4849920 Public Hearing Notice on B20-735, "End Youth Homelessness 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, CHAIRMAN

 

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON

BILL 20-735, THE “END YOUTH HOMELESSNESS AMENDMENT ACT OF 2014”

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 AT 11:00 A.M.

 

ROOM 123

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 20-735, the “End Youth Homelessness Amendment Act of 2014.”  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building. 

 

            Bill 20-735 would amend the Homeless Services Reform Act of 2005 to require the Interagency Council on Homelessness to clarify in its Winter Plans that the right to hypothermia shelter applies to all District residents who are homeless, including unaccompanied minors; to require the Interagency Council to prepare and submit to the Council a comprehensive Plan to End Youth Homelessness in the District by 2020; to provide that the Continuum of Care shall include comprehensive, age-appropriate supportive services for children and youth; to require the Department of Human Services to establish a new grant program to fund street outreach; to require the Department of Human Services to conduct an extended youth count; to require the Mayor to operate a coordinated system for entering youth into the District's network of shelters, housing and services; and to require additional funding for the Continuum of Care.

 

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 May 6, 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., May 17, 2014.