, UM, SO HIGHLIGHTS ARE, BUT HAS SUBSTANTIALLY RESHAPED THE COMPANY.
UH, IN PRIOR YEARS, TIER ONE, UM, TIER ONE WAS CONSIDERED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT IS ESSENTIALLY AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED FOR YOUR
SO GOING BACK TO A FEW YEARS, UM, TIER ONE WAS 95% WENT DOWN TO ABOUT 93%, 90% LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THIS NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD DROP THAT DOWN TO 30% OF THE ANNUAL RENEWAL DEMAND.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UH, FOR YOUR ANNUAL RENEWAL DEMAND, UH, ONLY 30% OF THAT IS PROTECTED.
SO, UH, TYPICALLY AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS FUNDING FOR THAT TIER ONE, WHERE TIER TWO THAT GOES INTO MORE COMPETITIVE ELEMENTS WHERE COC ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE COMPETING WITH FUNDING FOR NEW AND RENEWABLE PROJECTS.
AND, AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, UH, ANOTHER BIG CHANGE IS, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECT CAP.
SO PREVIOUS YEARS IN HISTORICALLY, HUD HAS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PERMANENT HOUSING RESOLVE THE HOMELESSNESS.
UM, PERMANENT HOUSING WHEN I SPEAK TO THAT INCLUDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, OR TIME LIMITED SUBSIDIES.
UH, AND HUS INCLUDING, UH, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING PROJECTS KNOWN AS DRUG COMPONENT, WHICH OPERATES TWO PROJECT I AND ONE PROJECT.
UM, AND SO HUD HAS SAID NOW THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT TOO MUCH FUNDING OUT OF THEIR COMPETITION IS GOING TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND SO THEY ARE CAPPING THE A RD, UH, UH, OF THE COC AT 30% FOR PERMANENT HOUSING.
SO WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS IF YOU HAVE A $10 MILLION, UH, ANNUAL RENEWAL EVENT, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT LONG BEACH HAS, WE HAVE A LITTLE REPORT THAT MEANS ONLY 3 MILLION OF THAT IS ABLE TO BE, UH, SET ASIDE FOR A PERMANENT HOUSING INCLUSIVE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICE ONLY PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDE OUTREACH ARE NOW, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR A NEW FUNDING.
UM, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING HAD BEEN FUNDED, UH, FOR A LITTLE WHILE ON SUPPORTIVE SERVICE ONLY ANYTHING OTHER THAN SUPPORTED ENTRY PROJECT, ALTHOUGH RENEWAL WE'RE STILL, UH, BEING PUT OUT THERE.
UM, HUD HAS DEEMED, UH, WHEN I SAY PRIORITIZED OVER PH PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE USED PRIORITIZED IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
THEY HAVE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS FOR PERMANENT HOUSING.
THEY ARE NOT SAYING THAT THEY WILL PRIORITIZE FUNDING THOSE OVER, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING.
THEY'RE SIMPLY SAYING THAT THEY DEEM THOSE TO BE MORE IMPORTANT PROJECT TYPES.
UM, SO SCORING FACTORS HAVE ALSO SHIFTED AWAY.
SO, UH, HUD SCORES, COCS, UM, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO CS PROJECTS, WHICH I'LL GET INTO LATER, UH, THEY'VE REALLY SHIFTED A LOT OF THE SCORING AWAY FROM LOCAL COMPETITION MECHANICS, WHERE THEY'VE ASKED YOU HOW YOU'VE HELD YOUR LOCAL COMPETITION, UH, AND INSTEAD THEY'VE REFOCUSED THAT TO DEMONSTRATED REDUCTION INTO UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
BUT LOOKING AT HOMELESS, UH, HOMELESS COUNT NUMBERS, UH, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UH, THE ABILITY OF YOUR COC TO REALLOCATE FUNDING, AND ALSO, UH, THE COMPOSITION AND PARTICIPATION OF THE CO C'S GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, UH, INCLUDING THE COC, UH, AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS, AS AS FLORIDA.
SO I TO ADDRESS WITH THE KIND OF THEIR POLICY PRIORITIES, INCLUDING THERE AS A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.
UH, FIRST IS, UM, ENDING THE CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS ON OUR STREETS.
UH, THEY FRAME UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN THE NOFO IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, SUBSTANCE USE.
UH, THEY'RE REALLY STRESSING THAT THEY WANT ENCAMPMENTS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND ALSO HAVE LOOKED AT, UM, AGAIN, REFOCUSING FUNDS AND, AND RESOURCES ON OUTREACH, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INTERVENTIONS, A LOT OF WHICH, UH, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AND KIND OF, UM, DIRECTION THAT THEY'VE STATED IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.
UM, CSCS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE TREATMENT AND SERVICE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.
THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND TREATMENT CAPACITY ARE NOW KEY SCORING FACTORS, NOT ONLY FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AS A WHOLE, BUT FOR PROJECT SEEKING RENEWAL FUNDING THAT WOULD BE LANDING IN TIER TWO.
UH, AND AGAIN, I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL.
UM, THIRD, ADVANCING PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, SO C CS ARE NOW DIRECTED TO COOPERATE
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MORE CLOSELY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ADVANCE PUBLIC SAFETY.THEY CITE, UH, GRANTS PASS B JOHNSON, UH, WHICH OF COURSE SAID, ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT, UH, LEGAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, BREAK UP ENCAMPMENTS, UH, PROHIBIT PUBLIC CAMPING, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, REALLY STRESSING THAT, UM, ILLICIT DRUG USE ENFORCEMENT ON THE STREETS IS SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING TO PURSUE, CEASE TO SPEAK TO, UM, MOVING FORWARD TO OTHER PRIORITIES, PROMOTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
UM, SO THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR A LITTLE WHILE, UM, WHERE
THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING AT INCREASING EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES, UNSUBSIDIZED EXIT.
SO ESSENTIALLY SOMEONE WHO IS ON IN A SUBSIDIZED HOUSING PROGRAM, EXITING AND NO LONGER HAVING ANY KIND OF SUBSIDY AND GIVING C SIX POINTS FOR, FOR THAT, UH, AS WELL AS REDUCED RELIANCE ON PUBLIC AND BASIC FAVOR OF FOR PROVING OUTCOMES IS THE FIFTH.
UM, SO CO2 DEFECT THROUGH REVIEW, PROJECT EFFECTIVENESS PRIORITIZED TO PROMOTE THAT
UM, AND SO THEY'RE REALLY PUTTING THAT INCREASED WEIGHT ON, AGAIN, UNSHELTERED REDUCTION, UH, RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE OUTCOMES RELATED TO, UH, FOLKS GETTING
UM, THE FINAL ONE, MINIMIZING TRAUMA.
UH, THEY DO SPEAK TO MAINTAIN SAFETY, THE PROGRAM FOR PARTICIPANTS, BUT THE FOCUS IN THIS, UM, PRIORITY SEEMS TO BE ENSURING ACCESS TO QUOTE SAFE SINGLE SENSE BASIS PROGRAM WOMEN, UM, PROGRAM.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE POLICY PRIORITIES THAT FUND HAS PUT OUT THIS NOTICE THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UM, I'M SURE THERE ARE ALREADY QUESTIONS IF, IF PEOPLE ARE OKAY, I WANT TO CONTINUE AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
UM, SO HERE WE'LL SEE, UH, THREE MAIN AREAS.
ONE, UH, AGAIN, POLICY OR FEDERAL PRIORITIES AND EXPECTATIONS.
TWO CHANGES TO COMPETITION AND JUST THE GENERAL UNCERTAINTY, UH, SURROUNDING ELIGIBILITY AND FUNDING.
UM, SO FOR NEW CURRENT REVIEWS, I NOTICE OF PRIVACY TURN A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, SO APPLICANTS, UH, SIMILAR TO AS WE SAW
UH, AGAIN, UH, CERTAIN COMPONENTS FAVORED OVER PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, ANY NEW TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED.
HUD IS STATING THAT, UH, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE 40 HOURS OF CUSTOMIZED SERVICES FOR EACH PARTICIPANT IN THAT TRADITIONAL HOUSING PROJECT.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO SCORING CO CS OF THE EXTENT THAT THEY COOPERATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH ENFORCED PUBLIC CAMP AND DRUG USE LAWS, UH, AND ALSO REALLY FAVORING PROJECTS THAT HAVE ON-SITE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, TREATMENT BY CAPACITY AND, UH, 24 7 DETOX AND INPATIENT ACCESS.
UM, I WENT OVER A LOT OF THESE, UH, CHANGES TO THE COMPETITION MOMENTS AGO.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UM, PROJECTS IN TIER TWO PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN SCORED AT 50% OF THE COC SCORE.
SO IF THE COC WERE TO SCORE, UH, YOU KNOW, 50 OUT OF A HUNDRED POINTS, UH, THEY WOULD GET 25 POINTS THERE 'CAUSE THAT'S HALF OF THEIR SCORE.
UH, THEN THEY WOULD SCORE THEM AT 40%, UH, FOR HOW THEY ARE RANKED IN TIER TWO.
UH, SO HOW THEY ARE ACTUALLY LISTED BY THE LOCAL COC.
AND THEN THE LAST 10% WAS, UH, COMMITMENT TO HOUSING.
PERS UH, HUD HAS REPLACED THAT COMMITMENT TO HOUSING FIRST AND IS NOW REQUESTING FOR RENEWAL PROJECTS TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION BY DEMONSTRATING THAT THEY HAVE SERVICE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS AND INSTEAD CREATING THEM ON THAT.
UM, FINALLY, FUNDING AND ELIGIBILITY UNCERTAINTY, UM, LANGUAGE THAT SAYS HUD MAY DISQUALIFY PROJECTS IF THERE IS CURRENT OR PAST EVIDENCE OF ENGAGING, AGAIN IN WHAT THEY CALL RACIAL PREFERENCES, ACTIVITIES THAT VIOLATE THE SEX BINARY OR ACTIVITIES UNDER THE PRETEXT OF HARM REDUCTION.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONAL REVIEW CRITERIA THAT WOULD ALLOW HER TO DEFUND PROJECTS BASED ON, AGAIN, THIS IS IN THE NOFO MEDIA REPORTS, UH, I-G-O-G-A-G-A-O FINDINGS, PUBLIC COMPLAINTS OR AN ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY OF SUBSIDIZING OR FACILITATING ACTIVITIES THAT CONFLICT WITH THE PURPOSES OF THIS NOTEBOOK.
UM, SO THERE'S A BIG OVERVIEW THERE.
UH, I DO WANNA GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROJECT REVIEW, BUT I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD
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PLACE TO PAUSE.UH, BRIEFLY, IF BOARD MEMBERS HAVE, UH, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR A VERY BRIEF COMMENTS, WE WILL BE
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN ANY OF THIS TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO OTHER THAN PERMANENT HOUSING, BUT THERE'S NO INTENDED OUTCOME TO PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THOSE, UM, ACTIVITIES.
UM, SO THE QUESTION I, IF I AM UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY IS WITH THE SHIFT AWAY FROM PERMANENT HOUSING INTO OUTREACH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, SO YOU OUTREACH THEM, YOU PUT THEM INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
NOW, IT, UH, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY, YES.
UM, THAT IN MY, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU INTERPRETED ANYTHING, IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE OVERLY ADDRESSED.
IT FEELS AS, AS THOUGH THEY WANT TO FOCUS FEDERAL FUNDING ON, UH, TREAT SHORT TERM TREATMENT BASED INTERVENTIONS AND HAVE COMMUNITIES ESSENTIALLY FIT THE BILL, PUT THE BILL FOR, UH, THAT LONGER TERM CARE, AS WELL AS TRYING TO TRANSITION PEOPLE OFF OF RECEIVING ASSISTANCE ENTIRELY IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A, UH, PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR IF THEY'RE UNDER, UH, NOT OVER 62 YEARS OF AGE, UH,
SO IN TERMS OF, UM, PROGRAM DESIGN, SO CHANGES IN PER DESIGN OR CHANGES IN LIKE PERFORMANCE METRICS, THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THERE IS, UH, REQUIREMENT FOR PERMANENT HOUSING TO SERVE, UH, OLDER ADULTS AND OR PERSON WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
SO THEY, SO THAT, THAT'S THE CHANGE THOUGH.
UM, I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY ONLY PHYSICAL DISABILITY? UH, I BELIEVE SO.
SO, SO WHO ARE OVER OR, AND OR WITHOUT PHYSICAL DISABILITY ARE THE, THE ELIGIBLE, UM, ELIGIBILITY OR FOR HOUSING UNDER, UM, AND EITHER, UH, THERE IS NO LIKE WEIGHTED PERFORMANCE FOR OBTAIN PLACEMENTS THROUGH CONNECTIONS TO UNSUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
SO READING THROUGH THE NOTICE, YOU CAN PREFER THAT THEY'RE ASSUMING THAT YOU PROVIDE OUTREACH, YOU GO TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WILL ADD THAT THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR 40 HOURS OF SERVICES, A TRANSITIONAL COMPANY, WHICH IS, UH, PRETTY, UH, HIGH BAR, HIGH BARRIER, UH, FOR SERVICE PARTICIPATION.
UM, AND THAT YOU COULD INFER THEM THAT ARE, ARE THINKING THAT THAT 40 HOURS OF SERVICE, PARTICIPATION OF TRANSITIONAL IS GOING TO, TO A PERSON BEING ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY OBTAIN HOW, SO THE ASSESSMENT IS THAT MENTAL ILLNESS IS CAUSING HOMELESSNESS, BUT THERE'S NO PRIORITIZATION FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND PERMANENT HOUSING, NOT PRIORITIZATION.
