Richmond City Council reminds residents of two updated/relocated local Richmond Polling (Voting) Precinct Places/Locations

 

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31 July 2023

Richmond City Council reminds residents of two updated/relocated local Richmond Polling (Voting) Precinct Places/Locations

Encourages Richmond residents to confirm their local polling (voting) precinct location and vote in upcoming 2023 Virginia General and Special Election, being held Tuesday, November 7, 2023

(Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) – Richmond City Council reminds Richmond residents of two updated/relocated local Richmond Polling (Voting) Precinct Locations (701, 705) and encourages them to confirm their location and vote in the upcoming 2023 Virginia General and Special Election, being held Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

    A list of all local Richmond Polling (Voting) Precinct Numbers, Places, and Locations, which includes the two updated/relocated locations (701, 705) (bolded and size increased for ease of identification) is as follows:

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Richmond Polling (Voting) Precincts (Richmond, Virginia) Virginia General and Special Election (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)
Precinct	Place and Location
101	Jepson Alumni Center - University of Richmond; 442 Westhampton Way
102	St. Giles Church; 5200 Grove Avenue (enter from Tuckahoe Boulevard)
104	First Presbyterian Church; Locke Lane and Cary Street Road (4602 Cary Street Road)
105	Richmond Public Schools - Mary Munford Elementary School; 211 Westmoreland (Ave.)
106	Grace Baptist Church; Dover Road, Windsor Farms (4200 Dover Road)
111	The Church of the Holy Comforter; 4819 Monument Avenue
112	Richmond Public Schools - Thomas Jefferson High School; 4100 West Grace Street
113	Richmond Public Schools - Albert H. Hill Middle School; 3400 Patterson Avenue
114	Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities - Humphrey Calder Community Center; 414 North Thompson Street
115	Richmond Department of Fire and Emergency Services – Fire Engine House (Fire Station No. 19); 311 Maple Avenue
204	First Baptist Church; N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard at Monument Avenue (enter from North Mulberry parking lot) (2709 Monument Avenue)
206	Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Institute for Contemporary Art; 601 West Broad Street
207	Virginia Museum of History and Culture; 428 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard
208	Tabernacle Baptist Church; 1925 Grove Avenue
213	Richmond Public Schools - George Washington Carver Elementary School; 1110 West Leigh Street
214	Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) - University Student Commons; Cherry and Main Streets entrance; 907 Floyd Avenue
215	Bon Secours Training Center; 2401 West Leigh Street
216	Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School; 1000 North Lombardy Street
301	Richmond Public Schools - John Marshall High School - South entrance; 4225 Old Brook Road
302	Atlee Church; 3121 Moss Side Avenue
303	Richmond Public Schools - Barack Obama Elementary School; 3101 Fendall Avenue
304	Richmond Public Schools - Richmond Community High School; 201 East Brookland Park Boulevard
305	Richmond Public Schools - Albert V. Norrell Elementary School; 2120 Fendall Avenue
306	Richmond Police Department - Police Training Academy; 1202 West Graham Road
307	Ginter Park Presbyterian Church; 3601 Seminary Avenue
308	Richmond Public Schools - Linwood Holton Elementary School; 1600 W. Laburnum Avenue
309	Imperial Plaza; 1717 Bellevue Avenue
310	Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities - Calhoun Center; 436 Calhoun Street
311	Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School; 1000 N. Lombardy Street
402	Forest Hill Presbyterian Church; 4401 Forest Hill Avenue
404	Jahnke Road Baptist Church; 6023 Jahnke Road
409	Richmond Public Schools - J. B. Fisher Elementary School; 3701 Garden Road
410	Richmond Public Schools - Huguenot High School; 7945 Forest Hill Avenue
412	Richmond Public Schools - Lucille M. Brown Middle School; 6300 Jahnke Road
413	St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church; 7757 Chippenham Parkway
414	Richmond Public Schools - Southampton Elementary School; 3333 Cheverly Road
415	Christ the King Lutheran Church; 9800 West Huguenot Road
501	Richmond Public Schools - John B. Cary Elementary School; 3021 Maplewood Avenue
503	Richmond Public Schools – Maymont Preschool; 1211 S. Allen Avenue
504	Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities - Randolph Community Center; 1415 Grayland Avenue
505	Richmond Public Schools - Clark Springs Elementary School; 1101 Dance Street
508	Woodland Heights Baptist Church; 31st Street & Springhill Avenue (611 W. 31st Street)
509	Richmond Public Schools - George Wythe High School; 4314 Crutchfield Street
510	Richmond Public Schools - Swansboro Elementary School; 3160 Midlothian Turnpike
602	Whitcomb Court Housing Development Recreation Room; 2302 Carmine Street
603	Richmond Department of Fire and Emergency Services – Fire Engine House (Station/Engine 15); 2614 First Avenue
604	Fifth Street Baptist Church; 2800 Third Avenue
606	Hotchkiss Community Center; 701 East Brookland Park Boulevard
607	Richmond Public Library - Main Library; 101 East Franklin Street
609	Richmond Department of Fire and Emergency Services – Fire Engine House (Station/Engine 13, Truck 5); Albany Avenue and Commerce Road (411 E. Commerce Road)
610	Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities - Bellemeade Community Center; 1800 Lynhaven Avenue
611	United Nations Church; 214 Cowardin Avenue
701 NEW Loc.	NEW LOCATION: Anna Julia Cooper School; 2100 N. 29th Street [No longer located at Richmond Public Schools – Woodville Elementary School; 2000 North 28th]
702	Bon Secours - Sarah Garland Jones Center; 2600 Nine Mile Road
703	Fourth Baptist Church; 2800 P Street
705 NEW Loc.	NEW LOCATION: Richmond Public Schools – Henry L. Marsh, III Elementary School; 813 N. 28th Street [No longer located at 31st Street Baptist Church; 823 North 31st]
706	Recreation Center (Powhatan Community Center); 5051 Northampton Street
707	City Hall East (Richmond East District Initiative Center); 25th and M Streets (701 N. 25th Street)
708	Richmond Main Street Station; 1500 E. Main Street
709	Richmond Main Street Station; 1500 E. Main Street
802	Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities – Blackwell Community Center; 300 E. 15th Street
806	Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities - Hickory Hill Community Center; 3000 E. Belt Boulevard
810	Celebration Church and Outreach Ministry; 5501 Midlothian Turnpike
811	Hobson Masonic Lodge; 801 Prince Hall Drive
812	Branch’s Baptist Church; 3400 Broad Rock Road
814	Richmond Public Schools – Thomas C. Boushall Middle School; 3400 Hopkins Road
902	Richmond Public Schools - E. S. H. Greene School (Cardinal Elementary School); 1745 Catalina Drive
903	Richmond Public Schools - J. L. Francis Elementary School; 5146 Snead Road
908	Richmond Public Schools - Miles Jones Elementary School; 200 Beaufont Hills Drive
909	Richmond Public Schools - Elizabeth D. Redd School; 5601 Jahnke Road
910	Richmond Public Schools - G. H. Reid School; 1301 Whitehead Road
911	Community Building, Southside Regional Park (Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities – Southside Community Center); 6255 Old Warwick Road
Satellite	Richmond City Hall; 900 East Broad Street
Satellite	Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities – Hickory Hill Community Center; 3000 Belt Boulevard

