Metro - File #: 2016-0838

• File #: 2016-0838
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 10/14/2016
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 10/20/2016
• Title: APPROVE Motion by Directors Ridley-Thomas, Fasana, Bonin and Dupont-Walker that the Board of Directors direct the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to dedicate up to $1.2M towards the deployment of two or more multidisciplinary homeless outreach teams that are dedicated exclusively to the Metro system, take all actions necessary to transfer the funds to the County of Los Angeles to administer the program in coordination with the implementation of the Countywide Homeless Strategy Initiative, and report back to the Board of Directors during the FY17/18 budget cycle on whether ongoing funds for this initiative are warranted and recommended.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Homeless Outreach, Housing, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, John Fasana?, Lancaster, Long Beach, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Mike Bonin, Motion / Motion Response, North Los Angeles County subregion, Outreach, Program, San Fernando Valley subregion, Skid Row, South Bay Cities subregion, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/27/2016	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
10/20/2016	Executive Management Committee

Meeting_Body
REVISED
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 20, 2016

Preamble
Motion by:

Ridley-Thomas, Fasana, Bonin and Dupont-Walker


Item 43: 2016-0838: Addressing Homelessness on the Metro System

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is impacted by the homeless crisis that is pervasive in all corners of Los Angeles County (County). Based on the 2016 Homeless Count, 47,000 individuals are homeless across the County. From Long Beach to Lancaster, many of those individuals seek shelter within Metro's stations, and by riding trains and buses. This impacts Metro's operations, as well as the quality of life and safety of our riders and employees.

The increased presence has been noticed by employees, law enforcement and Metro patrons. Metro's Chief Executive Officer has initiated a Task Force which has been tasked with developing a plan to address this issue, and initial assessments emphasize that Metro must prioritize timely, coordinated, comprehensive and ongoing outreach to homeless individuals which links individuals to services and housing.

In February 2016, both the County and City of Los Angeles adopted Homeless Strategies. In both plans, increasing comprehensive and coordinated outreach services was prioritized. A pilot program has rolled-out over the past six months on Skid Row, which includes four "County-City-Community" (C3) teams consisting of a nurse, substance abuse counselor, mental health clinician, a formerly homeless individual, and outreach worker. These teams have been deployed to engage the 2,000 individuals living on Skid Row and since the effort was initiated, the C3 teams have conducted daily outreach and have already assisted 772 homeless residents.

In September 2016, the Board of Supervisors allocated funds during the FY16/17 Supplemental Budget to expand this program by 16 additional outreach teams which will be operated by local community organizations (CBOs), unde...