AGENCY TESTIMONY
Time limits and challenges in emergency domestic violence shelters
0:15:33
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49 sec
The speaker outlines the time limits imposed on emergency domestic violence shelters and the challenges associated with these limits and shelter capacity.
- New York State imposes time limits on emergency DV shelters:
- Initial 90 days
- Potential 45-day extension
- Possible final 45-day extension
- Maximum stay in NYC: 180 days in an emergency DV shelter
- Challenges:
- 1.4% vacancy rate in the shelter system
- Time limits lead to transitions from DV emergency shelters to DHS shelters
- Efforts to improve transitions:
- Working to make transitions as seamless as possible
- Bolstering the system for more warm handoffs
- Establishing back-office links to maintain housing support during transitions
- Plans for 2025 to further strengthen HRA-DHS links and provide more robust support services for transitioning survivors
John Rojas
0:15:33
New York State imposes a limits on emergency DB shelters.
0:15:38
Survivors have 90 days, then a potential for a 45 day extension, and then a potential for a final additional 45 day extension.
0:15:47
Meaning in New York City imposed maximum of a 180 days in an emergency TV shelter.
0:15:53
The 1.4% vacancy rate coupled with a 180 day maximum emergency TV shelter limit means that we do not that we do have exits from DV emergency shelter to DHS shelter.
0:16:05
We are continually working to ensure that the transition is seamless as possible.
0:16:09
That means bolstering our system to allow for more warm handoffs and establishing back office links so that so a housing shop operator does not fall away in the transition from a DB emergency shelter to a DHS shelter.
