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Number of veterans served by the Dwyer Program
1:16:46
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Council Member Holden inquires about the number of veterans served by the Dwyer Program, and Commissioner Hendon provides details on the program's reach.
- Hendon explains that the program is just now sending out money for FY2025 and FY2026
- Discusses the pilot aspect of the program in FY2023 and FY2024
- Reports that at least 87 unique individuals were served through five pilot projects
- Mentions that some project data is still pending
Robert Holden
1:16:46
How many veterans have been served by this program so far in fiscal twenty twenty five?
James Hendon
1:16:53
So far as far as pilot projects and it's we're just now sending money out that's gonna be used by the recipients in '25 and '26.
1:17:01
And so when I speak to what's been served, gotta speak to what came before that through the pilot aspect of Dwyer.
1:17:05
So the pilot aspect of Dwyer, you have and that's f y twenty three and twenty four.
1:17:10
You had four excuse me.
1:17:13
You had four different projects and it's four projects valued at and I wanna correct that.
1:17:21
I'm sorry.
1:17:21
It's five projects.
1:17:22
You do look at four during f y twenty three and then one during f y twenty four.
1:17:27
And so you've got, you know, five projects where it's more than 87 that have been served through those five projects.
1:17:34
It's 87 but it's all unique folks person serves 87.
1:17:39
So if you're doing chair yoga and the yoga is meeting say regularly, you only count it one time.
1:17:44
If you're doing equine therapy and that's programs meeting regularly, only count it one time.
1:17:49
And so it's 87 served by those five projects, you know, as far as the pilot period for FY '23 and '24.
1:17:57
Forgive me, there's one of the projects where I do not have the number on me right now, you gotta forgive me for that.
1:18:02
That's why I say it's 87, but we'll get you the number when you add that other that fifth Alright.
Robert Holden
1:18:06
So so we have we have a basic number of 25, but what about 26?