Won questions Dalton on $4M funding differential
Won asks why veterans are punished for the federal disagreement; Dalton says the city is covering the full cost of the shelter, DHS is responsible, and expenses will be reported in the future financial plan.
And then the next question that I had was for the $4 million.
Differenced like the delta that is going to now be $1 million in funding.
And I want to echo the sentiment that Chair Hudson has said that we want to respect trans service veterans as well as women who serve.
And we support that.
But I want to understand why it is that the veterans themselves are the ones being punished for this disagreement.
Yes, thank you again for the opportunity to clarify that.
Nobody is being punished for this.
The city is covering the full cost of the shelter.
So for the $4 million differential.
Yes, the city is covering the full cost of the shelter.
Okay, so the $4 million that we're no longer getting from the federal government will now be part of the city's budget.
And would that be coming from...
From DSS or will that be coming from the Veterans Committee?
I mean, agency.
Which agency will the allotment be?
Yes, DHS is responsible for funding the shelters.
And we will release, of course, in a future financial plan, the exact expenses of the shelter over the next year.
But to reiterate.
DHS is covering the full cost of the shelter.
So could you say the amount?
Because currently in your testimony, it only says the 1.3 million.
We have been alerted by the veterans that it's a shortage of 4 million total that is the differential from previous year's funding to now for this shelter.
Yeah, the numbers are a little bit confusing, right?
So the grant was covering 154 beds, and we could claim up to $4 million, right?
So the way this works at the city level is the city pays up front for the cost of the shelter, and then we claim as much federal dollars as we can, right?
And so the grant allowed us to claim for up to 154 beds and up to $4 million, right?
The revised award, if we had accepted it, would allow us to claim for up to 44 beds and up to $1.3 million.
And as I said, we will report out as we do and as OMB always does the expenses as we move into the next year.
But we are committed to cover it, and it's DHS.
and not Department of Veterans Services, who will be covering the entire cost.
Okay, thank you for the clarification.