Q&A
Challenges in tracking and accountability for veterans in the system
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Council Member Linda Lee addresses the difficulties in tracking and maintaining accountability for veterans within the system. She expresses concerns about silos between city agencies and the efficient use of available resources.
- The discussion highlights the challenge of identifying and tracking veterans and their families
- There's a focus on the need for better coordination between city agencies
- Commissioner Hendon acknowledges an increase in families in the system, but notes they are still working on identifying specifics
Linda Lee
0:53:25
Got it.
0:53:25
Got it.
0:53:25
And then out of that, how much of the funding is actually used towards programs and services.
0:53:32
And then so let me take two steps back.
0:53:34
So going along with your theme, I'm chairholted about data and tracking folks, because I know this is a big theme at a couple of our previous hearings where it's just so difficult to track and and keep sort of accountability in terms of the folks that come in and out through the system with our veterans.
0:53:50
And so, you know, and one of my biggest pet peeves is sort of the silos and different city agencies and how sometimes we're not working enough with the resources that we have, and we're not being efficient with dollars that are available.
0:54:06
So there are some things you highlighted in your testimony that I actually wanna ask about in terms of how that is helping get to that goal.
0:54:13
And if it's giving contributing rather to the increase in families.
0:54:20
Because I'm assuming that we're seeing an increase in families in the system that are coming through.
James Hendon
0:54:24
We're seeing an increase, but for us, it's still teasing out what for us, it's still teasing out who's who as far as those folks, like, what are the families.
0:54:31
We're still working to tease that point out, madam Chi.
0:54:33
Yeah.
Linda Lee
0:54:33
Okay.
