How To Make A Decision On Homeless Care In Orange County

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1 COMMISSION TO END HOMELESSNESS Friday, December 5, :00 11:00 am County of Orange 1300 S. Grand Avenue, Bldg. B 2 nd Floor, Conf. Rms. A/B/C Santa Ana, CA MINUTES Board Member Names and Appointing Bodies Shawn Nelson, Board of Supervisors Dave Kiff, City Managers Association David Cavazos, City Managers Association Tom Burnham, Orange County Business Council * Bill Balfour, Orange County Business Council Max Gardner, H&CD Commission Scott Larson, H&CD Commission* Tita Smith, City Selection Committee Kathryn McCullough, City Selection Committee Larry Haynes, HomeAid Orange County* Barbara Jennings, HomeAid Orange County* Kim Goll, OC Funders Roundtable* Sister Regina Fox, OC Funders Roundtable Tom Gazsi, Police Chiefs/Sheriffs Association Wolfgang Knabe, OC Fire Chiefs Association Carolyn McInerney, County Executive Office Cate Murphy, H&CD Commission Al Mijares, Orange County Department of Education Mark Refowitz, Health Care Agency *Members also on Executive Committee The Commission to End Homelessness welcomes you to this meeting. This agenda contains a brief general description of each item to be considered. The Commission encourages your participation. If you wish to speak on an item contained in the agenda, please complete a Speaker Form identifying the item(s) and deposit it in the Speaker Form Return box located on the side of the podium. If you wish to speak on a matter which does not appear on the agenda, you may do so during the Public Comment period at the close of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, no action shall be taken on any item not appearing in the agenda. When addressing the Commission, please state your name for the record. Please address the Commission as a whole through the Chair. Comments to individual Commissioners or staff are not permitted. Speakers will be limited to three (3) minutes. Power Point and video presentations must be requested prior to start of meeting. CALL TO ORDER: Scott Larson Chair Larson called the meeting to order at 9:05 am. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Tom Gazsi Barb Jennings led the Pledge of Allegiance in Tom Gazsi s absence. INVOCATION: Tom Gazsi No invocation was given this month. ROLL CALL: Julia Bidwell Present: B. Balfour, T. Burnham, R. Fox, M. Gardner, L. Haynes, B. Jennings, D. Kiff, S. Larson, C. McInerney, A. Mijares, C. Murphy, M. Refowitz, T. Smith Absent: D. Cavazos, T. Gazsi, K. Goll, W. Knabe, K. McCullough, S. Nelson - 1 -

2 PRESENTATIONS: Prevention Scoring Form Pilot Program Andrew Donchak Andrew Donchak presented an update on the Pilot Program. Universal Client Tracking Forms Michael Shepherd Michael Shepherd spoke about Client Tracking Forms. CONSENT CALENDAR: All matters are approved by one motion unless pulled by a Commissioner for discussion or separate action. At this time, any member of the public may ask the Commission to be heard on the following items on the Consent Calendar: 1. Approval of May 30, 2014 Commission Minutes 2. Approval of July 25, 2014 Executive Committee Minutes 3. Approval of August 29, 2014 Commission Minutes 4. Approval of September 4, 2014 Executive Committee Minutes 5. Approval of September 26, 2014 Executive Committee Minutes 6. Approval of October 17, 2014 Executive Committee Special Meeting Minutes 7. Approval of October 31, 2014 Commission Minutes 8. Approve Commission to End Homelessness and Commission to End Homelessness-Executive Committee Calendars for 2015 Chair Larson asked for a motion to approve the Consent Calendar. A motion was made by Tom Burnham and seconded by Larry Haynes. The motion passed. DISCUSSION CALENDAR: 9. Year-Round Emergency Shelter Update Karen Roper Julia Bidwell reported for Karen Roper in her absence: The Board of Supervisors did not approve moving forward with the site in Santa Ana. The City of Anaheim is currently reviewing comments from the County on the lease agreement on the Anaheim site. Scott Carpenter, 4 th District, also added information about the Board actions on Year Round Emergency Shelter. Scott Larson gave a background on the issue. Need to engage in re-zoning Some cities have more available room to provide space for shelter Tom Burnham reflected on the Commission s role and engaging CityNet; making sure there is citywide transparency; engaging an advocacy arm and a funding arm. He has written a white paper on his thoughts regarding next steps for getting Year Round Emergency Shelter. Bill Balfour asked if we can get City counts of homeless. Mark Refowitz agreed with Tom Burnham and adding regarding discussing with ACC-OC. Dave Kiff mentioned City representatives on the Commission educating colleagues and getting cities more involved in addition to engaging service clubs and churches. Max Gardner mentioned the Commission helping to explain what the shelter is and safe guards

