1 00:00:00,734 --> 00:00:01,835 After a nonprofit provider 2 00:00:01,902 --> 00:00:03,270 of homeless services 3 00:00:03,337 --> 00:00:04,705 abruptly closed 4 00:00:04,771 --> 00:00:06,473 due to bankruptcy 5 00:00:06,540 --> 00:00:07,908 an organization called the 6 00:00:07,975 --> 00:00:09,042 Balance of State 7 00:00:09,109 --> 00:00:10,577 Continuum of Care 8 00:00:10,644 --> 00:00:12,513 which covers 69 counties 9 00:00:12,579 --> 00:00:13,247 in Wisconsin 10 00:00:13,313 --> 00:00:15,282 is rushing in to respond. 11 00:00:15,349 --> 00:00:17,084 So how many people served by the 12 00:00:17,150 --> 00:00:18,952 bankrupt provider of services 13 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:20,721 are at risk of homelessness 14 00:00:20,787 --> 00:00:22,322 in those 10 counties? 15 00:00:22,389 --> 00:00:24,024 There was 134 households 16 00:00:24,091 --> 00:00:25,526 that were served in the 17 00:00:25,592 --> 00:00:27,194 direct homeless housing programs 18 00:00:27,261 --> 00:00:29,062 that we were able to 19 00:00:30,464 --> 00:00:31,598 maintain housing for. 20 00:00:31,665 --> 00:00:33,033 But there's a significant amount 21 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:34,668 of homeless folks 22 00:00:34,735 --> 00:00:35,869 still in that community 23 00:00:35,936 --> 00:00:38,505 that are in need of housing. 24 00:00:40,574 --> 00:00:42,576 That lack of services 25 00:00:43,076 --> 00:00:43,810 and that close 26 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:45,379 the closing of that agency 27 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:46,747 really creates a gap 28 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:48,649 in institutional knowledge. 29 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:49,516 It creates a gap 30 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:51,385 in process and systems 31 00:00:51,451 --> 00:00:52,819 and all the things that 32 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:55,355 were established there. 33 00:00:55,422 --> 00:00:56,590 Looking for resources 34 00:00:56,657 --> 00:00:57,691 and reestablishing that is 35 00:00:57,758 --> 00:00:59,193 going to take 36 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:02,396 a considerable amount of effort.