* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Quality of Life Committee on July 28, 2025.] [00:00:14] LIKE WE WERE JUST HERE, . THAT'S 'CAUSE WE WERE HERE. UM, THIS MORNING WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP THE HOUSING ITEMS THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO LAST WEEK. SO, UM, INTRODUCTIONS. MY NAME IS JULIAN RAMIREZ. I'M HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE POSITION ONE CHAIR OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE. AND, UH, THIS WILL BE THE SECOND PART OF THE MEETING THAT WE STARTED LAST WEEK WITH US. HERE IN THE CHAMBER ARE COUNCIL MEMBER MARY NAN HUFFMAN AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARIO CASTILLO'S, OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY REIN'S, OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER JOAQUIN MARTINEZ'S, OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK'S, OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX. TATUM AND COUNT, UH, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TIFFANY THOMAS OFFICE, AS WELL AS PRETTY MUCH, UH, ALMOST MY ENTIRE STAFF AS WELL. A STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER IS JOINING ONLINE. THIS IS A HYBRID MEETING. THERE IS AN ONLINE OPTION. UM, WE ARE HAVING SOME ISSUES IN THE CHAMBERS AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL. UM, THE AIR CONDITIONING IS NOT FULLY, UH, HASN'T FULLY COOLED THE ROOM YET. THE POWER WAS OUT TO CITY HALL AND THE ANNEX OVER THE WEEKEND BY DESIGN. THEY DID SOME WORK AND SYSTEMS ARE PLAYING CATCH UP. IN FACT, THE BOARD, I HAVE 'EM TO MY RIGHT, IS NOT WORKING, NEITHER ARE, UH, SO WE'LL WHEN WE GET TO QUESTIONS, WE'LL JUST HAVE FOLKS RAISE THEIR HANDS AT THE, AT THE HORSESHOE AND WE'LL GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UH, LIKE THAT. SO, UM, I REGRET THAT DIRECTOR NICHOLS IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE. I KNOW HE WANTED TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, UM, DUE TO, UM, A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES WE'RE MEETING THIS MORNING, AND, UH, WE HAVE HIS TRUSTEE ASSISTANCE HERE TO TAKE HIS PLACE. THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, IS THAT DUE TO TECHNICAL DI DIFFICULTIES, THE TITLES AND CAPTIONING THAT ARE NORMALLY AVAILABLE DURING THE BROADCAST ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME AND FOLKS ARE WORKING TO ADD THOSE, UH, UP TO GET US UP AND RUNNING ON THOSE. SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AND, UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING. UH, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR SCHEDULING THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. SO QUICKLY. BEHIND THE LAST ONE, WE HAVE A LENGTHY ONE, AS YOU CAN SEE, EIGHT ITEMS TO BE COVERED TODAY. UM, UH, JOINING ME IS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MELODY BARR, AND SHE'LL RUN US THROUGH EACH OF THESE ITEMS. GOOD MORNING. SO TODAY I WILL PRESENT, I WILL BE PRESENTING EIGHT ITEMS BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE ON THE AGENDA. THESE ITEMS ARE IDENTIFIED AS CONTRACTORS. ALL OF THESE ITEMS TODAY ARE AGREEMENTS, SPECIFICALLY SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENTS. UM, AND AS A REMINDER, A SUB-RECIPIENT IS ALSO KNOWN AS A SUB AWARDEE, AND IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVES A PORTION OF A FEDERAL AWARD FROM A PASS THROUGH ENTITY BEING ASKED THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, TO CARRY OUT SPECIFIC PART OF THE OVERALL PROJECT. FIVE OF THE ITEMS DIRECTLY RELATE TO HOUSTON'S HOMELESS PLAN LED BY MAYOR JOHN WHITMEYER. MELODY, I'M SORRY, LET, LET ME INTERRUPT FOR JUST A SECOND. MM-HMM . IF YOU CAN TELL US WHEN YOU WANT US TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OH, UH, I WILL TRY. OKAY, THEN THOSE FOLKS IN THE BACK WILL, WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE ON THE SCREEN ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, WARM IN HERE. YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO REMOVE YOUR JACKETS IF YOU WANT. I'VE DONE THAT. AND, UH, ALAN, YOU CAN AS WELL. THAT'S, THAT'S MY SHIELD. THAT'S MY, IT'S MY SHIELD. NO, I'M KIDDING. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, SO THOSE ITEMS ARE ITEMS THREE A THROUGH 3D AND F. AND WERE SELECTED THROUGH A JOINT TRI-PARTY REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST, OR AS WE REFER TO IT AS AN REI. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A NOFA BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, AND THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, WHICH IS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE WAY HOME. WE INVITED ORGANIZATIONS TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS UNDER THIS ROLLING, REI. THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSTABILITY THROUGH SCALABLE LOW BARRIER AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, PREVENTION AND DIVERSION, OUTREACH, CASE MANAGEMENT, SHELTER EXPANSION, AND ESSENTIAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. THE RELEASE DATE OF THE REI WAS JANUARY 31ST, 2025. A VIRTUAL Q AND A SESSION WAS HELD FEBRUARY 14TH, 2025 AND THE INITIAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE WAS MARCH 14TH, 2025. [00:05:02] AGAIN, TODAY, WE'RE PRESENTING SIX ITEMS BEFORE THIS JOINT COMMITTEE AND THERE WILL BE MORE IN THE COMING MONTHS. AT LAST MONTH'S QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE, I PRESENTED SIX PROJECTS TOTALING $12.6 MILLION, SERVING OVER 1600 PERSONS OVER A 24 MONTH PERIOD WITH DIFFERENT HOUSING MODELS, INCLUDING EXPANDED SHELTER AND MENTAL BED HEALTH, BED CAPACITY, AND RAPID REHOUSING. TODAY I AM PRESENTING AN ADDITIONAL $2.2 MILLION IN PROJECTS SERVING 656 PERSONS WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, STREET MEDICINE AND OR HOMELESSNESS DIVERSION SERVICES. UM, TO POINT OUT HOMELESSNESS DIVERSION IS AN INTERVENTION DESIGNED TO IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS AS SOMEONE WHO HAS JUST LOST THEIR HOUSING AND BECOMES HOMELESS. DIVERSION IS A CLIENT DRIVEN APPROACH. ITS GOAL IS TO HELP THE PERSON OR HOUSEHOLD FIND SAFE ALTERNATIVE HOUSING IMMEDIATELY. IT IS INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT THE HOMELESS EXPERIENCE IS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. DIVERSION IS GENERALLY A THREE MONTH PROGRAM, AND BY THE END OF THE PROGRAM, OUR AGENCIES STRIVE FOR A CLIENT TO BE STABILIZED AND SELF-SUFFICIENT. DIVERSION ASKS, WHAT DO YOU NEED AND WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND THE CASE MANAGERS HELP OUR CLIENTS GET THERE. SO ITEM THREE A, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, PROVIDING UP TO $480,922 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR HOMELESS DIVERSION SERVICES FOR PERSONS AND HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVICE A MINIMUM OF 50 HOUSEHOLDS. SERVICES INCLUDE DIVERSION, CASE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES SPECIFIC TO CLIENT NEED DETERMINE. THIS AGREEMENT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027. AND TODAY WE HAVE STEPHANIE TRONG, THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER, UM, HERE IN OUR AUDIENCE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A NOTE THAT WE RECEIVE QUESTIONS FROM YOUR OFFICE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ, AND EACH OF THE AGENCIES ARE PROVIDED THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEY ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER THOSE, UM, QUESTIONS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT THEM TO COME UP SURE. AFTER WE CALL EACH ONE. OKAY. SO IF I CAN HAVE STEPHANIE, UM, COME TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU FOR THAT MELODY AND WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HI. UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, THE, YOUR AUDIENCE, UM, THIS MORNING. UM, AND FOR CONSIDERATION OF OUR CONTRACT, UM, WE DID, UH, PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME JUST ALL OF OUR RESPONSES TO THE QUESTION, SO I'LL GO ONE BY ONE. UM, SO THE FIRST IS THAT, UM, HOW ARE WE SPENDING THE $480,000 ROUGHLY, UM, IN THE NEXT YEAR? AND SO WE ANTICIPATE, UM, HIRING ON TWO CASE MANAGERS TO COMPLETE THE, THE FRONT FACING WORK. WE'RE ALSO, UM, HIRING A PART-TIME COMPLIANCE MANAGER, UM, AND THEN SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. UM, AND THEN 150, UH, THOUSAND OF THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE ALSO GOING TOWARDS DIRECT CLIENT ASSISTANCE. SO THE BEACON HAS BEEN