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B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Okay,
I'd
like
to
welcome
everyone
to
this
meeting.
This
is
a
meeting
of
the
homeless
initiative
advisory
committee
for
january
29th,
2021.
B
We
do
have
some
new
members
and
I
would
like
to
introduce
them
and
have
them
each
just
say
a
few
words
about
themselves
and
if
I
mispronounce
your
name,
please
correct
me.
Sarah
copely.
A
C
D
C
B
Okay,
I'm
counting
pictures
here
should
we
we
have
14
members
right,
so
eight
yeah.
E
That's
weird
yeah:
we
don't
have
a
quorum
yet
so
if
we
want
to
just
go
ahead
and
do
a
roll
call
of
those
present
and
as
other
folks
join
in,
we
can
acknowledge
them
and
I'll.
I
think,
go
ahead.
E
B
Okay,
well,
why
don't
we
go
ahead
and
take
the
role
as
we
have
it
now
christina?
Can
you
do
that.
E
Sarah
kaplay
we've
got
you
jason
desai.
If
you
could
just
what
I
call
your
name,
if
you
just
acknowledge
jason.
E
Nash,
tara,
mccracken.
D
F
E
Okay,
great
randy,
stout.
G
E
Great
and
jennifer
teague
here
great
okay
matt
of
chair.
We
we
have
a
quorum
now,
so
we
can
certainly
proceed.
B
Okay,
great
okay,
so
so
obviously
this
is
a
an
online
meeting
if
everybody
would
keep
themselves
muted
unless
they
are
getting
ready
to
talk.
That
would
help
a
lot.
I
think
we
are.
We
also
have
an
option.
This
is
being
recorded.
This
is
a
public
meeting.
We
are
a
public
body,
so
we
are
subject
to
the
public
meeting
law,
which
means
that
this
is
being
recorded
and
that
comes
into
play
in
our
future
work
as
well.
B
I
think
everybody
is
probably
fairly
used
to
online
meetings
by
now.
So
just
do
what
you
normally
do.
You
know
unmute
yourself.
If
you
want
to
talk
or
raise
your
hand
and
I'll
try
to
call
on
you.
B
So
our
first
order
of
business
since
we
do
have
a
quorum
is
the
consent
agenda.
Everyone
should
have
received
a
copy
of
the
minutes
in
their
notes.
That
is
the
only
item
on
the
consent
agenda.
So
can
I
have
a
motion
that
we
approve
the
consent
agenda.
C
B
B
Okay,
thank
you.
All
in
favor
raise
your
hands
or
say
I
I
okay
yeah.
E
E
E
Yes,
elvie
is
not
here,
amy
hobson
are
you
here
yet
not
here,
okay,
tamiya.
D
H
C
C
B
Okay,
our
next
item
of
business
on
the
agenda
is
the
esg's
cv2
funding.
We
did
receive
another
series
of
grant
proposals
based
on
hud
funding
due
to
covet
issues
and
the
finance
group.
The
finance
commit
work
group
met,
went
over
the
funding
requests
and
made
recommendations
as
to
funding
for
each
of
the
organizations
which
made
a
request.
B
You
have
a
copy
of
the
request
and
the
allocated
funds
as
part
of
your
materials
that
were
provided
to
you
online.
B
I
will
mention
that
we,
we
did
have
requests
for
about
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
more
than
what
we
actually
were
able
to
give
out
which
necessitated
reductions
and
what
certain
organizations
had
asked
for
which
we
never
like
to
do,
but
there's
only
so
much
money
we
have.
B
So
we
have
to
do
that.
So
brian
can
go
into
more
detail
on
that.
E
Yes,
so
we
we
received
a
number
of
applications
yeah.
This
was
emergency
solutions,
grant
you
know
money
specifically
for
response
to
the
covet
pandemic,
and
so
we
received
applications
for
almost
every
activity
type
except
for
hmis,
which
we
opted
not
to
city
opted
not
to
apply,
but
some
new
applicants
in
the
mix.
We
were
really
excited
to
see
that,
as
eileen
mentioned,
we
had
a
little
over
500
000
dollars
in
the
in
applications
than
we
actually
had
funding
to
distribute.
E
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
acknowledge
the
finance
work
group
members
who
really
put
in
a
an
extraordinary
amount
of
time
and
energy
examining
these
applications.
There
were
some
really
tough
decisions
that
had
to
be
made,
so
we
we
got
it
done.
This
is
a
really
significant
infusion
of
dollars
into
the
community,
in
particular
around
rapid
rehousing.
E
We
did
have
an
application
from
the
sunrise
community
for
some
street
outreach.
That's
the
first
time
we've
ever
received
a
street
outreach
application
using
esg
dollars,
so
we're
certainly
excited
about
their
participation.
So
emily
is
there
anything
that
you
want
to
add
before
we
proceed
to
taking
any
questions.
C
B
E
It
was
a
really
lively
discussion,
lots
of
lots
of
hard
hard
work
and
and
good
good
thinking
happening
on
this
round.
G
Brian,
I
just
wanted
to
share
as
well
how
much
homer
brown
appreciates
the
support
and
the
work
that
was
committed
to
this
process.
I
know
it's
again
to
speak
to
what
you
just
mentioned
it
there
were
some
hard
decisions,
but
we
really
appreciate
the
continued
support
of
this
group.
B
I
would
also
like
to
recognize
and
welcome
kim
rony
kim
is
newly.
Our
city
lies
on.
Is
that
the
correct
thing
to
say
so?
She
will
be
helping
us
and
facilitating
communication
with
the
powers
that
be
in
the
asheville
city
council.
So
thank
you
for
coming.
Thank
you
again.
Welcome.
B
Yes,
okay,
can
we
I
apologize
for
that?
Can
we
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
recommendations
of
the
finance
work
group.
B
C
E
C
Approve
amy.
H
E
Meredith,
we
can't
get
a
vote
from
you
and
I'm
sorry
tamiya
you
had
a
you.
Had
you
guys
had
an
application.
We
shouldn't
have
taken
a
vote
from
you.
So
sorry,
jennifer
approve
okay,
great
thanks.
I
The
most
exciting
part
of
the
agenda,
I'm
sure,
is
how
all
of
you
feel
about.
This
is
how
I
feel
about
this.
So
we
for
folks
who
are
new,
I'm
happy
to
talk
about
this
longer
than
you
want
to
talk
about
it
offline,
if
you'd
like
to
do
that,
but
we
as
a
continuum
of
care,
we're
required
to
use
the
homeless
management
information
system
hmis
and
that
captures
client
level
data
about
how
many
folks
are
homeless
in
our
community.
I
What
their
demographic
characteristics
are,
how
they
use
homeless
services
in
our
community,
how
long
they
stay
homeless
when
they
exit
homelessness.
Do
they
return
to
homelessness,
really
captures
a
lot
of
data,
but
that
data
is
dependent
on
the
quantity
of
participation
that
we
have
across
the
community.
It
is
often
required
by
public
funders
not
often
required
by
anyone
else,
so
agencies
that
don't
take
public
money
don't
always
participate
in
hmis.
Sometimes
we
have
agencies
that
participate
in
hmis
with
some
of
their
programs,
but
not
all
of
their
programs.
I
So
certainly
part
of
our
goal
is
to
continually
improve
the
quantity
of
data
that
we
have
quantity
of
participation
from
homeless
service
providers
across
the
community,
and
then
we
also,
of
course,
always
want
to
be
improving
the
quality
of
data
that
we
have
so
that
we
really
are
able
to
meaningfully
analyze
what's
happening
with
homeless
folks
in
our
community.
So
quick
update
on
hmis
is
that
we
do
have
increased
participation
since
we
met
last.
We
now
have
salvation
army
in
hmis.
We
have
elida
and
hmis
that
may
have
been
happening
when
we
were
together.
I
Last,
I'm
not
exactly
sure,
and
as
of
next
week,
we
will
have
human
streets,
respite
program
participating
in
hmis,
so
good
step
forward
on
that
front,
and
then
we
have
four
more
programs
that
are
on
the
way
sunrise
because
they
received
that
esg
cv
award
that
you
all
just
talked
about.
They
will
be
participating
in
hmis
for
their
outreach
activities,
and
then
we
also
have
a
great
federal
update,
I'll
bash.
I
As
probably
a
lot
of
you
know
the
federal
partnership
between
hud
and
the
va
to
provide
supportive
housing
for
veterans
and
where
each
each
of
those
federal
departments
has
a
required
data
system
and
those
data
systems,
don't
talk
to
each
other,
but
they
have
figured
out
at
the
federal
level
that
that's
actually
pretty
important,
and
so
there
is
a
patch
coming
our
way
to
be
able
to
import
that
hud
bash
data
from
the
va
system
into
hmis.
I
So
we
don't
have
that
yet,
but
that
is
in
the
works
at
a
high
level
that
will
be
coming
soon
and
then
really
constructive
conversations
with
baya
about
their
tcli
program
and
when
cap
about
their
hockey
programs-
and
I
think
both
of
those
should
be
jumping
into
hmis
in
the
next
few
months.
So
again,
really
good
step
forward
on
the
quantity
of
data
certainly
always
opportunity
to
improve
our
data
quality.
We're
working
on
that
and
then
last
thing
on
data
is
that
we
have
a
number
of
hud
reports
due
right
now.
I
So
today
is
the
submission
deadline
for
the
longitudinal
systems,
analysis
report
for
the
1819
fiscal
year
and
the
1920
fiscal
year.
If
I
look
very
tired,
it's
because
I
am
because
this
has
been
a
really
really
big
push
to
get
those
reports
done,
but
that'll
be
a
good
thing
to
finish
and
then
coming
up
in
march
we
have
the
system
performance
measures
that
are
due
also
to
hud
and
then
the
point
in
time
count
which
we'll
talk
about
more
in
a
bit
will
be
due,
probably
at
the
end
of
april.
I
I
I
think
because
we
they're
all
they're
all
retrospective
reports,
so
they're,
looking
at
our
historical
data,
of
course,
and
because
we
haven't
had
a
big
quantity
of
data,
I
think
the
the
usefulness
of
those
reports
is
pretty
limited
for
this
particular
cycle,
but
I
think
going
forward
and
they
will
have
good
substance
that
we
can
really
look
at
and
do
some
good
analysis
on
as
a
committee
and
as
a
community.
E
Yeah,
madam
chair
I'd
like
to
inquire,
especially
the
new
committee
members,
if
it
would
be
beneficial
for
you
guys
for
me
and
emily
just
to
do
kind
of
an
information
session
to
explain
some
of
this,
some
of
these
acronyms
and
and
and
technology,
and
just
you
know
some
of
the
peculiarities
so
for
new
members
in
particular,
and
for
you
know
old-timers,
you
know
current.
You
know
people
who
have
been
on
the
committee.
You
know
we
we'd
be
happy
to
facilitate
that
discussion
and
and
councilwoman
rony.
E
B
E
E
H
H
Questions
for
emily,
but
I
just
want
to
really
say
a
shout
out
to
her
for
her
work
and
also
brian
in
this
work
with
around
hmis.
From
my
understanding,
it's
been
a
a
pretty
large
effort
to
try
to
get
so
many
people
into
the
system
and
to
really
be
able
to
accumulate
this
data,
which
is
really
important
in
the
driving
vision
forward,
and
I
just
really
think
that
that's
a
huge
testament
to
the
work
that
she's
doing
and
just
wanted
to
make
sure
to
recognize
that.
B
A
If
you
wouldn't
mind
letting
me
know
I'd
like
to
invite
some
other
philanthropy
folks,
because
there
are
four
funders
right
here
in
buncombe
county,
that
could
have
a
big
impact
and
I
think
just
our
level
of
understanding
what
is
needed
and
some
of
the
historical
data
so
that
they
can
make
decisions
going
forward,
can
only
help.
A
B
Okay,
next
agenda
item
back
to
emily
and
brian
staff
updates.
E
I
Code
purple
another
thing
I
could
talk
to
you
about
until
your
ears
bleed.
So
certainly
you
know.
Let
me
know
if
you
want
me
to
stop
but
code
purple,
as
you
all
know,
is
a
long-standing
community
practice
where
emergency
shelters
extend
their
or
kind
of
waive
their
policies,
their
typical
requirements
and
exceed
their
typical
capacity
to
get
folks
inside
when
it's
32
degrees
or
below
it's
really
survival
oriented.
It's
been
a
good
community
partnership
for
a
long
time,
voluntary
participation
from
agencies,
but
really
a
good
widespread
practice
this
year.
I
Because
of
covid,
we
did
not
have
a
shelter
that
was
able
to
participate
in
code
purple
at
all
in
their
typical
way.
All
of
the
shelters
in
our
community
have
been
requiring
negative
cova
tests
for
entry,
and
so
that's
the
turnaround
time
on
that
is
not
feasible
for
a
day
of
code
purple
event,
so
we
went
into
the
winner
with
no
code
purple
option
available,
which
you
know
doesn't
work.
I
Of
course,
so
we
were
able
to
work
with
the
rescue
mission
on
a
creative
alternative
and
they
were
willing
to
run
code
purple
if
we
could
find
an
off-site
location
so
that
they
weren't
sort
of
mixing
populations
folks
who
had
been
tested
at
the
rescue
mission
and
their
regular
shelter
population.
I
So,
starting
december
1st,
we
have
had
code
purple
operating
at
first
congressional
ucc
downtown,
which
has
been
wonderful.
Those
guys
have
been
really
fantastic
to
work
with
really
willing
to
come
to
the
table
and
bring
their
resources
to
bear
on
that.
A
great
community
partner
rescue
mission
has
been
a
great
community
partner.
In
this.
It's
certainly
been
a
heavy
lift
for
them
to
run
an
off-site
operation,
that's
really
logistically
complicated
and
so
far
so
good.
It
has
gone
very
well
so
capacity.
I
There
is
for
up
to
30
men
and
up
to
20
women
and
children,
and
so
far
we
since
december
1st
we've
had
44
nights
of
code
purple,
including
tonight
and
as
of
wednesday.
I
don't
have
data
from
last
night
yet,
but
as
of
wednesday,
271
unduplicated
people
have
stayed
there
for
a
total
of
1
405
bed
nights.
So
really
impactful,
I
think
you
know.
Certainly
what
we
want
to
be
doing
as
a
community
is
ending
homelessness,
so
that
people
don't
need
code
purple.
I
I
I
would
say
you
know
meredith
might
want
to
talk
about
this
later,
but
along
with
what's
happening
at
the
red
roof
in
the
homeward
bound
is
doing,
I
would
say,
code
purple
is
the
lowest
barrier
shelter
in
our
community
right
now,
really
providing
good
access
to
folks
who
don't
otherwise
come
in
for
shelter
and
working,
really
just
empathetically
and
creatively
with
those
folks.
So
overall,
I
think
it's
going
really.
B
E
Yeah
sure
so
my
point
in
time
count
was
conducted
wednesday
evening
and
into
early
yesterday
morning
we
had
really
significant
volunteer
participation
again
this
year,
lots
of
new
folks
involved,
and
that
was
great
to
see.
Obviously,
you
know
the
pandemic
affected.
Everything
on
this
and
I
I
was.
I
was
pleased
to
see
that
we
had
as
much
volunteer
participation
as
we
did
emily,
and
I
took
a
lot
of
input
that
we
got
from
volunteers
from
last
year's
count,
just
feedback
on
how
we
could
do
things
differently
and
better.
E
I
think
in
particular
we
did
a
much
better
job
of
mapping
the
community
and
really
identifying
places
where
we
need
to
needed
to
deploy
extra
personnel
this
year.
I
think
we
did
a
pretty
good
job
on
that.
You
know,
as
as
with
every
year
with
the
point
in
time,
count
it's
it's
an
inexact
art
form.
You
know
every
community
is
required
to
do
it
more
or
less.
Similarly,
but
you
know
it's
it's
a
challenging
thing
to
get
done,
even
under
the
best
of
circumstances.
E
So
you
know,
I
think
you
know
the
unsheltered
count.
It's
it's
just
particularly
tricky
to
do.
The
sheltered
piece
of
it
it's
easier
to
do.
We
just
get
a
data
dump
on
that,
but
I
I
think
overall,
it
went
pretty
well
certainly
emily
and
I
have
already
had
some
conversations
about
the
quirks
that
we
experienced
this
year
and
just
you
know
how
to
address
some
of
those
for
next
year,
but
it's
it
all.
E
But
the
data
entry
and
analysis
has
been
completed
at
this
point
and
I'm
I'm
thankful
that
the
the
weather
didn't
become
as
nasty
as
anybody
had
had
thought
that
it
might
so
we're
happy
to
scratch
that
off
the
list
for
this
year.
So
anything
you
want
to
add
to
that.
I
I
can't
tell
where
that's
coming
from
44
volunteers,
which
is
great
in
the
past.
We
it's
really
been
homeware
bound
in
the
ba
who
have
done
a
lot
of
the
heavy
lift
on
that
and
both
of
those
organizations
really
participated
this
year
also.
But
it
was
great
to
sort
of
have
a
wider
net
and
broader
community
participation,
and
we,
the
point
in
time,
has
to
be
reported
to
hud
out
of
hmis
and
hud
hasn't
set
the
due
date
for
that
yet.
I
But
it
is
usually
the
end
of
april
I'll
certainly
try
to
get
it
done
sooner
than
that.
But
it's
a
matter
of
gathering
those
survey
forms
from
folks
shelters
that
are
participating
in
hmis.
We
can
just
grab
that
data
right
out
of
hmis.
That's
easy,
but
places
that
are
not
like
helpmate,
for
example,
is
not
able
to
participate
in
hmis
by
statute
because
of
the
confidential
nature
of
their
work.
I
I
It
does
make
process
work
like
the
point
in
time
count
much
easier
when
we
have
agencies
participating,
and
the
other
is
just
a
timeline
reminder
that
usually
it
is
around
the
end
of
april
that
we
have
the
results,
but
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
do
that
sooner.
I
But
overall,
I
think
it
went
very
well
I
I
would
say
in
my
time
in
our
community
it's
the
best
point
in
time
count
that
we've
had.
I
think
that
we
had
really
great
participation
all
around.
I
do
think
it's
possible
that
we'll
see
an
increase
in
the
unsheltered
account
because
we
had
such
specific
methodology.
That's
you
know.
The
count
is
kind
of
only
as
good
as
the
way
we
execute
it.
I
In
addition
to
whether
or
not
folks
are
willing
to
talk
to
us
and
how
we're
able
to
find
them,
but
I
I
think
that
we
might
anticipate
an
increase
in
that.
We
may
certainly
also
have
an
increase
just
because
times
are
hard
and
folks
are
homeless,
so
it'll
there
won't
be
a
good
way
for
us
to
differentiate
between
causes
on
any
of
that
data,
but
I
would
not
be
surprised
if
we
end
up
with
a
higher
end.
Shelter
account
this
year,
partly
because
of
that
improved
improvement
in
methodology.
F
I
actually
have
a
question
if
it's
appropriate
at
this
time
sure
are
the
school
systems
included
in
the
point
in
time.
E
In
the
count,
however,
we
do
coordinate
with
both
the
asheville
city,
schools
and
buncombe
county
schools,
mckinney-vento
homeless
representatives,
to
make
sure
that
if
they
have
folks
who
do
meet
the
hud
definition,
who
are
sleeping
in
their
cars
or
sleeping
outside
that
we
get
those
folks
counted.
So
we
we
make
every
effort
to
collaborate
with
both
acs
and
and
buncombe
county
schools.
So,
but
it's
one
of
those
quirks
of
federal
definitions
of
homelessness
that,
unfortunately,
a
lot
of
people
are
left
off
the
list.
E
I
But
a
really
small
number
of
those
folks
meet
that
definition
of
literal
homelessness,
so
a
really
small
number
of
people
would
be
staying
in
a
shelter
or
a
car,
or
something
like
that.
The
I
talked
to
both
of
them
earlier
this
week
about
the
point-in-time
count,
participation
and
jessica
at
asheville
city
schools
said
that
she
didn't
have
anyone
who
is
currently
literally
homeless
and
shannon
at
the
county
said
she
had
a
handful,
maybe
four
or
five.
F
I
E
So
our
operation,
there,
our
collaboration
with
homeward
bound
and,
of
course,
our
corporate
partner,
red
roof
inn
and
axis
security,
is
ongoing.
As
of
last
friday,
I
think
there
were
65
or
66
people
currently
in
60
rooms
out
there
about
134
have
been
served
to
date
with
an
average
length
of
stay.
Probably
I
don't
know
only
probably
100
pushing
120
days
now.
I
think
something
like
that.
You
know
I
just
our
gratitude
to
homeward
bound,
for
you
know
continuing
this
operation.
E
I
know
it's
been
a
real
stretch
for
them,
just
in
terms
of
keeping
it
staffed
and
and
just
making
sure
that
everything
runs
smoothly,
and
you
know
their
partnership
with
the
asheville
poverty
initiative
to
ensure
that
that
folks
get
three
meals
a
day
out
there
we're
having
some
discussions
with
homeward
bound
about
sort
of
changing
up
some
of
the
operations
there
we've
been
in
in
dialogue
with
them.
E
Just
you
know,
based
on
you
know
what
their
experience
has
been
over
the
last
going
on
10
months
in
our
at
nine
months
now,
just
trying
to
figure
what
tweaks
we
can
make
to
continue
the
operation
and
make
sure
that
you
know
they
don't
get
stretched
too
thin
and
all
this
so
I
you
know
this
is,
as
you
guys
know,
it's
for
you
know
really
vulnerable
unsheltered
homeless,
folks,
who
are
at
risk
for
covid19,
increased
risk
for
covet
19
because
of
age
and
or
underlying
health
conditions.
E
E
In
december,
we
finally
managed
to
get
our
application
for
fema
funding
in
and
our
initial
reimbursement
request.
The
asheville
the
city
of
asheville,
has
been
fronting
a
hundred
percent
of
the
operating
expenses
for
this,
which
are
significant
in
anticipation
of
getting
fema
reimbursement
for
this,
and
it's
eligible
for
fema
reimbursement
at
100
percent.
So
eventually
the
city
will
get
made
whole
on
this.
The
fema
application
process
and
reimbursement
process
is
complicated.
E
We
received
a
week
before
last
our
first.
What
fema
calls
request
for
information,
which
is
clarifications
about
our
application?
So
I've
been
really
busy
responding
in
to
12
questions,
pretty
significant
questions.
They
had
about
that,
just
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
that
ball
moving
forward.
We
have
an
external
consultant-
that's
really
experienced
working
with
fema
helping
us
on
that
front,
so
it
it's
moving
along
and
just
grateful
for
everybody's
partnership
on
that.
Just
hats
off
to
homeward
bound
they've,
really
been
doing
a
lot
of
heavy
lifting
around
this.
E
E
The
good
thing
about
fema
is:
they
have
been
granting
their
authorization
every
30
days
for
this
to
be
an
eligible
expense
in
the
middle
of
december.
They
said
our
authorization,
for
this
is
good
through
the
end
of
the
emergency
declaration,
so
we
don't
have
to
white
knuckle
it
every
30
days
going.
Okay,
we're
going
to
get
another
month's
extension
so
that
that
leaves
me
sleeping
a
little
bit
better
during
the
last
three
or
four
days
of
every
month.
Waiting
for
that
approval
to
come
through
lots
of
communities
are
doing
this.
E
It's
really
complicated,
but
you
know:
we've
been
operating
this
since
may
11th
of
last
year.
It's
made
a
huge
difference
in
the
community
for
our
really
really
vulnerable
folks
who
are
experiencing
homelessness,
who
are
at
really
significant
risk
for
coveted
19.
So
just
it
it
keeps
on
going
on.
A
G
Piggy
back
one-
I
guess
the
biggest
piece
for
us
at
homeward
bound
is
recognizing
that
low
barrier
shelter
works.
If
it.
If
you
have
the
right
support
in
place,
it
can
be
very
successful
and
that's
been
really
exciting
to
see,
and
as
you
mentioned
it's
you
know,
we've
had
over
60
people
on
average
every
night
and
we've
got
a
number
of
folks.
G
Who've
had
quite
a
bit
of
tenure
in
that
in
that
model
and
we've
been
able
to
house,
I
think
in
upwards
of
25
people
now
directly
from
the
hotel
model
and
what's
another
great
benefit
of
having
this
population
in
one
area.
Is
that
or
at
least
you
know
in
this
one
non-congregate
setting
is
that
whenever
we
need
to
link
them
with
services
and
provide
support,
we
know
exactly
where
to
find
them.
It's
in
that
regard.
G
It's
made
our
work
so
much
easier
as
well,
and
so
it's
been
a
great
success
in
terms
of
a
public
health
standpoint
and
just
being
able
to
do
the
work
that
we
do
in
terms
of
connecting
people
to
housing
solutions.
So
so
thank
you
for
the
support
and
we
will
continue
to
to
move
forward.
I
know
again,
you
mentioned
that
there's
an
extension
through
june
30
and
we'll
continue
to
work
through
some
of
the
issues
that
we've
talked
about
in
terms
of
support
services
and
getting
those
nailed
down.
G
But
overall
it's
been
an
amazing
thing
to
watch
and
I'm
so
glad
that
we've
been
able
to
partner
with
you
all
on
this.
E
The
renewal
funding
supports
probably
about
160
or
170
households,
housed
primarily
with
efforts
from
homeward
bound
help.
Mate
gets
a
little
bit
of
that
money
for
some
rapid
rehousing
efforts
last
year.
Obviously,
the
pandemic
squashed
the
normal
what
they
call
notice
of
funding
of
the
availability,
the
nofa
competition
for
continuum
of
care,
funding,
the
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
in
december
decided
to
flat
fund
all
current
recipients
of
continuum
care
funding
for
the
2020-21
grant
year,
and
then
the
the
competition
for
the
21-22
grant
year
has
already
been
opened.
E
The
city
of
asheville
serves
as
the
continuum
of
care
lead
entity
which
we
can
cover
this
in
an
offline
informational
session,
but
our
responsibility
is
to
coordinate
all
the
community
processes
that
are
required
for
that
1.3
million
dollars
of
funding
we
receive
annually
to
maintain
our
homeless
management
information
system
and
to
coordinate
the
composition
of
what's
called
the
consolidated
application.
That
is
our
community's
kind
of
an
overview
of
how
the
community
is
approaching
homelessness
system
wide.
So
there
will
be
a
competition
this
year
again.
You
know
this
is
a
competitive
funding
cycle.
E
We
are
competing
with
406
other
continue
of
care
across
the
country
for
these
dollars,
and
it
is,
it
is
based.
Our
award
every
year
is
increasingly
based
on
our
system
performance
measures
that
emily
mentioned,
and
so
our
work
around
getting
better
and
more
quality
data
and
improving
each
of
those
data
points
is
really
critical
to
this
particular
funding.
So
we
got
a
little
bit
of
a
reprieve.
E
Last
year,
I
always
say
that
the
submission
of
the
consolidated
application
that
every
human
being
needs,
one
near-death
experience
every
year
and
the
submission
of
the
consolidated
application
is
my
near-death
experience
every
year.
So
I
was
glad
to
get
a
get
a
pause
last
year,
but
we're
back
on
for
this
year
and
as
we
get
more
information
on
the
timeline
for
the
actual
submission
of
applications
and
the
submission
of
the
consolidated
application,
I'll
keep
you
updated.
Our
finance
work
group
will
again
engage
to
review
those
applications
at
the
local
level.
B
Yeah,
can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
all
right?
Okay,
we
are
doing
very
well
on
the
time
for
our
agenda,
so
don't
hesitate
to
ask
questions
if
you
have
any,
if
not
our
next
item,
2021
priorities.
D
J
Okay,
so
go
ahead
in
terms
of
coping
19.
We've
been
moving
forward
on
multiple
fronts,
one
of
which
is
on
testing,
and
so
we've
engaged
a
vendor.
Several
different
entities
that
are
doing
homeless,
test
covet
19
testing
both
for
people
who
believe
they
have
symptoms
as
well
as
just
general
population
screening.
J
The
other
thing
that
we're
moving
forward
with
is
planning
for
vaccination
of
the
population.
I
have
a
call
later
today
with
the
state.
Coc
leads
to
go
through
best
practices
for
setting
up
a
plan
for
the
community.
J
We
have
agreed
with
her
that
for
this
population
they
won't
be
using
the
mass
vaccination
centers
that
most
people
in
this
call
will
be
going
through,
because
the
nature
of
the
population
will
be
doing
outreach
to
them.
So
part
of
what
the
plan
will
be
developing
is
to
create
vaccination
events
specifically
targeted
at
the
homeless
population,
where
we
can
reach
them
where
they
are,
and
so
that
plan
will
evolve
over
the
next
three
to
four
weeks
and
by
the
next
hayek
meeting.
J
I
should
be
able
to
give
you
an
update
on
the
specific
plans
for
vaccinating
the
population.
In
addition,
we're
moving
forward
with
efforts
to
try
to
get
all
of
our
homeless
services
providers
staff
vaccinated
because
of
their
critical
role
in
the
community
and
caring
for
this
population.
J
Currently,
both
the
staff
and
our
homeless
clients
are
in
phase
three
of
the
state's
five-phase
plan,
so
right
now,
buncombe
county
is
in
phase
two,
which
is
those
65
and
older
and
healthcare
workers.
So
we
won't
go
with
our
staff
and
homeless.
Clients
are
not
scheduled
to
be
vaccinated
until
we
start
in
the
phase
three
one
of
the
things
that's
slowing
down
the
progress
from
phase
to
phase
is
that,
as
you
read
in
the
paper,
there's
a
limited
supply
of
vaccine
available.
J
I
think
yesterday,
in
our
call,
we
identified
there's
just
a
little
over
2
000
new
doses
that
will
be
available
for
first-time
vaccinations
in
the
county
next
week
and
there's
probably
about
50
000
county
residents,
who
fall
into
that
current
phase,
one
and
phase
two,
so
you
can
see
at
that
rate
of
rate
of
vaccinations
it's
going
to
take
quite
a
while
to
get
through
that
population.
Now.
J
The
good
news
is
that
more
vaccine
is
supposed
to
be
on
the
way
again
we're
supposed
to
start
to
see
increased
supplies
coming
through,
and
so,
as
that
happens
and
vaccination
ramps
up,
we
should
get
through
phase
two
sooner
and
be
able
to
move
in
effectively
into
phase
three.
J
J
If
there
is
extra
vaccine
available
during
the
day
because
of
cancellations
of
appointments
or
people
who
otherwise
don't
want
to
receive
the
vaccine,
that
day,
we've
created
a
wait
list
of
homeless
service
providers,
staff
that
they
can
call
up,
because
the
goal
from
the
state
is
to
get
ever
all
the
vaccine
administered
as
soon
as
possible.
J
So
our
priority
is
phase
one
and
phase
two
individuals
and
we've
now
created
a
backup
list
standby
list
for
homeless
service
provider
staff,
which
would
normally
be
in
phase
three,
so
we're
doing
our
best
to
try
to
get
through
all
of
the
population
being
vaccinated
as
soon
as
possible.
Like
always
recognize
the
homeless
community
general
is,
has
difficulty
in
adhering
to
the
three
w's
which
we
all
should
be.
J
I
was
doing
the
point
count
time
count
at
the
purple
shelter
on
thursday
evening
and
it
you
know
it
is
obvious
that
they
have
difficulty
maintaining
social
distancing
wearing
a
mask
washing
their
hands
regularly.
So
while
we
have
not
had
a
high
incidence
rate
of
covert
19
in
this
population,
they
are
extremely
vulnerable
to
an
outbreak.
F
J
Yes,
we've
communicated
with
all
the
homeless
service
provider,
executive
directors
and
some
of
their
key
staff
and
have
collected
up
a
standby
list
from
them,
and
those
have
already
been
distributed
to
mission
hospital.
H
H
Yeah
and
that
all
the
work
and
culmination
has
developed
an
actual.
I
It
took
a
really
long
time
to
get
traction
around
this
for
a
number
of
reasons,
but
we
have
a
great
testing
partner.
Sinesco's
community
lab
with
some
support
from
dogwood,
has
really
jumped
all
in
on
testing
in
the
homeless
service
system.
I
So
as
of
next
week,
we
should
be
all
set
with
either
weekly
or
bi-weekly
testing
at
all
of
our
providers
and
including
code
purple
and
we'll
have
a
hopefully
we'll
have
a
regular
two
day
a
week
opportunity
for
folks
who
are
unsheltered
or
anyone
in
the
homeless
service
system
who
is
symptomatic
or
just
needs
a
test
for
whatever
reason
kind
of
an
open,
open
time
catch-all
time
for
other
folks
in
the
system.
I
But
they
are
doing
weekly
testing
at
trinity,
place,
salvation
army
we'll
be
doing
code
purple
and
then
bi-weekly
testing
at
the
red
roof
and
helpmate
and
haywood
streets
respite.
So
the
rescue
mission
didn't
want
testing
from
them
because
they
have
appalachian
mountain
community
health
center
doing
testing
there
two
days
a
week,
so
it
felt
like
they
had
their
testing
needs,
met
and
abccm
because
of
course
they
have
so
many
veterans
at
the
vrq.
I
They
have
testing
available
through
the
va
medical
center
and
then
also
have
a
relationship
with
winches
when
they
need
other
folks
to
be
tested.
So
again,
as
of
next
week,
I
think
we
will
have
good
surveillance,
testing
and
good
testing
capacity
for
anyone
who
needs
it
in
the
homeless
service
system.
J
I
also
should
mention
that
at
the
vrq
last
week
the
va
hospital
did
administer
vaccines
to
all
of
the
veterans
and
residents
there
who
wanted
to
get
the
vaccination
done.
So
the
first
shot
was
given
to
a
number
of
people
out
there
and
I
believe
they
had
like
a
60
uptake
rate
amongst
the
veterans
of
the
prq.
G
Emily
I
had
a,
I
had
a
question
about
the
schedule
for
the
testing.
Is
there
a
way
we
could
just
get
a
copy
of
that,
so
we
could
circulate
it
within
our
organizations
just
that
daily
testing
schedule
each
week.
I
You
mean
what
which
agencies
are
being
tested
when,
yes,
sure
I
have
a
shared
spreadsheet
with
sinesco
that
has
all
of
those
details
and
I'd
be
happy
to
share
that
with
you
all
right.
You
at
this
point
all
of
those
testing
events
are
specific
to
those
locations
so
not
open
to
you
know
you
all
couldn't
send
staff
to
help
mate,
for
example
on
their
testing
time,
so
the
only
apart
from
that
rotation
when
they
come
to
you.
G
B
Thanks
anything
else
on
that
or
any
of
the
other
earlier
things
we
talked
about
there.
Okay,
this
is
our
first
meeting
of
2021.
B
It
is
also
the
last
year
of
the
five-year
strategic
plan
that
was
developed
earlier
by
this
committee
as
part
of
its
mission,
and
I'm
going
to
read
we
do
have
if,
if
any
of
you
are
not
familiar
with
the
strategic
plan,
you
should
look
at
it.
It
is
on
our
website,
and
you
should
also
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
materials
from
this
commission
on
our
website
that
are
available
to
you
and
and
to
the
public.
B
Three
act
as
a
clearinghouse
for
information
on
local
homelessness
issues
and
four
other
duties,
as
requested
by
city
council
board
of
commissioners
or,
as
the
homeless
initiative
advisory
committee
denies.
