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HCHA meeting <br />September 7, 2021 <br />Kunz: It's intended to support like those programs that are not permanent <br />programs like the FYI Program, the Foster Youth Program, there's several others <br />that I'm not thinking of right now. <br />Kierkiewicz: That program, that specific strategy, Moving Up, it's successful, it <br />seems according to the testimony. <br />Kunz: Yes, and we want to provide, you know, the basis for on-going support to <br />those who are in those programs because they are only limited, limited time. <br />Kierkiewicz: So the Moving Up vouchers, are these also coming from the <br />Section 8 that we're talking about here? <br />Kunz: Yes, all Section 8, Housing Choice Voucher. <br />Kierkiewicz: There is no special purpose? <br />Kunz: No. <br />Kierkiewicz: Okay, and then have you identified how much you're going to <br />allocate for the Moving Up strategy? I think when you guys piloted, it said about <br />a hundred. <br />Kunz: Yeah, I don't believe that we have, Des? <br />Moore: Yeah, okay, so the Moving Up strategy is basically a conversion from <br />temporary housing to permanent housing and I think each category, foster <br />youth, veterans and home tenant based rental assistance program will be <br />limited to 15 or, for each category, 15 turnovers or absorbsions, so the way this <br />works is they will be absorbed into our program as long as they qualify and in <br />good standing, so let's say, foster youth is a 36 month program, at the end of the <br />36 months we will put them onto the regular Section 8 program. And I think right <br />now we have about nine of them and 18 applicants, right now. That comes <br />from a referral from Child Welfare Service. The other one was VA, so if the VA no <br />longer needs clinical, clinical assistance and they get severed from their VA <br />program, we can absorb them into the Section 8 program cause it doesn't <br />necessarily mean they no longer need housing, they just don't need the <br />supportive service from VA. <br />Kierkiewicz: Got it. I really appreciate those details, Administrator Kunz, Des <br />and the entire division working on this, thank you, it's certainly a lot to manage I <br />think we all really appreciate these very thoughtful amendments and how <br />you've identified issues that are happening on the ground and really translated <br />Page 16 of 34 <br />