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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/15/2001, LIAISON REPORT #4 - EOC LIAISON REPORT wn r" 3 ITEM �/�{^J�(/�(�J1 i\� I liaison May 15, 2001 TO: Mayor and Council Members FROM: Jan Howell Marx SUBJECT: EOC Liaison Report Please see the attached information. NCIL 0 CDD D1R 0 FIN DIP As [3 FIRE CHIEF YPRT0 PW DIP PEORK/ORIG 0 POLICE CHF Attachment ❑ pE M D3 0 REC DIP ❑ UTIL DIP ❑ HR DIP RECEIVED MAY 1 5 1001 SLO CITY COUNCIL energy department news may 2001 PG&E Chapter 11 Filin Bankrupt Court in Oakland. PG&E&E fiIG&E's Chapter I 1 continues the court to con d a motion before the co before the U.S. firm that funds collected by PG&E for Public P on ASI 24 asking Part G the bankruptcy estate and can be used to honor Purpose Pro by PG&E in connection with Pre-petition obligationsinin e not seeking Permission to a the Public f"' ose Programs. In other words, PG&E is Partners since pay Pre-bankmptcY ?petition invoices for the programs are funded directly b Programs like Energy approximately $45,000 in art aidY the rat a bankruptcy hl-* P Energy Partnersinvoices ratepayers. EOC has P Y g A favorable Tulin that are affected by the g from the court would remove those invoices from the bankruptcy case and allow PG&E to process their Payment. Utility Payments: Ener inow h ncome households with heir utility pfunds s°rn three di fft With the incr payments HE-Ap, ECF and D sources to assist low- eases in both gas and electric rete;, lower income hope. of fSscial S faced with higher monthly utility Services. Payments and often owe two to four bills, o of more are utility bills b the are not only to see us for assistance. falling behind °n thea Per household under the HEAP to has increased our maxim Y time they come Program. The a um utility payment to $318.00 income and ani, burden. P yment is determined b through ECF and DSS. En Clients may qualify for additional assist household size increased worldoad �is re for additional staff to ��' if needed, assistance and high number of applions to be handle the projected contact Gabriela at ext 491 or Morrie at ext. 184. Processed_ For utility Area Agency on Aging: Ener Aging for $30,000 in SY submitted a proposal last month to the Area Agency r�mmendation of the Prods for the senior homC repair prog� Me n ron y program and that an Proposal Review Committee is that $20,000 be allocated fo1 � additional $10,000 in one time only" monies bethe Program if service Petfontrance merits the additional allocation. En AAA allocation everyerected to the additionalYear since the program be �Y has fully spent its funding at the end of each in 1995 and has always accepted $30,000 allocation if that trend Year so we can expect to r made at the May 25 trend Continues' A final decision onprogram P eve the full Y AAA Board of Directors meetri m S piO funding will be Training: g Santa Maria. meg' `� Energy staff involved ' e completed training at the PG&E Stockton Tth� ° ,� Partners Pro Ulices Parrales Tarr:,:" Center. t`aum have recently (fig City) both just completed and Connie a two (Salinas)(Salinas) and Specialist Certification program, Energy now h six-certifiepassed d En the two-week Energy Specialist Specialists on staff: RECEIVE® MAY 14 2001 7 SLO CITY COUNCIL Human Resources Status Report April 2001 Summary Period New hires Terror(1) Active(1) Inactive(2) Limited Term Turnover I Current 15 5 561 44 8 0.8% Month April 31 8 — - — 1.6% 1000 Past 12189 124 — — 20.8% Months 1. Limited Term,Substitute and Temporary appointment are not included in calculation of statistics. 2. Includes Seasonal staff on furlough and Regular and Seasonal staff on leave of absence. Staffin • Current Openings Position Program Type Date Opened Community Resource Wrk(new) Energy Regular 4/2/01 Bus Driver(new) MHS North Monterey Seasonal 4/3/01 Instructional Aide( MHS North Monterey Seasonal 4/3/01 Maintenance Worker new MHS North Monterey Seasonal 4/3/01 Janitor( MHS North Monterey Seasonal 4/3/01 Cook( State Kennan Regular 4/4/01 Instructional Aide MHS Kem Seasonal 4/4/01 Teacher MHS Kem SUB 4/5/01 Teacher r MHS Kern Seasonal 4/5/01 Cook II r MHS Oxnard Seasonal 4/9/01 Clinical Services Su Health Services Regular 4/9/01 Clinical Health Educator r Health Services Regular 4/9/01 Outreach Health Educator Health Services