    Richmond residents can search and confirm their individual polling (voting) precinct number and place/location of where to vote, through the following ways:

·       Virginia Department of Elections web portals:

https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/polling-place-lookup/

https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation

https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/

·       Contact the Richmond Office of Elections directly, at 804.646.5950 (tel); vote@rva.gov (email)

 

·       Contact Keith Balmer, Director of Elections/General Registrar, Richmond Office of Elections, directly, at: keith.balmer@rva.gov (email)

 

    Early/absentee voting information is on the Richmond Office of Elections (General Registrar) website, at https://www.rva.gov/elections/voting

 

    Changes/updates to the two local Richmond Polling (Voting) Precinct Locations were updated/relocated, via Richmond City Council Ordinance # 2023-144

https://richmondva.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6185231&GUID=58EDDF12-4571-4F2D-8139-E7C1BFBE3BC2&Options=ID|Text|&Search=2023-144

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Richmond City Council outlines clear recommendations to City Administration directly addressing increased challenges facing unhoused Richmond families, children, and vulnerable populations

 

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28 July 2023

Richmond City Council outlines clear recommendations to City Administration directly addressing increased challenges facing unhoused Richmond families, children, and vulnerable populations

(Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) – Richmond City Council today outlined clear recommendations to the City Administration directly addressing increased challenges facing unhoused Richmond families, children, and vulnerable populations.

    Richmond City Council’s recommendations to Richmond Chief Administration Officer, Lincoln Saunders, are as follows:

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO             Mr. Lincoln Saunders

                  Richmond Chief Administrative Officer

                  Richmond Office of Chief Administrative Officer

 

FROM        The Honorable Michael J. Jones

                  Council President, Richmond City Council

                                                             

                  Councilmember Stephanie A. Lynch, Chair

                  Richmond City Council Education and Human

                  Services Standing Committee

 

THROUGH LaTesha S. Holmes, Council Chief of Staff

                  Richmond City Council Office of Council Chief of Staff     

DATE         July 26, 2023

 

COPIED     Members of Richmond City Council

 

SUBJECT    Unhoused Richmond Residents

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Thank you for the continued collaboration in finding the best solutions to serve our unhoused citizens in Richmond. The Richmond City Council Education and Human Services Standing Committee has been tasked with tracking and monitoring several topics relative to the city’s homeless service efforts which include both short and long-term solutions.

 

The Committee has requested and received various reports from the Administration, starting in September of 2022 with proposed plans for implementation of the year round shelter program; projected budget of the 2022-2023 Inclement Weather Shelters (ICW), ongoing reports related to census and status, service delivery issues and the most recent budget tracking report which demonstrated the surplus allocation remaining from the $4.4 original million allocation. In addition to the ICW tracking and monitoring, the EHS Committee has continued to track the status and wellbeing of the current homeless population, taking a particular focus on the increased number of families and children.

