4777364 Public Hearing Notice on B20-679, "Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act of 2014"

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Human Services

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004                                   

 

 

THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

JIM GRAHAM, CHAIRPERSON

 

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON

BILL 20-679, THE “HOMELESS SERVICES REFORM AMENDMENT ACt of 2014”

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 AT 11:00 A.M.

 

ROOM 500

THE JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING

1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004

Councilmember Jim Graham, Chairperson of the Committee on Human Services, announces a Public Hearing on Bill 20-679, the “Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act of 2014.”  The hearing will be held on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building. 

 

Bill 20-607 would amend the Homeless Services Reform Act of 2005 to require that the Department of Human Services fill all locally-budgeted, uncommitted Permanent Supportive Housing Program placements that are made available through attrition within 60 days from the day the placement becomes uncommitted.

 

Those who wish to testify should contact Mr. Malcolm Cameron of the Committee on Human Services by e-mail at [e-mail] or by telephone at [phone] by January 27, 2014.  E-mail contacts to Mr. Cameron should include the residential ward, full name, title, and affiliation -- if applicable -- of the person(s) testifying.  Witnesses should bring 15 copies of their written testimony to the hearing.  Witnesses representing an organization should limit their testimony to five minutes; individual witnesses will have three minutes.    

 

If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Human Services, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 116, Washington, D.C. 20004, no later than 5:30 p.m., March 23, 2014.