AB 388, as amended, Chang. Housing: homeless veterans: reports.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to submit an annual report to the Governor and both houses of the Legislature on the operations and accomplishments during the previous fiscal year of the housing programs administered by the department. Existing law requires the report to include, among other things, an evaluation, in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, of any program established by the department pursuant to the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.
This bill would additionally require the evaluation to include information relating to the effectiveness in helping homeless veterans of any organization that was issued funds pursuant to that actbegin insert, as specifiedend insert.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting the
2changes to Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code made by
3Section 2 of this act to ensure that entities who are receiving funds
4through the administration of Proposition 41, the California
5Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014,
6are using them in the most effective manner possible to prevent
7veteran homelessness and to aid those impoverished veterans who
8are already residing in homelessness. The inclusion of this study
9would ensure that the Legislature will have adequate data to assess
10the viability of the program as well as to give the California
11Department of Veterans Affairs a means by which to determine
12the viability of
nonprofits that serve veterans and assess their
13worthiness in the program.
Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code is
15amended to read:
(a) On or before December 31 of each year, the
17department shall submit an annual report to the Governor and both
18houses of the Legislature on the operations and accomplishments
19during the previous fiscal year of the housing programs
20administered by the department, including, but not limited to, the
21Emergency Housing and Assistance Program and Community
22Development Block Grant activity.
23(b) The report shall include all of the following information:
24(1) The number of units assisted by those programs.
25(2) The number of individuals and households served and their
26income
levels.
27(3) The distribution of units among various areas of the state.
28(4) The amount of other public and private funds leveraged by
29the assistance provided by those programs.
30(5) Information detailing the assistance provided to various
31groups of persons by programs that are targeted to assist those
32groups.
33(6) The information required to be reported pursuant to Section
3417031.8.
35(7) begin insert(A)end insertbegin insert end insert An
evaluation, in collaboration with the Department
36of Veterans Affairs, of any program established by the department
37pursuant to Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 987.001) of
38Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code,
P3 1including information relating to the effectiveness in helping
2begin insert low-end insertbegin insertincomeend insert homeless veterans of any organization that was issued
3funds pursuant to that article.
4(B) The evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, the
5following information:
6(i) Performance outcome data
including, but not limited to,
7housing stability, housing exit information, tenant satisfaction as
8measured by a survey, and changes in income, benefits, and
9education.
10(I) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “housing stability”
11includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:
12(ia) How many tenants maintained housing, and the length of
13time those tenants spent in housing.
14(ib) How many tenants move on to other housing, excluding
15those tenants who move on for a higher level of care and those
16tenants who died during tenancy.
17(II) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “housing exit
18information” includes, but is not limited to, the following:
19(ia) How many tenants left housing.
end insertbegin insert20(ib) The dates those tenants left housing.
end insertbegin insert21(ic) The reason those tenants left housing.
end insertbegin insert22(id) Where tenants who have left housing find new housing.
end insertbegin insert
23(ii) Client
data, which may include, but is not limited to,
24demographic characteristics of the veteran and his or her family,
25educational and employment status of the veteran, and
26veteran-specific information including, but not limited to, disability
27ratings, type of discharge, branch, era of service, and veterans
28affairs health care eligibility.
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