The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is preparing to implement
the provisions of section 322.051, Florida Statutes, that authorizes a waiver of
the fee for the issuance of a state identification card to persons who are
homeless.
The Office has been working with the staff at the Department of Highway Safety
and Motor Vehicles to develop a consistent form to be used to certify that the
individual seeking this fee waiver meets the state definition of being a
homeless person. To this end, the attached sample letter is being distributed
to you to use to help those homeless persons you work with to secure this fee
waiver.
(See sample letter below: homeless certification form Sample Letter for HSMV.doc)
Please be sure that your certification meets the following criteria:
1. The certification is on agency letterhead stationery.
2. The name of the individual being certified is TYPED on the letter.
Please do not hand write the person's name.
3. Provide the current address for the individual, if there is a place that the
person uses for a current address or to receive their mail.
4. Be sure to note how your agency has served or has contact with the
individual.
5. Retain documentation in your file of the person's homeless status, if there
are follow up questions from the state.
6. Have a duly authorized official for your agency sign the letter, and provide
that official's title.
The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will be distributing more
information on their implementation of the fee waiver in the coming weeks.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Share this information with the other provider agencies in your continuum of
care planning area who may also help certify a person's homeless status for the
purpose of seeking the fee waiver for the state identification card.
Thank you
Tom
Tom Pierce
Office on Homelessness
Department of Children and Families
Tallahassee
850-922-9850
[Date]
Subject: Verification of Homeless Status
This agency certifies that [type the Name of Person] meets the definition of a
homeless person in accordance with state law.
[Section 420.621, Florida Statutes]
This agency provided the following services to this individual:
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Street Outreach,
Assessment and Referral
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Emergency
Shelter
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Supportive
Services: food, clothing, health
services, etc.
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Transitional
Housing
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Permanent
Supportive Housing
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Other
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Specify:
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Based on this agency’s records, [Name of Person] had the following address:
[Address]
[City, State, Zip]
Evidence to document the basis of this determination of [Name of Person] status as
homeless is maintained in this agency’s file.
Sincerely,
[Signature
of Authorized Official]
[Title]
[Type
Name of Authorizing Official]
# posted by Adam Tebrugge @ 6:46 AM
