Q&A
Street outreach efforts and encounters with asylum seekers
1:23:44
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76 sec
A DHS official responds to Council Member Ayala's concerns about street homelessness among asylum seekers. The official describes the department's outreach efforts and their observations.
- Street outreach teams have not encountered high numbers of single adults who are new arrivals living on the streets
- No families with children have been found living on the streets
- Families needing a second placement are granted one
- The official offers to provide more detailed information about areas where they've received calls and conducted canvassing
UNKNOWN
1:23:44
So our street outreach, you're very familiar.
1:23:46
They do go out through the city and do outreach and we do work with the communities when they tell us there's a group of folks.
1:23:54
One of the things that the team has been doing is and we have not encountered, high value of single adults in the street that are coming new arrivals in the city.
1:24:03
I do want to put it out there and we have not encountered luckily any families with children.
1:24:07
As Molly has said, every family with children that needs a second placement is granted a second placement or third, so forth.
1:24:16
For those, we are working closely and we do refer them to the reticketing center where they get processed.
1:24:21
And my colleague here, Emily, could get you numbers if that's what's needed.
1:24:26
But in terms of the street outreach that DHS has, when we go out, we have not encountered a significant increase of new arrivals in the city out in the street.
Diana Ayala
1:24:35
Any calls regarding possible sightings?
1:24:40
Or, like, I mean, I know at Randalls we had, you know, over a 100 folks that were living outside of the HERC in tents.
UNKNOWN
1:24:48
So I could get back to
UNKNOWN
1:24:50
you in
Diana Ayala
1:24:50
terms of That should fall under the category of street homelessness, right?
UNKNOWN
1:24:53
I will definitely have to get back to you, and let you know where we've been receiving calls and what areas we've been canvassing.