Regular 4/9/01 Janitor( State San Joaquin Seasonal 4/10/01 Child Care Services Spec r CCRC Regular 4/11/01 Teacher new MHS Kern Seasonal 4/12/01 Teacher new State Kerman Regular 4/13/01 Center Supervisor State Estrellitas Regular 4/16/01 Instructional Aide. State Estrellitas Regular 4/16101 Executive Secretary new State Program Regular 4/18/01 Social Worker Health Services TAPP Regular 4/18/01 Lifebound Supervisor Health Services LBL Regular 4/19/01 Teen Center Supervisor r Health Services_LBL Regular 4/19/01 Day Center Worker Homeless Services Regular 4119/01 Family Service Worker new MHS South Monterey Seasonal 4/20/01 Instructional Aide State Adelita Seasonal 4/20/01 Instructional Aide new MHS South Monterey SUB 4/20/01 Fd Sry WrkrNan Driver MHS South Mont Seasonal 4/23/01 14 Teacher r MHS Orange Seasonal 4/24/01 Teacher(new) MHS North Monterey Seasonal 4/27/01 Cook(new) MHS Kerman Regular 4/27/01 Program Finance Assistant(r CCRC Regular 4/30/01 Total Openings Replacement Positions New Positions 29 21 8 • Advertising Costs Program Current.Month YTD 2001 Central Administration $544.13 $943.89 MHS—SLO & SB $1573.43 $3058.71 SM—San Joaquin $123.74 $123.74 SP/MHS—Orange MHS-SM $237.81 $1408.30 MHS —Kem $3131.40 $4747.91 Health Services $1783.61 $4079.80 Homeless Program $81.18 $1647.22 Head Start $297.42 CCRC $711.56 $2616.55 Energy $697.46 CYFS $1983.37 SM/SCD-SLO MHS—Ventura $637.24 $2904.76 MHS—NM $245.00 SP/MHS -Kerman $887.31 $887.31 Mentor Alliance $136.29 EOC/DSS Direct Services $314.68 Safety • Employee In urlq This Month Type of In' TrmeLost Date of Injug Head/neck injury 0 days 4/6/01 Carpal tunnel 15 days 4/6/01 Eye abrasion 3 days 4/2/01 Year-to-date In'uries b Pro am CA CCRC Energy Health Homeless Head I MAP MBS SCD Thrift Total Start I Skop 1 1 1 1 11 5 3 13 • 2000 Year-to-date Injuries 2. 15 i ! 1 I Child and Adult Care Food Program(CACFP)-Center Based EOC's Child and Adult Care Food Program for child care centers is getting reviewed in July 2001 by the State Department of Education. The date of the review will be July 23- 27. The Reviewer.will selectively inspect the required CACFP paperwork for compliance and will visit childcare centers. During the center visits the Reviewer will observe meals being eaten by the children, check on safety and sanitation practices, and view the on-site CACFP paperwork. The Food Services Manager, Cameron Jung-Fagan,has recently made a change to the type of.milk being served to 3-5 year old children in the Head Start and State Programs. Starting April 1, 2001 the 3-5,year old children will now be served 2% fat milk, instead. of 1% fat milk. Research supports that serving meals to children of this age requires adequate amounts of fat in their diet to promote proper neurological development. Cameron has also just returned from a workshop on Childhood Feeding held in Madison, WI. The workshop was held.April 19-21, 2001 and was lead by Ellyn Satter, noted author who has written many books on childhood feeding. Sharing Salter's philosophy and principles will be very helpful to the CACFP families, children and center staff. Statistics for the CACFP-Center Based First Quarter 2001 Number of Centers Served: Total: 27 *Head Start 8 *Migrant Head Start 13 *State Programs . 6 Number of Children Served: Total: 949 *Head Start Children: 358 *Migrant Head Start Children: 349 *State Program Children: 242 Number of Meals Served: Total: 52,273 *Breakfasts: 13,492 *Lunches: 18,974 *Supplements: 199807 Site Monitor Visits: 22 In-Service Trainings: 13 22 Homeless Services April 2001 Shelter The shelter has been very busy this month. Some of the winter shelters in other areas closed causing a migration of persons passing through the area of SLO. Total number of shelter beds provided in this month was 2183. During the month 150 requests for beds were denied due to over capacity. One night we had a high of 26 requests for beds not met. The number of shelter beds provided to children totaled 327, which averages to 11, children per night. The ratio of men to women seeking services is about 2 to 1. Total number of diner and dashers per night was 641. Here again, one night we had a high of 51 dimer and dashers. Often when doing orientation of the shelter we tell persons visiting every night we have anywhere from 75 ytwo 125 persons coming through the door seeking a shelter bed, a hot meal or a shower. On April 9 the total number of beds provided were 74,with 51 persons dining and dashing. Of the 51 persons dining and dashing, 26 of them requested a bed for the night but did not receive one due to overcapacity. Prado Day Center The day center has also been very busy. The average of persons seeking services of the center was 78 for the month. The average of persons eating lunch with the Peoples Kitchen was 77. 