Chair Cabán on JISH RFP and Just Home project funding
Cabán asks about the JISH RFP for 190 units and Just Home project funding. Nichols confirms no funds were redirected—all available funds went to raising rates for existing and new units. Higher rates per unit explain the reduced unit count. No OCS role is planned for JISH.
The RFP is for that 190 units.
Some of that will be for the Just Home project, right?
Like I think it's 58 of the 83 are for the Just Home.
That's still...
Yeah, the math, I guess I'm a little bit confused about the math.
If we've got that, we understand that some of the just funding will be used for 58 of the 83 units that are part of just home.
That would still seem to leave funding available for 322 units, which is 132 units more than the RFP included.
So can you clarify why the unit count was reduced and was any of the portion of the originally allocated just funding redirected for other purposes?
And a two, Jamie, for more.
No funds were redirected.
The health department put all of the available funds into raising the rates for the existing 120 units, as well as any new units awarded through the amended RFP.
So the higher rates per unit is the reason why we have fewer units overall.
Okay.
So that has to do with sort of like the fair market, like that has to do with the market?
Yep.
Okay.
Got it.
Will the Office of Community Safety have any role in the administration of JISH?
That's my last question on that piece.
At present, there are no plans to have the Office of Community Safety do anything with JISH.
I just want to look here to see.
Yeah, I think I am done on the mental health.
Councilmember Brewer, do you have questions?