DOING DIVERSION WORK FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF NOW. WE, UM, THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDING, UM, FOR DIVERSION FOR FAMILIES. AND SO WE ARE COMFORTABLE IN THIS SPACE AND WE ARE CURRENTLY PARTNERING WITH THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, HOUSTON RECOVERY CENTER AND THE SALVATION ARMY TO RAMP UP THIS WORK FOR INDIVIDUALS. SO WE KNOW THAT THE WORK WILL LOOK, UM, A BIT DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUALS NEEDS. UM, BUT WE ARE, UH, UM, WE DO ALREADY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO DEPLOY OUR STAFF IN ORDER TO CON CONTINUE THE DIVERSION WORK AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE NEXT QUESTION WAS IN TERMS OF TRACKING, UM, THE CLIENTS THAT WE WILL BE SERVING ON THIS CONTRACT. WE ARE ALREADY RECEIVING REFERRALS THROUGH THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS FOR DIVERSION FAMILIES. SO WE'LL CONTINUE DOING SO FOR INDIVIDUALS. THE BULK OF THESE REFERRALS ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BECAUSE WE ARE CONTINUING THE WORK AROUND THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVE TO END STREET HOMELESSNESS. AND WE ARE POISED TO DO SO JUST IN TERMS OF OUR PROXIMITY AS WELL. UM, BEING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, THE ASSISTANCE WILL, UM, AS MELODY MENTIONED, PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, UM, AND IT COULD LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRIAGING, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL, SEEING IF THEY NEED TO BE RELOCATED AND REUNIFIED BACK HOME WITH FAMILY. UM, SO IT [00:10:01] COULD BE AS YOU KNOW, QUICK AND EASY AS THAT. OR WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEIR OWN INCOME SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SHARED HOUSING OPTIONS OR, UM, LOOKING TO PLACE THE INDIVIDUAL IN THEIR OWN APARTMENT UNIT. UM, IN TERMS OF THE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE USING TO TRACK THE CASE MANAGEMENT, WE PERFORM, WE UTILIZE THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, HMIS. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO SINCE 2014 SINCE WE JOINED THE WAY HOME. WE ALSO HAVE INTERNAL AND UM, PARTNER TRACKERS THAT WE USE VIA, UM, EXCEL AND GOOGLE SHEETS. WE PULL A VARIETY OF REPORTS FROM HMIS INCLUDING CLIENTS AND PROGRAMS, SERVICE SUMMARY REPORTS, WHICH SHOW NUMBER OF CLIENTS ENROLLED, NUMBER OF EXITS PERFORMED, AND ALSO ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT OUR, UM, OUR CLIENTS ARE RECEIVING, INCLUDING THE MONETARY ASSISTANCE. THIS PIECE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF OUR, UM, MONTHLY REPORTING THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING, UM, TO SHOW HOW MUCH AND WHAT TYPE OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WE WERE, WE ARE PROVIDING FOR THE CLIENTS. WE NEVER DO PROVIDE DIRECT, UM, OR ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO CLIENTS. IT'S ALWAYS TO THIRD PARTIES, UM, SUCH AS LANDLORDS, UM, AND OTHER TYPES OF VENDORS. UM, AND WE DO HAVE, UM, A SET FINANCIAL SYSTEM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DISTRIBUTING THE, UM, THE MONEY AND ALSO ABLE TO TRACK AND REPORT. UM, IN TERMS OF METRICS WE TRACK IN HMIS AGAIN, UM, AND WE USE, UM, OR WE TRACK HOUSING DESTINATION UPON UPON EXIT SO WE KNOW WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL, UH, ENDED UP AS FAR AS THEIR HOUSING. UM, AND THEN WE WILL CONDUCT A 90 DAY, UM, FOLLOW UP POST EXIT AS WELL. I BELIEVE THIS, UM, IS RESPONDING TO ALL OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ALSO HAVE ANY, UM, FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, COUNSEL. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, QUESTION, I THINK YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THREE CASE MANAGERS THAT Y'ALL WOULD BE HIRING MM-HMM . IS THAT CORRECT? SO THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY ON STAFF, SO, UM, THIS WILL BE TWO ADDITIONAL CASE MANAGERS, BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE, UM, ALREADY HAVE THE SUPERVISOR IN PLACE FOR THE POSITIONS. MM-HMM . AND YOU MENTIONED, UH, KEEPING TRACK OF, UM, UH, REFERRALS AND, AND HELP THAT IS GIVEN IN HMIS. DOES THAT SOFTWARE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE REPORTS, UH, PER CLIENT AND AGGREGATE REPORTS AS WELL? CORRECT. OKAY. AND IS THERE A WAY TO TRACK HOW MUCH, UM, YOU ALL SPEND ON EACH INDIVIDUAL CLIENT BASED ON THEIR, UH, UNIQUE NEEDS? OKAY. YES. AND THAT CAN BE PROVIDED AS WELL? CORRECT. OKAY. GREAT. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF? OKAY. UM, AND WHEN SOME OF THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED, FOR INSTANCE, YOU MENTIONED, UH, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES MM-HMM . IS THAT, IS THERE A FEE FOR THAT, UH, WITH THE GROUP THAT PROVIDES THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES OR TYPICALLY, OR NOT? NO, THE WAY THAT WE TYPICALLY DO THAT IS WE, UM, WE LEVERAGE OUR PARTNER AGENCY, UM, RESOURCES. AND SO CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING WITH WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER, SAY OUR JOBS, UM, CAREER AND RECOVERY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT CONNECTIONS. UM, AND THOSE WOULD NOT, UM, RESULT IN ANY TYPE OF FEE WHEN THERE IS USUALLY TYPICALLY A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMPONENT INVOLVED. IT'S USUALLY WHEN WE NEED SOME TYPE OF WORK EQUIPMENT, UM, PURCHASING WORK EQUIPMENT, UM, FOR THE CLIENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS. MM-HMM . THINGS LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . AND THE, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL IS FOR ALMOST $481,000 MM-HMM . UM, IS, IS, IS THE MONEY PROVIDED UPFRONT TO YOU ALL OR IS IT PROVIDED AS NEEDED? OR HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT'S PROVIDED ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. GREAT. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION YES, NO. YES. IS THERE A QUESTION FROM STAFF OR? NO? ALRIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION. YOU BET. ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ITEM THREE B, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES PROVIDING UP TO $1,153,870 IN HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, [00:15:01] OR SINCE WE LIKE OUR ACRONYMS HOME, A RP FUNDS FOR HOMELESSNESS, DIVERSION SERVICES FOR PERSONS AND HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVICE A MINIMUM OF 65 HOUSEHOLDS ANNUALLY. SERVICES WILL INCLUDE DIVERSION CASE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES SPECIFIC TO CLIENT NEEDS. THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2026, WITH THE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION AT THE CITY'S REQUEST. NM HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 2020. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS OR CONCERNS. THEIR MOST RECENT COMPLIANCE MONITORING REVIEW. UM, FOR THE OTHER FUNDED PROJECTS TODAY WE HAVE ALLISON BOOKER BROOKS, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AND MARCELLA SUMMER, THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING. AND THEY'RE ALSO PREPARED TO ANSWER, UM, QUESTIONS. THAT'D BE GREAT IF YOU ALL WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP. YEAH. AND YOU SAID IT'S ALLISON? ALLISON, YES. AND MARCELLUS. MARCELLA MARCELLUS. GREAT WELCOME AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. ALRIGHT. AND I WILL LET Y'ALL JUST KIND OF ROLL OUT, UM, SORT OF HOW YOU WOULD ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. OKAY, GREAT. UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. SO THE FIRST QUESTION YOU GUYS ASK US IS THAT, UH, OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING 65 CLIENTS ANNUALLY, UH, WHO WE'RE HIRING. WE'RE GONNA HIRE TWO CASE MANAGERS. ONE IS GOING TO BE A HOUSING CASE MANAGER AND THE OTHER ONE'S GONNA BE A WORKFORCE CASE MANAGER. UH, WE DECIDED TO, UM, BRING THE WORKFORCE CASE MANAGER BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE INTENSIVENESS OF THESE CLIENTS WHO MAY NEED, UH, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN ACTUALLY FOCUS ON, UH, HELPING THEM WITH THEIR EMPLOYMENT. UM, WE ASKED WHERE ADDITIONAL MONIES GONNA ARE GONNA GO TO. WE HAVE ROLLED OUT, UH, LINE ITEMS FOR, OF COURSE WRITTEN DEPOSIT, APPLICATION FEES, UM, CHILDCARE FEES, UTILITIES, UTILITY DEPOSITS, UH, EDUCATIONAL COSTS TO ENROLL IN COURSES IF THEY NEED TO HAVE, UH, INCREASED THEIR SKILLS. WE'RE LOOKING AT PROVIDING FOOD VOUCHERS, SOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND TRANSPORTATION. COULD BE BUS PASSES ARE IN, UH, CAR REPAIRS. THE NEXT QUESTION YOU ASKED WAS THAT, DO WE TRACK CLIENTS PER CONTRACT OR DO THE FUNDS GO INTO A GENERAL POOL WHERE CLIENTS MAY SERVE BY MULTIPLE, UH, FUNDING SOURCES? OUR CLIENT, OUR FUNDING DOES NOT GO INTO A GENERAL POOL. IT ACTUALLY IS TRACKED BY EACH CONTRACT. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS THAT MAY BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT, UH, SOME SERVICES. AND GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, IF A CLIENT DECIDES THAT THEY WANNA GO, UM, SAY TO DO, UH, CDL TRAINING AND THAT COURSE COSTS $4,000, IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE. AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE TAKE SOME PORTION OF THE FUNDS FROM OUR CONTRACT FROM FROM THIS CONTRACT AND TAKE FUNDING FROM A PRIVATE FUNDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT HOLD. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. UH, WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS DO WE USE? WE ARE OF COURSE ALSO A PART OF THE HMIS, WHICH IS A HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, UH, THAT WE USE, UH, TO TRACK OUR CLIENTS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL TRACKING DEVICE CALLED CLIENT TRACK, AND IT ACTUALLY MIRRORS THE HMIS, THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME. SO WE HAVE OUR OWN, AND WE ALSO USE HMIS. IT DOES ALLOW US TO DO AGGREGATE AGGREGATE REPORTS. WE CAN DO MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, UH, YEARLY REPORTS. IT WILL TELL US A NUMBER OF CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE. IT WILL, UH, TRACK EACH CLIENT INDIVIDUALLY. IT CAN TELL US HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE, UH, SPENT ON EACH CLIENT. UH, IT CAN ACTUALLY TELL US EVEN WHAT SERVICES WE PROVIDED, UH, GIVES US AWESOME DEMOGRAPHIC IN INFORMATION. SO IF YOU ASK US TO TELL YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AGE, GENDER, RACE, WE, UH, ABOUT THE CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE, WE COULD GIVE YOU TO THAT DETAIL AS WELL. UM, IT SAYS WHAT METRICS ARE WE TRACKING FOR OUR CASE MANAGER CASE MANAGEMENT? UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, LIKE I SAID, FOOD SERVICES, ANY TYPE OF SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THEY COULD GET, WE CAN ACTUALLY TRACK THOSE, UM, BUS PASSES. IT MAY BE, UH, IF WE PAY RENT AND UTILITIES, HOW MUCH WE PAY FOR THE, UH, FOR THEIR SERVICES. UM, ALSO IF THEY'RE GETTING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, WE CAN ALSO TRACK HOW MANY, UH, SERVICES THEY SEE, HOW MANY THERAPY SERVICES THEY GET FROM, UH, A PARTICULAR, UH, THERAPIST. UM, YOU ASKED ABOUT HOW DO WE TRACK OUTCOMES, UH, AND HOW DO WE LOOK AT HOUSING ISSUES AND BARRIERS TO LONG-TERM STABILITY. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, UH, AFTER THE CLIENT HAS BEEN WITH US THREE MONTHS, WE'RE HAVE, UH, CHECKPOINTS THAT WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, ARE YOU STILL STABLE? ARE YOU STILL HOUSED? AND IF YOU'RE NOT, WHAT'S CAUSING THE ISSUE AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO SUPPORT YOU WITH? SO IT MAY BE ISSUES LIKE CHILDCARE MAY BE AN ISSUE. SO WE HAVE SOME DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR CHILDCARE. SO IF THEY NEED THOSE EXTRA SUPPORT, WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THAT AS WELL. UM, LET'S SEE. AND THAT'S IT. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? SURE. APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UM, HOW DO YOU ALL HELP THOSE, UM, HOMELESS WHO ARE, UH, SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS OR, UM, THOSE SORTS OF CHALLENGES? SO [00:20:01] THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT OUR PROGRAM IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, A THERAPIST AS PART OF OUR STAFF. AND SO WE HAVE CONTRACT THERAPISTS THAT WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND SEE CLIENTS. SO IF THE CLIENT NEEDS A MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT IMMEDIATELY, WE COULD DO THAT. IF THEY HAVE TO HAVE PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, WHICH MEANS THEY NEED MEDICATION, THEN WE'RE DOING A REFERRAL TO THE HARRIS CENTER TO OUR PARTNERS AND ASKING THEM TO HELP US SUPPORT THEM WITH MEDICATION. ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO KNOW. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM UH, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN? UM, THANK YOU. SORRY, I ALSO, I'M ALSO HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OVER. SORRY. UM, AND SO I SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE FOR ABOUT 1.1 MILLION AND THE PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST SAW, THE BEACON FOR THE DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, IS THAT ALSO A TWO YEAR PROGRAM? NO, THAT WAS A ONE YEAR. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND, UM, AND HOW IS THE MONEY REQUESTED? SO YOU PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL, SO EACH, DID EACH ENTITY COME FORWARD WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING? YES. OF? YES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND, AND JUST, UH, LAST QUESTION. SO YOU MENTIONED CHECKPOINTS MM-HMM . UH, HOW, HOW LONG AFTER THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED, UH, DO THOSE CHECKPOINTS CONTINUE? WELL, TYPICALLY THEY HAVE CHECKPOINTS EVERY MONTH. OKAY. SO ONCE THEY GET THE SERVICE, THEN WE'LL BE, WE HAVE A MANDATORY CHECKPOINT EVERY MONTH. HOWEVER, SOME OF MY CLIENTS NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP AND SUPPORT, SO THEY CAN CALL THEIR CASE MANAGER AT ANY TIME IF THEY NEED SUPPORT. BUT WE ARE DOING MANDATORY CHECKS EVERY MONTH JUST TO CHECK IN, WHERE ARE YOU? WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU? MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. AND AFTER THE CONTRACT ENDS, DO THOSE CHECKPOINTS END AS WELL OR WHAT HAPPENS THEN? CLIENTS NEVER GO AWAY. . OKAY. CLIENTS NEVER GO AWAY. THEY'RE ALWAYS WITH US. I MEAN, ALTHOUGH THE, THE, THE GRANT MAY HAVE ENDED, BUT IF CLIENTS CALL AND THEY NEED SUPPORT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE, UH, ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT IF WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STILL SEE THEM IN SUB CAPACITY, WE MAY, UH, USE ANOTHER GRANT TO BE SAFE IF THEY NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE. IF THIS GRANT IS GONE, BUT THEY'RE STILL NEEDING SUPPORT, THEN WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UH, PRIVATE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM. MM-HMM . GREAT. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? OKAY. SEEING NONE. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING UP. UH, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND EVERYTHING THAT NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES DOES. 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS DO MORE THAN HELP THE HOMELESS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. ITEM THREE C. THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER, PROVIDING UP TO $580,264 IN HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, WHICH IS HOME, A AR A RP, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR HOMELESSNESS, DIVERSION SERVICES FOR PERSONS AND HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING OR RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVICE A MINIMUM OF 55, I'M SORRY, OF 75 INDIVIDUALS, 36 HOUSEHOLDS ANNUALLY. SERVICES WILL INCLUDE DIVERSION CASE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES SPECIFIC TO THE CLIENT NEEDS. UH, LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S IT. THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2025 WITH THE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION AT THE CITY'S REQUEST. WESLEY HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 2022. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS OR CONCERNS IN THE MOST RECENT COMPLIANCE MONITORING REVIEW FOR OTHER FUNDED PROJECTS. TODAY WE HAVE EMILY TI, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ERICA LUNA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND, AND THEY ARE ALSO PREPARED COME UP , THEY'RE A LITTLE NERVOUS EARLIER. . NO WORRIES. BE NICE. . WELCOME. AND CAN YOU ALL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES? HI, I AM EMILY BTI. I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER. AND GOOD MORNING. MY NAME'S ERIC LUNA. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR WESLEY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. GREAT TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU. DO YOU WANNA JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT SERVICES Y'ALL PROVIDE UNDER, UNDER THE PROPOSAL YOU WANNA START? SURE. SO, UM, WESLEY IS PREPARED TO OFFER, UM, 75 HOUSEHOLDS RENTAL ASSISTANCE. UM, WE DO TRACK THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER ALSO IN HMIS. UM, WE ALSO TRACK IN OUR OWN DATABASE, WHICH IS, UM, APRICOT. AND WE, UM, THE [00:25:01] QUESTION OF, UM, IF THE FUNDS ARE GOING INTO A GENERAL POOL OR, UM, OR IF WE SERVE BY CONTRACT, WE DEFINITELY SERVE AND TRACK BY CONTRACT, ALTHOUGH WE ALSO HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS, UM, TO COVER ANY SERVICES THAT MAY NOT BE COVERED BY THESE, THIS FUNDING. UM, THE DATABASE THAT WE USE, HMIS AND OUR OWN ALSO IS ABLE TO, UM, TO PRINT OUT AGGREGATE REPORTS AND, UM, PRODUCE ANY OTHER TYPE OF REPORTING SUCH AS SERVICES RECEIVED. UM, WE, WE TRACK FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SUCH AS, UM, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, UM, SERVICES THAT WE OFFER. AND, UM, WE TRACK MOST OF THIS IN, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE THE SERVICES, UH, IN CASE NOTES. AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT. GREAT. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? UM, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT WESLEY IS THAT WE OFFER A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT, UM, OUR ORGANIZATION INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, UM, JOB TRAINING, UM, AND GETTING PEOPLE READY FOR CAREERS THAT PAY A LIVING WAGE. AND WHILE THIS GRANT DOES NOT COVER THAT SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE ABLE TO, ONCE CLIENTS ARE ENROLLED IN OUR PROGRAMS, HELP THEM GET ENROLLED IN OTHER PROGRAMS AT OUR, UM, ORGANIZATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REMAIN STABLE. OKAY. HOW LONG HAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER BEEN IN EXISTENCE? WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR A HUNDRED AND 20TH ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR. UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE NEAR NORTH SIDE OF HOUSTON THAT WHOLE TIME. UM, SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HOFFMAN. THANK YOU. NOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, WITH A LOT OF THESE AGREEMENTS, THEY SAY ALL DISTRICT ONE ON HERE SPECIFICALLY SAYS, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT C UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVE, BUT, UH, WHAT AREA OF TOWN DO YOU PRIMARILY RECEIVE CLIENTS FROM? OR IS THERE A PARTICULAR AREA? SO, UM, LIKE EMILY MENTIONED, WE ARE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HERE IN THE NEAR NORTH SIDE. AND SO WE DO SERVE A LOT OF, AND I WOULD SAY MAY BE PRIMARILY THERE IN THE NEAR NORTH SIDE, BUT WE ARE NOT ZIP CODE RESTRICTED. UM, NONE OF THE SERVICES AT WESLEY ARE, SO AS WE RECEIVE REFERRALS FROM, UM, THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, WE WOULD SERVE, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANYONE WE'RE NOT RESTRICTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN, ANY, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? ALRIGHT. UH, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. I, I DO WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO, UM, SAY THAT WE NOW HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON'S OFFICE AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS'S OFFICE. UM, MELODY, JUST A A QUICK QUESTION. YES. I NOTICE JUST FROM THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, UM, THE, UH, AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT FOR WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, APPEARS TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN FOR, UH, NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES. UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? IS THERE ANY, UH, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IF THERE ARE BETWEEN THE SERVICES PROVIDED? I BELIEVE WESLEY IS FOR 12 MONTHS, WESLEY'S IS FOR 12 MONTHS. 12 MONTHS, CORRECT. LET'S SEE. OKAY, SO NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. UM, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN JUST HOLD ON FOR A SECOND. OKAY. YEP. SO LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE, IT SAYS, UM, YEAR ONE AND YEAR TWO. OH, I'M SO SORRY. LET'S SEE. YEAH, I HAVE TO, LET ME PULL THEIR BUDGET AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO GET BACK TO US ON THIS, THAT'LL BE FINE. I DON'T MEAN TO SLOW THINGS UP. I CAN DO THAT. UM, AND PERHAPS I CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER BEFORE THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THAT'LL BE FINE. ALL RIGHT. [00:30:03] ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT, OKAY, WE'RE ON SALVATION ARMY. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. THERE WE GO. LOTS OF PAPERS UP HERE. I UNDERSTAND. NO PROBLEM. ITEM 3D, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH A SALVATION ARMY PROVIDING UP TO 622,300, I'M SORRY, $432 AND 91 CENTS, $622,432 AND 91 CENTS. IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CARE ACT, CDBG CV FUNDS FOR HOMELESSNESS, DIVERSION SERVICES FOR PERSONS AND HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. THIS PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT A SERVICES OF A MINIMUM OF 266 HOUSEHOLDS. SERVICES WILL INCLUDE DIVERSION CASE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES SPECIFIC TO CLIENT NEEDS. THE AMENDMENT WILL EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 TO APRIL 31ST, 2026. PRIOR TO THAT EXPIRATION, WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE TO PRESENT A NEW AGREEMENT. THE AMENDMENT TODAY IS PART OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORT TO UTILIZE THE REMAINING CDBG CV FUNDS PRIOR TO FUND EXPIRATION. THE SALVATION ARMY HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 2012. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS OR CONCERNS IN THE MOST RECENT COMPLIANCE MONITORING REVIEW FOR OTHER FUNDED PROJECTS. TODAY WE HAVE ROBERT STUTZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SUPPORTING AND PROGRAM SERVICES, AND KENNETH KINS, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND NAVIGATION SERVICES, AND BOTH ARE PREPARED TO COME UP AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS. SURE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD. UH, GOOD MORNING. AND IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF, SORT OF RUN THROUGH WHAT SERVICES, UH, ARE PROPOSED UNDER THIS, UH, ITEM. SURE. SO, UM, UH, I, I ECHO MOST OF OUR, UH, COLLEAGUES, BUT OUR, UM, AS YOU SEE OUR, UM, FINANCIAL, UM, LINE ITEM, WE HAVE, UH, 39,432 IN OUR ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM IS 583,000. UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 169, UH, 614 IN, UH, OUR FLEXIBLE DIRECT, UM, SPENDING. THIS WOULD, UM, KEEP OUR CURRENT STAFFING PATTERN OF SIX, UM, SIX CASE MANAGERS, TWO OF WHICH, UM, WILL BE TRANSITIONING INTO THIS PROGRAM, UM, FROM A CONTRACT THAT IS ENDING JULY 31. UM, AND THEN I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US. THANK YOU. SURE. AS FAR AS OUR TECHNICAL, UM, SOLUTION THAT WE USE, WE PARTNER WITH THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, UH, HOMELESS MANAGEMENT, UH, INFORMATION SYSTEM, HMIS THAT TRACKS ALL OF OUR, UH, DATA. WE, UH, SEND OUR MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY REPORTS, UH, TO THE CITY THAT, UM, TRACKS OUR MONTHLY PROGRESSION WITHIN EACH CLIENT. INTERNALLY, WE HAVE AN INTERNAL TRACKER THAT ALSO TRACKS THE PROGRESSION OF EACH CLIENT, UM, THAT, THAT IS UTILIZING, UM, THESE FUNDS. WE, UM, KNOW THAT MOST OF IT IS, IS GEARED TOWARDS HOUSING SOLUTIONS OR ALTERNATIVES, UM, REUNIFICATION, UM, APARTMENTS. BUT WE, UH, WE HAVE THAT INTERNAL TRACKER THAT ALSO, UM, HELPS US IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE, UM, SERVICES ARE AS FAR AS MATRIX. UM, IT'S THE SAME, UM, WE PARTNER WITH THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, UM, DATA SYSTEM WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THE DIRECT SERVICES THAT'S LINKED TO THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. UM, AND SO, UH, AS WELL AS OUR CROPPER WITH OUR INTERNAL TRACKER AS WELL. THE GOOD THING ABOUT, UM, THIS PROGRAM IS THAT AFTER THEY COMPLETE THE ACTUAL PROGRAM ITSELF, UM, WE HAVE A, A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, UNITED WAY, WITH OUR THRIVE NAVIGATION PROGRAM THAT EXTENDS THAT CARE TO HELP THEM CONTINUE THEIR STABILITY. AND SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FOCUS, IS THAT AS THEY, AS THEY, UM, TRANSITION OUT OF DIVERSION, THEN THE THRIVE NAVIGATION WILL BE THERE TO CONTINUE THEIR STABILIZATION AND MOVE THEM ABOVE ALICE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, REPORTS THAT YOU ALL, UH, PROVIDE MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY. DO THEY, UH, TRACK, UM, SERVICES PROVIDED, [00:35:01] UH, AS WELL AS OUTCOMES? FOR INSTANCE, HOW MANY FOLKS WERE HOUSED, FOR EXAMPLE, ET CETERA? CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. THE, UH, HMI SYSTEM IN WHICH WE U UTILIZE IS ABLE TO TRACK, UM, CLIENT SERVED, UH, MONTHLY. ALSO, THEY IDENTIFY WHICH SERVICES IS USED, UM, UM, PER MONTH. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANYTHING CARE TO ADD? NO. UH, KEN DID A GREAT JOB. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? PRESENT? COUNCIL MEMBER? NO. UH, STAFF. GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER, I DO HAVE AN ANSWER AND I HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF THAT WAS READY. UM, SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WESLEY AND WITH NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRY IS PRIMARILY THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED. SO WESLEY SERVES 35 ANNUALLY. UM, NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES IS SERVING 65 ANNUALLY. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN COST. THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRY IS HEAVILY, UH, FOCUSED AND HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON DIVERSION. AND THOUGH WESLEY IS DOING DIVERSION, A LOT OF WHAT, UM, THE CLIENTS THAT THEY SEE ARE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER HOMELESS PREVENTION. SO IT'S MAINLY JUST THE RENT SUBSIDY, THE UTILITY SUBSIDY. UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENCE OF THE PROGRAM, BUT PRIMARILY IT'S THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY'RE BEING THAT IS BEING SEEN MM-HMM . AND I NOTICED, UH, NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES IS 65 HOUSEHOLDS FOR THE, FOR THE 24 MONTHS, FOR FOR TWO YEARS. ALRIGHT. WHICH IMPLIES MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITHIN A HOUSEHOLD IN, IN MANY CASES VERSUS WESLEY 75 INDIVIDUALS FOR TWO YEARS. AND THAT'S 35 ANNUALLY? UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S ABOUT 35 ANNUALLY? SO, SO, I'M SORRY. SO IT'S 75, SO WE, SO WESLEY'S A 75, MAYBE I JUST DID MY MATH WRONG. IT'S 75 ANNUAL, I MEAN, FOR TWO YEARS. AND SO ANNUALLY YOU'RE ABOUT 35 INDIVIDUALS. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED ONE INCLUDES RENT SUBSIDIES AND, UM, AND UTILITY. WELL, THEY ALL INCLUDE, THEY ALL CAN INCLUDE RENT SUBSIDIES. OKAY. BUT WESLEY TYPICALLY IS MORE FOCUSED ON THE RENT SUBSIDY AND THE UTILITY SUBSIDY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NEXT SLIDE ITEM AM THREE E THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 HOMELESS HOUSING SERVICES PROGRAM, YOUTH FUNDS. THIS IS H-H-S-P-Y, UH, FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF A YOUTH HOMELESS PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE THE SUPPORT OF 80 UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUNG ADULTS. AGED 18 TO 24 SERVICES WILL INCLUDE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES SPECIFIC TO THE CLIENT NEED. THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS FROM APRIL 8TH, 2024 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2026. AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED, COVENANT HOUSE HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 2009. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS DURING THIS MOST RECENT ANNUAL COMPLIANCE MONITORING REPORT. TODAY WE HAVE FELICIA BROUSSARD, THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, AND FELICIA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE YOUR WAY UP, THAT'D BE GREAT. AND AS A REMINDER, HHSP FUNDS ARE FROM THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. THANK YOU. GREAT. UH, WELCOME MS. BROUSSARD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND, UH, THANK YOU. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING. FELICIA BROUSSARD, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AT COVENANT HOUSE, TEXAS. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ANSWER THE SURE, YEAH. IF YOU, IF YOU GOT, IF YOU RECEIVED THE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY IN RESPONSE TO THOSE WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY. YEAH. CAN ANSWER THEM. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN RENDERED. AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST OPENED UP ANOTHER OR A NEW 104,000 SQUARE FOOT CAMPUS, AND SO THE ABILITY TO SERVE, UH, AT AN ENHANCED LEVEL, BUT ALSO EXTEND OUR SERVICES TO UP TO 50% MORE YOUTH ON OUR CAMPUS IS NOW POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S GREAT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. I'VE SEEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. YES, SIR. , MAYBE WE COULD GET A TOUR. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU TO COME AND, AND VISIT. UM, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE OUTSIDE, IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE IMPACT INSIDE. GREAT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . UH, THE, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR OPERATIONS PURPOSES, UH, FOR THE INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY. UH, SECURITY IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL, UH, IN THE FIRST [00:40:01] STEP TOWARD, UH, NAVIGATING YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, FROM HOMELESSNESS TO A STATUS OF STABILITY. UH, AND THEN FURTHERMORE FOR, UH, THE, THE FUNDS WOULD BE ALLOCATED TOWARD, UH, BUILDING UTILITIES. UH, SECONDLY, UH, WE ALSO, UH, DO TRACK YOUTH SEPARATELY PER AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT. UM, THAT IS DONE SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL OF THE FUNDING SOURCES SPECIFIC TO OUR PROGRAMS. UH, THIS ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE AND ACCURACY IN OUR REPORTING. UH, THE TECHNOLOGY USED, WE UTILIZE A CRM OR PLATFORM CALLED EFFORTS TO OUTCOMES. THAT PLATFORM, UH, ALLOWS US TO DOCUMENT EACH CASE, UH, AND THE CASE CASE MANAGEMENT NOTES FOR EACH CLIENT. UH, AND IN ADDITION, WE USE THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, UH, TO TRACK OUR SERVICES. WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL, UH, METHOD OF REPORTING, WHICH ALLOWS US TO TRACK MONTHLY. UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A GRANT ANNUAL, UH, MONTHLY GRANT REVIEW MEETING INTERNALLY, IN WHICH ALL THREE PLATFORMS, UM, ARE DETERMINED, ACCURATE, CONGRUENT TO ONE ANOTHER SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ON TIME CHANGES TO ANY PROGRAMS BASED ON THE RESULTS. UH, WE ALSO GENERATE, UM, A MONTHLY REPORT TO OUR EXECUTIVES, UH, MYSELF AND THREE OTHERS SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE MONTHLY TO ENSURE ACCURATE PROGRESS TOWARD OUTCOMES THAT WE HAVE AGREED UPON INTERNALLY AND THROUGH ALL OF OUR, OUR, OUR FUNDED PARTNERS. IT ALSO TO HELPS US TO ASSESS OUR PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS ME METRICS THAT WE TRACK. UH, WE TRACK A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF ALL THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO OUR YOUTH, INCLUDING BUS PASSES, ALL MEALS PROVIDED THE BED NIGHTS ARE TRACKED, AS WELL AS OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES THAT ARE EXTENDED RIGHT ON OUR CAMPUS AND OUR MEDICAL CLINIC. UM, AS WELL AS THE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE MADE BY THE YOUTH AND THOSE THAT ARE FOLLOWED THROUGH, UH, THROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT, OUR EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES, BASIC NEEDS SERVICES, REFERRALS, AND OTHERS. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, HOW DO WE TRACK OUTCOMES? AGAIN, THROUGH OUR ETO OR EFFORTS TO OUTCOME SYSTEM, IT ALLOWS US TO GENERATE OUR MONTHLY REPORTS THAT ASSESS THEIR HOUSING AND THEIR PLACEMENT STABILITY. UH, FOR YOUTH THAT ARE REFERRED TO OUR SCATTERED SITE PROGRAMS, THAT IS OFF OF THE LOVET BOULEVARD SITE, UH, INCLUDING RAPID REHOUSING AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, WE CONTINUE TO TRACK THEIR HOUSING AND STABILITY POSTIT FROM COVENANT HOUSE, TEXAS AS THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS PROVIDE. OKAY. LET ME ASK YOU, UM, SO THIS DOES NOT EXTEND THE LENGTH OF THE AGREEMENT. UH, HOW, HOW LONG DOES THE AGREEMENT LAST? UH, AT THIS POINT, THIS IS THROUGH 2026. YEAH. MARCH OF 2026. MM-HMM . MARCH, 2026. AND SO THIS IS, UH, $200,000 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. UM, AND ARE ADDITIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED WITH, WITH THAT FUNDING OR NO, THIS IS, THIS IS TO CONTINUE THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM. AND SO THERE WAS, THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE AVAILABLE THROUGH T-D-H-C-A SPECIFICALLY AND ONLY FOR A YOUTH PROVIDER. COVENANT HOUSE IS OUR YOUTH PROVIDER, SO THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THESE FUNDS. AND THEN WE WILL BE LOOKING AT HOW WE FUND FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND SO THOSE DECISIONS HAVEN'T COMPLETELY BEEN MADE YET. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT AGENCIES THAT TEND TO DO A GOOD JOB ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE FUNDED WITH YOUTH DOLLARS. OKAY. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM NO, WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY VICE MAYOR PRO TEM. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK AS WELL. WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS IS ONLINE. WILLIE DAVIS IS ONLINE AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? GREAT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE. ITEM THREE F THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS HOUSTON PROVIDING UP TO $700,000 IN HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN HOME A RP, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR OPERATIONS OF A STREET MEDICINE PROGRAM FOR PERSONS AND HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVE AS A MINIMUM OF 200 HOUSEHOLDS ANNUALLY. HOUSTON'S STREET MEDICINE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE AT LEAST 48 DAYS ANNUALLY SERVICING VARIOUS ENCAMPMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF [00:45:01] HOUSTON. CITY LIMITS THE PROGRAM WILL OFFER PRIMARY, PRIMARY AND URGENT MEDICAL CARE, SUBSTANCE USE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. HIV AND STI TESTING. THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 TO AUGUST 31ST, 2026 WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION. HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY SINCE 2003 AND HAD ONE FINDING IN THEIR LAST COMPLIANCE MONITORING REVIEW DUE TO A LATE PAYMENT SUBMISSION, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN RESOLVED. TODAY WE HAVE KATHERINE ROGERS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT. WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM HERE IN OUR AUDIENCE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. HI, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. YEAH. UM, SO HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOME OF HOUSTON. WE ARE A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER AND WE FOCUS ON PROVIDING CO-LOCATED PRIMARY CARE SERVICES ALONGSIDE MENTAL HEALTH WRAPAROUND CARE. AND OUR PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD FOR FUNDING IS AN EXPANSION OF OUR STREET MEDICINE SERVICES AS MELODY, UM, DISCUSSED. SO TO GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US, UM, THE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED ACROSS OUR STAFFING. UM, THAT INCLUDES OUR FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERING SERVICES DIRECTLY ON THE STREET, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HELP PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, MEDICATION SUPPORT, ELIGIBILITY FOR HOUSING NAVIGATION. UM, SOME OF THE CONTRACT COSTS ALSO INCLUDE THE OVERHEAD RELATED TO PROVIDING STREET MEDICINE SERVICES SUCH AS OUR, OUR MOBILE UNIT, THE FUEL AND, UM, OUTREACH SUPPLIES THAT WE USE IN THE FIELD. IN TERMS OF HOW WE TRACK OUR CLIENTS, WE DO TRACK THEM, UM, PER FUNDING SOURCE, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL FUNDING. IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY, OUR PRIMARY TECHNOLOGY SOURCE THAT WE USE IS EPIC, WHICH IS, UH, AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD. WE ACTUALLY ARE AN AFFILIATE WITH THE HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM, UM, WHICH IS REALLY USEFUL BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR PATIENTS UTILIZE MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF HEALTHCARE. SO THAT'S HOW WE TRACK OUR, OUR HEALTH AND OUR SOCIAL SERVICE ENCOUNTERS. AS A COC PARTNER, WE ALSO UTILIZE THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION INFORMATION SYSTEM. SO THAT ALLOWS US TO OVERLAY THE HEALTH DATA AND THE HOUSING AND, UM, CONTINUUM OF CARE SERVICES. UM, LIKE MANY ORGANIZATIONS, WE ALSO USE SOME OFFLINE SPREADSHEETS. UM, MONTHLY WE DO LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGGREGATE REPORTS. SO WE LOOK AT UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS THAT ARE SERVED. WE LOOK AT ENCOUNTERS ACROSS OUR DIFFERENT CLINIC SITES AND OUR SERVICE LINES SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGING IN MULTIPLE SERVICE LINES IN TERMS OF CASE MANAGEMENT AND WRAPAROUND. UM, WE TRACK THINGS LIKE ID, RESTORATION ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS FOR BENEFITS LIKE THE, UM, HARRIS HEALTH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR THE GOLD CARD, UM, MEDICAID SNAP, UM, S-S-I-S-S-D-I AND SO ON. AND THEN WE ALSO, OF COURSE TRACK REFERRALS INTO COMMUNITY RESOURCES. UM, IN TERMS OF OUTCOMES, WE FOCUS VERY HEAVILY ON HEALTH STABILITY. THAT'S KIND OF THE CORE OF OUR MODEL IS THAT HEALTH STABILITY IS A KEY AND VERY NECESSARY COMPONENT FOR HOUSING STABILITY. SO WE LOOK AT, UM, MEASURES IN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGING IN THOSE OTHER WRAPAROUND AND, AND NON-MEDICAL DRIVERS OF HEALTH SERVICES. AND THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF? IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW? VICE MAYOR PRO TEM. THE BOARD'S NOT WORKING, SO , WE'RE HAVING TO DO IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. YEAH, . OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, ITEM 3G. THE COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN UPDATED COVER SHEET FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. I BELIEVE IT WAS UPDATED FROM LAST WEEK. THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH BREAD OF LIFE, PROVIDING AN UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $575,630. UM, THERE WAS A TYPO ON THE, UM, UM, AGENDA. HAD IT HAD 290,000, IT IS 630,000, SO 500 AND $575,630 IN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS HOPWA FUNDS FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF 107, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS HOUSING ASSISTANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED FOR 97 HOUSEHOLDS. SUPPORTED WITH TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS A LONG-TERM RENTAL SUBSIDY, FIVE HOUSEHOLDS SUPPORTED WITH SHORT-TERM RENT, MORTGAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE, FIVE HOUSEHOLDS UTILIZING PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT [00:50:01] SERVICES TO PROVIDE HOUSING STABILITY AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. THE AMENDMENT WILL EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FROM JUNE 1ST, 2023 TO NOVEMBER 30TH, 2025. THE AMENDMENT TODAY IS PART OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORT TO ALLOW APPROPRIATE TIME IN TRANSITIONING LONG-TERM CLIENTS TO ANOTHER AGENCY THAT WILL CONTINUE THESE SERVICES. THAT AGREEMENT WILL COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS. BREAD OF LIFE HAS RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH VARIOUS AGREEMENTS THROUGH THE CITY SINCE 1999 AND HAS NO FINDINGS ON THEIR LAST COMPLIANCE MONITORING. TODAY WE HAVE YVONNE BENMAR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING SERVICES. YVONNE, IF YOU'LL MAKE HER WAY UP AND SHE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO, UM, BREAD OF LIFE HAS BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 1992. UM, UNDER OUR CURRENT HOPPEL CONTRACT, WE PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS BASICALLY FIRST MONTH'S RENT AND DEPOSIT ASSISTANCE. THIS SERVICE CATEGORY IS GENERALLY USED TO HELP CLIENTS WHO ARE WHAT WE CALL OVER HOUSED OR, UM, RENTING A UNIT THAT IS ABOVE THEIR BUDGET INTO A MORE AFFORDABLE UNIT. WE ALSO