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File #: 15197    Version: 1 Name: Porchlight, Inc., Drop-in Shelter Surveillance System
Type: Discussion Item Status: Final
File created: 6/24/2009 In control: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 3/31/2022
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Porchlight is requesting $9,000 in Emergency Shelter Grant funds to install a video surveillance system at the men's shelter, at 116 W. Washington Avenue. The purpose is to monitor quest behavior and staff response to guest. The request for surveillance equipment is for the Grace Church site only. All shelter guest start at the Grace Church site for intake and meals. Porchlight uses two additional overflow shelter sites for sleeping only; there is an existing surveillance system at the winter overflow site at First United Methodist Church and the physical space at the year-round overflow site at St. John's Lutheran Church makes monitoring of guests safety possible without a camera system. Request to receive funds in the form of a grant.
Attachments: 1. Porchlight Homeless Shelter Surveillance Application

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Porchlight is requesting $9,000 in Emergency Shelter Grant funds to install a video surveillance system at the men's shelter, at 116 W. Washington Avenue. The purpose is to monitor quest behavior and staff response to guest.  The request for surveillance equipment is for the Grace Church site only.  All shelter guest start at the Grace Church site for intake and meals.  Porchlight uses two additional overflow shelter sites for sleeping only; there is an existing surveillance system at the winter overflow site at First United Methodist Church and the physical space at the year-round overflow site at St. John's Lutheran Church makes monitoring of guests safety possible without a camera system.  Request to receive funds in the form of a grant.