I MEAN, IT IS, IT IS SOMEWHAT MENTIONED, BUT THAT THE FOCUS IS PRIMARILY ON THAT OLDER ADULT PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
UM, WE, WE DO GET INTO THE NEW PROJECT PROPOSED ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD TRANSITION HERE.
SO IN ADDITION TO LIKE THE STANDARD QUALITY AND THRESHOLD CRITERIA FOR NUMEROUS RULES, UM, AGAIN, AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, I IS REQUIRING APPLICANTS TO AFFIRM THEY WON'T ENGAGE IN RACIAL PREFERENCES OR OTHER FORMS OF WHAT, AGAIN, PUT CALLED THE LEGAL DISCRIMINATION, UH, NOT ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITIES UNDER THE PRETEXT HARM REDUCTION.
AND ALSO STATING THAT PROJECTS COULD BE REDUCED OR REJECTED.
THEY PREVIOUSLY OR CURRENTLY CONDUCT ACTIVITIES THAT USE A DEFINITION OF SEX OTHER THAN BINARY IN HUMANS.
UM, NEW PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE RATED ON THE REASONABLENESS OF COSTS, LEVERAGING MAINSTREAM PRO PROGRAMS. SO RIGHT BONUS POINTS FOR SAYING WE'RE GOING TO MATCH, YOU KNOW, XX TO, TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, NEW TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, UH, HAS THAT REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE, UH, 40 HOURS OF CUSTOMIZED SERVICES FOR EACH PARTICIPANT.
WITH THOSE EXEMPTIONS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, THE NEW SUPPORTIVE SERVICE ONLY PROJECTS THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT THE APPLICANTS DEMONSTRATE THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF PARTNERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL COOPERATE WITH ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, INCLUDING PUBLIC CAMPING DRUG USE.
UM, FOR PSH, UH, THE PROGRAM DESIGN WILL BE FAVORED IF THEY'RE SERVING ELDERLY AND OR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES EXPLICITLY SAYING THAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER IS NOT A DISABILITY THAT SHOULD BE, THAT IS COUNTED ESSENTIALLY AND HAVE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR FOLKS THAT ARE NOT ELDERLY OR WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
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UM, AND THAT RAPID REHOUSING, AGAIN, THAT THEY HAVE, UH, OPERATED, THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY'VE OPERATED A PROJECT WITH HIGH OUTCOMES AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, INCREASING EMPLOYMENT INCOME FOR FOLKS THAT ARE IN THAT, UH, RAPID REHOUSING AND AS WELL AS HAVING THOSE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.SO, UM, FOR NEW PROJECTS, UH, THIS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUTLINED IN, AND LIKE WE WERE SAYING, THE FOCUS REALLY IS ON, UH, HAVING A LOT OF SERVICES WHERE, AGAIN, COC PREVIOUSLY WAS, RIGHT, LOW BARRIER FOLKS ONLY ENGAGED IN THE SERVICES THAT THEY WANNA ENGAGE IN.
UH, NOW THEY'RE SAYING IF YOU'RE IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, YOU DON'T HAVE A PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
IF YOU'RE NOT OVER A CERTAIN AGE, YOU NEED CUSTOMIZED SERVICES TO GAUGE, YOU CAN MOVE ALONG.
AND, AND THERE'S THEIR AREA IS 40 HOURS OF CUSTOMIZED SERVICES FOR EACH PARTICIPANT.
SO WHAT THAT SAYS TO CASE MANAGEMENT RATIOS, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO'S A CASE MANAGER FOR, YOU KNOW, 13, 14 YEARS, UM, THAT'S A LOT.
UM, AGAIN, NOT SURE WHAT THESE SERVICES ARE.
I THINK THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY, AGAIN, FRAMING THESE IN THEIR POLICY PRIORITY AND THINKING THAT THESE SERVICES ARE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND, AND, AND POTENTIALLY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
UM, AND PROBABLY ASSUMING THAT, AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M KIND OF READING INTO HOW THEY'RE STATING THINGS THAT YOU HAVE PHYSICAL DISABILITY, WELL, THAT'S PHYSICAL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK.
BUT WITH ENOUGH SERVICES, A, UH, YOU KNOW, A, UM, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, DIAGNOSIS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO WHERE I WAS GONNA NOT HAVING THE PROBLEM.
AGAIN, THEY DON'T THINK EXPLICITLY FOLLOWED OUT
UM, BUT THAT'S HOW I'M READING WHEN THEY'RE CALLING OUT PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, BUT NOT SAYING TO MUCH ABOUT, UH,
SO BASICALLY, UM, THE DIRECTION THAT WE ARE GOING IN THAT, SO SIMILAR TO PROPOSITION ONE, A LOT OF IT IS EARLY GOING TWO.
WE HAVE THAT RESEARCH REHABILITATION LIKE A, LIKE A
SO IT'S JUST MONEY IS GOING PRIMARILY GOING TO THE PROPOSITION ONE, THE MEDICAL ASPECT PERFORMANCE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING OVER NEXT THREE YEARS OR WHATEVER.
I THINK THAT THEIR, THEIR FOCUS WHEN THEY'RE GETTING AT IS NOT REALLY TO LOOK AT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY LONG TERM THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE MEANT TO BE SHORT TERM OPTIONS, NOT IN THE NOFO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF FOLKS HAD BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO PREVIOUS, UH, BUDGETS THAT WERE LOADED OUT THERE WHEN THEY WERE EVEN TRYING TO SAY, LET'S ELIMINATE THE COC PROGRAM ALTOGETHER,
SO IT SEEMS AS IF THOUGH THEY COULD BE POTENTIALLY STILL TRYING TO, TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S DISCOURAGING THE USE OF LONG TERM SUBSIDIZED HOUSING FOR THE FOLKS THAT WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS RATHER THAN GETTING THEM BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE, UM, PROVIDED THEY DON'T MEET THERE JUST WITH VISIBILITY OR INJURY REQUIREMENTS ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING.
BECAUSE OUT, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE HOMELESS, THAT'S OUT THERE.
EVEN MYSELF AT ONE TIME, MY ULTIMATE GOAL WAS TO GET INTO AN APARTMENT AND TO AT SOME POINT BECOME A HOMEOWNER.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE ULTIMATE GOAL.
IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY ABOUT TO, YOU KNOW, BUT ALL WAY TO TRANSITIONAL APART, I THINK KEEPING PEOPLE IN A STATE OF TRANSITION HERE, HERE AND THERE, YOU KNOW, TO FOUR.
AND, AND SEEMINGLY A LOT OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSING, CHRIS OBVIOUSLY WAS MEANT TO REALLY SUPPORT, UH, FOLKS THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER MEANS.
IT, IT LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES.
AND, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE CREATING RIGHT, ADDITIONAL BARRIERS FOR FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ARE, WERE NEVER THE INTENDED TARGET OF THE CENTER OF RESOURCES ANYWAY.
BUT THEY'RE FRAMING HAS, UH, AGAIN, KIND OF, THEY, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN TRANSPARENT IN THEIR FRAMING IN, IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE, UH, FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHAT THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT, UM, I'M GONNA MOVE INTO APPLICATIONS SCORING, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DO HAVE A LOT TOO TO GO THROUGH
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TODAY.SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THIS COMPARISON BETWEEN POINTS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AND DURING THE 2024 COMPETITION.
NOW, THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE CONTINUUM OF HERE, UM, AND THE RIGHT POINTS AVAILABLE IN 2021.
THE FIRST THING FOLKS ARE GONNA NOTICE IS THE NUMBER OF POINTS AVAILABLE IN THE BID DRASTICALLY REDUCED.
AND A LOT OF MEASURES UNDER, UM, HMIS, UH, HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS A SYSTEM OF FOLKS USE TO, UH, ACCESS RESOURCES AND IS FUND REQUIRED.
UH, THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS WHERE WE DO AN ANNUAL COUNT.
UH, AND ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL BE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO THE END OF THIS, UM, MEETING ABOUT THE COURT TIME COUNT AND COORDINATION WITH HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE.
THOSE HAVE ALL MOVED TO OTHER AREAS.
AND, UH, SOME AREAS THAT YOU CAN SEE, UH, HAVE BEEN ALSO ADDRESSED FOR REDUCED.
SO, CAPACITY REVIEW AND RANKING, THIS WAS THE LOCAL ASPECT, THE CONSTITUTION WHERE THEY'RE REALLY ASKING YOU HOW LOCALLY YOU'RE DETERMINING WHAT PROJECTS TO SUBMIT THE HUB FOR FUNDING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY REALLY REDUCED THAT SECTION FROM 28 POINTS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NINE.
UM, ALSO SOME, UH, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, UH, UH, UH, MEASURES THERE.
OF COURSE, IF YOU WERE TO DO THE MATH RIGHT, IT'S WEIGHTED SOMEWHAT SIMILARLY.
UM, THE 40 POINTS OUT OF ONE 30 VERSUS, UH, 60 OUTTA 200.
UM, AND THEN, UH, INCREASED WEIGHT ON THAT COC COORDINATION ENGAGEMENT.
WHILE I WILL BE GOING TOO MUCH INTO A LOT OF THOSE, UM, QUESTIONS TODAY, UH, SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE, UH, USING RELEVANT TO THE BOARD, UH, BOARD OF COMPOSITIONS.
SO SCORING FULL POINTS, IF ON YOUR BOARD YOU HAVE, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO YOU WILL SCORE POINTS THAT THAT IS PART OF THE COMPOSITION OF YOUR BOARD.
UM, WE ARE GONNA LOSE THOSE POINTS,
UM, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE ADDED.
UH, AS WELL AS, AGAIN, DEMONSTRATING NOT ONLY THAT YOUR REGION HAS LAWS AGAINST PUBLIC CAMPAIGN AND HAS LAWS AGAINST PUBLIC ABUSE, BUT DEMONSTRATING THAT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ENFORCED.
UM, SO NOT JUST, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LAW, YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, BE INTOXICATED PUBLIC WITH THE STREETS, BUT LIKE HOW YOU'RE SUPPORTING TOWARDS THAT.
UH, INCLUDING OUTREACH TEAMS, GOING OUT WITH POLICE OFFICERS AND HELPING THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND PEOPLE WHO MAYBE, UH, SOMEONE WHO'S TRANSIENT THAT'S ON THAT SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND REALLY DOING THAT HEAVY COOPERATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH ENFORCE LAWS AS WELL AS, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT REVOKES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE HARM TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, WHICH IS RIGHT, GENERALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING ANYWAY.
BUT THE FRAMING AGAIN, IS THAT HEAVY COOPERATION BETWEEN OUTREACH AND, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IT'S, IT'S KIND OF WHAT IT WOULD WORK FOR.
UM, ARE OUR MINUTES FOR THESE MEETINGS SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY HUD BASED ON, LIKE COC MADE THAT OF THE BOARD BEFORE? I SEE IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION, YES.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S SUBJECT TO REVIEW TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY PUBLIC INFORMATION WOULD BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW.
BUT, UH, MINUTES ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT, UM, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED AS PART OF WHAT WE
UM, I, THERE'S A SLIDE, SLIDE GO WHERE IT'S, HUD HAS ALWAYS HAD
THEY'RE EXTENDING THAT THROUGH SEARCHING, YOU KNOW, UH, NEWS, YOU KNOW,
SO, UM, I'M JUST LIKE, I PERSONALLY DON'T EXIST IN THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE I DON'T ALIGN WITH, UM, THE BINARY SEX CATEGORY.
UM, SO DOES MAKE PRESENCE HERE JEOPARDIZE THE BOARD OF THE COC.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I
I, I THINK THAT, AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU'RE, I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN SPECULATE
AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD PERSONALLY WOULD BE THE RISK.
'CAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NOT A C, YOU KNOW, DEDICATED TO A, YOU KNOW, A NON-BINARY OR SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
SO, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE.
BUT AGAIN, I MEAN, IF YOU GOOGLE LONG BEACH HOUSE AT FIRST, UH,
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BUNCH OF GOOD INFORMATION COMES UP THAT COULD PROBABLY OUTWEIGH EVERYTHING ELSE.UH, SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH,
UH, I DID WANNA DO A, A BRIEF REVIEW OF SOME OF THESE, UH, EXPLORING AREAS, UM, THAT I FEEL AS IF THOUGH ARE A HIGH RISK.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO QUESTIONS YET, BUT IT'S NOT YET RELEASED.
UM, THEY USE A, UH, A GRANT SYSTEM CALLED, UH, EAPS.
AND SO THE APPLICATION FOR LONG MEET WILL BE IN THE SNAP.
WE SUBMIT IT THROUGH EAPS, AND THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ARE.
WHAT WE DO HAVE IN THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF HOW THEY WILL RATE US.
SO THESE ARE NOT QUESTIONS, UM, BUT THEY DO INDICATE THE TYPE OF QUESTION HUD WILL ASK.
SO THE FIRST IS IN RELATION TO OUR RANKING, UH, REALLY SCORING CRITERIA.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, 50%, UH, OBJECTIVE CRITERIA, WHICH THEY USE COST EFFECTIVENESS, PERFORMANCE DATA, POPULATION SERVICE.
UM, BUT THEY WANT AT LEAST 25% OF THE TOTAL POINTS AVAILABLE TO BE MEASURES OF RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS, UH, EMPLOYMENT INCOME PERFORMANCE IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOT REVIEWING THIS CURRENT METHODOLOGY AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA SAY HERE, I WILL SAY THAT WE DO NOT MEET THE SECOND PORTION OF, OF THAT.
UH, WE DO MEET THE FIRST, UM, ANOTHER, UH, FOR REALLOCATION.
SO THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THE COC ACTIVELY REVIEWS PERFORMANCE OF EXISTING PROJECTS AND HAVE A STANDARD PROCESS OF REALLOCATION, OR THEY'VE REALLOCATED AT LEAST 20% OF THE ANNUAL RENEWAL DEMAND OVER THE LAST FOUR COMPETITION CYCLES, 2021 THROUGH 2025.
UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, ONE POINT, I FEEL LIKE WE DO HAVE A ROBUST REALLOCATION PROCESS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST AREAS THAT THEY'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, FINE BUY INTO HOME.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD HAVE SOME, UH, SOME ISSUES.
UM, NEXT, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, UH, REDUCING NUMBER OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
SO IN 2024, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR 5% DECREASES IN UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS.
AND, UH, SHELTERED AND UN SHELTERED INDIVIDUALS, THEY'VE INCREASED THAT BAR 20%.
AND SO YOU'LL SCORE POINTS ONLY IF YOU MEET THAT 20% THRESHOLD.
UM, A, UH, REDUCTION AT LEAST 20% IN FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UH, LAST YEAR, THEY ALSO ASKED FOR A DEMONSTRATION OF A REDUCTION.
THEY DID NOT PUT A PERCENTAGE ON THAT.
SO YOU WERE ABLE TO SCORE POINTS, EVEN IF YOU HAD A SMALLER, UM, A SMALLER REDUCTION.
UM, AGAIN, GOING TO SUCCESSFUL EXITS, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AT LEAST 50% SUCCESSFUL EXITS FROM EMERGENCY SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL RAPID REHOUSING.
UM, IN 2024, AS LONG AS YOU IMPROVED BY 2%, YOU WERE ABLE TO EARN POINTS.
UM, 20% PARTICIPANT EXITS ARE TO UNSUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
AGAIN, THIS IS GOING BACK TO NOT, NOT CONTINUING PERMANENT HOUSING OR RAPID REHOUSING.
UM, AGAIN, GOING DOWN TOWARDS, UH, RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS.
SO AGAIN, IN 2024, YOU COULD REPORT A 1% DECREASE, AND YOU HAD FIVE, 10% THRESHOLDS OVER SIX, UH, 10 MONTHS.
UM, THEY'VE BUMPED THOSE UP A BIT.
UH, AND AGAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE A, UH, JUST IF YOU DECREASE, YOU COULD EARN SOME POINTS THERE.
THEY HAVE SET THRESHOLDS, UM, JOBS AND INCOME GROWS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT 20% INCREASE IN INCOME.
UH, IN 2024, IT WAS 20% OF PARTICIPANTS IN TOTAL.
SO NUMBER OF FOLKS VERSUS WHAT THE ACTUAL INCREASE IS.
UH, AND THEN 25% INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT, UH, INCOME FROM EXITING PARTICIPANTS, WHICH GOES ALONG AGAIN WITH THAT.
UM, UNSUBSIDIZED HOUSING, YOU'LL FORGIVE ME 'CAUSE I, I'M NOT GONNA GO READ EVERY SINGLE LINE OF THESE, UH,
YOU GET A SENSE OF THE TYPES OF THOSE THEY'RE SCORING US ON.
UM, HERE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE DECISION MAKING GOVERNED SPORT, AS I MENTIONED.
SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE PERSON WITH FORMER EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS, THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS, ONE REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, REPRESENTATIVES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, AVAILABILITY OF TREATMENT AND RECOVERY.
SO THEY WANT TO SEE, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST 30% OF PROJECTS IN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
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UH, REQUIRED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, UM, LISTS OF BEDS AND OCCUPANCY AGREEMENTS FOR THOSE.SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR ATTACHMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH, UH, PROJECT, UH, PART, UH, PROJECT, UM, LIKE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, UH, AS WELL AS OCCUPANCY AGREEMENTS DEMONSTRATING THAT 500 BEDS ARE DEDICATED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, UH, 20 24 7 ACCESS TO DETOX OR INPATIENT SERVICES.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, AT LEAST 50% LEVERAGE OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
UM, THERE, SO, UH, SO 16 POINTS HERE, UH, WILL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE 100% OF PROJECTS HAVE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS, AND YOU'LL GET HALF POINTS IF HAVE TO, UM, 20% REDUCTION IN ENCAMPMENTS FOR PEOPLE IN ENCAMPMENTS, UH, DEMONSTRATING AN INCREASE IN POSITIVE EXITS FROM STREET OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO THOSE ARE COMBINED, BOTH THAT FOLKS BEING OUTREACHED ARE HAVING POSITIVE EXITS.
AS WELL AS THAT THESE OUTREACH TEAMS HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THESE ARE A LOT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES.
UM, I WON'T GO OVER THEM AGAIN, BUT AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT, UH, PROHIBITING AND ENFORCING LAWS.
UM, CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR VOLUNTARY COMMITMENT, UM, SEX INDUSTRY REGISTRY, UH, AND NOTIFICATION, ACT COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH, UH, REALLY SEEKING OUT FOLKS THAT MAYBE HAVE BROKEN THE LAW, CONNECTING VIOLATORS OF PUBLIC CAMPAIGN AND DRUG USE, UH, LOTS OF SERVICES AND, AND PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES OUT SEEMINGLY AFTER THE COPS.
THE REST OF 'EM, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE.
UM, HERE WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO WHAT OUR PORTFOLIO LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THEIR CAP NOW LOOKS LIKE.
SO ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE OUR, UM, OUR LIST OF PROJECTS, UH, OUR ANNUAL RENEWAL DEMAND, SO ALL PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR RENEWAL, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, COC PROGRAM FUNDED PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED UNDER THE SPECIAL UNSHELTERED NOTICE OF FUNDING, FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UM, AND PROJECTS THAT SERVE DV SURVIVORS.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, COSTS THAT LONG BEACH RECEIVES FOR CONTINUATIVE CARE PLANNING OR AS A UNIFIED FUNDING AGENCY, UH, WHICH IS I THINK AROUND 800,000 OR SO.
THOSE ARE UNRANKED, AS LONG AS WE'RE ELIGIBLE AS COC TO RECEIVE FUNDS, THAT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST OUR, OUR A RD SUBMITTAL APPLICATIONS EVERY YEAR.
SO THEY'LL AWARD US THAT TO CONTINUE HOW ACTIVITIES OF, OF SERVICING COC, UM, ON THE LIST, YOU'LL SEE OUR PSH IS ABOUT 60% OF OUR PORTFOLIO.
UH, WHILE RAPID REHOUSING IS 11%, UH, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING EIGHT DOWN TO JOINT COMPONENT AT, UH, 618 K JOINT COMPONENT, UH, DESPITE IT HAVING A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING COMPONENT IS COUNTING AGAINST THE, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING CAP.
SO, PERMANENT HOUSING IS INCLUSIVE OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING AND DRUG COMPONENT PROJECTS.
UH, THEN WE HAVE OUR SSO PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDES COORDINATED ENTRY, UM, AND OUR HMIS, UH, WHICH SUPPORTS THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
UM, AND, UH, ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING PORTFOLIO IS, UH, A LITTLE OVER 9 MILLION.
UH, WHEN WE IMPLEMENT A 30% CAP ON OUR A RD THAT COMES UP TO 3.5 MILLION, WHICH LEAVES US WITH A NECESSARY REDUCTION OF, UH, ABOUT 5.5 MILLION FROM OUR PERMANENT HOUSING PORTFOLIO.
UH, THE LANGUAGE IN THE NOFO, UH, WHICH IS IN, WHICH IS IN THE MEMO, UM, ESSENTIALLY STATES THAT ONCE HUD FUNDS 30% OF YOUR A RD IN PERMANENT HOUSING, THE REST OF THE PROJECTS, THEY, THE REST OF THE PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECTS THAT THEY WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT, UM, THEY WILL ONLY FUND THAT 30%, AND THE REST WILL ESSENTIALLY JUST BE SET ASIDE.
THEY WON'T EVEN REVIEW THEM ONCE THEY'VE FUNDED YOUR 30%.
UM, FOR CONTEXT, OUR NEXT SLIDE SHOWS, UH, REGIONAL FUNDING AND WHAT OUR PARTNERS IN LOS ANGELES, PASADENA, AND GLENDALE, UH, THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, MY FORMER COLLEAGUES, UH, IN LOS ANGELES ARE LOOKING AT A NECESSARY REDUCTION OF 127 MILLION.
UM, PASADENA IS LOOKING AT, UH, 3.76 MILLION, AND, UM, GLENDALE LOOKING AT ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION.
UM, SO WE'RE TALKING A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SUBSIDIES FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, UH, IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING, UH, VERY WELL, UM, HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR HOUSING, UH, IN, IN RECOVERY FOR MANY YEARS,
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UM, WHO ARE NOW HAVING, UM, THEIR, THEIR HOUSING, THEIR SUBSIDIES, UM, ESSENTIALLY PUT ON THE, THE CHOPPING BLOCK BY HUD.UH, THEY'RE ASKING US TO ASSESS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT TO THEM, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, HAVE TO SEE WHAT REALITY WE KNOW FROM LONG BEACH, WHAT THAT IS IN TERMS OF PEOPLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING SERVED.
UM, SO THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED UNDER THE SPECIAL AND SHELTERED NOFO.
UH, THESE ARE FROM OUR, UH, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT THAT HAD LAST YEAR.
SO NOFO, UH, SPECIAL AND SHELTERED NOFO.
IT IS A SEPARATE, UH, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT.
AND DUE TO THE, THE WAY THAT IT WAS FUNDED, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T AS EASY TO, TO PULL THE NUMBERS.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT THE PORTION THAT IS LONG BEACH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 368 HOUSEHOLDS OF 506 PARTICIPANTS, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED.
NOW, THIS IS NOT EVEN FULL CAPACITY.
SO THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO BE SUPPORTED.
AND IT COULD BE THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE, UH, THAN THIS.
NOW THIS, THIS IS LOOKING AT JULY 24 TO JUNE FIVE.
UM, THIS INCLUDES, UH, 423 ADULTS, 83 CHILDREN, 205, UH, SENIORS, UH, 330 FOLKS WITH, UH, UH, WITH DISABILITIES, 121 VETERANS.
UH, AGAIN, ONLY INCLUSIVE FROM THE COCC PORTFOLIO, NOT
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE I'LL GO INTO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
I'M HAPPY TO, TO LEAVE THINGS, UH, A ALLOW FOLKS TO PROVIDE MORE COMMENT BOARD, ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CAN GO.
UM, I GOT YOUR PRESENTATION HERE.
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO READ IT? I MEAN, SOME OF THIS STUFF IS ALMOST UNREADABLE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE, UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UH, NOCO OVERKILL, WHICH IS THE WHITE OF THE DARK, THAT'S UNREADABLE.
AND I LIKE TO REVIEW THINGS, UH, AND THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE I ASK QUESTIONS.
AND THIS NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED SO THAT I CAN READ IT AND REVIEW IT AND ASK AND BE PREPARED TO ASK THE QUESTIONS IN THIS FORMAT.
I KNOW THIS IS LIKE POWERPOINT, THIS IS WHAT IT DOES, BUT IN THIS FORMAT, IT'S ALMOST UNREADABLE.
SO, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND ASK YOURSELF, I I DID NOT, I READ THIS IF I DIDN'T HAVE IT UP ON THE SLIDES.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US.
I, I, THE PRINTOUT, I, I'M NOT REAL QUICK ON COMING UP WITH QUESTIONS.
SO IF YOU COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND, UM, IN A, AS A GENERAL SENSE, THIS IS A BIG PACKAGE THAT WE HAVE TO READ THROUGH.
IF WE'RE EXPECTING TO COMPREHEND ALL OF THIS AND VOTE ON ANY PART OF IT, OR EVEN ACCEPT THIS, WE NEED TO READ THIS BEFOREHAND BEFORE WE COME TO THESE MEETING.
ARE THESE PROVIDED TO US IN ADVANCE? UH, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT WAS EMAILED YESTERDAY.
THE, THE MEMO THAT THE SLIDES CONTAIN, ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS EMAILED OUT ON FRIDAY, BUT PERSONALLY, I, I, I WOULD LATE TO MAKE SURE IT GOT OUT.
UM, AND THEN YES, NOTICE IT, BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT TO DIGEST.
SO IF YOU DON'T GET THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU EXPECT, THAT'S PROBABLY LIVE.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO BE, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN IN ONE SINGLE SESSION TO READ ALL OF THIS.
THAT'S A LOT IF WE'RE EXPECTED TO COMPREHEND IT.
SO IF YOU HAVE LARGE ISSUES, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT WELL IN ADVANCE, THAT IT'S, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO GO GET ON THE WEBSITE.
ANYTHING ELSE? JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SENT IN ADVANCE.
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SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL AGREEABLE.UNFORTUNATELY, I RELEASE A NOTICE ON THE OPPORTUNITY 5:00 PM ON THURSDAY.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS CONSTRAINED IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME I HAD TO, TO PUT TOGETHER.
MAYBE MAKE IT A LITTLE SIMPLER, LIKE BULLET POINTS AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH ALL THE, THE PERTINENT INFORMATION.
JUST GIVE US WHAT YOU HAVE AT THE TIME.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE.
I, I DIDN'T, I I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S UNREASONABLE.
BECAUSE I'M NOT, I'M NOT SOMETHING SOMEBODY LIKE YOU, I DON'T WORK IT EVERY DAY.
SO I NEED IT BROKEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU WANT THE MOST SYNCED SUMMARY, UH, DESPITE IT BEING LONG, I DO FEEL LIKE ORGANIZED IN A WAY THAT WILL LOGICALLY LEAD YOU FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
WHERE I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR FEEDBACK.
POWERPOINTS FREQUENTLY NEED SOMEONE TO LEAD YOU THROUGH THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ENCOMPASSING OF THE ENTIRE, UH, SO I, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE WE WERE PRINTED OUT TWO SLIDES PER, UH, PAGE RATHER THAN FOUR.