 

The Committee and full body looks forward to a report to the EHS Committee by September 14, 2023 on the status of a permanent, year-round housing resource center which should include expanded capacity for specialty populations such as an elderly and medically vulnerable, as well as a permanent location for the upcoming year-round shelter. As always, this body remains committed to working with the Administration on these solutions and leveraging whatever relationships, resources and institutional knowledge we can offer to identify solutions that meet the needs of our unhoused community.

 

In light of a recent wave of evictions as well as other unique dynamics facing the City of Richmond in this moment, we remain concerned about the number of medically vulnerable,

elderly individuals and families that remain precariously housed. In recent months since the closing of the ICW shelters, we have heard from numerous stakeholders, direct practitioners as well as homeless individuals and families themselves- who have cited the need for case management and resources to help get them back to stability. While we acknowledge and appreciate the $1 Million appropriation to Homeward and Housing Families First, we are also painfully aware that the needs far outweigh the capacity. We also understand and remain sympathetic to the inherent challenges and barriers to accessing these channels through the GRCoC’s coordinated point of entry (the Homeless Connection Line).

 

The Education and Human Services Standing Committee, with the support of the full body of Council, would like the Administration to consider the following recommendations to address the increased challenges facing our families, children and vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness. We would ask to expedite the implementation of these recommendations no later than July 31, 2023 given the urgent nature of these issues.

                                

1.     Leverage our existing infrastructure to increase case management services and deploy resources to our families and children, as well as vulnerable populations in need.

 

Recommendation A: An appropriation of $120k to allow for our existing partner Daily Planet Health Services to continue invoicing for case management services, supplies and the addition of FTE to provide specific case management services to families and children until 11/1/23

 

Recommendation B: Request a report from Homeward on how all current funding is being leveraged families and children in the City of Richmond (this includes the $1M appropriation approved by Council specific to Housing Families First as well as the federal grant funding received to prevent and end youth homelessness. We would recommend exploring access with partners such as Daily Planet so that their dedicated case managers may assist families on their caseload.

 

2.     Increase scope and capacity of our existing Family Crisis Fund to support families and vulnerable populations with both prevention and intervention efforts to mitigate the impact of homelessness.

 

Recommendation A: Allocate an additional $700k to replenish the Family Crisis Fund and expand its capacity to work in a more targeted way with families who are currently experiencing homelessness and/or precariously housed. Human Kind can serve as a convening partner for agencies and non-profits working directly with families and vulnerable populations to help provide homelessness-to-housing support; including but not limited to temporary emergency shelter, first month’s rent, utility and transportation assistance.

 

Recommendation B: Establish an internal working group to bolster the capacity of the Family Crisis Fund. The internal working group will consist of Human Kind, City Administration, current coordinating non-profit partners and a City Council representative and will be responsible for evaluating the current processes, developing criteria for maximum cap exemptions, as well as recommendations to fully leverage the FCF as a tool to lift up at-risk families and vulnerable populations facing eviction and homelessness into economic stability. Additional tasks for the workgroup may include recommendations for program sustainability with projected budget.

 

In addition to these recommendations, we also look forward to continued dialogue around the ongoing challenges facing our homeless service system and ask for your collaboration on the following:

 

1.     An ordinance to codify and solidify the city’s expectations for all future shelter operators in receipt of city funds. This includes expectations around hours and timeline of operations, prioritization of services and service delivery expectations.

 

2.     An analysis of Homeward’s role in the GRCoC as well as their operation of the Connection Line as the sole coordinated point of entry. We remain committed to exploring options that ensure a ‘no wrong door’ pathway for all individuals experiencing homelessness. We are committed to continuing partnership with GRCoC partners as well as ensuring that all individuals are reported through our Homeless Case Management Information System, but are interested in exploring options to fully leverage our federal funding, data and homeless service continuum to best serve our unhoused residents.

 

3.     An MOU with our regional partners that solidifies the commitment to fund and support the city’s year-round housing resource center and expand capacity of shelter beds through our existing partners. The city has traditionally bore the full responsibility of funding the ICW walk-up shelter as well as cooling stations during the summer months. We understand that a certain portion of our census is coming from the surrounding counties and that homelessness knows no boarders. We would like to explore a formalized partnership with our regional partners to support these efforts. This would come with the opportunity to carve out the scope of work and deliverables for our operators as well as explore additional federal and private foundation grant opportunities together.

 

Again, we thank you for your consideration and careful review of these recommendations. We stand in full support of our city staff, community partners and most importantly, our individuals experiencing homelessness to develop a system that meets people where they are and when they need it most. We would appreciate the administration attending the Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Organizational Development meeting to update council on steps taken. 

 

It is our greatest honor to serve all of the residents of this city, no matter what station they may be in. We look forward to working with you to meet the needs of our most vulnerable.

 

 

 

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