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Good afternoon, My name is Lee Murdock—my address is 503 S 43`d Street.
Yesterday the YVCOG Executive Committee voted to approve the staff recommended contracts for the
Consolidated Homeless RFP that was released in May.
As I am sure you are aware, there are serious concerns in the community about the process used to select these
projects as well as concerns by members of their own advisory council and members of the scoring committee.
My personal concerns include issues about the scoring which was not mathematically sound, perceived conflicts
of interest by members of the scoring committee, and concerns about the inability of YVCOG staff to fully prep
committee regarding the overall consequences of their blind process. These concerns and more were
presented at the meeting and the results were validated regardless. I would like to formally thank the City of
Yakima for being the lone voice that voted nay.
While this event prompted my public comments, it is not why I am here. This is just the latest chapter in the
inability of the YVCOG to effectively administer the housing and homeless program. A chapter which will
unfortunately end in the loss of much needed services in our community including a family shelter, temporary
housing for the medically fragile and more. I fear unless action is taken,the final outcomes will be much worse.
I am here to express my concern over the complete disregard of the tools provided to communities to
effectively address their homeless issue in a systematic manner. I have provided a copy of the Yakima County
report card developed by the Department of Commerce which demonstrates that currently only 8% of those
served by the current programs return to homelessness which is lower than the 10% rate statewide. However,
many of these programs were recently defunded.
• They were not defunded because of poor performance —the director of the YVCOG does not appear to be
aware of the system performance measures tracked for every community and agency.
• They were not defunded accidently - providers were reminded in yesterday's meeting by the director of
YVCOG that "They were warned 2 years ago" that things would change.
• They were not defunded based on the results of our PIT Count—the results of that count, usually released in
April, will not be released by YVCOG until August.
• They were not defunded due to the choices made by the scoring committee — I believe the committee was
not given the necessary training or information to realize the impact of the flawed system.
I believe they were defunded due to a lack of capacity in YVCOG. Staff familiar with the complex housing
landscape have left the organization and while current staff are working very hard to ramp up - decisions are
being made which will have long term impact on the City of Yakima and their residents.
I urge the Council to please consider managing their own Housing and Homeless program with their portion of
the local filing fees and stop further the destruction of system which will ultimately result in more unsheltered
homeless in the City of Yakima.
Thank you.
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Department of Commerce
Report Period 10.01.15 to 9.30.i6
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YAKIMA COUNTY
WINTER 2017 REPORT CARD
The Report Cards provide information by county on the HEARTH Homeless System Performance Measures using the U.S
Department of Housing and Urban Development's reporting specifications. For detailed information about these performance
measures,please refer to the reporting specifications: https:/iwww hudexchange info/resource/4483/system rfor-
mance-measures-tools/ and training videos: https//www hudexchange info/trainings/system-performance-measures/
Links to Year to Year Comparison on System Performance Measures and the Raw Data for the Report Card and System
Performance Measures can be found at www.commerce.wa.goviserving-communities/homelessness
System Performance Measures
'• • • Difference since last report card
High performing target.
41 % State system average:
Returns • Homelessness Difference since Iasi report card:'
8 O High performing target:
/� State system average:
Me
• - • • Difference since last report card
High performing target:
7 7 DAYS State system average.
Unsheltered Diffe : — since last report card
42 % State System Average
Community Info
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People -• Into Any Housing Type individuals Enrolled in Homeless
Prevention Programs
2 / 120 INDIVIDUALS State System Average
Rental Difference since last report card
2 % State System Average � '
Department of Commerce
POINT IN TIME COUNT
600
500 '
400
300
200
100
P
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Sheltered Unsheltered
COSTS PER DAY COSTS •
Median cost per day per person Median cost per successfully housed person
$50 $46
$40
$30
$20
$10
$0 $0 $5K $10K $15K $20K
Emergency Shelter Rapid Rehousing 41,101, Emergency Shelter Rapid Rehousing
■ Homelessness Prevention .Transitional Housing Homelessness Prevention ■Transitional Housing
For more details about how results are measured and for a complete look at all Washington county report cards
please visit:http://www.commerce.wa.gov/serving-communities/homelessness/