None of us have ever seen before. And, it manifests itself in many different ways. There is economic anxiety, people out of work, what does this mean, unemployment insurance, will it cover the bills . , this fear oftion the unknown. There is misinformation. You put it all together, and it is very disorienting, to say the least. If you are feeling disoriented, it is not to you, it is everyone , and it is everywhere. And, it is with good cause. Today is saturday. Do you want to know how i know today is saturday . Because my alarm clock said saturday when i woke up this morning. But, if you drive around, it doesnt seem like saturday, right . Saturday is the day people are off work, except people were off work yesterday. Saturday is the day the traffic is lighter, but the traffic was lighter yesterday, so it is literally one day blending into the other. Just as a matter of perspective, a matter of context, because this feels like it has been going on forever but really hasnt, new york stat
Because we believe it is the most efficient way to help people experiencing homelessness. Is this a good investment . I called this hearing to understand how does the department of homelessness think about, quote, success . Success looks different to different people and i want to make sure we are on the same page and were getting a good solid return on our investment. So, im going to frame this hearing in three different parts. Im interested in three top issues. First, getting people off the streets. In particular i want to know how many people have we moved into the theyre congratulations centers Navigation Centers . How many go back on to the streets after their maximum 60day stay . Do any people return to Navigation Centers after the 60day stay . I want to understand the services that are being offered. Whats the percentage of people what percentage of people are taking advantage of services and which services are they taking advantage of . Does that percentage increase on a second
Into a site. So we have the shorterterm beds so we could have turnaround. Otherwise we would have filled up 1515 south van ness with 110 people and we would still have people on the streets. Theres no Science Behind it ak dhul there is. Actually there is a science. Based on the number of units we have turning over, we would have 300 pathway to housing beds. That would be the ideal number. That would be the right number because that matches up to everybody staying for 90 days and then you get housing. Supervisor cohen how are people selected to move into the Navigation Center . Flu a variety of ways. They are invitation only. And there is a couple of different ways people will get in. If the hot Team Identifies an individual who is a priority one client, they get prioritized for a Navigation Center bed because we want to get them off the streets. Some of the Navigation Center beds are set aside for the Encampment Resolution Team like the one we worked on that polian street napoleon stre
Are just that, a part of the system. This is just a quick snapshot of homelessness in the city and how it is directed. Primarily in districts six, ten and nine. And on the next slide you see this is the distribution of housing shelters, nav centers and all Homeless Services in the city, again concentrated primary in districts six, nine and ten based on the where the populations are. Then theres housing spread throughout the city. In some cases just one or two facilities there. Im going to skip over slides. This isnt a presentation about our strategic framework. But there are many components to it. Maybe a couple i should highlight. One being we talk about problem solving, which is because we have so many people coming into the system every year, we need to find ways to divert them out of the system as quickly as possible. And problem solving is things like eviction prevention, flexible grants. Just the other day we helped a family who was about to become homeless because the father was
Are just that, a part of the system. This is just a quick snapshot of homelessness in the city and how it is directed. Primarily in districts six, ten and nine. And on the next slide you see this is the distribution of housing shelters, nav centers and all Homeless Services in the city, again concentrated primary in districts six, nine and ten based on the where the populations are. Then theres housing spread throughout the city. In some cases just one or two facilities there. Im going to skip over slides. This isnt a presentation about our strategic framework. But there are many components to it. Maybe a couple i should highlight. One being we talk about problem solving, which is because we have so many people coming into the system every year, we need to find ways to divert them out of the system as quickly as possible. And problem solving is things like eviction prevention, flexible grants. Just the other day we helped a family who was about to become homeless because the father was