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 The bill would require the Human Resources Administration (HRA) to submit quarterly reports on whether rental assistance payments for programs established by HRA are sent on time to landlords on behalf tenants receiving assistance. The report would include the total number of payments sent monthly disaggregated by the type of program, the number of payments that were late and why, and a description of any actions HRA is taking to ensure that payments are sent on time. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0703-2022 * Shaun Abreu     Requiring information on the timeliness of city-funded rental payments. Introduction The bill would require the Human Resources Administration (HRA) to submit quarterly reports on whether rental assistance payments for programs established by HRA are sent on time to landlords on behalf tenants receiving assistance. The report would include the total number of payments sent monthly disaggregated by the type of program, the number of payments that were late and why, and a description of any actions HRA is taking to ensure that payments are sent on time. 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