5083108 Public Oversight Roundtable on PR20-854, "Sense of the Council for Closing DC General Shelter Resolution of 2014" (Part II)

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Human Services

PUBLIC OVERSIGHT Roundtable

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 116, Washington, D.C. 20004                

 

 

THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Councilmember JIM GRAHAM, Chairperson

 

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT roundtable ON the

 

PR20-854, “Sense of the Council for Closing DC General Shelter Resolution of 2014” (Part II)

 

THURSDAY, September 18, 2014 AT 11:00 A.M.

 

D.C. General Shelter

1900 Massachusetts Avenue, SE

WASHINGTON, DC 20003

 

Councilmember Jim Graham, Chairperson of the Committee on Human Services, announces a public oversight roundtable on PR 20-854, the “Sense of the Council for Closing DC General Shelter Resolution of 2014” (Part II).  The roundtable will be held on Thursday, September 18, 2014, at 11:00 a.m., in the Activity Room in the Main Building at D.C. General Shelter. 

 

PR 20-854 declares the sense of the Council that the District closes and discontinues use of the DC General Shelter for homeless families only when certain benchmarks are met and when there is a sufficient number of appropriate apartment style units and permanent housing options available for existing and newly homeless families. This roundtable will provide an opportunity for the residents of DC General Shelter to comment on the provisions of the resolution. 

 

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 Wednesday, September 17, 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 roundtable.  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 roundtable, 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., Suite 116, Washington, D.C. 20004, no later than 5:30 p.m., Thursday, September 25, 2014, when the official record will close.