洛杉矶市县就无家可归者数据共享达成协议：市府将获市内全部数据与按比例代表权，周一下午待区域总会表决、周二法院听证定四职
加州洛杉矶消息：洛杉矶市与洛杉矶县已就无家可归者数据共享达成协议，协议定于周一下午提交洛杉矶连续照护体系（Continuum of Care）全体成员表决：是否把剩余两项行政职责——无家可归者管理信息系统（HMIS）与协调录入系统（CES）的监管权——交给县政府。
洛杉矶连续照护体系是由洛杉矶无家可归者服务管理局、各市、县政府、服务机构等组成的协作机构，负责协调区域无家可归者项目与联邦资金（长滩、格伦代尔与帕萨迪纳因自有体系而不包括在内）。本月早些时候，全体成员已把另外两项主要行政职责交给县政府：担任协作申请方与年度时点统计的主导方，即由县政府统一为区域申请无家可归者项目联邦资金。
市政府此前一直争取 HMIS 与 CES 的职责，理由是洛杉矶需要对本市无家可归者项目与住房安置有更大话语权；市议会近期还指示高级官员必要时研究法律选项，并研究建立本市自己的连续照护体系。但上周市政府宣布已与县政府就数据共享达成协议，协议现只需经连续照护体系全体成员批准即可推进；四项职责的最终归属将在周二的法院听证会上确定。
根据拟议协议，市政府将获得与市内无家可归者相关的全部数据，并在任何包含市数据的报告机构、工作组或决策程序中获得按比例的代表权；县政府将出资为市工作人员与市资助服务机构提供 HMIS 培训与技术支持，并根据市政府的合理要求出资维护 HMIS 的修改；在协调录入与匹配方面，县政府将与市政府签约，由市政府管理所有市资助资源的流程，即市内无家可归者可优先获得市住房。
市议会无家可归者与健康委员会主席伊莎贝尔·胡拉多在周五的市议会会议上感谢各部门与县政府谈判。她说，市政府已同意由县政府担任协作申请方并开展时点统计，“真正的问题在于匹配项目以及支撑我们庞大无家可归者治理体系的数据”。她还说，新协议“比我们以前拥有的要多”，市政府将获得现有 HMIS 数据以及支撑数据的原始数据，从而可以实时制作自己的报告与仪表盘，“这是我们从未有过的”。
市议员蒂姆·麦科斯克对协议的可执行性与按比例代表权条款表示关切，认为不应奖励把无家可归者推入洛杉矶市、却不提供替代办法的县内地区。目前四项行政职责由洛杉矶无家可归者服务管理局主导，但因联邦政府、该局与连续照护体系之间的诉讼，职责需交给另一机构；美国住房与城市发展部此前以涉嫌欺诈与滥用纳税人资金为由，暂停该局获取数百万美元联邦资金，该局起诉住房与城市发展部要求推翻暂停决定，案件仍在进行中。
Los Angeles City and County Reach Homeless Data-Sharing Agreement: City to Get All City Data and Proportional Representation; Regional Membership to Vote Monday Afternoon, Court Hearing Tuesday to Settle Four Roles
LOS ANGELES, California — The city and county of Los Angeles have reached an agreement on sharing homelessness data, which is set to go before the general membership of the Los Angeles Continuum of Care on Monday afternoon for a vote on whether to award the county the two remaining administrative roles — oversight of the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and the Coordinated Entry System (CES).
The Los Angeles Continuum of Care is a collaborative body made up of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, cities, the county, service providers and other entities, responsible for coordinating regional homelessness programs and federal funding; Long Beach, Glendale and Pasadena are excluded because they have their own continuums. Earlier this month, the general membership awarded the county two other major administrative roles — serving as collaborative applicant and lead for the annual point-in-time homeless count, meaning the county would submit a single application for the region to receive federal funding for homelessness programs.
The city had sought the HMIS and CES roles, arguing that Los Angeles needs more say over who gets placed in its homelessness programs and housing initiatives. City Council members recently directed top officials to explore legal options if necessary and to explore plans to stand up their own continuum of care. Last week, however, the city announced it had come to an agreement with the county on data sharing; the agreement now only needs approval by the Continuum of Care general membership to move forward, and a final determination about the four roles will be resolved during a court hearing on Tuesday.
Under the proposed agreement, the city would have access to all data related to persons experiencing homelessness within the city, and proportional representation on any body, working group or decision-making process on reporting that contains city data. The county agreed to fund and provide regular training to city staff and city-funded service providers on HMIS, as well as technical assistance, and to fund and maintain modifications to HMIS based on reasonable requests by the city. On Coordinated Entry System and matching, the county will contract with the city to manage the process for all city-funded resources — an agreement that there would be local preference for city persons experiencing homelessness for city housing.
Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado, who chairs the council's Homelessness and Health Committee, thanked departments for negotiating with the county at Friday's City Council meeting. She said the city had conceded that the county should be the collaborative applicant and conduct the point-in-time count, but "what was at issue between us and the county was the matching program and the data that undergrids our huge homelessness governance system." She called the proposed agreement "an increase from what we've had before," saying it gives the city access to current HMIS data plus the raw data underneath it, so the city can create its own reports and dashboards and adjust strategies in real time: "That's something we've never had."
Councilman Tim McOsker raised concerns about enforceability of the agreement and the provision on proportional representation, saying the county should not be rewarded for parts of the county that drive homelessness into the city of Los Angeles without providing alternatives. The four administrative roles are currently led by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, but due to ongoing litigation between the federal government, LAHSA and the Continuum of Care, the responsibilities needed to be awarded to another organization. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials had suspended LAHSA from accessing millions of federal dollars, citing allegations of fraud and misuse of taxpayer funding; LAHSA sued HUD to overturn the suspension, and the case is ongoing.
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