QUESTION
Will the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) assume full responsibility for asylum seeker response efforts by fiscal year 26, and will funding transfer to other agencies?
1:27:23
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The asylum seeker operation is recognized as a government-wide effort, not confined to the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) alone, and this collaborative approach is anticipated to continue with appropriate adjustments to funding.
- The initial period of the asylum seeker crisis saw DHS taking the lead.
- The challenge of addressing the needs of asylum seekers falls beyond just one agency, emphasizing a whole-of-government approach.
- Commissioner Molly Wasow Park expects the collaborative nature of the response to persist.
- Funding alignment will be adjusted as necessary to reflect this joint effort.
Diana I. Ayala
1:27:23
So as of the preliminary plan, all of the city's asylum response funding in fiscal year 2620 and it's budgeted through DHS.
1:27:30
Do you expect that DHS will assume full responsibility for response efforts by that point time, or will some of this funding may transfer to other agencies.
Molly Wasow Park
1:27:41
The 1st few months of the asylum secret crisis DHS was really very much the the lead, and it was a tremendous challenge for the agency.
1:27:52
Right?
1:27:52
We have responsibilities as just every agency, right, that go well beyond the asylum seekers.
1:27:58
So at this point, the asylum seeker operation is a whole of government response, and I do anticipate that to continue.
1:28:05
I am and funding will be aligned as appropriate.
Diana I. Ayala
1:28:10
Okay.
