Council Member Joseph Questions Haitian Response Expansion and Council Partnerships
Council Member Rita Joseph asks about expanding the Haitian Response Initiative and partnering with council member offices to host legal clinics.
We have Councilmember Joseph followed by Brewer.
Wonderful.
Good to see you always, Commissioner.
Just a couple of follow-up questions.
I know you said you provided programming on the HRI.
Number of people serve 610 for 2026 thus far.
That's correct.
Will there be an expansion of the HRI initiative?
Is that something you're looking for?
Currently, the providers will be remaining the same at the same funding level.
Okay.
So I have another question.
Will you are you considering maybe thinking about partnering with council member offices to provide those services in their offices?
That's something that was actually raised when we met with our HRI partners on how do we reach more deeper into communities so it's part of an ongoing conversation.