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House Human Services panel narrows H.91 implementation plan on shelters, funding and prioritization
Summary
Committee members revised the H.91 implementation plan to clarify advisory roles, timing, shelter standards, appeals, prioritization and funding allocations to community action agencies; several items were moved to department responsibilities or left to contracting practice rather than statute.
Members of the House Human Services committee spent a continuation session revising the implementation plan for H.91, focusing on emergency- and extreme-weather-shelter operations, funding allocations to community action agencies, appeals processes and prioritization rules.
The committee agreed the implementation plan should be developed in collaboration with community action agencies and in consultation with the advisory committee and other departments within the Agency of Human Services. Members set an internal target date of Feb. 1 for the plan to be deliverable to the Legislature so any statutory changes could be considered within the current biennium.
Committee members moved several operational items into the implementation plan, including: funding-allocation rules among community action agencies and other providers (explicitly including services for households experiencing domestic violence); appropriate measures and methods for accountability developed with providers; expectations about case management participation tied to continuation of emergency shelter; and use of 2-1-1 within the intake system. The panel also directed…
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