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Discussion on supportive housing eligibility criteria and RFP amendments
2:45:09
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Council Member Sandy Nurse inquires about supportive housing eligibility criteria on behalf of Council Member Rivera. Craig Retchless from HRA explains that they have amended their RFP to include criminal justice and hospital populations, aiming to break the cycle of people moving between hospitals, jails, and the shelter system.
- HRA has amended RFP to include criminal justice and hospital populations
- Focus is on breaking the cycle of people moving between hospitals, jails, and shelters
- HRA is open to further refinements but wants to give the current plan a try
Sandy Nurse
2:45:09
I'm going to ask, I do want to ask on question for council member Rivera who couldn't stay for the whole hearing.
2:45:15
I know that you testified that in the current form of the bill that was proposed, you couldn't support it.
2:45:24
Can you give us specifics on what you would need to support it?
2:45:31
So
Craig Retchless
2:45:35
we did already amend our RFP to include the criminal justice and hospital population.
2:45:47
And we feel like that is a good plan and we'd like to give that a try and continue to work with our partners around are there refinements, further refinements needed.
2:46:02
So we are focusing on those that have had criminal justice involvement and hospitalization.
2:46:11
And really what we're trying to do is kind of break the cycle of people going in and out of hospital, in and out of jail to the shelter system.
2:46:22
And we feel like our eligibility is a good target on breaking that cycle, so that is what we would like to stick with and then also work with our partners if there's any other additional work like what I mentioned in my testimony on referral and placement challenges.