HomeMy WebLinkAboutFY26 LA2A Inside Out Reentry ResponsesNovember 22, 2024
FY26 Legacy Aid to Agencies
HCDC Question and Answer (Q&A) Session
Instructions
The Q&A session provides an opportunity for commissioners and staff to ask clarifying
questions about the applications submitted through United Way. Please provide written
responses to the questions below. Written responses must be received by City staff no
later than December 6, 2024. This process is intended to gather the information
required to accurately score submissions. Written responses can be directed to Brianna
Thul at bthul@iowa-city.org or dropped off at City Hall (410 E Washington Street).
All information related to this grant will be posted at www.icgov.org/grants. The Housing
and Community Development Commission will hold a meeting on January 27th, 2025,
at 6:30pm in City Hall to develop funding recommendations for City Council. This
meeting is open to the public and applicants are welcome to attend to hear the
conversation. The meeting will also be recorded and posted online for those unable to
attend.
Agency:
Inside Out Reentry
Questions:
1. Under proposed outcome measures, applicant noted a projected outcome of 2
services for mental health, substance abuse and utility or other housing services.
Please clarify what that means.
Answer:
IO misinterpreted the question, and had indicated the number of types of services will
be provided under those categories, as opposed to the total instances of services. We
are including additional data here as possible. As a smaller organization, we do not
have resources for complex data collection, we utilize basic systems like excel.
Therefore, in some cases we are not able to provide the total number of instances but
indicate below in detail what we are able to collect currently. In the next year, IO will be
building our capacity to explore enhanced data tracking methods so we can collect
more detailed data.
For # of Mental Health Support Services Provided:
Community meeting attendance: 550 total meetings attended
Case Management: 150 individuals receiving case management services*
Total: 700
*Note: IO does not currently have the ability to track the total number of individual
case management sessions provided, however we are exploring how we can collect
that. IO members opt into different levels of services. IO offers comprehensive case
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management to all we serve, however many members opt into a lower level of
service, meaning they choose to obtain resources only and are not interested in
continued follow-up and support.
For # of substance use support services provided:
Weekly peer recovery meetings, we anticipate we will have 300 total meetings
attended
At the reentry house, we hold weekly house meetings, we anticipate – 281
weekly house meetings attended:
Total: 581
For # of Utility or other housing Services Provided:
# of individuals we assist with searching for housing - 62
# of days of residence in our sober transitional reentry house - 1,971
Total: 2,033