4346587 Public Hearing Notice on B20-281, "Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act of 2013"

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, CHAIR

 

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON

BILL 20-281, THE “HOMELESS SERVICES REFORM AMENDMENT ACT OF 2013”

 

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 AT 11:00 A.M.

 

ROOM 500

THE JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING

1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004

Councilmember Jim Graham, Chair of the Committee on Human Services, announces a Public Hearing on Bill 20-281, the “Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act of 2013.”  The hearing will be held on Monday, June 3, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building. 

 

Bill 20-281 would amend the Homeless Services Reform Act of 2005 by amending the definitions of “homeless” and “transitional housing,” adding the terms “Provider premises”, “Provisional Placement Status”, and “Rapid Re-housing” as well as their respective definitions, clarify that transitional housing is for up to two years, give the Mayor the authority to require homeless services clients to establish and contribute to savings and escrow accounts and to draft corresponding rules, authorize the Department or its designee to place homeless services clients in Provisional Placement Status while it determines eligibility and priority, and  allow for the discharge of services when a homeless services client is absent due to relocation to other program or facility, abandons his or her unit, or receives services for the length of the program.  This bill contains the Mayor’s proposals that Councilmember Graham has recommended   dropping for the Budget Support Act in favor of the regular legislative process.

 

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 Friday, May 31, 2013.  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 should limit their testimony to five minutes; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses. 

 

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 Secretary to the Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 5, Washington, D.C. 20004, no later than 5:30 p.m., Thursday, June 13, 2013.  The record will close at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, 2013.