Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-669

ECO 669

Emergency Assistance Reporting Requirement

Messrs. Lewis and Brownsberger moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7004-0101, in line 84, after the word "assistance;" by striking out words "and (6) exits to any other subsidized housing program" and inserting in place thereof the following text and inserting the following text:- (6) exits to any other subsidized housing program (7) 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; and (8) the number of applications that were denied and the reasons for such denials"; and in said line item by adding at the end thereof the following:- "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.