Human Services Advisory Council

MINUTES Human Services Advisory Council City of Falls Church PURPOSE OF MEETING: To advise City Council on human services delivery to Falls Church residents. DATE OF MEETING: November 15, 2018 PLACE OF MEETING: Gage House MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY: Nicole Newman: at 6:31 p.m. THOSE PRESENT: HSAC Members: Staff: Craig Cheney Susan Richter Alisa Macht Nancy Vincent Nicole Newman (chair) City Council Liaison Anne Norloff Marybeth Connelly Debra Roth Student Representative Tahaseen Shaik OTHERS PRESENT: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from September 20, 2018 were approved. OLD BUSINESS:  Miller House project update Ms. Vincent reported that Ms. Connelly contacted legislators about sponsoring a bill to dedicate Medicaid Waivers to the Miller House project. City staff are following up. NEW BUSINESS:  Agreement amendment The Falls Church Housing Corporation requested a change to their Community Services Fund Agreement to allow tablets purchased for clients to be Amazon products rather than Apple. The motion to approve the request passed unanimously.  FY 2018 contracted services year-end report Ms. Richter presented year-end information for City contracted services. Members requested the following additional information. Why is Medicaid so high? Why did prevention services dip in Fiscal Year 2016? What is the number of people 65 and older in the City? Ms. Richter will research and get back to the group with the information. .  Draft Affordable Housing Policy review Members commented that it is unfortunate that the draft Policy does not require a set percentage of new housing units be dedicated as affordable dwelling units. This is particularly important considering the growth in population and decline of affordable  market rate units.  Proposed code changes regarding people with disabilities and definition of group homes Members were very much in support of a code change. Their comments were the following. Language referring to “residential facility” and Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is confusing. The description of residential institution is unclear and not needed as part of the Group Home definition. A Group Home should be listed as “more than two and up to eight” as opposed to “no more than eight.” All mentions of Group Homes should refer back to a single definition. STAFF REPORT  Emergency assistance requests have risen.  The Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Transportation (CACT) is still reviewing a joint memo produced in response to the joint HSAC/CACT meeting. ADJOURN Members decided to cancel the December meeting. The meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m. SIGNATURE OF RECORDER: Nancy Vincent The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This document will be made available in an alternate format upon request. Call 703-248-5005 (TTY 711).