Amendment ID: S2708-36

Amendment 36

Overflow Emergency Shelter Site Reporting

Messrs. Tarr and O'Connor move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section _ the following new section:-

SECTION_. The secretary of housing and livable communities shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the clerks of the house and senate and governing entity of each community 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 new to 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.