NYC Council Introduction 658

intro.nyc/0658-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Monitoring and evaluating homelessness prevention and aftercare programs.
Status: Committee Committee on General Welfare
Sponsored by Erik D. Bottcher
Introduced: March 19, 2024

This bill would require the Department of Social Services to report annually on the outcomes and operations of homelessness prevention and aftercare services such as the Homebase Homelessness Prevention Program, and to report every third year on the Department’s methodology, findings, and follow-up measures regarding performance audits of vendor contracts for homelessness prevention and aftercare services. This bill would additionally require a one-time report on early indicators of housing instability, opportunities for early intervention, and potential means of expanding services offered or populations served through homelessness prevention and aftercare programs.