What have I been saying about informing the public about policy changes? Tomorrow the city council plans to approve this on the consent agenda with NO informational presentation to the public (Item #6, Sub-Item #22);
Homelessness Street Outreach Services Agreement Implemented on the recommendation of homelessness task force. South Dakota Urban Indian Health, Inc., $175K.
While this was recommended by the Homeless task force and was discussed in their meetings, there hasn’t been a broader presentation by the city to the public on how this program will work.
But you can read all about it HERE. I guess the city is relying on bloggers now to put out information. I never thought I would see the day 🙂
While I totally support what Dakota Scout, Sioux Falls Business and Sioux Falls Simplified do, the information needs to first be disseminated by the city. Maybe they can do a quick two minute YT video about how they are serving the UNHOUSED (I’m still getting used to this synonym of homeless and puzzled by what the difference is between the two words).
Unhoused sounds like Indoor Storage. BTW, these are humans.
It falls in line with the non-transparency that this Mayor is so well known for and extremely proud of!
Newsletter? Did they do it with a fax machine, or did they hold a mailing party? Oh, and speaking of that, does anyone know where I can get one of those little finger condoms to protect my index finger when I work with a lot of paper?