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As used in this Article XVI, the following words or phrases shall have the following meanings:
“Department” means the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.
“Permanent Supportive Housing” means subsidized rental housing without time limits and with on-site supportive services to help tenants maintain housing.
“Rapid-Rehousing” means a housing program model that assists individuals who are homeless to move quickly into permanent housing, usually to housing in the private market.
“Residential Behavioral Health Program” means a residential program in which the patient receives treatment for a substance use disorder and/or mental health disability.
(Added by Ord. 130-18, File No. 180322, App. 5/30/2018, Eff. 6/30/2018, Oper. 8/29/2018)
(a) The Department shall implement a Coordinated Entry System designed to assess people experiencing homelessness, so as to prioritize and refer such people to housing programs. People experiencing homelessness with the greatest barriers to housing, the longest histories of homelessness, and/or the highest level of vulnerability shall be prioritized for housing or other appropriate placements. The Department shall be responsible for developing the process and standards used to screen and prioritize homeless persons for housing programs in accordance with the three factors identified in the preceding sentence.
(b) When assessing and assigning single homeless adults to Rapid-Rehousing, or Permanent Supportive Housing (collectively, “Housing”), the Department shall recognize discharge from a Residential Behavioral Health Program of a program participant who was homeless upon entry into the Residential Behavioral Health Program as a vulnerability that will confer upon the program participant a priority, as determined by the Department, for such Housing. An individual’s eligibility for this priority shall be verified by the Department of Public Health.
(Added by Ord. 130-18, File No. 180322, App. 5/30/2018, Eff. 6/30/2018, Oper. 8/29/2018)
The Department shall coordinate with the Department of Public Health to ensure that individuals who are prioritized for and assigned to housing pursuant to Section 20.16-2 have uninterrupted access to supportive services provided by the Department of Public Health.
(Added by Ord. 130-18, File No. 180322, App. 5/30/2018, Eff. 6/30/2018, Oper. 8/29/2018)
Early Care and Education for All Initiative. | |
Spending Plan. | |
Early Education Economic Recovery Program. |
The Department of Early Childhood (the “Department”), as successor to the Office of Early Care and Education (OECE), shall establish and maintain the Early Care and Education for All Initiative (Initiative), to provide support for quality early care and education for children in San Francisco families, consistent with this Article XVII. The Initiative shall be funded by appropriations from the Babies and Families First Fund established in Section 10.100-36 of this Administrative Code, in addition to such other appropriations as the Board of Supervisors may direct by ordinance. This Article XVII implements Section 2112(d)(2) of the Business and Tax Regulations Code, by facilitating the allocation of moneys in the Babies and Families First Fund among the purposes set forth in subsections (d)(1)(A), (d)(1)(B), (d)(1)(C), and (d)(1)(D) of Section 2112.
(a) Within 30 days of the effective date of this Article XVII, the Department shall submit to the Board of Supervisors a report setting forth the procedures the Department intends to use to develop the spending plan described in subsection (b). These procedures shall be designed to encourage broad and diverse community engagement—including, but not limited to, engagement with employees working in early care and education, the owners of businesses offering early care and education, parents, nonprofit organizations, philanthropists, the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council (CCPAC) established by Article XX of Chapter 5 of the Administrative Code, academics, and other experts—in the development of that spending plan, and shall include the development of a wide range of mechanisms by which engaged community members may communicate with the Department. These mechanisms shall include, but need not be limited to, one or more public town halls, one or more surveys, a dedicated page on the Department’s existing website, and a social media presence. Each of these mechanisms shall be advertised prominently on the Department’s website.
(b) Within nine months of the effective date of this Article XVII, and subject to the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the Charter, the Department shall submit to the Board of Supervisors a five-year spending plan for the Initiative, and a proposed resolution to approve the spending plan. It is the Board’s intent that this spending plan provide guidance to the Board when the Board adopts future appropriations ordinances. The spending plan shall estimate the anticipated funds available to the Initiative, identify specific programs or services to be offered as components of the Initiative, and specify the level of funding proposed for each such component in light of anticipated funds available to support the Initiative as a whole. To the extent possible in light of anticipated available funds, the spending plan shall be designed to achieve the following goals, in whatever priority the Department deems most appropriate:
(1) Providing support for quality early care and education to all San Francisco children under the age of six from households whose incomes are at or below 85% of State Median Income, and who are listed as eligible, on that basis, to receive support for early care and education—but who, because of a lack of available resources, are not receiving the full amount of support to which they are entitled;
(2) Providing financial support for measures to increase the compensation of early care and education professionals and staff by not less than 10%, with an ultimate goal of achieving parity in compensation with K-12 educators who have commensurate experience, in a manner designed to improve the quality and availability of early care and education;
(3) Providing support for quality early care and education to all San Francisco children under the age of four whose families earn up to and including 200% of Area Median Income, in a manner proportionate to family income (such that families with lower incomes receive proportionately more support);
(4) Undertaking other measures designed to improve access to quality early care and education services that support the physical, emotional, and cognitive development of San Francisco children under the age of six.
(c) To promote stability and continuity in early care and education, the spending plan described in subsection (b) shall contain provisions addressing policies for financial reserves, strategic one-time expenditures, and other strategies designed to manage revenue volatility.
(d) Within 90 days of introduction of the resolution to approve the spending plan described in subsection (b), the Board shall take any action it deems necessary, in its discretion, to approve, amend, or reject the proposed resolution and spending plan.
The spending plan described in Section 20.17-2(b) shall also include metrics designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Initiative and each of its specific components. Within one year of the Department’s submission of the spending plan to the Board of Supervisors, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Department shall prepare, and submit to the Children and Families First Commission (the “First Five Commission”), established by Chapter 86 of the Administrative Code, the Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee (the “EC COAC”), established by Article XIII of Chapter 5 of the Administrative Code, the CCPAC, and the Board of Supervisors, a report evaluating the effectiveness of the Initiative and each of its specific components, using the metrics previously developed in the Department’s spending plan and include a financial analysis forecasting how the Department will achieve universal access to early care and education, and establish a universal system for high-quality early care and education that interrupts racialized outcomes for children by building and funding an integrated system of early childhood supports and service in San Francisco and is based on planned expenditures and anticipated funding. The report should also consider and report on emerging needs, and new conditions or circumstances that would impact effectiveness such as workforce retention or newly identified revenue sources, economic conditions, or new policy directives. Before the Department submits this annual report to the Board of Supervisors, the EC COAC, the CCPAC, and the First Five Commission shall have an opportunity to review the report and submit related recommendations to the Department and the Board of Supervisors.
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