Lorenzo Sierra voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Authorizes Emergency Shelter Beds for Homeless Senior Citizens
Signed by Governor Doug Ducey
Title: Authorizes Emergency Shelter Beds for Homeless Senior Citizens
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes emergency shelter beds for homeless senior citizens.
Requires the Arizona Department of Housing to provide emergency shelter beds in western Maricopa County for homeless seniors that are at least 55 years of age (Sec. 1).
Requires the department to contract with a single Arizona nonprofit provider that meets the following (Sec. 1):
Has experience in sheltering 400 or more homeless individuals in temporary shelters;
Has at least 10 years of experience working with chronically homeless individuals in Maricopa County;
Has experience in providing housing placement services under the housing first model; and
Participates in the coordinated entry system fitting the requirements of the Maricopa continuum care.
Title: Authorizes Emergency Shelter Beds for Homeless Senior Citizens
Title: Authorizes Emergency Shelter Beds for Homeless Senior Citizens