3 Tita Smith recommended educating new Board of Supervisors members immediately and work towards giving supporters a voice. Al Mijares mentioned engaging the PTA s to educate on the issue. Larry Haynes mentioned that the City of Santa Ana did a very thoughtful SB 2 review process. Scott Larson mentioned there is some urgency with some of the funding the County committed for Year-Round Shelter and confirmed with Julia Bidwell that the Federal Community Development Block Grant funding committed does have a drawdown timeframe (approximately within another year). Public Comments: Susana Sandoval, Community United for Environmental Justice-Santa Ana Says they want to work with the County. Evening meetings are better for community attendance. Scott Barnard, mentioned Santa Ana is uniquely dense. It is important to engage community in the site selection process/from the beginning. The SB2 outreach was not adequate and some time ago. 10. Approval of 2015 Point in Time Methodology/2015 PIT Update Karen Williams Training of Trainers is scheduled for January 8, All Commission Members are encouraged to sign up for the Count. They are hoping to get 1,500 volunteers. Chair Shawn Nelson, Board of Supervisors, sent out a letter to County employees asking for volunteers for PIT Count. Motion made by Carolyn McInerney, seconded by Barb Jennings. The motion passed. 11. Update- Recommendations on Centralized Intake/Centralized Assessment Karen Williams Karen Williams gave an update on the status of the CA/CI implementation and recommendations. There is a CA/CI meeting scheduled for December 17, 2014 at 211OC, Santa Ana Larry Haynes spoke about the Pilot Program and the proposed January 1 adoption of the tracking form. 12. Emergency Shelter Management Plan Standards Barbara Jennings Implementing Group #2 completed Emergency Shelter Management Plan Standards for all shelters to utilize (included as part of the Commission packet). Motion was made by Larry Haynes to approve, seconded by Max Gardner. The motion passed. 13. Continuum of Care Ad Hoc Committee Update Scott Larson/Kim Goll/Allan Roeder/Sister Regina Fox a. Update on 2014 State Emergency Solutions Grant CoC ranking process. Juanita Preciado reported that the focus of the 2014 State Emergency Solutions Grant RFP is on Rapid Rehousing, individuals and families. Thirteen agencies indicated their intent to apply by the December 1 local deadline. Local Rating and Ranking procedures reviewed by the CoC Ad Hoc Committee were sent to interested agencies on December 2 nd. The local CoC priorities are: 1) Rapid Rehousing for individuals, 2) Rapid Rehousing for families, 3) High capacity Emergency Shelter, and 4) lower capacity Emergency Shelter. Application materials are due locally by December 19, CoC Submission of local rankings due to the State by January 30, C2eH Organizational Changes a. Approve Kim Goll as Chair of Implementing Group #4 and Barbara Jennings as Chair of Implementing Group # 2 b. Approve removal the Advocacy/PR/Funding Committee from under Implementing Group #4 and approve it as a stand-alone Ad Hoc Committee Chaired by Tom Burnham Motions made by Carolyn McInerney, seconded by Tita Smith

4 15. Commission to End Homelessness Team Building Workshop Update/Next Steps Scott Larson & Tom Burnham a. Expand the number of available shelters in north/central/south Orange County Create at least one year-round emergency shelter. b. Conduct educational outreach and increase public awareness of homelessness in Orange County. c. Seek greater leadership from the business community to help serve and direct the Commission. d. Strengthen the strategic plan with countywide objectives, informed by data, on the current regional homelessness population and available resources. Tom Burnham s report stated some of the things that the Commission should focus on. Need to push for more citywide involvement Need Citywide transparency Need Community Outreach Need Community Engagement To get non-profits and churches involved Need to raise dollars for many projects Raise funds for Citi-Net so they can work in other cities Al Mijares stated that there are 30,000 homeless children in Orange County. There was some discussion about that. 16. Update on Implementing Groups & Sub-Committees Group Chairs or Designees A. Larry Haynes, Implementing Group #1 (Outreach to Homeless/At-Risk of Homelessness) i. Prevention ii. Outreach B. Barbara Jennings, Implementing Group #2 (Improve Emergency Shelter/Transitional Housing) i. Improve Emergency Shelter ii. Improve Transitional Housing C. Vacant, Implementing Group #3 (Permanent Housing/Resources to Remain Housed) i. Permanent Housing ii. Resources to Remain Housed iii. Employment/Mainstream Resources Sub-Committee iv. Rapid Rehousing Sub-Committee D. Kim Goll, Implementing Group #4 (Data/Social Policy/Systemic Change) i. Data 1. Centralized Intake/Coordinated Assessment Sub-Committee 2. Point In Time Count Ad Hoc Committee 3. HMIS User s Group Sub-Committee ii. Social Policy/Systemic Change E. Tom Burnham, PR/Community Support/Advocacy/Funding Sub-Committee Public Comments: Helen Cameron was concerned about not having a Chair for Implementing Group #3 Michael Shepherd thanked Commission members who attended the Homeless Provider Forum. He also asked the Commission Members to get in touch with him to develop a focus for the Homeless Provider Forum for

5 17. Executive Director/OC Community Services Updates Karen Roper a. Annual Report to Board of Supervisors b. Nominations for Chair of Implementing Group #3 Scott Larson provided the update on this item in Karen s absence. The Annual Report is being finalized to be brought forward in the 1 st Quarter of There has been interest in the Implementing Group #3 Chair position. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time, members of the public may address the Commission regarding any off-agenda items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission provided that NO action may be taken on off-agenda items unless authorized by law. Comments shall be limited to three minutes per person and twenty minutes for all comments, unless different time limits are set by the Chairman subject to the approval of the Board. Massimo Marini, Civic Center Roundtable Confirmed that he learned the next step for the Restaurant Meals Program was to the Board of Supervisors. Cities need more responsibility. It should be up to the City Council s to keep their constituents apprised of homeless issues. Need to schedule meetings that working people can attend. MEMBER COMMENTS: Mark Refowitz thanked Scott Larson for speaking to CalOptima, said he did a great job. ADJOURNED: Chair Larson adjourned the meeting at 11:05 am. NEXT MEETING: Next Meeting: January 30, :00 am to 11:00 am Location of Next Meeting: United Way Mitchell South Irvine, CA Further Commission Information: