Post by Prosay on Feb 19, 2018 22:25:03 GMT -5
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City awards $369M contract for homeless services in hotels to Childrens Community Services
Joe Anuta
2-3 minutes
The de Blasio administration awarded a $369 million contract Friday to a Queens-based organization that will provide supplies and social services to homeless families living in hotels, according to a post in the City Record.
The contract was awarded by the Department of Homeless Services to Childrens Community Services Inc., which listed an address on Long Island near the border of Queens but whose website says it is based on 175th Street in Jamaica. The contract will run for three years, according to the notice.
The city’s homeless population has continued to swell as Mayor Bill de Blasio begins his second term. A recent federal survey pegged the number at around 76,000, more than any other metropolitan area in the country (although Los Angeles has more people living on the streets). And with not enough shelter beds or supportive housing, the de Blasio administration has increasingly turned to the controversial and expensive practice of housing families in commercial hotels. The contract awarded Friday would provide services to families with children who are living in these hotels.
Last year, the mayor announced a plan to open 90 new shelters across the city and phase out the use of hotel rooms by 2023. The contract is part of that push.
“During the phase-out period of hotels, as mentioned in the mayor’s plan to turn the tide on the city-wide challenge of homelessness, we’ve brought providers under contract to better improve services and reduce costs,” a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeless Services said in a statement. “The contract covers far more than just a roof over one’s head, and includes necessary kitchen and living essentials, security and social services to help homeless New Yorkers get back on their feet and return to the community.”
Two months ago officials announced a plan to turn privately run homeless housing called cluster sites into affordable housing.
New York, which, unlike most U.S. cities, is under court order to put a roof over the head of anyone who needs it, is housing about 60,000 people in homeless shelters.
City awards $369M contract for homeless services in hotels to Childrens Community Services
Joe Anuta
2-3 minutes
The de Blasio administration awarded a $369 million contract Friday to a Queens-based organization that will provide supplies and social services to homeless families living in hotels, according to a post in the City Record.
The contract was awarded by the Department of Homeless Services to Childrens Community Services Inc., which listed an address on Long Island near the border of Queens but whose website says it is based on 175th Street in Jamaica. The contract will run for three years, according to the notice.
The city’s homeless population has continued to swell as Mayor Bill de Blasio begins his second term. A recent federal survey pegged the number at around 76,000, more than any other metropolitan area in the country (although Los Angeles has more people living on the streets). And with not enough shelter beds or supportive housing, the de Blasio administration has increasingly turned to the controversial and expensive practice of housing families in commercial hotels. The contract awarded Friday would provide services to families with children who are living in these hotels.
Last year, the mayor announced a plan to open 90 new shelters across the city and phase out the use of hotel rooms by 2023. The contract is part of that push.
“During the phase-out period of hotels, as mentioned in the mayor’s plan to turn the tide on the city-wide challenge of homelessness, we’ve brought providers under contract to better improve services and reduce costs,” a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeless Services said in a statement. “The contract covers far more than just a roof over one’s head, and includes necessary kitchen and living essentials, security and social services to help homeless New Yorkers get back on their feet and return to the community.”
Two months ago officials announced a plan to turn privately run homeless housing called cluster sites into affordable housing.
New York, which, unlike most U.S. cities, is under court order to put a roof over the head of anyone who needs it, is housing about 60,000 people in homeless shelters.