UH, THAT WAY THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE LEGIBLE.
'CAUSE YEAH, WHEN I, WHEN I CAME IN AND I SAW THAT WAY, WE HADN'T PRINTED OUT A BUNCH OF PACKETS ALREADY.
I WOULD HAVE, UM, YEAH, I WOULD'VE, I WOULD'VE TOED THAT.
THEY WERE VERY LEGIBLE, WHICH IS WHY I TURNED IT, IT WAS READING OFF THERE.
UM, SO I DO WANNA GO INTO OUR, UM, OUR STRATEGIC RESPONSE AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE POLICIES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED.
UH, AND, AND I PROMISE YOU THIS IS, I KNOW THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING, THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.
I WANTED TO DO A LOT OF BACKGROUND, UH, INTO THE NOTICE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, EACH INDIVIDUAL POLICY SECTION.
UM, WE TRIED TO MAKE REALLY MINIMAL UPDATES.
AND SO, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO AT LEAST TAKE SOME OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED HERE AND USE IT TO REALLY FORM THE, THE, THE ERT POLICY DISCUSSION.
SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY LIMIT OUR UPDATES THERE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT IS QUITE A HEAVY LIFT TO, TO, TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFERENT IT YEARS PAST.
UM, SO THE FIRST, UH, IS INCLUDING LANGUAGE IN THE POLICIES FOR POTENTIAL COMPETITION, UH, REQUIREMENT.
SO THAT STILL SAYS POTENTIAL AGAIN, 'CAUSE I HAD TO UPDATE IT ON THURSDAY.
SO, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DID WAS WE INCLUDED POLICY LANGUAGE THAT STATED AND PRESERVED LOCAL PRIORITIES.
SO PERMANENT HOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, WHILE ALSO TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE ANTICIPATED FUNDING CONDITIONS THAT WE, UH, BELIEVE WAS GONNA BE THE NOFO.
SO OUR MAIN FOCUS IS, AGAIN, PRIORITIZING PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES, UH, WITH OUR LOCAL SCORING AND RANKING CRITERIA.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, ADDING CONTINGENCY LANGUAGE TO ALIGN TO FEDERAL SCORING AND RANK CRITERIA AND CONSIDER REALLOCATION JUST TO ALIGN WITH FEDERAL FUNDING PRIORITY OR MAXIMIZE OUR COMPETITORS.
WELL, IN THE SCORING, A RANKING POLICY THAT WE'LL DISCUSS IN A FEW MOMENTS, UM, WHERE, UH, ESSENTIALLY WE INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS WHERE LOCAL METRICS LIKE INCLUDE EXPLORING OUR ELIGIBILITY, WE'LL REMOVE THOSE FROM COMPETITIVE SCORING, UM, BUT WE'LL RETAIN FOR LOCAL USE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE MEASURE IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO LOOKING AT DEMOGRAPHICS, ENSURING THAT FOLKS THAT WE'RE SERVING ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FOLKS IN LONG BEACH, UH, WHICH THE HUB WOULD LIKELY BE A FORM OF RACIAL EQUITY OR RACIAL PREFERENCES.
UM, SO WE CAN STILL SCORE AND MEASURE THAT LOCALLY AND LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR PROGRAMS BETTER TO SERVE FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
BUT TAKING THAT, INCLUDING IT IN THAT POLICY AND SUBMITTING IT TO HUD, UM, ALL BY GUARANTEES A LOSS OF POINTS FOR, FOR THOSE MEASURES.
UM, IN OUR, UH, SO ESSENTIALLY THERE WILL BE, UM, ADJUSTMENTS, NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO RANKING OF COMPETITIVE APPLICATIONS TO PRESERVE FUNDING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS, AS WE DISCUSSED, IS, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOUSE HUD SCORES, PERMANENT HOUSING, UH, OR, OR TIER TWO PROJECTS.
UM, AND HOW THEY WILL NOT SCORE PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECTS AFTER THEY REACH A CERTAIN POINT OF THE LIST.
UM, IT'S, IT WOULD BE VERY WELL THAT WHAT WE DO IS, UH, SCORE ALL PROJECTS, BUT THEN ONCE WE RANK THEM AND SEE
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WHERE THAT FUNDING CAP IS, LOOK BASED ON RESPONSES TO OUR, UH, OUR REQUEST PROPOSALS, WHICH WE'LL BE RELEASING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS GOING DELAY, WE'LL BE SETTING TARGETED RESPONSES.OUR TARGETED UPDATES TO OUR CC FUNDED PROJECTS IS SAYING, OKAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO POTENTIALLY TRY TO TRANSITION THIS PROJECT? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, A RAPID REHOUSING PROJECT AT RAPID REHOUSING, GENERALLY RIGHT UP TO 24 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE.
UM, MAYBE A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECT.
COULD BE A, COULD BE SCATTERED SITE.
AND SO IT MAY BE THAT YOU SAY, I HAVE THIS RAPID REHOUSING PROJECT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TRANSITION THIS INTO A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECT.
AND THIS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECT WILL NOT BE AT ONE LOCATION.
IT'LL ACTUALLY BE AT VARIOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT UNITS AROUND THE CITY.
UM, THAT COULD BE AN OPTION, UH, REALLOCATION.
SO WHERE THERE'S AN AWARD RISK TO THE SCORING CRITERIA, AL REQUIREMENTS ARE ELIGIBILITY.
REALLOCATED IS NEEDED TO CREATE NEW COMPETITIVE APPLICATION.
SO IF WE HAVE A RANK LIST, WE'RE GONNA SUBMIT TO HUD AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HIT OUR 30% CAP.
UH, AND HUD WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT THOSE OTHER PERMANENT APPLICATIONS, RAPID REHOUSING APPLICATIONS.
UM, REALLOCATING THOSE PROJECTS TO TRY TO CREATE NEW PROJECTS, SUBMIT THOSE TO HUD FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION, TO RETAIN AS MUCH FUNDING AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN LOOK AT REPLACEMENT FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES TO REFUND THOSE, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECTS.
UH, THAT WAY WE STILL ARE ABLE TO RETAIN FUNDING FOR PROJECTS.
BUT THEN ESSENTIALLY, SINCE HUD ISN'T GOING TO FUND THIS RAPID REHOUSING PROJECT, WELL, WE MAY HAVE OTHER RESOURCES HERE THAT WE CAN THEN MATCH THAT PROJECT SO WE CAN CONTINUE OPERATING SOME FORM.
UH, AND THAT WAY WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO, AGAIN, KIND OF KEEP FUNDING OUR SYSTEM, UM, SO AGAIN, WITHIN THAT IT WOULD BE DELEGATED AUTHORITY THAT THE CITY COULD APPLY AS A RECIPIENT AND THEN HOLD ANOTHER COMPETITION TO COMPETITIVELY SELECT A SUBRECIPIENT IF WE'RE REWARDED THAT FUNDING.
SO ESSENTIALLY I'LL SAY CITY OF THE LONG BEACH IS PROPOSING A PROJECT.
NOW WE HAVE FUNDING FOR A PROJECT.
NOW WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, SET UP
SO PRIORITIZING PERMANENT HOUSING TO PRESERVE THAT LONG-TERM FUNDING.
EMPHASIZING SITE BASE, UH, SITE BASED SPONSOR BASE TYPICALLY MEANS THERE'S ONE BUILDING OR ONE AGENCY THAT HAS A BUILDING OR MAYBE A CLUSTER OF APARTMENTS OR BUILDINGS.
AND, UH, THERE, THERE'S, THEY'RE SUBSIDIZED MORE SO THAN A TENANT BASED VOUCHER, WHICH MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE REPLACED, POSTED THE MATCH.
SO WITHIN PERMANENT HOUSING, LOOKING AT THOSE SITE BASED.
SO MAYBE A BUILDING THAT HAS A BUNCH OF SUBSIDIES VERSUS 20 VOUCHERS, UH, PRIORITIZING THE FIRST OR THE SECOND.
UM, SO THESE ARE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THE POLICIES.
UH, I'M GONNA GO FOR NEXT STEPS.
SO, UH, NEXT STEPS IS WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THOSE THREE POLICIES, AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THOSE POLICIES FOR THE COMPETITION.
UM, SO, UH, AGAIN, REALLY FOCUSING ON PRESERVING LOCAL PRIORITIES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA RELEASE THE COC PORTFOLIO, OUR FP REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR NEW PROJECTS.
WE'RE GONNA ALLOW REGIONAL PROJECTS TO PROPOSE, UM, EXPANSIONS, UM, AS WELL AS TRANSITIONS.
SO AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT WHAT I SAID A LITTLE EARLIER, UH, TRANSITION GRANT, UH, SAYING PERHAPS, UM, MY RAPID REHOUSING PROJECT COULD FUNCTION SOMEWHAT LIKE A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECT.
AND SO I'M GONNA PROPOSE TO TRANSITION IT TO AN ELIGIBLE COMPONENT.
UM, AND AGAIN, ASKING FOLKS TO CONSIDER IN YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, ARE THERE THINGS THAT HARDER IF LOOKING FOR THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION BOTH DUE AND RENEWAL.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL SELECT PROJECTS BASED ON THE RESPONSE OF THAT RFP AS WELL AS, UM, OUR SCORING AND RANKING POLICY, UM, TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST TO SUBMIT THE HUD 400 FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO BE AVAILABLE FOR A SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THAT LIST.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT TENTATIVELY, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO DISCUSSION ABOUT DATE AT THIS VERY MOMENT, UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT DONE, UH, WITHIN THE FIRST, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS OF DECEMBER, PROBABLY DEAL 11TH, 18TH, SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
UM, THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, MEET, PUT DEADLINES, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE R AND P AND SUBMITTING INFORMATION FOR THE LOCAL COMPETITION.
UH, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE SCREENSHOTS OF OUR WEBSITE EMAILS TO PROVIDERS, UH, TELLING THEM THAT WE'VE SELECTED THEIR PROJECT AND RANK THEM OR REJECTED THEIR PROJECT OR REALLOCATED, UH, PROJECTS,
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WHICH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION WE'LL HAVE TO DO TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND OBTAIN THAT FUNDING.UM, HOOD REQUIRES THOSE TO BE DONE BY A CERTAIN DATE.
AND WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL AS CITY PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME TO ANNOUNCE AWARDS AS WELL AS NOTIFY FOLKS AND ALLOW THEM TO APPEAL.
SO, UM, TRYING TO KIND OF MARRY THE TWO IN A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME.
I HAVE TO SAY, UH, WITH THANKS AND THANKSGIVING COMING UP, I'M VERY THANKFUL THE HU FOR GIVING US THIS GIFT DURING THIS, DURING THIS WONDERFUL ROUND DAY SEASON.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE, UH, BUSINESS DAYS AS WELL.
UM, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR'S, THOSE ARE ALL BUSINESS DAYS THAT WE CANNOT COUNT TOWARDS CERTAIN DEADLINES.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE ARE REQUIREMENT FOR NUMBERS OF BUSINESS DAYS AS WELL.
UM, THAT IS THE END OF THE FIRST PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
I PROMISE THE REST WILL MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY.
UM, BUT DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
WELL MAKE A, IT SOUNDS LIKE A, THE OTHER TWO COS, UM, PASADENA, ARE THEY FOLLOWING THIS THE SAME APPROACH? ARE WE TAKING THE LEADER? NO.
UH, UM, THEY ARE TAKING, WE, WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED SIMILAR, UH, SOMEWHAT SIMILAR APPROACHES.
UM, THEY ARE, THEY'VE DONE SOME SCALING BACK ALREADY, FOR EXAMPLE, OF THEIR PERFORMANCE METRICS, UM, IN LOS ANGELES WHERE THEY HAVE A LARGE PORTFOLIO OF PERMANENT HOUSING SOUNDS AS IF THOUGH THEY'RE LOOKING TORAN, TRY TO TRANSITION THOSE TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND TRY TO USE THAT KIND OF SCATTER SITE IDEA AS WELL.
UH, I'M NOT SURE YOU HAD A
WE MET WITH, UM, UH, NEIL PASADENA C EXCUSE TODAY.
UH, I THINK PASADENA AND LA ARE GOING TO TAKE THE APPROACH OF THIS DEEP EXTENT POSSIBLE, TRYING TO APPLY FOR TRANSITION PROJECTS, ASKING SUBRECIPIENTS TO CONSIDER, UM, TRANSITIONING WHERE POSSIBLE WITHOUT PERMANENT HOUSING TO EITHER, UH, EITHER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR SERVICES, UH, SERVICES ONLY.
UM, LA COC IS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THAN OURS.
UM, OUR COC, OUR PERMANENT HOUSING PORTFOLIOS, UH, PRIMARILY SPONSOR BASED AND FAMILY BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT INCLUDE SERVICES AND THE L-A-C-O-C.
THEY'VE HAD A STRUCTURE WHERE, UH, THEY APPLY FOR SERVICE DOLLARS FOR SERVICES AND HOUSING ABOUT THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES ARE GENERALLY SUBSIDIZED UNITS.
SO THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE A STRATEGY FOR THEM.
THEY CAN PRESERVE PERFECT HOUSING SERVICES.
THAT CLIENT, UH, SERVICES WILL WE'LL, UM, UH, OUR RFP THAT WE WILL ALL BE RELEASING OUR RFP AROUND THE SAME TIME.
OURS SHOULD, OURS SHOULD BE RELEASED IN A FEW DAYS, LOSS THEIR HOUSE TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THEIR COMMISSION ORDER TO RELEASE THEIR RFP.
UM, I THINK GLEN, I THINK PASADENA IS FURTHER OFF.