The
deems
excuse
me
appropriate
now.
We
have,
in
the
past
also
had
committees
working
on
specific
items.
B
Some
of
those
committees
did
good
work,
some
of
them
not
so
much,
but
we
have
always
had
work
in
committee
since
covid.
Obviously,
we
have
had
a
lot
of
restrictions
on
what
we
were
able
to
do
as
a
commission
and
as
a
committee.
One
of
those
is
that
we
have
not
had
committee
meetings
and
we
have
not
had
very
many
meetings
of
this
group.
Some
of
this
is
due
to
the
requirements
we
have
to
conduct
public
hearings.
B
Our
committees
are
also
bound
to
have
public
hearings
and
in
order
to
have
a
public
hearing
these
days,
we
need
to
go
through
the
asheville
city.
I
don't
want
to
say
bureaucracy,
but
that's
the
only
thing
I
can
think
of
at
the
moment,
but
there
is
a
network
for
conducting
public
meetings
to
make
sure
that
they
comply
with
the
law,
and
that
has
reduced
our
ability
to
have
a
lot
of
committee
meetings
or
many
committing
committee
meetings
and
and
even
our
regular
meetings.
B
So
we
are
here
at
our
first
meeting
of
2021,
with
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
a
little
bit
of
a
few
structural
issues
in
terms
of
how
we
meet
and
and
get
things
done.
I
would
like
to
and
I'm
making
this
as
as
just
sort
of
a
suggestion
here
for
going
forward.
I
mean,
I
think
it
would
be
good
if
everybody
reviewed
and
thought
about
the
strategic
plan
that
is
now
in
place
and
about
to
be
timeless.
B
Timed
up
time
is
up
for
this
strategic
plan,
see
how
much
of
it
is
still
relevant.
How
much
might
have
been
done?
How
much
has
not
and
think
from
your
personal
perspective
and
your
organizational
personal
organizational
perspective
and
your
area
of
expertise,
what
you
would
think
of
as
priorities,
anything
that
would
be
easy
to
get
done
anything
that
needs
to
get
done.
That
might
be
a
little
bit
more
difficult.
B
And
it
would
be-
and
I
think
it
will
be
great
if
we
do
have
this
this
workshop-
that
brian
is
talking
about,
because
I
think
that
will
help
us
all
get
updated
and
maybe
going
in
the
same
direction
in
terms
of
the
the
dealing
with
hud
and
so
forth
and
so
on,
and
what
I'm
thinking
or
what?
What
we
have.
E
It'll
be
at
the
end
of
march.
I
don't
have
the
exact
date
like
the
fourth
friday
in
march.
B
Before
our
next
meeting,
I
would
like
to
make
a
telephone
call
and
have
a
short
discussion
with
each
one
of
you
to
see
what
your
ideas
are
on
the
direction.
We
should
be
going
forward
in
what
your
priorities
might
be
so
forth
and
so
on,
and
then
with
brian
and
emily
sort
of
organize
them
and
put
them
into
a
format
so
that
our
next
meeting
we
might
be
able
to
get
a
little
bit
more
organized
in
terms
of
developing
a
structure
for
going
forward.
E
Yeah
yeah
matt
of
chair,
if
I
might
tag
on
to
a
couple
of
things,
the
one
thing
one
of
the
charges
of
responsibility-
that
this
group
has
the
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
continuum
of
care,
funding,
which
includes
emergency
solutions
grant
and
the
overall
pot.
E
It
requires
each
community
to
have
a
local
governance
body
which
this
this
particular
committee
is
and,
and
one
of
the
functions
of
that
governance
group
is
to
evaluate
funding,
applications
that
come
through
and
make
recommendations
to
hud
or
the
department
of
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services.
You
know
about
our
prior
local
priorities
for
funding
with
continuum
of
care
and
esg
dollars,
so
it
has
a
compliance
component.
That's
not
necessarily
stated
in
our
existing
documents.
You
know
the
department
of
housing
and
urban
development.
E
You
know,
as
I
mentioned
just
talking
about
continuum
of
care.
Funding,
has
really
placed
a
a
an
increasing
emphasis
on.
You
know
how
we
function
as
a
community-wide
system
in
addressing
homelessness,
not
just
with
the
agencies
that
receive
continuum
of
care
and
esg
funding.
But
how
are
we
doing
overall
as
a
community?
E
And
so
I
think
this
is
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
you
know
sarah
can
really
help
us
connect
with
you
know.
What's
the
thinking
in
the
philanthropic
community
around
this
issue
and
we
can
really
sort
of
come
up
with
a
more
comprehensive
overall
system-wide
community-wide
strategy
around
ending
homelessness
come
to
a
shared
vision
on
how
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
that,
because
that's
really
what
the
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
wants
communities
to
do.
E
So,
as
eileen
mentioned,
you
know
she'll
reach
out
to
each
of
you
separately
to
get
your
input,
but
you
know
we're
in
you
know,
essentially
the
last
year
of
a
five-year
plan
that
was
approved
by
council.
You
know
several
years
ago
and
it's
time
to
evaluate
whether
there's
anything
in
that
plan
worth
focusing
on
for
the
remaining
time
that
we
have
or
if
it's
time
to
just
start
start
beginning
a
new
strategic
planning
process
and
coming
up
with
some
very
specific
and
measurable
objectives.
E
You
know
for
the
community
to
achieve
over
the
next
few
years.
So,
madam
chair,
I
appreciate
your
willingness
to
reach
out
to
everybody
individually
and
and
just
see
how
we
can
configure
a
plan
to
move
forward
as
a
community
on
this
issue.
B
Okay,
well,
it's
I've
got
9
57..
We
still
have
public
comment.
Remind
me
how
we
were
going
to
handle
that
we
did
have
three
comments
from
the
public.
E
That's
right,
I
I
think
medicare
we
just
needed
to
acknowledge
the
receipt
and
distribution
of
those
public
comments.
I
know
that
emily's
already
responded
to
one
of
them
and
I'll
certainly
respond
to
the
to
the
other.
