January 18,2012

DRAFT MINUTES
SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE
January 18, 2012
10:00 AM
City Hall, Room 408
San Francisco, CA 94102
Members Present:
Chair Elizabeth Ancker
Secretary Ramon Lacayo III
Committee Member Will Daley
Committee Member Simon Martinez
Committee Member David Nakanishi
Committee Member Maxine Pauson
Committee Member Cindy Ward

Members Excused:
Vice Chair Matt Luton
Committee Member Deborah Muise
Committee Member Reginald Upshaw

I. MINUTES
The Committee reviewed the draft December 14, 2011 Minutes.
m/s/c (Ward/Daley/Unanimous)
Action: Approved December 2011 Minutes
No public comment.

II. REPORTS
A. Department of Public Health
Committee Member David Nakanishi said that there would be a presentation later in the meeting regarding the transition at Oshun.
No public comment.

B. Shelter Status Report
Human Service Agency (HSA) Report
Committee Member Cindy Ward reviewed the vacancy reports, the family shelter waiting list (204 families; 34 are on the priority list). Committee Member Ward stated that due to possible changes to the state budget that there could significant cuts to the CalWorks program which provides funds to families. Committee Member Ward said that the Human Services Commission would have a meeting on January 26, 2012 and would discuss the budget.
No public comment.

C. Standard of Care Report
Committee staff Bernice Casey reviewed the Standard of Care data for December 2011 and the cumulative data for the 2011-2012 year.

Public Comment
Nan said that the Committee should not imagine things had gotten better in the shelters based on a decrease in complaints; instead, the Committee should consider that clients have ceased complaining based on no action [by the Committee].

III. PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment.

IV. NEW BUSINESS
A. Election of Officers
The Committee elected a Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary based on nominations made at the December 14, 2011 meeting.
m/s/c (Nakanishi/Pauson/Unanimous)
Action: Approved Elizabeth Ancker as Chair.
No public comment.

m/s/c (Ward/Ancker/Unanimous)
Action: Approved Matt Luton as Vice Chair.
No public comment.

m/s/c ( Daley/Martinez/Unanimous)
Action: Approved Ramon Lacayo as Secretary.
No public comment.

B. Token Discussion
The Committee discussed strategies of how to improve token access for clients. Committee staff was directed to send an e-mail to the City Attorney’s Office and the Mayor’s Office on Disability to ask if the CCSF was in violation of any aspect of the ADA by not providing tokens to disabled clients at CHANGES reservation locations for transport to a shelter; to submit an Information Request to CHANGES reservation site managers through the Human Services Agency to request an estimated number of tokens needed to provide transport to clients who receive reservations. Additionally, the Committee discussed contacting SFMTA about donated tokens and to lobby the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor’s Office to increase the Human Services Agency budget for token distribution.
m/s/c (Daley/Pauson/Unanimous)
Approved: Next Steps

C. Confidentiality Overview
This items was continued to the February 15, 2012 Committee Meeting based on a change in the Deputy City Attorney’s schedule.

D. Oshun Transition
Assistant Director of Community Behavioral Health Services Ernestina Carillo discussed the transition of the Oshun Women’s Drop-in Center to A Women’s Place Drop In. A Women’s Place Director Felicia Houston said that the transition of services was seamless and began with a shift change at 8:00 am on December 27, 2011. Ms. Houston stated that families headed by single fathers would be encouraged to find services at other locations to maintain a women-only facility.

V. INFORMATION REQUESTS
A. Staff Report
Ms. Casey reviewed the January 2012 staff report.
No public comment

B. Information Requests
The Committee reviewed the Information Requests regarding tokens made earlier in the meeting. The Committee also discussed awaiting feedback from the Department of Public Health on instructions and/or training that had been provided to shelter staff regarding possible screening client for parasitic infestations, including lice, scabies, etc. and if so, if that training/instructions was done in writing.

Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 11:44 am.

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