February 10, 2011

Advancing the Federal Strategic Plan

Purpose of the Plan

Targeted, solutions-driven goals

Cost-effective/strategic use of government expenditures

Roadmap for joint action by 19 Council agencies

Guide development of programs and budget proposals

Set of priorities the federal agencies will pursue over the 5-year period: FY 2010 - FY 2014

Vision

No one should experience homelessness.

No one should be without a safe,

stable place to call home.

Core Values

Homelessness is unacceptable.

There are no “homeless people,” but rather people who have lost their homes who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

Homelessness is expensive – it’s better to invest in solutions.

Homelessness is solvable – we have learned a lot about what works.

Homelessness can be prevented.

There is strength in collaboration – and USICH can make a difference.

Goals & Targets

Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness by 2015

Goals & Targets

Prevent and end homelessness among Veterans and their

families by 2015

Goals & Targets

Prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and children by

2020

Goals & Targets

Set a path to ending all types of homelessness

Goals & Targets

Prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and children by

2020

Ending Family homelessness by 2020

Increase Leadership, Collaboration, and Civic

Engagement

Ending Family homelessness by 2020

Provide Affordable and Permanent Supportive

Housing

Ending Family homelessness by 2020

Increase Meaningful and Sustainable Employment

Ending Family homelessness by 2020

Improve Health and Stability

Ending Family homelessness by 2020

Transform Homeless Services to Crisis Response Systems

Implementation Activities

Veterans and their families

Other families with children

Unaccompanied youth

Veterans and their families VA understands the new face of OEF/OIF Veterans

Increased focus on female Veterans and their families in DOL’s HVRP program

Collaborative work to review barriers to mainstream programs for Veterans with families

Education and VA working together to ensure VA has information about educational rights of homeless children

Interagency push for PIT

Number of VASH vouchers helping Veteran families

Other families with children

Significant work on 10K Housing

Choice Vouchers despite

Congressional decision

Weekly interagency engagement

Common vocabulary discussion

HPRP

Engaging Education’s state coordinator

and local liaisons about local and state

involvement

Unaccompanied youth

Youth signature initiative

Significant dialogue among federal agencies and stakeholders Engagement with White House and Center for American

Progress

HHS ACF focus on different types of youth in and out of foster care

Consolidate models to encourage demonstration opportunities

Call to Action

Commit to goals and focus on results

Take action

Be active partners

Local implementation

Role of state and regional interagency councils

Local plans that reflect family goal

What’s Next … Questions to Ponder

Is your community still managing homelessness in shelter settings and on the street, or are you changing your practices to prevent homelessness whenever you can, rapidly returning people to housing as quickly as you are able, and reaching out to the people who have been homeless the longest and finding a way to combine housing and support in permanent supportive housing?

What unique partnerships are being fostered that bring us closer to our vision that no one should experience homelessness?

What’s Next … Questions to Ponder

• What are your local agencies currently doing to ensure that people who are most vulnerable are accepted into these programs? What is/will be done to break down barriers to admission and ensure that programs aren’t creaming”? Does your local plan target Families, Children and Youth?

• Are you making sure that the community HMIS is major part of plan’s data collection function?

• Are you targeting HPRP dollars to families who are on the brink of homelessness?

What’s Next … Questions to Ponder

• Do existing agencies that offer transitional and emergency housing, open to all people who are homeless?

• Do the programs ensure that permanent housing is available on the back end?

• Are you considering health reform in the plan and what it will mean to existing programs and agencies?

What’s Next … Questions to Ponder

• What does Medicaid coverage mean for families that are homeless? This includes health exchanges, health homes, and accountable care organizations

• And when we/you succeed in changing the landscape of homelessness in America, when there is no longer a need for homeless programs, will you be prepared to adjust your programs accordingly? 

Q&A

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