Details Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 12/15/2022 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (9) 9 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2022-2600 *       Oversight - Timeliness of Public Benefits Processing at the Human Resources Administration. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2022-2600 *       Oversight - Timeliness of Public Benefits Processing at the Human Resources Administration. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0641-2022 * Nantasha M. Williams     Maximizing efficiency at department of social services/human resources administration centers. Introduction This bill would require all job centers and SNAP centers to have an expediter on site at all times in which clients are being served or waiting to be served. Expediters would be tasked with checking-in clients, performing a preliminary review of clients’ documents to ensure clients have all necessary documents, and directing clients to the appropriate line or waiting area. This bill would also require all such centers to be equipped with digital displays and an audio amplifier. This bill would also implement a queue management system at every job center and SNAP center. Such system shall allow clients to check-in for each particular service. The system will inform clients how many clients are ahead of them in the queue and the approximate time that they may expect to be called to begin an appointment for each service. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0641-2022 * Nantasha M. Williams     Maximizing efficiency at department of social services/human resources administration centers. Introduction This bill would require all job centers and SNAP centers to have an expediter on site at all times in which clients are being served or waiting to be served. Expediters would be tasked with checking-in clients, performing a preliminary review of clients’ documents to ensure clients have all necessary documents, and directing clients to the appropriate line or waiting area. This bill would also require all such centers to be equipped with digital displays and an audio amplifier. This bill would also implement a queue management system at every job center and SNAP center. Such system shall allow clients to check-in for each particular service. The system will inform clients how many clients are ahead of them in the queue and the approximate time that they may expect to be called to begin an appointment for each service. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0703-2022 * Shaun Abreu     Requiring information on the timeliness of city-funded rental payments. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services to, beginning March 1, 2024, submit to the speaker of the council and post on its website a quarterly report on the timeliness of CityFHEPS rental assistance payments. The report would include a table in which each row represents a unique voucher and would be required to include, at minimum, the rental assistance payment amount, the payment month, the zip code of the recipient, whether the payment was timely or late and why, and a description of steps to ensure timely payment in the future. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0703-2022 * Shaun Abreu     Requiring information on the timeliness of city-funded rental payments. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Social Services to, beginning March 1, 2024, submit to the speaker of the council and post on its website a quarterly report on the timeliness of CityFHEPS rental assistance payments. The report would include a table in which each row represents a unique voucher and would be required to include, at minimum, the rental assistance payment amount, the payment month, the zip code of the recipient, whether the payment was timely or late and why, and a description of steps to ensure timely payment in the future. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0704-2022 * Shaun Abreu     Receipt of rental assistance payments. Introduction The bill would require the Human Resources Administration to provide landlords the option to accept rental assistance payments via an electronic transfer into a bank account. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0704-2022 * Shaun Abreu     Receipt of rental assistance payments. Introduction The bill would require the Human Resources Administration to provide landlords the option to accept rental assistance payments via an electronic transfer into a bank account. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available