Title
Draft Minutes of the Special Meeting, October 29, 2015
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DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED
Social Service Human Relations Board
Minutes of the Meeting of the Social Service Human Relations Board, October 29, 2015
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
President Biggs called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. Present were members Williams, Hyman, Radding, and Davenport. Absent were members Blake and Sorensen.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - NONE
3. AGENDA ITEMS
3.- A REPORT BY PRESIDENT BIGGS ON THE HOMELESS COUNT CONDUCTED ON THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015, AND DISCUSSION REGARDING DATA COLLECTED AND NEXT STEPS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT
President Biggs shared an Excel spreadsheet with the data collected during the September 24,
2015 Homeless Count (Attachment A). He shared that this year's number of persons identified in
the count is almost identical to that of last year, 18 this year as compared to 17 last year. This
year, however, the teams interacted with many more individuals than last year. There are still a
number of chronic homeless people living in Alameda, and the APD officers are acquainted with
most of them. Some shared that they had recently become homeless because of the rising cost of
housing in Alameda.
Member Hyman shared that she encountered a couple on Bay Farm who had become homeless
and were willing to talk about it, as opposed to last year, when people were reluctant to share their
stories.
President Biggs noted that some said that their lack of an ID prevented them from being able to
access services.
Staff shared that, when the Red Cross office was open (before 2010), there were
funds available through the Ministerial Association to purchase an ID.
Member Williams said that, if we had the names of individuals needing IDs, she may be able to
identify a program to assist.
Member Radding suggested that, since there are so few chronic homeless in Alameda, maybe the
Housing Authority could...
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