GLEN, NO FP PLAN IS PROBABLY, UH, SORT OF
UM, OUR PEOPLE ALLOW FOR PROVIDERS TO IDENTIFY WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONSOLIDATE PROJECTS, EXPAND PROJECTS TO TRANSITION PROJECTS, OR APPLY OUT THE ROOM.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR RP IS WE ARE, UM, OUR, OUR COC SUB RECIPIENTS, UM, HAVE BEEN PROCURED.
UH, SO TALKING ABOUT RENEWALS, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS EXPAND AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES WHERE WE CAN.
SO, UM, IF AN AGENCY APPLIES FOR FUNDS AND THEY ARE, UH, REALLOCATED IN WHOLE OR PART BY HUD, UM, WE ARE BUILDING A CONDENSING LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS US TO LIKE, UM, APPLY ALTERNATIVE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO HAVE MEASURING THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR ADAPTABILITY TO RESERVE FUNDING OR HOUSING MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE USE THE RFP AS THAT WE ABLE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT GOING FORWARD, LIKE FOR THE NEXT NO VOTE, DO YOU SEE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE THORAC DROPS FOR PERMANENT HOUSING AND THE BIG INCREASE IN SORT OF POSITIVE OUTCOMES OR HOUSING AND HOW WE MIGHT SCORE IN THE NEXT MONTH? THAT'S REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
UM, I, I THINK THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE BEHIND THIS NOFA WILL BE SURPRISED BY THE
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UM, I WILL ADD BRIEFLY THAT, UH, THE POLICY ITEMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRESENTATION.UM, THERE'S A PRESENTATION AND THERE'S A MEMO THAT JUST MENTIONED.
THOSE ARE BOTH CONTEXTS, A LOT OF, UM, FRAMING FOR A FEW OTHER POLICY ITEMS. UM, IN SEPTEMBER WE HAD BOARD RETREAT, AND THEN WE HAD GENERAL MEMBERSHIP WHERE WE HAD PREVIEWED TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, A LOT INTO.
THAT WAS A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS.
UM, A LOT OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE OR SOME VARIATION OF THAT.
UM, AND THAT WE HAD PRESENTED, UM, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS NOW RANKING AND SCORING REALLOCATION.
UM, THAT WAS SORT OF LIKE OUR, OUR BEST FORECAST ON WHAT WE THOUGHT THE NOTEBOOK MADE LOOK LIKE AND NOT THE VERSIONS OF THOSE POLICIES YOU'LL SEE TODAY, UM, ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE VERSIONS THAT YOU HAD SEEN IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, BUT WITH CHANGE WAS BASED OFF OF OUR ATTEMPT TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SOME OTHER CONTEXT THAT I'LL MENTION IS, UH, WE, UH, THE, THE, THE WE IS THAT THERE'S A REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE THAT INCLUDES, UM, CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, GLENDALE, PASADENA, WASA, CITY OF COUNTY LA.
WE MET WITH THE STATE, UM, ABOUT A MONTH AGO BEFORE THE
THE STATE WAS INDICATING THAT THEY HAD THEN PURSUE SOME KIND OF LEGAL ACTION, UM, GETTING INTO LITIGATION, YOU KNOW, CAN'T PERHAPS SAY TOO MUCH AT THE MOMENT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALSO CONSULTED WITH STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
UM, BUT THE, THE GUIDANCE WE'VE GOT IS TO, UM, UH, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THAT IS, UM, SORT OF, UH, TACTICALLY TAILORED AND MIRRORED TO THE NOTES OF FUNDING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, SORT OF NON-RESPONSIVENESS TO THE NOVA, WHICH CAN IT MORE CHALLENGING TO HAVE A LEGAL, UM, STANDING LATER ON.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL SEEK TO APPLY, WE'LL SEEK TO, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE AS COMPETITIVE OF APPLICATIONS AS POSSIBLE WHILE WE SIMULTANEOUSLY PURSUE YOU, UM, LEGAL OPTIONS.
I WILL SAY THAT THE NOTICE, UM, BUT SEEMS TO BE AWARE THAT THEY'VE MET SUE ROLL OUT LATELY BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDES DIC LANGUAGE AROUND LITIGATION, UM, SORT OF, UH, LIMITS TO WHO'S, WHOSE PARTY TO, UM, STAY, UH, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A GOOD JUDICIAL STAY REGARDING, UH, THE, THE, THE NOTES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SORT OF LIKE, UM, REQUIREMENTS TO BE JOINED IN, UH, LITIGATION, UH, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EVENT THAT, UH, LITIGATION IS OVERTURNED LATER ON.
SO, UM, THEY BUILT ALL THAT THE NOTICE WHICH, UH,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MC FILE.
THANK, I DON'T THINK WE GOT A MOTION.
WHO WAS FIRST OH, FAVOR AND SHOW HANDS.
NEXT I'M GONNA GO OVER THE, ESSENTIALLY THE LANGUAGE THAT WE ADDED, THE SCORING RANKING PROCESSES.
UM, SO I'M GONNA SUMMARIZE THE PURPOSE OF THE FUNCTION SCORING AND RANKING PROVIDED OVERVIEW OF ABOVE UPDATES AND SUMMARIZE NEXT STEPS.
NEXT SET FOR EXACT WAS SAME AS I JUST SPOKE.
UM, UH, LAST RESEARCH ITSELF, PROBABLY KIND OF THAT PORTION QUICKLY.
UM, SO HUD HAS, UH, UH, REQUIRES C CS TO REVIEW ASSESSMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS.
IT'S PART OF THE, UM, COMPETITION.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING AT LEAST 50% OR OBJECTIVE CRITERIA, WHICH THEY'RE DEFINING IF A, AS PLUS PE PERFORMANCE DATA POPULATION TO SERVE UP FROM
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33%, 2024.THEY'RE ASKING AT LEAST 25 PER PERCENT OF POINTS AVAILABLE, UH, BUT VERY SPECIFIC MEASURES INCLUDING RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS, UH, AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME.
AND AGAIN, SERVICE, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT 25% THRESHOLD VERSUS SOME PERFORMANCE POINTS AVAILABLE THERE.
SO ASKING OF ASSESS FOR THAT AND SCORING US ON WHETHER OR NOT SUPPORT.
SO MINOR REVISIONS TO THE POLICY INCLUDE, UH, RANKING EXEMPTIONS ON CLARIFICATION AND REPORTING PERIODS.
THAT DATA IS EVALUATED AND EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF AREAS EVALUATED FROM HMIS DATA.
UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS AFFIRM THAT LONG BEACH PRIORITIZES PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECTS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE NOFO REQUIREMENTS MAY REQUIRE US TO ADJUST OUR COMPETITIVE SCORING AND RANKING CRITERIA TO MAXIMIZE COMPETITIVENESS AND PRESERVE FUNDING.
UH, AND THEN THE DELEGATED AUTHORITY, AUTHORITY LANGUAGE ESSENTIALLY IS ALLOWING US ON BEHALF OF THE COC TO REMOVE PERFORMANCE METRICS FROM COMPETITIVE SCORING THAT, UH, BUMP UP AGAINST HU REQUIREMENTS, UH, JUST RANKING CRITERIA TO REFLECT PROJECT TYPE ELIGIBILITY AND FUNDING STRUCTURE.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH 30, 30%, UH, PERMANENT HUSBAND CAP, UH, AND THEN OUTLINES THAT ANY NECESS NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS DON'T REFLECT A CHANGE IN OUR LOCAL PRIORITIZATION, AND THEY'RE ONLY BEING MADE TO RESPOND TO POLITICAL RECORDING.
SO AGAIN, SPEAKING RECORDING, WE'LL BE USING SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE PROVIDES US WITH, UM, UH, FIRM GROUND TO STAND OUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, IN GETTING INTO THE CONVERSATION WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW FILE DECISIONS ARE MADE AND IF WE DISAGREE WITH THEM, UH, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WE THAT WE WILL.
UM, SO THE CONTINGENCY LANGUAGE, UH, THAT WE ADDED IN PART, UH, SO YOU CAN READ IT IN THE ACTUAL POLICY, UH, ESSENTIALLY SAYS THROUGH THE RELEASE, THE NOFO HAD TO OUTLINE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE RENEWAL PROJECTS AND DEFINES PROJECT TYPES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR NEW PROJECT APPLICATIONS, BUT IS CONSISTENTLY EMPHASIZED RAPID PLACEMENT AND STABILIZATION OF PERMANENT HOUSING.
BUT DESPITE THIS, THEY RETAIN THE AUTHORITY TO ADJUST FUNDING AND SCORING CRITERIA WITH, WITH EACH NOFO, UM, AND SET PRIORITIES.
SO WE AFFIRM THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF PERMANENT HOUSING IN LONG BEACH MEANS INTEGRAL TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE ELIGIBLE PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECT TYPES IN OUR COMPETITIVE SCORING AND RANKING DECISION.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED IN LONG BEACH TO MAXIMIZE FUNDING, AVAILABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS, UH, IN RESPONSE TO HUD'S APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO TO CON ENSURE THAT COMPETITIVENESS AND THEN PRESERVE FUNDING ELIGIBILITY, UH, THE LONG BEACH COC MAY ADJUST SCORING AND RANKING CRITERIA IN RESPONSE TO APPLICABLE THOSE WE MAY REMOVE ALLY ADOPTED PERFORMANCE METRICS FROM COMPETITIVE SCORING THAT CAN FLICK WITH CRITERIA, THRESHOLDS AND PRIORITIES.
THESE ADJUSTMENTS DON'T REFLECT A CHANGE IN OUR LOCAL PRIORITIES AND METRICS MAY CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR LOCAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES.
AND WE ALSO MAY ADJUST RANKING CRITERIA TO REFLECT PROJECT TYPE ELIGIBILITY AND TIER ONE AND TIER TWO.
COMPETITIVE FUNDING STRUCTURE ADJUSTMENTS WILL ONLY BE MADE TO COMPETITIVE, UH, PROJECT APPLICATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS DO NOT REFLECT A CHANGE OF PRIORITIES AND ARE ONLY MADE RESPOND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE COMPETITORS AND PRESERVE FUNDING ELIGIBILITY.
UM, HERE ARE OUR NEXT STEPS AS WE WENT OVER MOMENTS AGO.
HAPPY TO OPEN THINGS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, THE CONTES CONTINGENCY LANGUAGE, UH, DESPITE, UM, BEING SLIGHTLY UPDATED UPON RELEASE OF THE NO FROW, UH, IS MAINTAINED PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE
WE WANTED TO LEAVE OURSELVES WITH SOME ROOM.
UM, AND THEN SPEAKING WITH, UM, VICTIMLESS FOLKS, UH, IT SEEMS AS IF THOUGH WE, UM, DON'T KNOW WHAT HUD WILL THINK OF IT, BUT GENERALLY FOLKS THINK THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH AND THING WITH, WITH THIS PROMISING SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, CONTEXT AROUND THE SCORING AND RANKING.
UM, SO THIS YEAR, SO, UH, I THINK WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY THE 2024 NOFO WAS I THINK THE FIRST TIME THAT HAD ISSUED A TWO YEAR
UM, THE, SO THERE, THERE, THERE ESSENTIALLY HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST IMPLICIT, UM, APPROVAL, UM, TWO YEARS OF THE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED IN 2024.
UM, THE, UH, I FOUND EARLY THIS YEAR THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO, UH, INCORPORATE EXECUTIVE ORDERS INTO CONTRACTS AND PROGRAMS WITHOUT HAVING, UM, ESSENTIALLY BROKE HERE WITH THOSE EXECUTIVE
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ORDERS INTO EFFECT.SO, UM, THE NOTICE AS A WAY TO SEEK TO ENFORCE A LOT OF THOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, IT COULD ALSO EVENTUALLY BE A WAY TO, UM, UH, APPROACH, UM, RESCISSIONS THAT, UM, THERE IS A ELECTIVE THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FULLY FUND ALL THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND APPROPRIATE FOR OR TO CAREFULLY WHEN WE WILL NOT RECEIVE, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT MEET ALL THE CRITERIA UP TO THE TOTAL LOWER VALUE.
UM, SO THAT'S A WAY TO ALSO SORT OF FORCE US AT THE SAME TIMES.
UM, WHAT WE'LL PLAN TO DO WHEN WE GO TO, UM, BOARD AGAIN FOR OUR SPECIAL MEETING IS WE WILL
ONE IS THE LIST THAT WE'LL SUBMIT WITH THE NOTICE OF THE, AND THE OTHER WILL BE, UM, ESSENTIALLY REAFFIRMING THE, THE, THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UM, LIST FOR, FOR PROJECTS AS THEY'RE, THEY'RE CURRENTLY FUNDED.
UM, THE INTENT THERE IS THAT IN THE EVENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S, UH, IN, IN THE EVENT THERE, THERE IS, UM, SOME SUCCESSFUL LITIGATION.
WE MAY USE THE OTHER LIST AS, OR
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOT LEGS, UM,
UM, AS A SCIENTIST AND A SOCIOLOGIST I IDEA, I AGREE THAT THAT IS GONNA BE VERY SURPRISED AT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE PROVEN TO WORK ARE DEPRIORITIZED, UM, OF WHAT'S, WHAT ARE THEY EXPECTING US TO DO? AND THE NUMBERS ARE GONNA SHAKE OUT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S GONNA HAVE EFFECTS ON, ON PEOPLE THAT JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONALITY WITH TRYING THE HARDEST TO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
I
WELL SUPPORT HOW, HOW SUCCESSFUL DO YOU THINK THAT, UM, YOU WILL BE IN SUBSIDIZING THE FUNDING THAT WE MIGHT LOSE? IT'S REALLY A QUESTION, UM, WHERE I THINK, UH, IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR, UM, IF WE, I'LL, I'LL START BY SAYING, UM, SO PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE A MONTH AGO OR SO WAS, UH, UH, WHAT CAPACITY DOES THE STATE HAVE TO SUPPORT, UH, CO C'S REGIONALLY, UM, STATEWIDE IN THE EVENT OF MASSIVE FUNDING REDUCTIONS? UM, THE STATE HASN'T YET CONFIRMED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PURSUE, I THINK THEY WILL PURSUE WHATEVER LEGAL OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE BEFORE THEY RELEASE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
BUT THEY'VE GIVEN US FLEXIBILITY TO USE STATE DOLLARS AS WE, IN ORDER TO DRAFTS, UH,
UM, UH, SO WE HAVE, WE'VE, WE'VE RECEIVED ANNUAL, YOU KNOW, FUNDING THAT'S REASONABLY EQUIVALENT TO THE AMOUNT WE RECEIVED FOR THE COC.
