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Councilmember Janeese Lewis George Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr.
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Migrant Services 18
and Supports Temporary Act to clarify eligibility requirements and supports provided by 19
the Office of Migrant Services and for immigrant residents accessing homeless services. 20
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RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
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resolution may be cited as the “ Migrant Services Eligibility Clarification Emergency Declaration 23
Resolution of 2023”. 24
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to clarify services the Mayor is authorized to 25
provide under the Migrant Services and Supports Temporary Act of 2022, passed on 2nd reading 26
on October 4, 2022 (Enrolled version of Bill 24- 0991). 27
(b) The Office of Migrant Serv ices has been established under prior legislation and has 28
begun providing an array of services to migrants entering the District. 29
(c) The experience of providing those services, however, has demonstrated the need to 30
clarify the scope of services provided and the eligibility and termination criteria for those 31
services and supports, and to provide adequate notice to individuals of the denial or termination 32
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(d) In addition, clarity is required to ensure that persons seeking shelter are not denied 34
access to shelter in both the migrant services and homeless services systems. 35
(e) Finally, this emergency measure is also necessary to rectify a drafting error in the 36
original bill which has unintentionally expansive impacts on the ability of some individuals to 37
receive services they would otherwise be entitled to. 38
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 39
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the 40
Migrant Services Eligibility Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 should be 41
adopted after a single reading.
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Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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