CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-25-218 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Ren?e Grout, by request
RESOLUTION
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Recommendation In Response To Enactment No. R-2025-060 "Establishing A Continuing Sobriety Housing Voucher Pilot Program For Individuals Experiencing Homelessness; Directing The Department Of Health, Housing And Homelessness To Develop A Plan To Implement A Pilot Program And Report On Outcomes" (Grout, by request)
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WHEREAS, City Council enacted R-2025-060 directing the Department of Health, Housing and Homelessness (HHH) to develop a plan to implement a pilot program for housing vouchers to support individuals who are transitioning from rehabs, treatment centers, or detox centers into housing; and
WHEREAS, Resolution enacted R-2025-060 also provided that HHH include a provision for funding in the plan; and
WHEREAS, HHH has created such a plan detailed in Attachment A; and
WHEREAS, HHH recommends Fund 201: Opioid Settlement Funds be utilized to fund the Continuing Sobriety Voucher Program as set forth in Attachment A.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PILOT PROGRAM. HHH is hereby directed to create the Continuing Sobriety Voucher Program (Program) to initially serve up to twenty-five individuals exiting rehab, detox, or other substance use treatment programs who meet the criteria set forth in Attachment A.
SECTION 2. TIME PERIOD OF PILOT PROGRAM. Utilizing a rolling admission model, the Pilot Program is designed to provide individuals with twelve (12) months of housing. Upon conclusion of the Sobriety Housing Voucher Pilot Program, individuals will be appropriately transitioned into stable housing or will remain in Sobriety Housing Voucher Pilot Program until such transitions can occur.
SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION. Opioid Settlement Funds in the amount of $842,600 are hereby appropriated from Fund ...
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