UM, SO WE AT LEAST HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE TO, TO ALLOCATE BY BARGAIN FOR THE STATE ORDER TO, UM, STATE FUNDS.
THE ISSUE IS THAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BURN THROUGH FASTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED, THAT WE MAY HAVE A FUNDING CLIFF IN FUTURE YEARS.
UM, SO MY SUSPICION IS THAT FUNDS THAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD WILL PROCESS THROUGH 2029 MIGHT BE EXHAUSTED BY 2027.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO, UH, IN THOSE OUT YEARS OUT THE QUESTION MARK, SO YOU'RE, SO YOU SHOULD THINK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO EXTEND THE DEADLINES OUT WITH IT FOR YOUR PROJECTS.
WHAT? UM, WELL WE, WELL, WE WILL NOT BE TO EXTEND OUR DEADLINES AS RELATES TO THE NOTICE OF FUNDING, BUT WE, AND, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S A LOSS OF FUNDING, PEOPLE WILL, PEOPLE WILL SEE FURTHER FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
SO MOSTLY THAT COMES FROM THE STATE.
UH, YEAH, I MEAN, OUR BUDGET PROBABLY, UH, STATE, COUNTY AND FEDERAL EACH EACH MAKES UP IN
BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF RESOURCES THAT, UH, MORE FLEXIBLE THE STATE PROVIDES THE MOST FLEXIBILITY.
CAN WE GET A MOTION BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? MOTION? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA? ITEM I STANDARD TWO
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MINUTES.INTRODUCE MYSELF OR JUST, OKAY.
SO TAHI HAS WITH
HERE WE ARE WITH PERMANENT HOUSING AND SWITCHING TO TRANSITIONAL, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I HAVE FOR THE STAFF IS THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THE EXISTING SERVICE PROVIDERS AND YOU SAY TO THEM, LIKE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SWITCH YOUR PROGRAM FOR PERMANENT HOUSING TO TRANSITIONAL? I MEAN, THAT'S A, A FIRST START, YOU KNOW, VERSUS THE ELIMINATION.
AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, BECAUSE IN THREE YEARS WE CAN POSSIBLY BE GOING BACK TO THE SAME PROCESS ALL OVER HERE.
SO I JUST REALLY WANT THE STAFF TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK, REACH OUT TO THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND SEE HOW COLLECTIVELY CAN WE MAKE THIS SHIFT.
BECAUSE EVEN WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND 40 HOURS, I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLICATED THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY TALK THANK, THANK YOU.
AND NOT, NOT IN RESPONSE, BUT BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME, UM, UH, BOTH THROUGH THE, UH, RFP THAT WE'LL RELEASE, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE IN THERE.
WE'LL ALSO BE REACHING OUT TO PROVIDERS.
UM, I'M HOPING, I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO RELEASE THE RFP THIS WEEK, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY BY NEXT, AT BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK AT THE EARLIEST WITH OFFICE HOURS TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS, UM, AS WELL AS REALLY TRY TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY-BASED PROCESS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS APPLICATION.
SO, UH, THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE TAKING THE QUESTIONS FROM THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UH, PUTTING THEM OUT THERE AND ASKING OUR PARTNERS WHAT INFORMATION THEY HAVE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP BOLSTER THE APPLICATION.
SO NOT JUST BEING IN A SILO, TRYING TO FOCUS OUT ON OUR OWN, BUT REALLY CONNECTING THOSE FOLKS BEING, UM, FOLKS INFORMED.
UM, AGAIN, HOLDING THOSE COMMUNITY NEEDS FEEDBACK.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS ARE INVITED, UNFORTUNATELY, THE BROWN ACT, WE'VE ASKED YOU NOT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT YOU CAN LIST THEM IN.
UH, AND THEN WHEN NEED, WE HOLD OUR MEETING LATER IN DECEMBER WITH THE PRIORITY LIST, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY BREAK TOPICS BACK FOR A CONVERSATION THAT'S MAYBE KIND OF IDENTIFY YOUR CHAIRS AS WELL.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SUBJECT? THAT WAS MOTION.
MOTION PASSES, COORDINATE HER ON
SUMMARIZING BRIEFLY THE FUNCTION OF REALLOCATION, UH, THE REALLOCATION POLICY, PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW AND SUMMARIZING NEXT STEPS, REALLOCATION OF THE PROCESS FOR IT.
COC SHIFTS FUNDING AND PARTNERING BOTH FROM EXISTING PROJECTS TO OTHER PROJECTS, UM, TO, TO IMPROVE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.
UM, SO THERE COULD BE INVOLUNTARY, WHICH IS THAT OUR STANDARDS FOR VOLUNTARY, WHERE AN AGENCY SAYS REPORT ONE REASON
UM, WE DISCUSSED OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
UH, SO ADMINISTRATIVE
TRUE SECTION OF ONE, UH, CLARIFIED WHAT SIDE THE REALLOCATION PROCESS AND ALIGNED WITH THE COVERAGE CHARTER WITH BE EXPLORING EARLIER NEXT YEAR.
THUS, THAT WAS EITHER OUTDATED OR SLIGHTLY MISLEADING INFORMATION.
THE EXISTING POLICY THAT WE JUST UPDATED, UM, TO THE CURRENT PROCESS, UH, AND ESSENTIALLY ADDED A SECTION CALLED COMPETITIVE FUNDING BASED REALLOCATION.
UM, SO I'M GONNA READ OVER THAT IN A MOMENT.
SO I'M NOT GONNA READ THIS SLIDE.
I'M GONNA KIND OF SUMMARIZE WHAT'S IN THERE.
UM, AS WELL AS HAVING, UH, UH, GIVING US A DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO CREATE SOME NEWER
SO HERE'S SOME OF THAT
THE CITY MAY REALLOCATE FUNDS OVERALL C THE SAME FUNDING WHEN SCORING CRITERIA, THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS OR ELIGIBILITY, UH, AS REQUIRED BY THE NOTEBOOK.
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AGAIN, THE ADDRESSABLE PROGRAM, UH, REPRESENT A SHIFT IN LOCAL PRIORITIES AND ARE ONLY BEING APPLIED.REMAIN COMPETITIVE FUNDING BASED.
REAL REALLOCATION CAN ONLY BE USED WHEN A PROJECT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CHRONIC CONSIDERATION OR IS NON-COMPETITIVE DUE.
THE THRESHOLD DEVELOPABILITY SCORING CRITERIA OR PROJECT TYPE RESTRICTIONS, HUD ESTABLISHES NEW POLICY PRIORITIES OR PROJECT TYPE PRIORITIZATION.
UH, REALLOCATION REQUIRED TO ENSURE FULL COVERAGE OF TWO TIER FUNDING SELECTION, INCLUDING ELIGIBILITY FOR PROJECT TYPES OR FUNDING CAPS IN TIER ONE AND TIER TWO, WHERE THERE ARE REGULATORY CHANGES TO THE COC PROGRAM RULE OR WITHIN THE FEDERAL NOFO OR OTHER DIRECTIVES BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SHIFT, UM, TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE ELIGIBILITY
SO FUNDING BASED REALLOCATION WILL ONLY APPLY TO COMPETITIVE APPLICATION AFFECTED BY THE NOBLE PACIFIC ELEMENTS.
ANY PROJECT REALLOCATED BASED ON FEDERAL DIRECTION OR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, SCORING CRITERIA, PROJECT TYPE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR REPLACEMENT FUNDING THROUGH OTHER SOURCES, WHICH AGAIN, WE ALSO BUILD INTO OUR RENEWAL.
UM, SO WHEN APPLICATION TIMELINES PRECLUDE A FULL COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AGAIN, GIVING THE CITY AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT NEWER EXTENDED PROJECTS WITH REALLOCATED FUNDS, EITHER OPERATE THE PROJECT DIRECTLY OR SELECT THE SUB-RECIPIENT FOLKS AWARD, WHATEVER, MOST APPROPRIATE
UH, AGAIN, NEXT STEPS, RELEASING THAT R FEE SCORING PROJECTS, LEADING OUR REVIEW FOR REALLOCATION, RANKING 'EM, AND THEN SCHEDULING THAT SPECIAL MEETING, UH, TO REQUEST TO ALL, UH, APPROVAL.
SO TURNING THINGS BACK OVER TO THE BOOK.
SO I'VE BEEN SPEAKING FOR A WHILE.
I SIT IN AN OFFICE, I TODAY
UM, BUT TURNING OVER THE BOARD FOR, UH, FOR QUESTIONS OR NOT, CAN WE GET A MOTION BEFORE WE MOVE TO QUESTIONS? SECOND, ANY MEMBERS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS? NO BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE SHOULD SPEAK
WE, WE CAN'T DO ALREADY E AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A, IT IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, TION CLAIM, UM, BUT, UH, ALL RENEWAL PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU RECEIVE COC FUNDING CURRENTLY MM-HMM
AND YOU'RE ON OUR LIST, YOU'RE RECEIVING EMAIL FOR BEST EXPECTED EMAIL VERY SOON.
UH, I, I CAN'T SAY THAT UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT AGENDA AND FOR, YOU KNOW, PURPOSELY THE PROCUREMENT OF LOCAL, I CAN'T WAIT FOR
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UM, WE'RE FROM THE AGE
WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER, OBVIOUSLY OVER
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
JOSEPH, CAN WE DO A MOTION FIRST? OH, YEAH.
CAN WE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND GET A MOTION ON IT, PLEASE? UH, BUT SECOND, THANK YOU.
UM, SO FUNDING PRIORITIES SO SERIOUSLY IS REQUIRED OF FORMAL SELECTION PROCESS.
UH, SO HOW THIS HAS BEEN STATED AS A SINGLE COORDINATED INCLUSIVE ORIENTED PROCESS FOR
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THE SOLICITATION OBJECTIVE REACHUM, THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS, UH, AS WELL AS PROJECT SIZE ELIGIBILITY BASED ON, UM, THE NOTICE ON OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH COC THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE.
AND THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH,
UH, HERE YOU'LL BRIEFLY SEE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE.
SO, UH, OUR ESTIMATED A D AND 0.9 MILLION HERE, ONE THERE BE EQUAL TO 3.85, WHICH, UH, UM, AGAIN, YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTICE VERY CLOSE TO THE AMOUNT PERMANENT HOUSING CRITICAL TO APPLY FOR AS WELL.
UM, POC BONUS, UH, IT'S 2.3 MILLION.
THAT'S HOW MUCH NEW FUNDING WE CAN APPLY FOR.
UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BONUS MAJORITY 80 4K.
THAT'S HOW MUCH, UH, NEW DV BONUS APPLICATIONS WE CAN SUBMIT.
UH, AND THAT'S STATED BEFORE, UH, WE CONSIDER U FILE $40 IS ABOUT NINE, 900,000.
UM, THERE, UM,
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A JOINT COMPONENT, WHILE ELIGIBLE AS A RETO, UH, HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN ELIGIBLE AT LEAST UNDER THE D BIG BONUS.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NO LONGER FUNDING, AT LEAST THROUGH THOSE NOFO NEW, UH, JOINT COMPONENT PROJECTS.
AND REMEMBER THAT ALSO COUNTING AGAINST OUR, OUR CAP THERE.
UM, SO MINOR REVISIONS INCLUDED CONTROL AND REALLOCATED PROJECTS FOR THE GUIDANCE.
UH, TALKING ABOUT FUNDING PRIORITIES, MOVING LANGUAGE REFERENCING PREVIOUS ON POLICY PRIORITIES, UH, AND INCLUDED HISTORICALLY BONUS PROJECT, UH, ELIGIBLE PROJECT TYPE.
UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE LANGUAGE AGAIN, THE
UH, SHOWING YOU HERE JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ARE IN THE PORTFOLIO BETWEEN PERMANENT HOUSING, THE VARIOUS TYPES AND PROJECT FACING.
THE BUILDING ITSELF ESSENTIALLY HAS A SUBSIDY, UH, SPONSOR BASED, WHICH IS THAT I GENERALLY LIKE AGENCY, UH, YOU KNOW, EITHER POTENTIALLY OWNS THE BUILDING, THOSE MORE TIED TO THEM, BUT USUALLY A LITTLE STABLE LIKE PROJECT BASED
SO OTHER, THOSE ARE BECAUSE, UH, THOSE PROJECTS WERE FUNDED UNDER THE
THAT'S WHY THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU TYPICALLY HAVE SEEN IN THE CC PROGRAM PROTOCOL THERE, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE, SO, THE CONTINGENCY LANGUAGE.
SO PENDING, UH, RELEASE OF THE NOFO, WHICH IS NOW, UH, HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED.
I TO FIND OUT PROJECT TYPES FUNDING CAPS, POLICY AUTHORITY, AND THE COC AFFIRM DEVELOPMENT PRESERVATION OR PERMANENT HOUSING.
I WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE PERMANENT HOUSING IN OUR FUNDING DECISION.
