16-18RESOLUTION NO.16 -18
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, ENDORSING THE "HOUSING FIRST AND
COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM "; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Pinellas County Homeless Leadership Board, Inc. (HLB) is
committed to developing a homeless services system that ensures that homelessness
among Pinellas County citizens is rare, brief, and nonrecurring; and
WHEREAS, the HLB is the designated Continuum of Care (CoC) for Pinellas
County through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and
WHEREAS, HUD has established a commitment to the "Housing First"
philosophy, which under federal law is an approach to homeless assistance that
prioritizes rapid placement and stabilization in permanent housing and does not have
service participation requirements or preconditions such as sobriety or a minimum
income threshold and includes the minimum components: 1) removing barriers to entry;
2) establishing a coordinated entry system; 3) practicing client- centered service
delivery; 4) prioritizing households most in need; and 5) ensuring inclusive decision
making; and
WHEREAS, HUD has established a requirement for each CoC to implement a
Coordinated Entry System; and
WHEREAS, the HLB is developing a Coordinated Entry System for full
implementation in FY 2016 in order to effectively assess and prioritize housing needs
and mitigate recurrences of homelessness; and
WHEREAS, on June 22, 2010, the United States Interagency Council on
Homelessness released the nation's first comprehensive strategy for ending chronic
homelessness entitled Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End
Homelessness, which endorsed Housing First as a best practice; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2016, the Homeless Leadership Board of the HLB
passed a Resolution to encourage all homeless housing projects funded through HUD
to practice a Housing First model by April 2019; and
WHEREAS, the HLB has requested that the City Council for the City of
Clearwater adopt a Resolution endorsing the HLB "Housing First and Coordinated Entry
System "; now, therefore,
Resolution No. 16 -18
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Council for the City of Clearwater, Florida hereby
endorses the "Housing First and Coordinated Entry System" being implemented by the
Pinellas County Homeless Leadership Board, Inc.
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Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1 5 day of September , 2016.
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roved as to form:
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Robert J.( rette
Assistant • ity Attorney
George N. Cretekos
Mayor
Attest:
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Rosemarie Call
City Clerk
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