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MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                    WITNESS APPEARANCE FORM

 BILL NUMBER:                                                                       DATE:
 HB 8                                                                               2/24/2025
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF      IN OPPOSITION TO       FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                           WITNESS NAME
BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                         PHONE NUMBER:
 ANTHONY D'AGOSTINO                                                    314-503-1770
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 PETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES                                       CEO
 ADDRESS:
 2612 WYOMING ST.
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 ST. LOUIS                                                             MO                   63118
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 adagostino@ppcsinc.org                    Written                         2/24/2025 7:39 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter & Paul Community Services has improved the public safety of North St. Louis - an area of our
 state that desperately needs improved safety/security. The services have impacted the region by
 providing necessary housing and workforce development in a safe environment. Their expansion of
 services requires one-time funding and would exacerbate the impact on client in need, the community
 and everyone's safety.
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 HB 8                                                                                  2/24/2025
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 Budget
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                            PHONE NUMBER:
 C.V. NAVIN
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 cvnavin@yahoo.com                           Written                          2/24/2025 7:29 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter and Paul Community Services (PPCS). This nonprofit organization has been helping homeless
 people in the St. Louis and greater St. Louis area for the past forty years providing housing and shelter
 services. They have also been assisting people with mental illnesses and guiding them into a road to
 recovery.
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 HB 8                                                                               2/24/2025
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 Budget
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                         PHONE NUMBER:
 CLARE LASSITER
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 clare.lassiter@gmail.com                   Written                        2/24/2025 10:17 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter & Paul Community Services continues to be a pillar in the community. They help folks who are
 unhoused and/or have mental illness become stable again.
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 HB 8                                                                               2/24/2025
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 Budget
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                                           WITNESS NAME
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                         PHONE NUMBER:
 CLAYTON KUHN
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 claytongkuhn@gmail.com                     Written                        2/24/2025 7:28 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter and Paul provides crucial services to some of the neediest in our community and helps
 transform lives to give unhoused people the resources to turn their lives around.
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 HB 8                                                                              2/24/2025
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 Budget
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                        PHONE NUMBER:
 CRYSTAL COLLINS
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 avery2003collins@hotmail.com             Written                         2/24/2025 8:05 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter and Paul Community Services provides vital emergency shelter for homeless single adult men,
 addressing an often underserved group. The shelter offers temporary accommodation and supportive
 services aimed at fostering stability and self-efficiency. Their work is crucial to addressing
 homelessness in St. Louis, effectively focusing on the specific needs of homeless men.
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 HB 8                                                                                 2/24/2025
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                                            WITNESS NAME
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                           PHONE NUMBER:
 DAN SISE
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 ds_sise@sbcglobal.net                      Written                          2/24/2025 8:25 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter and Paul Community Services needs all the support it can get to continue the excellent work it
 does trying to alleviate homelessness and serve the needs of the unhoused in the City of St. Louis.
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 HB 8                                                                              2/24/2025
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 Budget
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                        PHONE NUMBER:
 HEIDI RIDDLESPERGER
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 riddlehj@gmail.com                        Written                        2/24/2025 7:32 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter & Paul Community Services is creating new affordable housing at their new campus. This
 creative re-use project of a former nursing home is helping hundreds of unhoused men and women.
 Housing, meals, healthcare, mental health care and sobriety support are all provided. This is an
 amazing agency.
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 HB 8                                                                                   2/24/2025
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 Budget
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                             PHONE NUMBER:
 JAMIE BAUMEISTER
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 jamiebaumeister66@yahoo.com                 Written                           2/24/2025 7:31 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter and Paul Community Services has saved lives, changed lives and made lives for countless
 individuals and families, that others pretended that they didn’t see or hear. All of these changes were
 made possible through compassion and respect and kindness to all walks of life.
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 HB 8                                                                                  2/24/2025
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 Budget
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                                             WITNESS NAME
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                            PHONE NUMBER:
 JONATHAN
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 jon@gorilla76.com                           Written                          2/24/2025 10:27 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 In support of Peter & Paul Community Services. I've been fortunate to be on the board for two years
 now, and I'm proud to be part of a measurable difference. From the formerly unhoused gentleman that
 now helps lead on our board of directors to the pop-up emergency shelter that literally saved lives this
 year in our brutally cold winter. Real, human, lives. Good people doing good work.
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 HB 8                                                                                   2/24/2025
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 Budget
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                                             WITNESS NAME
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                             PHONE NUMBER:
 KAKNEKA THAMES
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 kthames@ppcsinc.org                          Written                          2/24/2025 7:47 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 I’m in support of this bill to help support the unhoused population. This will help curve a small wave of
 the community that has been effected by being inhoused.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                                     DATE:
 HB 8                                                                             2/24/2025
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 Budget
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                                          WITNESS NAME
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                       PHONE NUMBER:
 MORGAN EVANS
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 morgancarnes21@gmail.com                 Written                        2/24/2025 7:24 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter & Paul Community Services is doing amazing work, giving many in our community a home. Peter
 & Paul also works with these individuals to create a better life for themselves and their future.
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 BILL NUMBER:                                                              DATE:
 HB 8                                                                      2/24/2025
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF   IN OPPOSITION TO   FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                         WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                PHONE NUMBER:
 STEVE NORTH
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 north@charter.net                       Written                  2/24/2025 7:55 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
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                    WITNESS APPEARANCE FORM


 BILL NUMBER:                                                              DATE:
 HB 8                                                                      2/24/2025
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF   IN OPPOSITION TO   FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                         WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                PHONE NUMBER:
 TERI DUNN
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 tbethea27@gmail.com                     Written                  2/24/2025 7:50 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 PPCS IS A BOOTS ON THE GROUND HELPING TO FULFILL THE CALL, SUPPORT PEOPLE
 REGARDLESS OF NEED.
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                    WITNESS APPEARANCE FORM


 BILL NUMBER:                                                                         DATE:
 HB 8                                                                                 2/24/2025
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF       IN OPPOSITION TO        FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                            WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                           PHONE NUMBER:
 TERRANCE HARRISON
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 tharrison@ppcsinc.org                      Written                          2/24/2025 7:42 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 Peter and Paul Community Services offers a fresh start, with dedicated staff and shelters providing
 excellent resources for clients from all backgrounds. This men's emergency shelter allows clients six
 months to save money and prepare for a new beginning.
                    MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                    WITNESS APPEARANCE FORM


 BILL NUMBER:                                                                       DATE:
 HB 8                                                                               2/24/2025
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF      IN OPPOSITION TO       FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                           WITNESS NAME
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 WITNESS NAME:                                                         PHONE NUMBER:
 TIFFANY NELSON
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 pmg.tiff@gmail.com                        Written                         2/24/2025 8:44 PM
 THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS PUBLIC RECORD UNDER CHAPTER 610, RSMo.
 PPCS is an organization that truly commits to supporting the unhoused. Their team goes beyond to to
 help provide stability to those in need.
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                    WITNESS APPEARANCE FORM


 BILL NUMBER:                                                                        DATE:
 HB 8                                                                                2/24/2025
 COMMITTEE:
 Budget
 TESTIFYING:             IN SUPPORT OF       IN OPPOSITION TO        FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

                                            WITNESS NAME
INDIVIDUAL:
 WITNESS NAME:                                                          PHONE NUMBER:
 WILLIAM R. BRUCE
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 wrbruce6@gmail.com                         Written