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Council advances bills to track street outreach and require hospital discharge coordination for people experiencing homelessness
Summary
Introduced measures would create a mobile platform for real‑time tracking of outreach to people experiencing street homelessness (Intro 778a), require annual public warming‑center reporting (Intro 790a), and direct DHS to coordinate discharge supplies and hospital materials to prevent post‑discharge homelessness (Intro 727a/726a).
The City Council introduced a set of bills aimed at strengthening the city’s response to people experiencing homelessness and preventing deaths after hospital discharge. Council Member Lincoln Ressler said Intro 778a would require the Department of Homeless Services to create a mobile, real‑time tracking platform for outreach workers to log engagements and outcomes so the city can better measure placements and service linkages.
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