NYC Council Introduction 513

intro.nyc/0513-2022 2022-2023 Legislative Session
Requiring the department of homeless services to report on the feasibility of establishing partnerships with community-based organizations to accept and process applications for shelter intake from families with children.
Status: Filed (End of Session) Committee on General Welfare
Sponsored by Sandra Ung
Introduced: June 2, 2022

This bill would require the Department of Homeless Services to report on the feasibility of partnering with community-based organizations to accept and process application for shelter intake for families with children. The report would include information relating barriers to implementation of such a program, training requirements, cost estimates, access to databases or other systems and confidentiality and data privacy. The report would also include an estimated timeline for implementing such partnerships.

Sponsors: 15