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Update on Homeless Services Bureau Operations
· Paul Duncan and Alvin Teng provided an overview on the following items:
· RFPs
o Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity
o Safe Parking
· MSC Construction
o Construction has started to the MSC to repair plumbing and redesign the showers to a more trauma informed design. Construction will last approx. 3 months
o Bringing in portable showers to meet people’s showering needs
· Project Homekey / Roomkey
o Finalized extension of PRK through January 2022, we do not anticipate extending further than the time period
o 20 additional motel vouchers will be covered through County PRK funds for January 2022 - June 2022
o County PRK funds will provide 10 RRH slots for non-EHV eligible households
o County PRK funds will provide funding for 2 ICMS case managers for 1 year
o The state has released an RFP for the second round of PHK funding
· Emergency Housing Vouchers
o As of last week, over 300 people have been matched to vouchers at this point
o Average matching 40 people per week
o Approximately 135 vouchers have been issued and are now on the street
o We have had several move-ins and have a handful of people that are now in the lease up process
· Long Beach 2022 Homeless Count
o The 2022 PIT Count will take place on the morning of Tuesday, January 25 with a staggered deployment due to COVID-19
o Requests for volunteers and marketing to go out by end of October
o CoC Ad-hoc Subcommittee meeting to be scheduled
o Updates to the Count that Staff are exploring:
§ Transition to full use of mobile app for count and surveys
§ Visual counts of vehicular homelessness
§ Incorporation of Youth survey into PIT Count
§ Use of volunteer platform to streamline volunteer coordination
§ Virtual volunteer trainings
o Requests of CoC Members:
§ Volunteers for the count and logistics
§ Donations for incentives, such as gift cards, hygiene kit supplies, socks, etc.
§ Donations for volunteers, such as food or drink
§ Marketing of volu...
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