The city had agreed to partner with consulting giant McKinsey and Co. to conduct a review of the programs and money going toward homelessness services across several partners that serve the population.
The system serves more than 5,500 people experiencing homelessness, and the review was supposed to find where the gaps and overlaps were.
Council Member Ryan Alter told KUT there was no collective buy-in for this project. Money was a concern, he said, but the other major factor was that some entities had already done some of this work."I think we all share the goal of figuring out what everyone is doing in the homeless space and then coming together on working collaboratively," Alter said.
The city agreed to pay $1 million using relief funding from the American Rescue Plan Act . Travis County was expected to pay about $400,000. The rest would have been split between the remaining entities.and elected not to participate in the study. County commissioners also cited concerns with the selection of McKinsey to conduct the study.
Central Health discussed the contract during closed session at its meeting on Wednesday but did not vote on it. Board of Managers Chair Ann Kitchen said while the contract isn't moving forward, that does not change its commitment to align and coordinate its efforts.more than 5,500 people experiencing
“The months of good work among representatives with all four entities to help define the scope of the assessment serve as a solid foundation to help us — together — determine a path going forward on our mutual purpose to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring,” Garza said. Alter said it was crucial that the city and its partners still move forward together to figure out how to be effective. All of the entities have agreed to meet with each other regularly.
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