Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-720-R1

Redraft ECO 720

Emergency assistance reporting requirement

Messrs. Lewis, Brady and Eldridge moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7004-0101, by striking out, in lines 130 to 154, inclusive, the words, “provided further, 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) front-door entries into the emergency assistance system; (3) diversions as a result of HomeBASE household assistance; (4) exits through termination; (5) exits through HomeBASE household assistance; (6) exits to any other subsidized housing program; and (7) the number of applications that were denied and the reasons for those denials; 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 preceding 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 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 words:- “; provided further, that the department shall provide to the senate and house 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 applications that were denied and the reasons for the denials; (3) front-door entries into the emergency assistance system; (4) diversions as a result of HomeBASE household assistance; (5) exits through at-fault termination; (6) exits because the household is no longer income eligible; (7) exits through HomeBASE household assistance; and (8) exits to another subsidized housing program; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the senate and house 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 and the type of assistance later required and provided; provided further, that the report shall 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; provided further, the report shall include the following demographic information regarding households served by the family shelter system: (I) the ages of the heads of household; (II) the race and ethnicity of the heads of households; (III) the number of children served in the shelter system during the quarter, broken down by age; (IV) the average income and breakdown of income type of families served by the shelter system; and (V) a breakdown of educational attainment of the heads of household”.