1 believe this is a first where the number of persons using the services of the center is higher than the number receiving a meal. We are still open weekends and the clients are grateful and would like to continue to see the services continue. The weekend averages are 65 for lunch and 68 for persons using the center services of showers,phones, laundry, and rest. As with the shelter, there continues to be changes with staff coming and going and both programs have open positions for hire. Case Management During this period, 3 families were placed into housing and 3 singles. The families consisted of 5 adults and 2 children. One of the families housed was a single mom and her daughter. In a previous report I stated this mom came into the shelter pregnant and had raised her daughter since birth in the shelter. We are so happy this family is now in subsidized housing. At the beginning of May this same mom began attending the local beauty school and is working towards becoming a cosmetologist. Recently she spoke at a local forum and shared how stubborn she had been regarding saving her money and in and out of case management. She expressed gratitude for us sticking with her through the process. We will continue to follow her for 6 months to a year to ensure further success and development of budgetary responsibility regarding rent and household expenses. North County Numbers in North County continue to remain high for persons seeking and using services. Presently Jody has 18 families on her caseload consisting of 22 adults and 37 children. She continues to work with 3 single persons. Number of persons waiting for services is 88 families consisting of 114 adults and 160 children and another 16 singles. The approved funding for more case managers in North County has not been released,but hopefully will occur in the next few months. The department of social services has committed funding for a case manager in North County and another one in South County, awaiting the Board of Supervisors approval. Hopefully by the end of the month we will hear if funding for the land/building grant for a North County Shelter receives approval. _ April has been a busy month in all our programs. We did see an increase of new persons accessing our services. Some of the increase was other shelters closing down their winter programs causing a migration of persons traveling through the area towards other locations. 23 EOC Homeless Services March 2001 Prado Day Center The Friends of Prado have designated funds for weekend service to continue through June 2001. Friends also designated funds to support the operation of the children's program through June 2001. We meet monthly with the non-profit fund raising arm of the day center to provide updates of service: This month we will request funds in the amount of$16,000 for the operation of the children's center July 2001 through June 2002. Presently the children's program operates from 9-12, Monday through Friday.. Social Services designated$18,000 to develop the children's play area. CDBG funding was approved through the county for$33,851 of the$50,000 requested and $50,000 from city fiords. An additional$16,659 was given through Emergency Shelter Grant funds. We continue to develop services on site at the center including a computer lab,hospice services and an addiction support group. Shelter The EHAP money in the amount of$3,471 designated toward motels has helped provide shelter beds to 88 persons and decreased to 42 the number of persons we turned away without a bed. We provided 2,326 shelter beds averaging 75 per night. We averaged 10 children per night. Persons dining and dashing totaled 467 averaging 15 per night. The shelter did receive the funds requested through CDBG in amounts of$149,500 from the county, $138,000 fivm the city and$49,319 from Emergency Shelter Grant funds. As the board of