So
wasn't
really
anything
that
was
open
for
particular
address
by
this
committee.
F
Chair,
if
I
may,
I
just
want
to
request
that,
since
I'm
the
liaison
carrying
back
and
forth
information
between
the
council
between
this
group
that
public
comments
can
be
sent
to
me
in
case
conclude
those
and
also
I
am
watching
very
closely
on
a
personal
level.
The
work
of
miriam
house
in
lynchburg,
which
their
continued
continuum
of
care
has
been.
As
of
february.
F
2020
has
reached
functional,
zero,
veteran
homelessness,
and
I
know
that
was
a
concerted
effort
and
when
I
heard
in
this
group
a
conversation
about
what
it
means
to
have
services
under
one
roof
and
when
people
have
access
to
all
those
layered
together
at
the
red
roof
inn.
It
made
me
think
of
the
work
that's
happening
there
in
lynchburg.
So
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
to
attention
as
we
consider
what
comes
next
with
the
strategic
plan
and
how
I
can
be
a
helper
yeah.
E
That's
great
yeah,
and
one
thing
about
this
community
that
is
kind
of
remarkable
is
that
our
veterans,
popular
homeless
population
is,
is
really
well
resourced
in
this
community
and
that's
partially
due
to
a
couple
of
things,
we
have
a
splendid
regional,
va
medical
center
here,
a
really
excellent
va
medical
center.
Our
veterans,
restoration
quarters
vrq
run
by
abccm,
has
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
on
this
emily
or
joelle
about
140
or
150
what
they
call
a
grant
per
diem
beds
that
are
transitional
housing
beds
for
homeless
veterans.
E
So
we
have
a
higher
incidence
of
veteran
homelessness
here
in
our
community
than
a
lot
of
communities
do
just
because
of
those
two
factors,
and
so
you
know
joelle
steininger
who's.
A
part
of
this
particular
committee
works
with
our
homeless
veterans
population
through
the
va.
E
Our
hud
vash
program
is
really
active.
We
have
lots
of
vouchers,
the
long-term
rental
assistance
and
social
services
support
for
veterans
who
do
get
housed.
You
know
if
only
our
non-veteran
homeless
population
was
as
well
resourced.
You
know
we
we,
we
could
be
making
a
bigger
dent
in
this,
but
I
think
getting
to
functional
zero
is
the
objective
for
the
entire
community,
not
just
the
veterans
population,
but
but
there
there's
a
way
to
get
there
and
councilwoman
rony.
E
I
I
appreciate
your
participation
in
this
and
and
bringing
what
lynchburg's
efforts
are
in
this.
A
lot
of
other
communities,
but
at
least
with
their
veterans
population,
have
gotten
a
functional
zero.
So
I
think
that's
something
we
ought
to
set
as
an
objective
for
for
asheville
for
sure.
Thank.
I
You
I'd
love
to
tack
on
to
that
that
we
actually
have
reached
sort
of
our
version
of
functional
zero
for
veterans
that
happened
a
couple
years
ago.
So
functional
xero
has
a
federal
definition,
as
everything
has
federal
definition
and
we,
as
a
community,
are
not
likely
to
ever
meet
that
definition
because
of
those
grant
party
embeds.
I
That
brian
talked
about
primarily
at
the
veterans,
restoration
quarters,
and
so
we'll
continue
to
have
an
inflow
of
folks
from
other
communities
who
are
coming
here
for
that
program,
and
our
data
will
continue
to
show
that
we
have
a
high
sub-population
of
veterans,
but
because
of
that
we
have
a
wealth
of
housing,
resources
for
veterans
through
hud
bash
and
homeward
bound
ssvf
program,
and
what
that
means
is
that
we
have
a
really
good
flow
in
our
system,
which
is
what
functional
zero.
Is.
I
It
basically
means
that
you,
when
someone
becomes
homeless,
you
can
quickly
re-house
them.
So
the
expectation
is
not
that
people
never
experience
a
housing
crisis
and
never
become
homeless.
But
the
expectation
is
that
your
system
is
highly
functioning
and
can
respond
really
quickly
to
that
crisis,
and
there
are
some
particular
metrics
around
that,
but
all
that's
to
say
that
I
think
we
do
actually
have
well.
Our
data
will
continue
to
look
poor
on
the
veteran
front.
I
We
do
actually
have
a
really
healthy
system
around
responding
to
veteran
homelessness
and,
as
brian
said,
we
are
very
far
from
being
able
to
say
such
positive
things
about
people
who
are
not
veterans
in
our
community.
We
don't
have
that
wealth
of
resources
for
the
other
60
of
folks
who
are
homeless
here,
but
I
also
wanted
to
mention
just
on
a
positive
note
that
in
lots
of
ways
we're
set
up
for
a
better
2021
than
2020
all
of
us
across
the
world,
but
also
in
terms
of
homelessness.
I
We
because
of
the
pandemic
because
of
the
cares
act.
We've
had
this
huge
infusion
of
resources,
specifically
for
housing
programs,
so
a
lot
of
that
is
with
homeward
bound,
but
it
is
also
with
helpmate
and
elida
really
exciting
to
have
elida
as
a
new
housing
provider
in
our
community
for
that
youth
population.
I
So
I
just
I
want
to
encourage
you
all,
as
I
am
encouraged,
that
we
do
have
good
movement
on
the
way
in
terms
of
housing.
Folks,
who've
been
homeless
here
for
a
really
long
time
and
I
think
that'll
really
help
us
sort
of
take
it
a
bite
out
of
our
chronically
homeless
population.
Right
now
we
have
220
some
people
on
that
chronic
by
name
list,
so
just
a
big
bottleneck,
folks,
who've
been
homeless
for
years
and
years
in
our
community,
but
because
of
these
cares
act
resources.
I
B
Oh,
I
I
think
online
meetings
sort
of
do
that
you,
you
don't
have
quite
as
much
idle
chatter
as
you
do
when
people
are
sitting
next
to
each
other.
Do
I
have
a
motion
to
adjourn.