Amendment #19 to H4460

Section 14 elimination

Mr. Soter of Bellingham moves to amend the bill in section 14, by striking lines 396-428, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following:

“ (c) All state-funded overflow emergency shelter sites and, to the extent feasible, non state-funded overflow emergency shelter sites shall provide information to families about authorized training programs and approved training programs offered to provide skills and resources to individuals for assistance in entering the workforce; provided, that eligible individuals in the family shall be authorized to participate in the authorized training programs and the approved training programs; provided further, that all state-funded overflow emergency shelter sites and non-state-funded overflow emergency shelter sites shall provide information to families and pregnant women about other resources available, including, but not limited to: (i) food resources, including food pantries in close proximity to said overflow emergency shelter site; (ii) services offered by resettlement agencies; (iii) housing programs; and (iv) other available resources from nonprofits or other sources.

(d) The secretary of housing and livable communities shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than every 30 days a report with data for each state funded overflow emergency shelter site and, to the extent feasible, each non-state-funded overflow emergency shelter site, including the following information: (i) types of services provided to families, including a breakdown of the types of services and hours of availability of services; (ii) total number of families; (iii) number of families new to the overflow emergency shelter site since the last report; (iv) total number of individuals; (v) number of individuals newto the overflow emergency shelter site since the last report; (vi) average length of stay, in days for individuals in an overflow emergency shelter site, including a breakdown of data on: (A) the family with the longest length of stay; (B) families that have been placed in the emergency shelter assistance program from a state-funded overflow emergency shelter site or non-state funded overflow emergency shelter site; and (C) families that are no longer in the state-funded overflow emergency shelter site or non-state-funded overflow emergency shelter site but have not been placed in the emergency assistance program; (vii) a procurement record for state-funded overflow sites for supplies and services necessary to provide resources and necessities of daily living to families; and (viii) efforts made to connect families with additional services or programs, including, but not limited to, resettlement agencies, HomeBase or other housing programs.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #19 to H4460

Section 14 elimination