90-day Plan:
Improving Homeless Services to Our
Community
March 21, 2023
Identified Areas of Improvement
Increase Focused Outreach
Efforts
Audit our
Programs
Improve
Communications
with our
Community
• Audit our Programs
• Review compliance with existing services contracts
• Identify a Case Management System to assist in data collection • Explore the feasibility of utilizing an outside consultant to evaluate our programs and provide recommendations
• Improve Communications with our Community
• Update City’s Homeless Solutions website
o Provide lists of available community resources
o Provide accountability of funding for programs
• Fund overtime for Police HTF Officers to engage local business owners and community members with a goal of contacting at least 200 businesses. • Focused Outreach and Enhanced Case Management
• Fund overtime to Social Workers to engage individuals experiencing homelessness or at- risk of becoming homeless
• Participate in collaborative case conferencing with Mercy House staff • Personnel Management
• Reclassify the vacant Homeless and Behavioral Health Services Director position to a manager position, and initiate recruitment
• Fill the vacant Social Services Supervisor position, which is fully funded in the FY22-23 operating budget.
Fiscal Items
Approximate One-Time Costs
HTF Officer Business Outreach Overtime $25,000
Social Worker Overtime $15,000
Total $40,000
Reclassification with Fully Burdened Salaries
Existing Director of Homeless and Behavioral Health Services $ 269,655 Proposed Homeless and Behavioral Health Services Manager $ 196,116 Difference/Savings $ 73,539