Homeless Congress-Proposed Shelter Standards

YES, our agency supports the passage of the Shelter Standards law for the City of Cleveland and we urge the Cleveland City Council to take immediate action on this proposal!

The minimum shelter standards proposed by the Homeless Congress would ensure a basic level of care at all of the shelters in the city.  Under the proposed law, organizations that receive public funds to provide shelter would have to adopt these standards in order to be able to apply for continued or additional funding.  The standards would be enforced by an office within the City of Cleveland and include provisions for: grievance processes; client confidentiality; admissions policies; health and safety regulations; shelter staffing and training; and procedures for shelters serving children.  We urge Cleveland City Council to follow the City of San Francisco, which recently passed a similar bill, to pass these standards into law without further delay.

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              We would like to be kept informed of the process through the above contact information.

              We have staff available to dedicate time to ensuring the passage of the Shelter Standards law

 for the City of Cleveland.

              We support and endorse the passage of the Shelter Standards law, but trust that the organizations

   working on the proposed law will adequately represent the community.

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	Please mail or fax this form to: NEOCH, 3631 Perkins Ave., #3A-3, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-4705 Phone: 216/432-0540                       Fax: 216/432-0620