 So, yeah, this meeting is serving as the close out for your 2020 grant and then the startup meeting for your 2021 grant. So I think we're in good shape for the 2020 grant. You're, you're fully expended your funds and we have all the quarterly reports and we've closed it out on our end and everything so thank you. Thank you for that. I appreciate that compliment that I have all finally forced in. Yeah, yeah, exactly. And then so for the 2021 grant, we received, yeah, we received your contract. Thank you for dropping that off. Thank you. And, and so yeah that has a start date of June 1. So, you know, you can you can submit invoices backdated, you know, to that June 1 start date if you if you have. Yeah. Yeah. And so we'll ask for a, it's kind of weird a June 1. So the first quarter will be June 1 through June 30. And so we'll ask for a quarterly report on July 10, even though you know and you can even say like it can be a paragraph long you know just or if you haven't really started up the program at that point. You know, we're not expecting. I do have a report because I do collect the data. Yeah, no fear I have the data how many people we have seen from June 1 June 30. No fear, I got that for you. Okay, all right. Keep you happy. Yeah. That sounds good. Yeah. And so you have a, you're still using like a standard intake form for for for folks. Okay. Yeah, we'll we'll I'm also going to be sending shortly the updated income limits from HUD. They just sent those so you can adjust the income limits accordingly. Okay. So, yeah, otherwise, I mean, yeah, obviously you submitted the, this application for the 2021 grant like almost a year ago. So I'm just wondering if anything major has changed, you know, staffing volunteers, your location. Yeah, we are still downtown seven doors down from Bruges, so you can find us but you know where Bruges is, you will find us. Yeah, exactly. So that's easy. And I just need to, because has been several months ago since I filed my last billing. Can you please remind me what do I need to submit an invoice. Yeah, for invoice. That's right. Yeah. So we like to see, you know, any documentation for each expense so you should submit just one thing it's the payroll. Exactly. Yeah, yeah. So I think yours, your grants simple because it's just paying for payroll so. Yes, I did that on purpose though. It makes it easier. Yeah, so you'll just have a one cover sheet that shows, you know, the, you know, total expenses and the amount for the. You know, it's helpful to actually show like the total amount you're receiving in block grant money, and then the the amount expended for that quarter or for that period for that billing period. And then show documentation like the time sheets. And she I remember that now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. So for that, for that period. And yeah, that that's about it. And I think you also want pictures. I remember when I submitted quarterly report. Yeah, always two pictures required to go along with the report. Yeah, yeah, so that'll be part of the quarterly report. Yeah. And then you'll also for each time you submit a quarterly report and fill out that beneficiary's form. And sending that another one. Yeah, got it. Yeah. Just a reminder so that the that is reported. Those numbers are should be cumulative. So it's like the total number of beneficiary served from the contract date start date until that time so it's not just the people serve during those three months. It's easier for us actually because when we, when we collect the data, it's set up such that a cumulative one would be much easier. Right. So I'm happy that you receive, you like the cumulative right in the fishery form. Yeah. Yeah, so that's about it in terms of reporting and I do happen to remember the total amount of funding we're getting 37,250 or 32,000. I have it here I think it's 3232 850 850 got it because he's just mentioned to me that you would like to have that. How much spent and how much remaining and I want to know what's my starting point here. Okay, got it. Yeah. I'm not in the past two years between before the pandemic in 2019 to now. The pandemic side in 2020. So for two plus years, our number has grown. It was about 330 people on in March 2020. We transfer everything to the online environment and I did transfer of the case files with 330 people. And today I was looking at the number of people we are serving, we are up to 590. Yeah, but just in the past two plus years, the needs in a community has increased such that we have to turn people away, especially those who are from further out. You know, people heard about us, they want to talk to us spring field, we had to refer them to the agencies out there. So that we won't get overwhelmed. So that's our strategy. Since you asked me how. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, so that's an element of practice we never had to do. And last semester, we had 13 interns going full steam. So just to serve the needs of these 500 plus people, you know, and we are very proactive. We don't wait for them to contact us, and they have trouble. Rather, we put a case worker on the ground. He or she contacts them. Once a month. So we do a sweep through. Really through downtown Amherst. Yeah, yeah, so we just sweep through all those 500 of them on our case load. So maybe are the 550 100 of them they come to see us every week. Right. The other 400 plus, they might not have questions for us, but we reach out to them by telephone by text message by email to a monthly check in. And catch the problems before they become full blown problem. Yeah, as a result, we were able to prevent homelessness by getting the funds for them before they get the 30 day notice to quit or efficient notice. So I really feel very good about having the capacity to do this homelessness prevention work right before they need, you know, help. Yeah, so that's one thing we have able to come up with the resources to cover that. Yeah. And as we reach out to people we know not everybody has telephone and not everybody for example those who don't have a phone service they can still receive text messages in the phone. So I asked our case workers to reach out to everybody in three ways and they have to do it three ways. Call them if they have a phone service and they don't have phone service we text that number. Okay, and they have an email address. We email them. So for every person, if we can get hold of them, we will do it three ways, right and hoping that one of the three ways we can get hold of them in order to troubleshoot. So that's another way of trying to capture people where they are at. And I found it's very effective. Yeah, it's like a proactive method, you know, you got that. Yeah, yeah, active measure to do. Yeah. And the only thing if I could have the town think of ways that they could reach the gap. So it's hard to think about well people need a place to shower people in the place to the restroom. I think when the library is closed, you know, a shower, especially the survival center they used to have a capacity to have people shower there. So they have make that off the limit. So that personal hygiene part people are living on the street challenging for them. Yeah. So if you can reflect the needs on the street we've heard is a place to shower and a place that they can use the restroom. Not having to go into the library or going to the town hall. Yeah, restaurants, they have put a stop. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, that's helpful to know. I know we have there's some talk about public restrooms downtown. And we are trying to make this a tourist destination, and I love to go to Provincetown. That's my favorite spot. And Provincetown has restrooms, public restrooms and they put it on their tourist map. Yeah. So, people feel very, you know, welcome. Yeah, yeah, exactly. It makes a lot of sense. Yeah. Well, good. I guess just quickly because I do have to run shortly, but the for the just fast forwarding a little bit for the next grant round. We did receive some information from the state that they're going to have the 2022 grant due in March of this year. And it's actually and it's actually going to be combined with the 2023 grant so it'll be a two year, a two year grant with with like a 24 month implementation period. Okay. And so yeah, we'll, that's due to the state in March, but as you know, we kind of like to have this almost six months like public process. Yes, so we'll probably have applications do sometime in the fall, like September, or maybe October. Okay. And yeah, so I think you can, you know, just look, look for information maybe towards the end of the summer about the coming. Oh yeah. Can you ask you if it's a two year grant does that mean you're going to have 10 agencies able to get the funds or steal five. I think it's still five. Yeah, unfortunately, we're going to advocate for being able to serve more agencies. Yeah. And because it's a lot of money to give out. And it would be nice to be able to spread it. Yes, because we'll get twice as much money, because it's a two year grant so yeah that will be we're going to going to advocate for that. Would you would you please put in a club because I always feel bad for those who don't get money because we used to be on that. We used to be the one don't get money. And that was always disappointed. Yeah, so now I'm on the seats I get money but I remember how hard it was for us not to get funding. And I really like to support all my colleagues. Yeah, all work hard serve a very special niche. I want to honor their work by providing some public dollars. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. If you can put that in your grant set a agency, a CC who received grant funding, but they would like to ask other agencies can also be made of would be possible to receive a grant. So instead of five agencies, a CC would like to see 10 agencies. Yeah, would you do that. Yeah, would you. Okay, then. Right. Okay. Thank you so much though and I apologize for 15 minutes late. Oh, it's okay. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you so much. Take care. Bye bye. Bye Ben. All right. Thank you.