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Below you will find a letter from our Community Board District Manager regarding the Homeless Shelter proposed for 165 West 9th Street, Carroll Gardens. Please note the meeting (public is invited) highlighted.
What: Homeless Shelter
When: Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012
Where: PS 58 auditorium 330 SMith Street (entrance on Carroll Street)
CORD
Letter from Craig Hammerman:
"Greetings!
After the close of business on October 4th, our district office received a faxed notification from Aguila, Inc./Housing Solutions USA, a Bronx-based social service provider, that they intended to open a facility and shelter for 170 single adult males at 165 West 9th Street between Court Street and Hamilton Avenue in our district.
We posted the letter on our website and
shared this information with our board members, elected officials and
the Carroll Gardens neighborhood list server on October 5, 2012. Since
then we have been focused on trying to get as much information as we can
about this proposal.
We have also invited representatives of both
Housing Solutions USA and the City's Department of Homeless Services
(DHS) to attend a public Informational Meeting that will be hosted by
our Youth/Human Services/Education Committee at their next regularly
scheduled meeting. Both DHS and Housing Solutions USA have agreed to
attend this upcoming meeting, which will take place at 6:30pm on
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at PS 58's Auditorium, 330 Smith Street
(entrance on Carroll Street), Brooklyn.
We are bringing the proposer and oversight agency out to meet with us and the community because, at the moment, it appears that it will be the only opportunity for the community to learn about this proposal in any detail before the facility is opened. To that end, we welcome the communty to attend this important meeting armed with questions, so we take fullest advantage of this opportunity and extract as much information as we can from our guests.
When we asked Housing Solutions USA for a copy of their formal proposal, they referred us to DHS. When we asked DHS they said they would consider our request, which we have resubmitted in writing. Unfortunately, unlike the many items that come before us, at this point we have no formal application or other written material about this proposal to review, share and consider further.
However, through preliminary informal communications with Housing Solutions USA, we have learned certain information concerning their planned operations at this location that we are in a position to share:
o Residents at the shelter will first be assessed and processed through the DHS city-wide intake facility at Bellevue Hospital. The placement guidelines for the W9th St. shelter will specify that no mentally ill or chemically addicted ("MICA") clients may be referred to this facility. If any are sent in error, Housing Solutions will refer them back to DHS."
Best, Craig
Craig R. Hammerman
District Manager
Brooklyn Community Board 6
250 Baltic Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-6401
t. 718.643.3027
f. 718.624.8410
w. www.BrooklynCB6.org
e. districtmanager@BrooklynCB6.or
Below you will find a letter from our Community Board District Manager regarding the Homeless Shelter proposed for 165 West 9th Street, Carroll Gardens. Please note the meeting (public is invited) highlighted.
What: Homeless Shelter
When: Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012
Where: PS 58 auditorium 330 SMith Street (entrance on Carroll Street)
CORD
Letter from Craig Hammerman:
"Greetings!
After the close of business on October 4th, our district office received a faxed notification from Aguila, Inc./Housing Solutions USA, a Bronx-based social service provider, that they intended to open a facility and shelter for 170 single adult males at 165 West 9th Street between Court Street and Hamilton Avenue in our district.
We posted the letter on our website
We are bringing the proposer and oversight agency out to meet with us and the community because, at the moment, it appears that it will be the only opportunity for the community to learn about this proposal in any detail before the facility is opened. To that end, we welcome the communty to attend this important meeting armed with questions, so we take fullest advantage of this opportunity and extract as much information as we can from our guests.
When we asked Housing Solutions USA for a copy of their formal proposal, they referred us to DHS. When we asked DHS they said they would consider our request, which we have resubmitted in writing. Unfortunately, unlike the many items that come before us, at this point we have no formal application or other written material about this proposal to review, share and consider further.
However, through preliminary informal communications with Housing Solutions USA, we have learned certain information concerning their planned operations at this location that we are in a position to share:
o Residents at the shelter will first be assessed and processed through the DHS city-wide intake facility at Bellevue Hospital. The placement guidelines for the W9th St. shelter will specify that no mentally ill or chemically addicted ("MICA") clients may be referred to this facility. If any are sent in error, Housing Solutions will refer them back to DHS."
Best, Craig
Craig R. Hammerman
District Manager
Brooklyn Community Board 6
250 Baltic Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-6401
t. 718.643.3027
f. 718.624.8410
w. www.BrooklynCB6.org
e. districtmanager@BrooklynCB6.or
