Amendment #1100 to H4200

Emergency Assistance Data and Reporting Technical Amendment

Representatives Gregoire of Marlborough, Ashe of Longmeadow, Decker of Cambridge, Dwyer of Woburn, Khan of Newton and Rushing of Boston move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 7004-0101, by striking the words, “provided further, that the department shall provide to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report of the most recently available monthly data on: (a) the number of applications for services provided for in this item and in item 7004-0108; (b) “front-door” entries into the emergency assistance system; (c) diversions as a result of HomeBASE household assistance; (d) exits through termination; (e) exits through HomeBASE household assistance; and (f) exits to any other subsidized housing program; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the number of families transitioned from shelter benefits to affordable, subsidized or otherwise assisted housing through this program; provided further, that the report shall include the average, minimum and maximum cost per family of such assistance, the number of families served who required further assistance at a later date, the type of assistance later required and provided and the current housing stability of each family who received transitional housing or short-term housing assistance within the prior 12 months; provided further, that the report shall detail the savings realized by any such changes to benefits or eligibility; provided further, that the report shall also include the following information from the department of children and families: (a) the number of families assessed in the previous quarter; (b) the number of families determined to be at a substantial health and safety risk; (c) the number of families receiving multiple health and safety assessments within the previous 6-month period; and (d) the standards used to determine a substantial health and safety risk;” and inserting in place thereof, the following:-

“provided further, that the department shall provide to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report of the most recently available monthly data on: (1) the number of applications for services provided for in this item and in item 7004-0108; (2) the number of families who inquired about applying for shelter or HomeBASE but for whom an application was not taken and the reasons why applications were not taken; (3) front-door entries into the emergency assistance system; (4) the number of applications that were denied and the reasons for such denials;   (5) diversions as a result of HomeBASE household assistance; (6) exits through termination (7) exits through HomeBASE household assistance; and (8) exits to any other subsidized housing program; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the number of families transitioned from shelter benefits to affordable, subsidized or otherwise assisted housing through this program; provided further, that the report shall include the average, minimum and maximum cost per family of such assistance, the number of families served who required further assistance at a later date, the type of assistance later required and provided and the current housing stability of each family who received transitional housing or short-term housing assistance within the prior 12 months; provided further, that the report shall also include the following information from the department of children and families: (a) the number of families assessed for shelter eligibility based on a substantial health or safety risk in the previous quarter; (b) the number of families determined to be at a substantial health and safety risk; (c) the number of families receiving multiple health and safety assessments within the previous 6-month period; and (d) the standards used to determine a substantial health and safety risk; provided further, the report shall include the following demographic information regarding households being served in the shelter system: 1) the  ages of the heads of household 2) the race and ethnicity of heads of households  3) the number of children served in the shelter system during the quarter broken down by age; 4) the average income and breakdown of income type of families served by the shelter system;  5) breakdown of educational attainment of the heads of household”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1100 to H4200

Emergency Assistance Data and Reporting Technical Amendment