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Recommendation to request that the City Manager's office; Health and Human Services Department; Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department; and/or Public Works Department engage nonprofits regarding the feasibility of establishing a pilot Day Work Program focused on people suffering from homelessness based on successful programs implemented by other cities. The City will look into the fiscal impact of such a program, possible partners, as well as the potential benefits to the efforts being made to help individuals experiencing homelessness, as well as a public education campaign to encourage donations to this program and other opportunities to support addressing homelessness. The intent of this item is to offer new opportunities to those experiencing homelessness not to replace workers already employed by the city.
Should include but is not limited to:
1. Community partners to serve as fiscal agents, to provide housing for
participants, and to provide other necessary components to
success of the program;
2. Various forms of payment and daily wage for participants in the
program, taking into consideration challenges posed when
participants do not have identification;
3. Pick-up locations;
4. Screening process for interested participants;
5. Category of work in which participants will engage;
6. Department in charge of supervision of participants;
7. Implementation costs;
8. Fundraising opportunities for continued funding of the program
after implementation;
9. Outreach efforts to ensure maximum participation and community
education;
10. Develop a public information campaign that encourages donations
to support this program and other programs that provide services
to assist homeless people.
DISCUSSION
INTRODUCTION:
With over 1,800 individuals experiencing homelessness in the City of Long Beach, it is time we look again to the examples set by other cities for new and innovative approaches to focus on homelessness...
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