WE RECOGNIZE PROJECT BASED BY BASE AND SPONSOR BASE ARE TIED TO
AS, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED IN BANK COMPARTMENTS FOR 10 PLUS YEARS.
THEY'RE DOING GREAT WHEN THERE SOME, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT IN GENERAL PRIORITIZED OVER ALL, UNDER ALL OTHER COMPETITIVE RENEWABLE PROJECTS.
THE PROJECT BASED AND SPONSOR BASED OVER TENANT BASED BY
THE PROJECT TYPE ELIGIBILITY, PEER PLACEMENT FEDERAL STANDARD, A NEW COMPETITIVE APPLICATION WILL BE SUBMITTED ONLY IF THE NO PROB CRITERIA CREATES A MATERIAL AWARD RISK.
UH, SUCH THAT NEW PROPOSALS BEEN REALLOCATED FUNDING REQUIRED, POTENTIAL NECESSARY REALLOCATION.
UM, IF HOW ADJUST ELIGIBLE PROFIT TYPES
UM, SO GOING BACK REAL QUICK, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY HOW IT'S BEEN OUTLINED, UM, DESPITE THE FACT THAT COORDINATED ENTRY, UH, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY ARE GONNA BE OUR LOWEST PRIORITY.
UH, IT'S CE BECAUSE IT FUNDS RIGHT COORDINATED ENTRY, UH, COLLABORATION AND ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
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THAT, AND HMIS HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN STEMMED FROM RANKING.UM, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATION, AT LEAST MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE MAINTAIN THOSE BEING EXEMPT BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKBONE BRICK INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM AND ARE ALSO REQUIRED
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SYSTEMS FUNDED, WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE COC PROGRAM TO ENROLL JUST SO FEDERAL.
SO, UH, JUST KIND OF GOING BACK AND, AND SHOWING THAT LIST OF HOW WE'D ACTUALLY PRIORITIZE, UH, PROJECT TYPES.
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE WE ADDRESSING THE RACIAL PREFERENCES THING AND FOR THE, LIKE THE STIPULATIONS AROUND LIKE BINARY AND SEX.
I KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING THING, LIKE YOUR, YOUR PROGRAM REFLECTS THE POPULATION THAT'S AROUND YOU.
UM, THE NOTICE, SO, YOU KNOW, UH, TO CONSIDER POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, CONFLICTING OUR, UH, COUNTRY PRE WITH THE, THE NO VOTE, UM, THOSE SERIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT YOU'RE EXPECTED TO ABIDE BY, UM, THERE ARE STILL FAIR HOUSING AND NON-DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO THE WAY WE WORDED OUR, UM, OUR, UH, PREVIOUSLY WE DID HAVE EQUITY EQUITY MEASURES IN OUR RIGHT, WE REWORD THOSE TO SAY, UM, THAT BASICALLY IT'S PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION PAGE THERAPY.
WE ARE SERVING WITH NEUTRALITY THAT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF A ONE GROUP HAVING BEING SERVED WITH A PREFERENCE OVER ANOTHER.
UM, SO THAT'S OTHER WORDING HAS BEEN UPDATED, UM, THAT WE THINK ALIGNS WITH THE NON-DISCRIMINATION ELEMENTS OF FAIR HOUSING.
UM, IDEALLY WE WOULD STILL, UM, BE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO EQUITY AND I THINK WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT, UH, IN TERMS LIKE LOCAL POLICY, LOCAL PRODUCT IMPLEMENTATION,
UM, SO I THINK IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE, THE, THE GENDER ELEMENT, UM, UH, HUD HAS REMOVED GENDER AS A DATA ELEMENT ENTIRELY, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING, UM, EQUAL ACCESS AND GENERATE IDENTITY.
UH, TO JOSEPH'S POINT AROUND SORT OF THINGS THAT ARE EXISTING EQUAL ACCESS IN GENERAL IDENTITY IS STILL FINE
SO I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS SORT OF GROUNDS FOR CONTESTING, WHICH IS THAT IF YOU ARE PENALIZING APPLICANT'S FOR ADHERING TO AN EXISTING LAW, THAT SHOULD BE QUESTIONED.
UH, THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE STARTED TO BUILD IN LANGUAGE EXPLICITLY AROUND THE REFRAMING OF GENDERLY SEX.
SO THE EXAMPLE OR TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS, I THINK PROBABLY BE QUIET ABOUT THAT RATHER THAN TRYING TO COME UP WITH LANGUAGE THAT SORT OF SUPPORTS
UM, ESSENTIALLY ADMITTING THE REFERENCE TO, TO THAT WHERE WE CAN JUST ADDING LIKE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT APPLICATIONS, THERE'S SCOPES OF SERVICES AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS, SO PROBABLY JUST LIMITING REFERENCES TO, UM, INCLUSIONARY PRACTICES THAT HISTORICALLY, UH, WE'VE BOTH LIKE TO INCLUDE IN THE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEY REFLECT OUR, OUR PRIORITIES AND OUR, AND OUR VALUES, UM, AS WELL AS ACTUAL PRACTICES.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IF I DOESN'T WANT IT IN THERE, THAT'S FINE.
I CAN STILL HAVE SPECIFIC TO FOLKS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, I JUST DON'T NEED TO A LOT ABOUT IT IN MY PROJECT DESCRIPTION.
UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES ARE, YOU KNOW, TAILORED TO THEM AS WHO WANTS.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD HOPE FOLKS WOULD CONTINUE TO TAILOR SERVICES TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE THEM UNCOMFORTABLE.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE.
HEATHER BUILDING A NAME FROM MJLA, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S HAS STILL BEEN A MANDATE HOW WE DO THE CALCULATIONS OR IF THERE, IF WE DO, LET'S SAY WE GET TO KEEP OUR PROGRAM, ARE WE ABLE TO RECALCULATE WHERE INSTEAD OF THEM PAYING 30% OF THEIR INCOME TOWARDS THE RENT, ABLE TO PAY 60% OF THEIR INCOME TOWARDS THE RENT SO THEY AT LEAST HAVE YEAH.
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RATHER THAN EVERYBODY THAT'S SEEING IT.UM, I THINK THAT'S AN, I'LL SPEAK IN A GENERAL SENSE.
UM, THERE ARE ABOUT THE, ABOUT HUD GREENWELL APPLICATIONS.
SO THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT P CAN HOOD'S TALKING ABOUT 30% CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
UM, THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
THEY'RE NOT SAYING IF YOU HAVE 10 PROJECTS, ONLY THREE, UM, WITHIN THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PORTION OF THAT APPLICATION, THERE'S ABILITY TO USE BOTH BEAR MARKET RENT, WHICH THEY TAKE THAT AREA RENT AND OF GIVE YOU THAT, THAT AMOUNT TOWARDS RENT AND ALSO ACTUAL RENT.
SO YOU COULD SAY INSTEAD OF GETTING, LET'S PRETEND THAT FM R IS 1500 A PERSON, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SERVICING A BUNCH OF THEM, I'M NOT GONNA DO QUICK ENOUGH BECAUSE I OVER, YOU KNOW, POUND BUCKS, HEY, YOU HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU'RE SERVING 50 PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE GETTING FAIR MARKET RENT.
IF YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN SERVE THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND WE WILL JUST CHANGE THESE FAIR MARKET RENTS TO ACTUAL RENTS AND THIS IS HOW I'M GONNA PROPOSE MY RENEWAL APPLICATION, THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE WITHIN THAT FUNDING TAB.
AND SO THAT RENEWAL APPLICATION CAN BE SUBMITTED.
IT COULD BE THAT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ANOTHER PERSON HOUSING.
THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS TAKING UNDER CONSIDERATION BY PROVIDER LOOKING, BY SAYING, WE'RE STILL GONNA SERVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, HOWEVER, UH, WE DON'T NEED FULL RENTS.
UH, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN IN YOUR APPLICATION IF WE HAVE THAT.
I DID SEE THAT IN LOS ANGELES, SOME FOLKS GETTING, UH, ACTUAL RENTS RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO IT COULD BE VOLUNTARY, RIGHT? REALLOCATION AND SAYING, I CAN STILL SERVE THESE FOLKS.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT IN YOUR APPLICATION.
YOU CAN'T SAY, WELL, I'LL ONLY SERVE 10 INSTEAD OF 20, BUT I STILL WANT THIS THE SAME AMOUNT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY, I'M VOLUNTARILY REALLOCATING, HOWEVER, I'M STILL GONNA SERVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
THAT'S GENERALLY HOW IT WORKS WITHIN THE COMPETITION.
IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT THAT CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE COMPETITION, WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MAJOR, UH, AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY TO THAT PROJECT.
AND SO THAT, THAT CAN BE MADE DUE TO
AND SO TO COMPLY, THE CITY OF
WE TO THE, WELL, TO MY AT THIS.
I MEAN THE, THE DIFFICULT THING TO GENERALLY SAY, NOT IN RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENT, UH, WOULD BE THAT, UH, DAY TO DAY BASED ON INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT, UH, LONG BEACH IS SHIFTING STRATEGIES, CONSTANTLY CONVERSATIONS WITH PARTNER, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE AND HOMELESSNESS IS GONNA HAVE A, A MEETING TOMORROW, AVERAGE TOMORROW.
UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE SPEAKING ABOUT STRATEGIES.
IT COULD BE THAT THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT THEY BRING UP TOMORROW THAT WE FEEL WE SHOULD INCORPORATE INTO OUR LOCAL COMPETITION WITHIN THE AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THESE POLICIES.
SO AS WE'RE NOT STEADFAST IN OUR APPROACH, WE ARE CONSISTENTLY SHIFTING OUR STRATEGY BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S COMING OUT, WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE SAYING, FEEDBACK WE'RE RECEIVING, WHATNOT.
YOU KNOW, JEFF HAD DISCUSSED, UH, CONSULTING, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT UH, LEGAL ENTITIES AS WELL.
SO, UM, YEAH, EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH FUNDING AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT LOSE SOMETHING IF POSSIBLE.
WITH THAT ALSO, UM, MAKING A EFFORT TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AND MAXIMIZE FUNDING AS MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC BEING? UH, ARE YOU GOOD? OH YEAH.
UH, AND JUST FOR QUORUM PURPOSES, WE ARE OVER TIME, SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOOD TO DO ITEM NUMBER SIX, YOU KNOW, SO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX,
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SECOND.MY NAME'S STEVEN BUR I'M OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT, REGIONAL SERVICE BUREAU.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG MEETING, UM, SO I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS WAY.
THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH NEW INFORMATION LAST YEAR.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS YEAR PIT COUNT IS GONNA TAKE PLACE ON JANUARY 22ND.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT AT THE SAME PLACE THAT WE'VE DONE WITH LAST FEW YEARS.
THE GRAND IN LONG BEACH OVER THERE ON WILLOW.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE AIMING FOR A LITTLE BIT HIGHER NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER AND STAFF PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR FOR A GOAL OF 400 AS OPPOSED TO THREE 50.
UM, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LAST MINUTE DROPOUTS IN THE PAST AND WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT BY MAKING JUST LARGER GROUPS, UM, TRYING TO ENSURE THAT EVEN IF WE DO HAVE SOME DROPOUTS, WE WON'T HAVE ANY AREAS MISSED AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEND OUR OUTREACH TEAMS TO AT, AT A LATER DATE.
UM, SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE DOING FOUR TRAININGS PROVIDED TO NON HSB STAFF.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THREE OF THOSE VIRTUALLY WITH ONE OF THOSE OPERAT IN PERSON ACTUALLY IN THIS ROOM.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL GONNA TAKE PLACE IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JANUARY.
UM, IF, IF YOU ALWAYS, MY EMAIL'S GONNA BE ON A NUMBER OF THESE SLIDES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY, STEVEN DOT
UM, JUST IF YOU GUYS, IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED ALREADY, UM, JUST A LITTLE INFOGRAPHIC ON HOW TO REGISTER.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND OUR, UH, REPORTS FROM THE PREVIOUS COUNTS AT LONG BEACH.GOV/HOMELESS COUNT.
UH, ONCE YOU DO GET TO THAT WEBSITE, IF YOU JUST SCROLL DOWN TO THE SECOND SECTION, YOU CAN SEE IT HERE.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL, THIS HOMELESS COUNT, GET INVOLVED, YOU'LL SEE A REGISTERED YEAR LINK.
IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR REGISTRATION, UH, QUESTIONNAIRE.
ONCE THAT'S FILLED OUT, YOU'LL RECEIVE, UH, EMAILS AT A LATER DATE THAT WILL ADD YOU TO A TRAINING AND, UH, GIVE YOU ANY MORE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
SO, COMPONENTS OF THE COUNT, JUST SAME AS LAST YEAR, SAME AS PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING STREET-BASED ENUMERATION, WHICH IS OUR UNSHELTERED COUNT ON JANUARY 22ND.
THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE FROM 5:00 AM WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING TO SHOW UP THE GRAND AROUND 4:30 AM SO THEY CAN GET OR GET COFFEE, GET BREAKFAST, UH, LISTEN TO A LITTLE SPEAK OR A LITTLE TALK PROBABLY BY THE MAYOR AND BY OUR BUREAU DIRECTOR.
UM, THEN AFTER THAT, WE'RE OUT OF THE FIELD.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE AN OUTREACH TEAMS CONDUCTING THE SPECIALIZED COUNT ON JANUARY 20TH, 21ST AND 23RD IF NEEDED.
UH, JANUARY 19TH IS A HOLIDAY, SO THEY WON'T BE DOING ANYTHING THAT DAY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUR SERVICE BASE COUNT AT OUR DIFFERENT SERVICE SITES.
SO THE MSC, UM, IF WE ARE OPERATING LIBRARY SERVICE THAT DAY, OUR LIBRARY STAFF WILL BE CONDUCTING THAT.
