(MSCC) Sharon Jasprizza, December 26, 2021

SUMMARY

Today’s meeting agenda is with an emphasis on Medicare vs. Managed Care, with the following updates on Adaptive Reuse: Hotels to Housing initiatives, summary of The Current State of Homelessness in New York and How We Can Solve It, and mandates from the Healthcare Access and Coordination report

Time: 9:30 am-10:30 am

Location: We will meet via video conference using ZOOM.US (See how to Zoom page. 3)

Chairperson(s): John Mudd

WELCOME / INTRODUCTIONS

We appreciate all suggestions to help us run this meeting proficiently.

• Housekeeping (Zoom protocols) Signing in, copying chat, muting, etc.
• Introductions, welcoming new members
• Please email subject and speaker suggestions by the 15th of each month
• Items to Triage: To give time to pressing topics, please forward items at least 24 hours prior to meetings

PURPOSE

The Homeless and Housing members, attendees, and speakers share knowledge, ideas, and resources to identify problems and find solutions to the homeless crisis.

Today’s meeting agenda is with an emphasis on Medicare vs. Managed Care, with the following updates on Adaptive Reuse: Hotels to Housing initiatives, summary of The Current State of Homelessness in New York and How We Can Solve It, and mandates from the Healthcare Access and Coordination report

5 min

POLICY MEETING UPDATES

The prior 8:30 Homeless and Housing Policy meeting wrap-up as presented by attending members.

5 min 

SPECIAL INTRODUCTION(S) AND OR UPDATES: 

• Updates from our committee members
• Elected officials: NYC Council, Mayor’s Office, Brad Hoylman, and or others
• Daniel Pichinson, Ryan Chelsea Clinton—updates
• Richard Perkins, Housing Works—updates
• Rue Parkin, HelpNYC
• Lili Lopez, NY Connects, 646-457-5364 llopez@cidny.org connects people with any disability
• New Members?

6 min

OBJECTIVES / MISSION / VISION FOR THE NEW YEAR

MSCC is restructuring to become more effective in accomplishing its goals and planning for the new year: 

• Mission: Midtown South Community Council strives to dismantle the causes of homelessness by building an equitable, just, and sustainable social infrastructure to restore dignity, health, and home for all 
• Vision: Midtown South Community Council envisions a city where homelessness and poverty are eradicated

2 min

COMMITTEES

Committees are important to complete our mission. Anyone wanting to be involved with any of our committees serving our programs (Housing, Urban Farm, Education & Awareness, etc.) and projects (communications, Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care, health care enrollment, workshop development, Midtown Street Sheets, etc.) and more, please let us know.

• Charts of committees
• Developing committees

2 min

ADAPTIVE REUSE: HOTELS TO HOUSING

• If you missed the forum, you could review it on our Youtube Channel link here! 
• Next steps / Updates

Ted Houghton, President of Gateway Housing

2 min

The Current State of Homelessness in New York and How We Can Solve It”

To review the Current State of Homelessness And How We Can Solve It forum

To review the summary of event and action list for the above named forum see December 7, 2021 Homeless and Housing recap

Moderator: Ted Houghton, Gateway Housing 

Speakers included: Erin Kelly, Director of Health Policy & Partnerships, RxHome; Terrence Coffie, Adjunct Lecturer, New York University—Social Work and Criminal Justice Reform; Lauren Curatolo, Project Director, Community Court— Community First; Marquis Jenkins, Community Organizer with Residents to Preserve Public Housing (RPPH) 

5 min

MSCC’s HEALTHCARE ACCESS & COORDINATION FOR NYC HOMELESS REPORT

Prioritizing and achieving our mandate: Medical respite beds, street medicine, hospital adjacent shelters, combating nimby, housing clinical coordinator, insurance (medicare) enrollment, record sharing, and housing

• Next steps: Develop policies, funding, and committees to shape the pathway forward
• See Promo Trailer for the Report, Full Report, PowerPoint Presentation, Zoom Presentation

3 min

MEDICARE, MEDICAID VS MANAGED CARE

Medicare enrollment is a prioritized solution to resolving Homelessness in our Healthcare Access  & Coordination for NYC Homeless report

• It’s important to provide proper care to our aging population

Maribel Ruiz, Nancy Pascal, Maya Contreras, Jennifer Mallicote , Sonya D, Nancy Young, Joycelyn Taylor

5 min

MEDICARE ENROLLMENT PLAN

Medicare Rights Fall Opening Enrollment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hpwg7t3EbN98_61PoKkdrZCldGDwdRwu/view

2 min

PUBLIC CONCERNS

We’re in search of support for a couple, 30-years or younger, struggling with mental health issues. 

Current status: |Charisma White, John Mudd, Serafina Payne, LMSW

6 min

ACTION LIST

• Action requests
• Summary of today’s actions

 3 min

PROGRAM UPDATES

• Street Sheets
• Urban Garden
• Workshops / Workshop Street Sheets

3 min

ANNOUNCEMENTS / EVENTS

• Other announcements from our committee members?
• New Attendees 
• Comments / announcements from our elected officials
• Good news stories

3 min

AOB

• Topic Suggests:
  • Penn Station Expansion
  • Illegal Hotels
  • Talking points
  • Network marketing and communications committee (suggestion)
  • Planning committee with mount Sinai about their unused wings (suggested)
  • Prison to shelter
  • Community oversight
  • Policing the problem away; 50% of the jail population are mentally ill
• Speaker Suggestions: All suggestions are welcomed
• New Members: Thank you for joining, feel free to tell us your needs, schedule a presentation, and connect with anyone within this network
• NEXT Meeting Homeless and Housing Meeting: 9:30 AM Tuesday, January 4, 2021 
• The MSCC Homeless and Housing Meeting is on the 1^st Tuesday of every month

3 min

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ADDENDUM A: DEFINING HOUSING

DEFINING HOUSING

When advocating for housing rights with a focus on community, the below items are considered:

• Shelters: Truly transitional; although purposeful, achieving our housing and community goals will eliminate or lessen the need
• Medical Respite Beds: Health care unit for longer stay and transitioning to housing (see Addendum B: Medical Respite Bed Advocacy Plan)
• SROs: Single Room Occupancy
• Supportive: Accessorized with social services
• Housing First: Unconditional placement
• Really Affordable: Rentals below the medium wage of 55,000 and or below 30% of income (input)
• Affordable: The market rate rentals currently available to people above the medium wage up to 88,000 with a 30% of income ask or higher (see Addendum x)
• Option and Incentives for Home Owner