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Transition of immigrants from non-DHS to DHS shelter systems
2:17:33
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Molly Schaeffer from OASO discusses the plans for transitioning individuals and families from non-DHS shelters to the traditional DHS shelter system.
- OASO is working with both DHS and non-DHS systems to ensure everyone has a shelter bed
- Shelter placement decisions consider factors such as availability, proximity to schools, and individual family preferences
- Not all individuals will be moved to DHS sites; some will remain in other available sites
- By June, over 80% of the non-DHS shelter system that has ever been open will be closed
- The transition process aims to accommodate the needs of families while managing the closure of temporary shelters
Alexa Aviles
2:17:33
Could Owasso please confirm whether space will be made available for individuals and families in the traditional shelter system run by DHS?
Molly Schaeffer
2:17:43
So we're working with DHS, and our non DHS systems to ensure that every single person has a shelter bed.
2:17:52
It's, shelter placement is a difficult dance of, what we have available, what's close to somebody's school, and what the individual family wants.
2:18:01
So we will make those, we will make those determinations as those sites close.
2:18:08
Not everybody will go to a DHS site.
2:18:10
You know, we still have other sites, open, but I will say by June, we will have closed, over 80% of our non DHS system that we've ever had open.