Q&A
Debate on the effectiveness of current shelter services
2:44:18
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Council Member Chris Banks and Commissioner Molly Wasow Park engage in a debate about the effectiveness of current shelter services and oversight measures.
- Park acknowledges that DHS is not perfect but emphasizes ongoing efforts to improve
- She mentions staff who regularly work with providers and monitor metrics like permanent housing placements
- Park highlights the use of corrective action plans (CAPs) for performance issues
- The commissioner notes a record of 18,500 permanent housing placements last year
- Banks expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of these measures based on his observations in his district
Chris Banks
2:44:18
I been a work in progress for quite some time.
Molly Wasow Park
2:44:21
I'm never gonna I'm never gonna be here to say that DHS is perfect.
2:44:24
We absolutely have
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2:44:25
Well, I
Chris Banks
2:44:26
don't want perfection.
Molly Wasow Park
2:44:27
We absolutely have staff who are out on a regular basis, who are working with with the providers, who are looking at metrics like how many permanent housing housing placements have they made.
2:44:38
If there are you know, when we identify an an incident or trends where we have concerns about provider performance, we will, double down on them.
2:44:48
You know, we we can put providers on caps for for performance issues.
2:44:53
It's not just for for financial accountability, but, really, I think for the most part, what we see is that we do have a robust network of of wraparound services.
2:45:04
One of the performance metrics that I am absolutely the most focused on is those permanent housing placements because shelter should be a short term emergency solution.
2:45:12
Last year, we had about 18,500 permanent housing placements, which is a record.