PROVIDE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS A LONG TERM RENT SUBSIDY, SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, WHICH PROVIDES, UM, UP TO FIVE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE AND, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. AND OUR S SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE PROVIDE, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AS WELL AS CONNECTING CLIENTS TO A COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE WORKER WHO WILL HELP OUR CLIENTS WHO MAY HAVE FALLEN OUT OF CARE, GET BACK INTO CARE. OUR STAFF RATIO IS 25 CLIENTS TO, TO ONE CASE MANAGER. THIS IS DUE TO THE DUAL DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISABILITIES, AND IT ENSURES THAT OUR TEAM CAN DELIVER THE NECESSARY SUPPORT AND EFFECTIVELY MANAGE CRISIS AS THEY ARRIVE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT STAFF PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES AND SIX STAFF MEMBERS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT SUCH AS ADMINISTRATION AND, UH, PROGRAM OVER OVERSIGHT. CLIENTS ARE TRACKED ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF EACH CONTRACT, RATHER THAN SERVE THROUGH A GENERAL FUNDING POOL. THIS APPROACH ENSURES ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROPER ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TIED TO SPECIFIC FUNDING SOURCES. WE ALSO UTILIZE THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, HMIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH INTERNALLY MANAGED SPREADSHEETS TO TRACK CASE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, MONITOR CLIENT DEMOGRAPHICS. THIS DUAL APPROACH ALLOWS US TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE DATA WHILE TAILORING TRACKING TOOLS TO MEET SPECIFIC PROGRAM NEEDS. TO SUPPORT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT, WE PRODUCE A VARIETY OF AGGREGATE REPORTS THAT HIGHLIGHT CLIENT ENGAGEMENT AND OVERALL PROGRAM PERFORMANCE. THESE INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF CLIENT ENROLLMENT, SERVICES DELIVERED GOAL, PROGRESS, BUDGET UTILIZE AND BUDGET UTILIZATION. THE INSIGHTS GAINED FROM THESE REPORTS GUIDE STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND ENABLE INFORMED DECISION MAKING. WE TRACK SEVERAL KEY METRICS TO EVALUATE SERVICE DELIVERY AND CLIENT PROGRESS ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS. FOR CASE MANAGEMENT, WE MONITOR THE NUMBER OF CLIENT CONTACTS, GOAL PROGRESSION AND DOCUMENTATION COMPLETED. FOR REFERRALS, WE TRACK REFERRAL SOURCES, COMPLETION RATES, AND TURNAROUND TIMES. LASTLY, FOR CLIENT ASSISTANCE, WE LOG FINANCIAL DISTRIBUTIONS, CATEGORIES OF SUPPORT SUCH AS RENT AND UTILITIES AND OUTCOMES SUCH AS HOUSING DEBILITATION OR INCREASED CLIENT RETENTION. THESE INPUTS PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND INFORM CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. WE MONITOR HOUSING OUTCOMES BY ASSESSING WHETHER CLIENT SECURE AND SUSTAINED STABLE HOUSING BOTH DURING AND AFTER THEIR PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAM. POST-IT STABILITY IS TYPICALLY EVALUATED AT 30 DAYS. TRACKING METHODS INCLUDE FOLLOW-UP OUTREACH, CLIENT SELF-REPORTING AND COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER AGENCIES WHENEVER FEASIBLE. THESE DATA POINTS PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE LONG TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR SERVICES AND INFORM CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN OUR HOUSING RETENTION STRATEGIES. SO ALTHOUGH WE ONLY DO A 30 DAY FOLLOW UP, CLIENTS ARE ALSO, UM, ABLE TO REACH OUT TO US AS NEEDED. SHOULD IT BE MORE THAN 30 DAYS. WE ARE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES. GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ARE THESE SERVICES PROVIDED OUT OF YOUR LOCATION ON CRAWFORD? YES. UM, HOWEVER, OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE MOBILE, SO IF CLIENTS CANNOT COME TO US, WE COME TO THEM. THE MAJORITY OF THE CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE ARE IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA, HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE CLIENTS IN [00:55:01] GALVESTON AND NEW KANEY. OKAY, GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? OKAY. UM, FROM STAFF, FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS? YES, MA'AM. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR MATH? YEAH, I SEE THE TOTAL OF 575,630, BUT UP TOP IS 6 26 1 38, 1 46, 33 64, 61 2 88 62 500. I'M COMING UP WITH NINE 901,290. SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN, THERE, THERE MAY BE A TYPO IN THERE AND SO WE WILL GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE THE CORRECT NUMBERS. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR OUR LAST ITEM TODAY, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SOLICITED APPLI SOLICITED APPLICATIONS FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HOLD A 5 0 1 C3 STATUS TO PROVIDE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES, INCLUDING HOUSING, CASE MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR HOUSING PROJECTS, BENEFITING LOW INCOME PERSONS LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY HIV OR AIDS. 14 APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED AND ALL 14 WERE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY OF FUNDING. HOWEVER, ONLY 12 APPLICANTS ARE MOVING FORWARD. TWO, APPLICANTS WITHDREW THEIR APPLICATIONS. THIS ITEM IS THE FIRST OF THE FOUR OF THE 12, MOVING TOWARDS THE REMAINING WITH THE REMAINING TO BE PRESENTED OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. ITEM THREE H THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MONTROSE CENTER PROVIDING UP TO $1,791,845 IN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS FUNDS SERVING A MINIMUM OF 248. LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LIVING WITH HIV OR AIDS HOUSING ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR 78 HOUSEHOLDS SUPPORTED WITH TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, A LONG-TERM RENT SUBSIDY 150 HOUSEHOLDS SUPPORTED WITH SHORT TERM MORTGAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE 20 HOUSEHOLD UTILIZING PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT SERVICES TO PROVIDE HOUSING STABILITY AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS SUPPORT SERVICES. SUPPORT SERVICES WILL INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING, AND OTHER SERVICES THAT WILL PROMOTE HOUSING STABILITY. THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 TO AUGUST 31ST, 2026, WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION. THE MONTROSE CENTER HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY SINCE 2007 AND HAD NO FINDINGS AND THEIR LAST MONITORING REVIEW. TODAY WE HAVE JAMIE GUIDOS, THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER, IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. HI, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. UM, SO I'D LIKE TO START BY ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED. SO HOW WE PLAN ON USING THIS MONEY IS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING STABLE AND, UM, UH, STABLE HOUSING FOR THOSE PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AS WELL AS HELPING THOSE OBTAIN HOUSING AND STABLE HOUSING. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON STAFF THREE HOUSING CASE MANAGERS AS WELL AS UM, ADMIN STAFF. AS FAR AS THE CLIENT TO STAFF RATIO, WE HAVE ONE TERA HOUSING CASE MANAGER WHO WORKS WITH THE LONG-TERM HOUSING. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO FULL-TIME CASE MANAGERS WHO WORK WITH THE PHP AND THE SHORT TERM FUNDING. UM, AS FAR AS HOW THE FUNDING IS TRACKED, IT IS TRACKED PER GRANT AND THEN WE ALSO TRACK IT PER, UM, CATEGORY FOR PHP, STROMA AND T BREATH. SO WE REALLY KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING AS FAR AS THE, UM, TECHNOLOGY USED, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WE USE HMIS, WE USE INTERNAL SPREADSHEETS, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL, UM, EHR THAT WE TRACK ALL THIS INFORMATION INTO, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PULL VARIOUS REPORTS AND WE CAN, UM, PULL SPECIFIC REPORTS IF WE ARE UNABLE TO. IN HMIS EHR IS WHAT, OH, EHR IS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD. I APOLOGIZE AS FAR AS, UM, OUR OUTCOMES AND TRACKING THEM LONG TERM, WE DO FOLLOW UP WITH OUR CLIENTS ABOUT 30 AND 60 DAYS OUTSIDE OF GETTING SERVICES JUST TO ASSURE THAT THEY DON'T NEED ANY OTHER REFERRALS AND SO FORTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. YES. