Q&A
CityFHEPS vouchers and expansion of supportive housing for DV survivors
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3 min
Council Member Diana Ayala inquires about the process for applying for CityFHEPS vouchers and the expansion of supportive housing for DV survivors:
- Family Justice Centers can link survivors to home base offices for FHEPS B applications, but don't process CityFHEPS applications on-site
- The NYC 15/15 supportive housing program was expanded in summer to include DV survivors with children
- Approximately 700 congregate and scattered-site units for families with children remain unawarded in the 15/15 program
- The expansion of 15/15 for DV survivors is still in the proposal stage, with no placements made yet under the new criteria
- The expansion only applies to families with children, not single DV survivors
- Conversations about potentially reallocating unawarded scattered-site units to congregate units are ongoing
Diana Ayala
0:34:52
Alright.
0:34:54
I'm moving on to the city fobs.
0:34:55
So can can the family justice centers process referrals for city fobs either to stay or to leave through home base?
Jennifer DeCarli
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Hi, everyone.
0:35:07
Good morning.
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Can you hear me?
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I'm sorry.
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It's great to be here with all of you, W.
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D.
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Speaker Ayala, chair Lewis, other council members.
0:35:15
So at the family justice centers, we are able to support folks with linking the home based office is for FEPS B applications.
0:35:22
We don't process city FEPS applications on-site.
Diana Ayala
0:35:24
You don't process.
0:35:25
Okay.
0:35:28
If not, what is the process to apply?
0:35:31
Do do survivors have to go in person to apply at a at a HRA office?
Jennifer DeCarli
0:35:39
You mean to apply for FESB applications for FESB.
0:35:41
So for FESB, we are able to link with survivors remotely or in person through our community partner network, and we're not actually doing the application at the FTC.
0:35:51
We're just certifying that someone is eligible and then linking them to the appropriate home based office.
0:35:56
And we can do that for somebody who comes in person, like I said, or remotely through our partner network.
0:36:01
Okay.
Diana Ayala
0:36:03
Makes sense.
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Okay.
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The administration expanded eligibility for New York City 15 15 supportive housing to include survivors with children this summer, which I'm really excited about.
0:36:14
How many survivors with children?
0:36:15
I know this is fairly recent, but do we know what the number of survivors with children have is that have been granted supportive housing since the expansion?
John Rojas
0:36:26
So the administration along with the council is very happy that our existing 15, 15 supportive housing was expanded.
0:36:35
We expanded that in early early summer, and in on July 30th, we released an addenda addendas to addenda to our to our 15, 15 RFPs for both scattered setting congregate to expand the support housing portfolio.
0:36:50
So given that it was on July 30th, we're still waiting for proposals to come in so we could score them more than what we're hoping.
0:36:57
And we do know some of our our collaborators, our DB providers will probably apply.
0:37:02
So as of yet, we don't have any specifically for based on the new revised domestic violence criteria that's been included.
0:37:11
However, I do want to highlight that individuals of and families who are survivors of domestic violence can be found eligible for the existing portfolio of supportive housing, including 1515, the various New York and New York 3, including the state program Deishai Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative, which includes targeted units for domestic bond and survivors.
0:37:38
And I think Rima, you could speak a bit to that, but we we have made many placements to each eye providers who have housing, supported housing specifically for domestic violence survivors, both primarily families.
Diana Ayala
0:37:52
Were single domestic violence survivors also included as an eligible population for the program?
John Rojas
0:37:57
I'm sorry.
0:37:58
Say that again?
Diana Ayala
0:37:58
Were singles considered an eligible population for the expansion of the program?
John Rojas
0:38:03
The expansion from the 1515 was expanded with the families with children allegory only?
Diana Ayala
0:38:08
No singles.
John Rojas
0:38:09
No.
0:38:09
Okay.
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Do we
Diana Ayala
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know how many congregate and statocytes statocyte units for families with children remain unawarded?
John Rojas
0:38:18
Approximately 700.
Diana Ayala
0:38:21
Has the administration considered reallocating unawarded Skyward site units to congregate?
John Rojas
0:38:26
Of those conversations are occurring?
0:38:28
It's a larger conversation with our other providers and stakeholders.