supervisors entered into discussion of staff's recommendation, $60,000 in funds was almost cut to support other projects. Social services designated $22,000 to develop a children's play area at the.shelter. Case Management The North County client caseload is 18 families consisting of 22 adults and 38 children, and 3 single persons. Some of these cases are very active and some are follow-up cases of persons we placed into housing. The waiting list is 81 families consisting of 101 adults with 48 children and 16 singles. At the shelter there is a greater turnover of clients on case management. Many clients seek out case management as it provides them with a secured shelter bed. However,if they do not address the agreed upon goals and fulfill case managed guidelines they are terminated from services until such time as they are willing to follow through. Case management does require a mandatory savings plan for anyone on case management for their future housing needs. At the shelter there are 4 families on case management consisting of 6 adults with 2 children and 23 singles. For the month of March a mom and her child was placed into housing in North County who had been living in a motel for a couple of months and 2 gentlemen from the shelter were placed into the Transitions Program. The waiting list for this program is a minimum of 6 months. HUNGER AND HOMELESS AWARENESS WEEK May 7te-12' Sleepover May 4t° 24 i Overview of the EOCIDSS Direct Services Program The EOC/DSS Direct Se Vx=program provides direct and tangible services to Child Welfare Services (CWS)families who are in need of purchased items,goods and/or services that will assist in maintaining &mfly stabarrv,m pwm healh,Promote self-suf c ,aid in the sacralization of family members and reduce the risks of child abuse Three types of CWS uses are referred to E6C0SS Direct Services-level I,level II,and special Referrals. Level I—Families that are law risk,and/or subject to short-term intervention(30 days): • A family is reported to CWS(formerly known as CPS)for suspected child abuse • A CWS socia!worker assesses the family and male's a referral to the EOC/DSS Direct Services Program if needed • The referral is assigned to one of three Direct Services Advocates according to the location of the advocate and family. Advocates aver all areas of the county. • The advocate makes a home visit and works closely with the family to deW=M what type of asasmaa the foody needs Assistance ranges from emergency situations,such as;food,eviction prevention,emergency housing utilities shil-4 Ming,clothing,shoes,beds,robs,blankets to lesser needs,such as;cleaning and hygiene products,bus vouchers,car repairs,car seats,refriSwAo s, etc. Many families request help with registration and enrollment fees so their chMm can participate in recmatianai and/or educational programs,such as;the Boys and Girls Club,YMCA,Big Brother/Big Sister,youth camM soccer,football,softball,karate,cheerleading marc lessons,etc. • Ona the family is stabilized,the advocate works with the family to develop a plan of action to help them with budgeting,parenting housecleaning em and drecks in with the family on a weekly basis. Most cases are closed in thirty days but advocates will be re-assess the family in three months to determine if the assistance given to them was helpful in keem them stabilized vel IIe —Families with open fammly preservation,family maintenance orpermanency p>aaning cam: • The CWS social worker managing the can deter that Direct Services are needed The Dint SerAces advocate follows the same ptnoess as the level I cases,but dose mon with the CWS sacral wo>jw Cases may remain open,30,60 or 90 days Special Referrals-Families in Supportive and Therapeutic Options(STOP)Pmgtam or KinShrp/Fosta Cate Emergency Funds Program: • The EOC/DSS In-Home Counselor helps children and families cope with tnursitiomng in and out of fosterhome placement Relatives or applicants receiving children,are helped with short term crisis cling,and temporary child care to help them adapt to schedule changes associated with Placement. Parenting education and socialization services are also paraded Items needed in the home to CUM the health and safety of children,ate also provided. The in-home counselor waw closely with the social wo lm and cases may remain open for as long as needed. 26