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF? NOPE. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. [01:00:01] OKAY. UH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP MELODY ON YES. ON THIS LAST ITEM. UM, SO IN INITIALLY THERE WERE, UH, MULTIPLE PROVIDERS THAT SOUGHT, SOUGHT THE CONTRACT AND CORRECT. UH, CAN YOU SORT OF, UM, SHED SOME INSIGHT INTO, UH, WHY MONTROSE CENTER ON THIS ONE? OH, WELL, MONTROSE CENTER WAS ONE OF 12 THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD. SO 14 APPLIED, TWO WITHDREW THEIR APPLICATION AND 12 WILL BE FUNDED. I SEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE AGENDA? YES. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD DURING THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENT SECTION. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PORTION OF THE AGENDA. OKAY. AND HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. YES. WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS FROM, UH, FREDDY WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID STAFF. YES, YES MA'AM. UM, HOW IS IT TO DETERMINE OF OF WHICH ORGANIZATION GETS HOW MUCH MONEY'S, YOU KNOW, ONE GET 1,000,007, ONE GET 1,000,005, 480,000? HOW DOES THAT DETERMINE RIGHT. THAT, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. UM, SO PART OF IT IS THAT THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WHETHER IT BE A NOFA OR THE REI OR AN RFP, A BUDGET IS REQUESTED. AND SO EACH AGENCY WILL PRESENT A BUDGET, AND THAT BUDGET THEN SAYS ESSENTIALLY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA SUPPORT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. ONCE OUR TEAM HAS RATED THAT PROPOSAL AND, UM, UM, AND LOOKED AT IT, WE START TO LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THE DEPARTMENT HAS AVAILABLE TO FUND. AND SO WE TYPICALLY GO, UM, AND IN ALL CASES THAT I'M AWARE OF, WE TYPICALLY GO FROM THE HIGHEST RATED ORGANIZATION, LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET, LOOK AT WHO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO SERVE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALIGNS. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME. A NUMBER OF US GET TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS COST REASONABLE, THAT THIS MAKES SENSE. UM, SOME ARE, UM, SOME MAY BE, UM, PROVIDING HIGHER COST SERVICES, SO THEN THEIR COSTS MAY GO UP. UH, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS PRESENTED FOR SALARY. SO WE DO HAVE A MINIMUM, WHICH WE HOLD THE MINIMUM, UH, SALARY IS WHAT THE CITY HAS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS AT 1750 AN HOUR. AND SO WE MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT. WE ALSO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY ARE COMPARABLE. UM, SO IT REALLY JUST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. IT'S NOT, UM, LET'S SAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER CLIENT BECAUSE IN SOME CASES THAT MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE, UH, DEPENDING ON, UM, THE LEVEL OR THE SEVERITY OF BARRIERS THAT THE CLIENT HAS. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. OKAY. AND WELL, THAT'S A GREAT TOPIC, FREDDY, GO AHEAD, CONTINUE. SORRY. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE BRAND NAMES. GOD BLESS 'EM, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. BUT HAVE YOU FUNDED ANY NEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE APPLIED? RIGHT. SO, UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, WE HAVE NOT FUNDED THE BEACON, UM, WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO THAT IS A NEWER ORGANIZATION THAT HAS COME THROUGH. ADDITIONALLY, TWO MONTHS AGO, I BELIEVE WE TOOK TO COUNCIL, OR LAST MONTH WE TOOK TO COUNCIL ENDEAVORS. THAT'S A NEWER ORGANIZATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF PROGRAM. AND THEN YOU WILL BE SEEING A NEW ORGANIZATION, UH, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS FOR OUR HOPWA PROGRAM. SO WE DO HAVE SOME NEW ORGANIZATIONS. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT WE ARE NOT A CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT OPPORTUNITY, MEANING THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BACK OFFICE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY UPFRONT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UM, CAPITAL WITHIN, UM, YOUR, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT OR A LINE OF CREDIT BECAUSE, UM, THESE, THESE AGREEMENTS ARE REIMBURSABLE. AND SO IT DOES, IT IS HARDER FOR NEWER ORGANIZATIONS TO COME THROUGH. UM, WE LOOK AT YOUR ACCOUNTING METHODS, WE LOOK AT, UM, A TON OF INFORMATION. UM, AND, AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE FOR SOME OF THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE LEVEL OF SCRUTINY THAT THE FEDERAL DOLLARS REQUIRE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . WELL, THAT'S A GREAT TOPIC. UH, FREDDY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. SO I, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, WHEN YOU ALL PUT OUT THE RFPS, IS IT TO HELP A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR TO PROVIDE A GIVEN NUMBER OF SERVICES? WHAT, WHAT DO THOSE LOOK LIKE? SO TYPICALLY THE, THE RFP, SO THERE, SO HMM, LET'S, LET'S TALK, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REI. THE REI SPECIFICALLY. WE ARE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT HOUSING MODELS SPECIFICALLY TO HIT A TARGET NUMBER. SO FOR RAPID REHOUSING, WE ARE LOOKING FOR 200 HOUSEHOLDS TO BE SERVED. AND SO WE DON'T TELL AN AGENCY, WE WANT YOU TO SERVE 200 HOUSEHOLDS. WE SAY, UM, WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY? UM, IN THE PAST, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE HAVE DONE EQUATIONS WHERE WE'VE SAID, UM, IF YOU RECEIVED A MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT SHOULD SERVE X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FUND X AMOUNT OF STAFF MEMBERS. [01:05:01] EVERY ORGANIZATION IS DIFFERENT. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE PASS THROUGH DOLLARS. AND SO WE DON'T, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT OR I GUESS TECHNOLOGY TO SAY THAT, THAT THAT EQUATION MAKES A HUNDRED PERCENT SENSE. IT, IT TYPICALLY AVERAGES, UM, DEPENDING ON, UM, UM, LIKE PAST EXPERIENCE, PAST, UM, UH, APPLICATIONS. SO FOR THE REI, WE HAD SPECIFIC NUMBERS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO HIT. UM, AND SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE HOPWA FOR INSTANCE, HOPWA IS WE HAVE AN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FUND. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU ABLE TO FUND WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT? AND THEN WHAT WE LOOK AT IS TO SEE ARE WE CREATING HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S HIGHER, MAYBE THE FAIR MARKET RENT WENT UP. SO ARE WE CREATING HOMELESSNESS BY NOT HAVING ENOUGH SUBSIDY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED? SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE GRANT, IT DEPENDS ON, UH, WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO. WHAT I COULD SAY IS THAT UNDER THE HOPA PROGRAM WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE HOUSING, THE LONG TERM HOUSING NUMBERS, UM, HOWEVER WE HAD TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, I I JUST WANNA POINT OUT ONE MORE THING ON THE HOPWA. ONE THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE MAY SEE IN CDBG AND IT KIND OF SHOWS UP HERE ON THE SCREEN FOR THIS ONE BUDGET. WHEN WE PUT OUT OUR HOPWA NOFA, IT'S FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES AND WITHIN OUR GRANT, HUD REQUIRES US TO BUDGET TO EACH ONE OF THESE LINE ITEMS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE A BIG POOL OF JUST HOPWA FUNDING, SAY 10, 12 MILLION. AND THEN WE CAN AWARD BASED ON WHAT COMES IN. TO SOME EXTENT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGETED LINE ITEM TO SAY HOW MUCH TOTAL WE COULD BUDGET TWO FOR SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE OR PERMANENT HOUSING BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A SET AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN A SENSE, A CAP WITHIN THAT LINE ITEM WITHIN OUR GRANT OVERALL. OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT, THAT EXPLANATION. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF? ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN. IT'S NOW 1108. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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