Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Resident Services topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
HOC nominee discusses resident services, lost fatherhood program funding
Summary
HOC representatives said a fatherhood initiative lost federal funding and that HOC is keeping a reduced program alive while seeking partners and private donations to sustain services for residents with complex needs.
HOC representatives told the council that the agency has been working to support residents with overlapping needs and that some programs have lost federal funding. 'We have a fatherhood initiative that lost a lot of funding,' Merkowitz said, and HOC has preserved a smaller version with some private donations while seeking ways to restore former program capacity.
Commissioners urged bringing in nonprofits and other partners to serve children with learning differences and to provide advocacy where public schools do not. The commissioner said she 'brought in a group that focuses on low income families with children of learning to with learning disabilities' and recommended leveraging those relationships to add services in HOC properties. No new funding allocations or formal program changes were recorded in the transcript.