I BELIEVE US, EDS AND VA ALSO CARRY OUT THE SERVICE, UH, BASED ACCOUNT AT OUR ACCESS CENTERS.
SO, UM, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR WE ARE PUTTING A LITTLE BIT MORE EMPHASIS ON OUR SHELTER COUNT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LARGER BUY-IN FROM THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THE SHELTER COUNT AS A SHELTER COUNT VOLUNTEER.
THE SHELTER COUNT TAKES PLACE ON THE EVENING PRIOR TO THE UNSHELTERED COUNT.
IT TAKES PLACE, UH, FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM AT A NUMBER OF SHELTERS THAT REQUEST VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE.
IN CONDUCTING THAT, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR THIS, WE PROVIDED VOLUNTEERS TO LONG KEY RESCUE MISSION AS WELL AS FIRST TO SERVE.
HOWEVER, WE DO OUTREACH TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SHELTERS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD, UM, OR IF THEY'RE IN NEED OF ANY VOLUNTEERS.
SO IF WE DO GET MORE REQUESTS, WE WILL PROVIDE MORE VOLUNTEERS TO THOSE SITES.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL ALSO BE DOING, UM, PART OF OUR SPECIALIZED COUNT THAT ALSO KIND OF FALLS INTO THIS HOUSING
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALWAYS CARRY OUT OUR YOUTH COUNT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH LVCC AND C-S-C-L-P, LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, WE'RE TAKING AWAY A LITTLE EMPHASIS FROM LAST YEAR THAT WE HAD ON L-V-U-S-D, UM, NOT BECAUSE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AREN'T GREAT, BUT BECAUSE THEIR DEFINITION OF, UM, A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL VERSUS THE DE HUD DEFINITION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO THE DATA WE ACTUALLY GOT FROM, FROM, UM, USD WASN'T AS APPLICABLE AS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO CUT IT OUT.
SO SUIT BASED GENERATION, UM, WE'RE GONNA, VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 72 MAPS OR 72 DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO KIND OF MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER, A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
UM, TEAMS ARE PROBABLY GONNA CONSIST OF THREE TO FIVE.
I'M TRYING TO AIM FOR TEAMS WITH FIVE VOLUNTEERS TO ENSURE A LITTLE BIT LESS STRENUOUS, UM, AND APPROACH ON ALL THE VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE PART.
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UM, VOLUNTEERS AS ALWAYS, THEY'RE ALWAYS DIRECT UP TO APPROACH AND EN ENGAGE WITH EVERYONE THEY ENCOUNTER ON THE STREET.UM, OFFERING THEM, UM, AN INCENTIVE OF A GIFT CARD, A LITTLE $10, SEVEN 11 GIFT CARD.
WE'RE TAKING PART IN A 35 40 QUESTION DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY.
UM, SOME OTHER NEW THINGS FOR THIS YEAR.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE A NEW STRICT DESIGN THIS YEAR THAT WE'VE MADE WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DESIGN HERE.
UM, AS ALWAYS, WE ARE GONNA OFFER TRANSLATION, UM, DEPENDENT ON TEAM.
IF WE HAVE OR IF WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS OR STAFF THAT ARE FLUENT IN ANY LANGUAGE, WE WILL ALLOW 'EM TRANSLATE.
OTHERWISE, WE WILL HAVE LIVE TELENE TRANSLATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR ANY NON-ENGLISH SPEAK OR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
UM, BACK TO CENTER STAFF, UM, VERY SIMILAR TO UNSHELTERED STAFF.
WE'RE GONNA CARRY OUT THE SAME DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY ON THE SAME APP.
UM, AS I SAID EARLIER, SHELTER PROGRAMS AND CONFIRMED HOUSING SITES ARE GONNA CARRY OUT THAT SAME SURVEY ON THE NIGHT PRIOR TO THE UNSHELTERED COUNTS.
UM, WE'LL PROVIDE TRAINING AS WELL AS VOLUNTEER SUPPORT AT THE SHELTERS.
AS I SAID EARLIER, UM, WE'RE GONNA, AND JUST TO ENSURE WE ALWAYS DO RUN A HOUSING INVENTORY ACCOUNT USING OUR HMIS SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE CAPTURED ALL THE BEDS THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.
BUT GETTING THIS DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY FROM THOSE RESIDING IN SHELTERS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT BETTER INFERENCE INTO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE SETTINGS AS WELL AS WHAT, UM, IF THERE'S ANY DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IN SHELTERS VERSUS WHAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING ON THE STREET DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS.
UM, AS I SAID, THE COUNT, THE COUNT IS GONNA BE CONNECTED WHERE CONDUCTED ON A SURVEY, 1, 2, 3 MOBILE APP.
UM, IT'S A SURVEY, IT'S AN APPLICATION WE'VE USED IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VENDOR.
UM, THEY KNOW OUR AREA, THEY KNOW KIND OF WHAT WE DO DURING ACCOUNT.
SO REALLY PULLING DATA FROM THAT APP IS A LOT MORE SEAMLESS FOR US THAN FINDING A DIFFERENT VENDOR.
UM, WE ALWAYS CARRY OUT DEDUPLICATION, UM, WITH OUR DATA ANALYSIS OR WE'LL HAVE OUR DATA TEAM GOING THROUGH.
WE DON'T TAKE ANY, UM, SIGNIFYING INFORMATION, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANYONE SPECIFICALLY.
HOWEVER, WITH A FEW, UM, DATA MARKERS, WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO, UH, DEAGGREGATE THAT.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY HOPE, HOPEFULLY NOT DOUBLE COUNTING, UH, VERY MANY PEOPLE.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE GONNA HAVE VISUAL ACCOUNT INTERPRETATION WHERE THIS TAKES OR THIS USUALLY TAKES PLACE WHEN WE'RE IDENTIFYING PEOPLE SLEEPING IN VEHICLES.
UM, WE GO, GO THROUGH DATA, WE ASSESS A CERTAIN VALUE TO EACH VEHICLE AND THAT ASSISTS US IN KIND OF, UM, UNDERSTANDING ALL THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE VISUAL ACCOUNT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA AIM TO COORDINATE WITH OUR PUBLIC RACE TEAM, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM, UM, BY APRIL, 2026 AFTER WE CONDUCT ACCOUNT IN JANUARY.
SO VERY MUCH ON THE SAME TIMELINE AS LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WAYS TO SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE.
UM, IF YOU GUYS, IF YOU HAVE TIME, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, WE ALWAYS, UH, WELCOME AS MANY VOLUNTEERS AS WE CAN GET SIGNED UP.
FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER COUNSELING.
UM, IF YOU HAVE A SERVICE SITE LOCATION AND YOU WANT TO BECOME AN ACCESS CENTER FOR THE SITE, OR YOU ARE AN ACCESS CENTER, BUT YOU'RE NOT A SERVICE SITE LOCATION, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US.
OR IF YOU'RE A SHELTER PROVIDER, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING RESIDENTIAL PROVIDER AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, REACHED OUT TO ANYBODY YET ON MY TEAM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY SO I CAN GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH THE CORRECT PEOPLE SO WE CAN GET YOU SET UP FOR THE ACCOUNT.
LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE A VERY GOOD TURNOUT FOR DONATIONS, SO WE ENDED UP PURCHASING A LOT OF OUR HYGIENE KITS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF OUTREACH, HOWEVER, IF YOU, IF ANYONE IN THIS ROOM DOES HAVE A GOOD ORGANIZATION, PERSON OR CONTACTS THAT WANTS TO GET INVOLVED, BUT MAYBE CAN'T PROVIDE DEMAND POWER BECAUSE CAN PROVIDE SUPPLIES, YOU WOULD GLADLY TAKE ANY, SO TOOTHPASTE, TOOTHBRUSHES, SO USE
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OF OUR, UM, HOME STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN HERE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING AN EVENTS IN ABOUT A MONTH, AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS ALSO GONNA BE GETTING SOME DONATIONS AND BUILDING, UM, BUILDING SOME HIKING KIT.
WHERE DO YOU DROP OFF TO DONATIONS? DROP
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO, I, I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW DROP OFF CENTERS.
UM, STILL NOT RECALL EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE, YEAH, SO SEND ME AN EMAIL.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, THE SURVEY FROM THE
ARE THEY ASKING STUDENTS WHO ARE IN DORMS ABOUT SUMMERTIME? NO.
SO WE, WE, WE WORK WITH THE STUDENT SUPPORT OR LIKE, THERE'S DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AT THE COLLEGES.
UM, I KNOW LBCC HAS A SPECIFIC ENTITY THAT'S DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING, UM, THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOUSING.
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I BELIEVE CSLG DOES AS WELL.UM, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC TEAM THAT CONNECTS WITH THEM.
WE ACTUALLY CONNECT WITH YOUTH WHO MAY BE HOUSING INSECURE TO ACTUALLY TAKE PART.
WE PROVIDE 'EM WITH A LITTLE BIT LARGER INCENTIVE THAN JUST COMPLETING THE SURVEY AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE SURVEY.
USUALLY THE PEOPLE ARE PRE-IDENTIFIED BY THE SUPPORT STAFF, HOWEVER, UM, THEY DO TABLE AS WELL.
SO THEY KIND OF OFFER IT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC SAYING, ARE YOU EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS? AND THEN IF SO, THEY HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM AND THEN CARRY OUT THE SURVEY.
I JUST HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE THE, THE POINT OF TIME IS ALWAYS IN JANUARY.
AND STUDENTS WHO ARE IN DORMS WHO WILL NOT ENROLL THEIR CLASS OR HOMELESS SUMMER? NO.
IT THEN THE YEAR, THE COUNT IS ALWAYS CONDUCTED AT, SO WE CAN CONDUCT THE COUNT ON SHELTERED JANUARY 22ND.
USUALLY THAT'S RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF WELCOME WEEK FOR STUDENTS COMING BACK WINTER BREAK.
SO USUALLY, UM, C-S-O-D-I KNOW WE INCORPORATE INTO WELCOME WEEK LVCC.
I THINK WE DO IT A LITTLE BIT AFTER THEIR WELCOME WEEK.
SO AT THAT POINT, STUDENTS AREN'T BACK IN IN CLASS AS WELL AS, SO THEIR, THEIR STATUS IN WINTER IS APPROXIMATE FOR WHAT THEY MIGHT BE.
UM, FAR AS THE LOCATION OF, UH, WHERE YOU'RE COLLECTING THE DATA, ARE YOU COLLECTING DATA ON WHERE YOU ARE, LET SAY, WHERE YOU ARE COUNTERING THAT INDIVIDUAL? YES.
SO THE SURVEY 1, 2, 3, UM, IS THAT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT OR BY AREAS OR HOW IS THAT GROUPED? SO WHEN, SO THE SURVEY 1, 2, 3 APP ACTUALLY HAS A GS COMPONENT BUILT WITHIN IT.
SO WHEN THE SURVEY IS CARRIED OUT, IT ACTUALLY PINGS EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE WHEN YOU CONDUCT A SURVEY AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAP THAT OUT AND WE CAN ASSESS EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT, WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT IT IS IN OR SECONDLY EXACTLY WHAT STREET CORNER IT'S IN AS LONG AS SO BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND THOUGH WHERE THE CONCENTRATIONS ARE HEAVIER AND WHERE THEY ARE LIGHTER, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DATA.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN, I WOULD NEED TO CONNECT WITH DALTON DORA, WHO IS OUR SENIOR DATA ANALYST.
UM, HE DOES BASICALLY CLEAN ALL THE DATA, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS YES, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND ANY OTHER QUESTION? I BELIEVE THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE, SO IF NOT, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
YEAH, THERE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE, UH, VOLUNTEERS.
UM, THERE'S NOT, I MEAN A LOT OF S THAT YOU CAN, FOR SOME AREAS DUE THE COUNT SAYING YOUR VEHICLE, IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED.
THERE IS SOME WALKING INVOLVED, SO USUALLY IT'S GOING ON THE STREET, WALKING, LOOKING IN THE ALLEYWAYS, LOOKING MAYBE LIKE BEHIND FENCES, THAT KIND OF THING.
IT, IT'S USUALLY NOT TOO INTENSIVE, IT'S MOSTLY JUST WALKING UP AND DOWN STREETS AND THEN DRIVING TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
SO CAN YOU REQUEST A I OF PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS THAT THEY CAN'T WALK, WALK DISTANCE? CAN YOU REQUEST, UH, MAYBE BEING STATIONED AT A, UM, SHELTER? YEAH, SO, SO, SO ONE OF, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SIGN UP FOR THE, FOR THE COUNT THERE, THERE IS A FACET THIS YEAR WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP TO BE A SHELTER COUNT VOLUNTEER.
I SIGN UP THAT YOU NEED TRI IN THAT.
AND IN THE NOTE THERE IS A FEW THINGS WHERE YOU CAN ADD NOTES, YOU CAN ADD THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY ONLY WANNA DO THE SHELTER COUNT AND WE CAN PLACE YOU AT A SHELTER THAT ENTAILS DRIVING OUT TO A DIFFERENT SHELTER LOCATION AT LIKE FIVE 30 ISH, 5 45 ISH THE NIGHT BEFORE THE COUNT.
WE'LL GET YOU CONNECT STAFF ON SITE AND THEN THEY'LL PLACE YOU AT A SEAT, USUALLY AT THE SHELTER COUNTS.
YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE WALKING UP TO YOU AND DOING THE SURVEY WITH YOU, SITTING AT A DESK.
ANYTHING, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? SAME.
UM, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO TABLE I AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE.
UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF AND OPERATIONS PRESENTATION.
AND THEN ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEM? ANY, NONE.
ANY FUTURE, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU WANNA THANK.