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Council member Stevens inquires about LGBTQ+ youth services funding and summer program payments
4:22:34
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Council Member Althea Stevens questions DYCD officials about funding for LGBTQ+ youth services and the timeline for paying providers for FY 2024 summer programming. DYCD representatives respond by discussing their current budget allocation and efforts to address payment issues.
- DYCD has no specific additional funding for LGBTQ+ youth services beyond their existing budget
- FY 2025 SYEP awards have been released, with providers able to budget and submit invoices
- DYCD is issuing advances up to 80% for Compass and Beacon portfolios to improve cash flow
- DYCD encourages providers facing cash flow issues to reach out for assistance
Althea Stevens
4:22:34
What funding does ZYCD have dedicated to enhance LGBTQ plus youth services?
Jeremy Halbridge
4:22:47
Honestly, just our existing budget is what we're working on and ensuring that the providers have the money that they need to provide the services of our contractual obligation.
Althea Stevens
4:23:00
Summarizing, many providers have reported that they have still not been paid in full for last summer programming.
4:23:06
What is the anticipated timeline to pay out f y twenty twenty four services?
Christopher Lewis
4:23:14
Thanks for the question.
4:23:16
I'll just start by reiterating that DYCD has released all of its f y twenty five summarizing awards and those those funds are available for our providers to budget and submit invoices for payment on.
4:23:29
Additionally, we have in an effort to to push forward cash flow, have been moving to work with with these providers to issue advances to get those funds the amount of that funding in cash to the provider community up to about 80% for our Compass and Beacon portfolios.
4:23:49
That being said, we're always interested to hear if if and when our providers are faced with any cash flow crises or concerns, we're always asking for them to to please reach out and work with them to to make sure that we we can do what we can to to issue additional funds to to mitigate those those challenges.