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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 86
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE HOMELESSNESS RES PONSE SYSTEM
TO ALLOCATE RESOURCE S FOR THE HOMELESS AND TO
PREVENT HOMELESSNESS .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) As used in this section, 1
"family" means a household consisting of one or more persons. 2
(b) The Department of Housing shall, within available resources, 3
establish and administer a program to be known as the Homelessness 4
Response System to provide supportive housing, housing counseling 5
and navigation services and financial assistance for families 6
experiencing homelessness by providing annual operating funding for 7
the United Way of Connecticut 2-1-1 Infoline program and the 8
coordinated access networks. 9
(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 10
thereafter, the amount of the appropriation for the Homelessness 11
Response System shall be a separate budgeted line item within the 12
appropriation to the Department of Housing. 13
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(d) The Department of Housing shall allocate not less than one 14
million dollars annually to the Homelessness Response System 15
according to the following formula: An amount equivalent to (1) Seven 16
dollars and thirty-six cents for each housing-related call made during 17
the preceding state fiscal year, as reported by the United Way of 18
Connecticut, to the United Way of Connecticut 2-1-1 Infoline program; 19
and (2) one hundred nine dollars for each coordinated access network 20
appointment attended by a family referred by the United Way of 21
Connecticut 2-1-1 Infoline program during the preceding state fiscal 22
year, as reported in the United States Department of Housing and Urban 23
Development Homeless Management Information System. 24
(e) The Department of Housing shall establish a preference policy to 25
prioritize families experiencing homelessness, as identified by the 26
coordinated access networks, for obtaining assistance from existing 27
federal and state rental assistance programs. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish the Homelessness Response System to provide increased
funding for the coordinated access networks and the United Way of
Connecticut 2-1-1 Infoline program for housing resources.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
S.B. 86