fus-porchlight-homelessness in madison
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presentation given on March 26 at First Unitarian Society of Madison www.fusmadison.orgTRANSCRIPT
Homelessness in Madison
Why Housing is not Affordable in Dane County
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NUMBER OF BEDROOMS
RENTS AT FAIRMARKET VALUE
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INCOME LEVELS
PERCENT OF RENTER POPULATION AT OR BELOW IDENTIFIED HOURLY WAGE
SOURCE: 2008-09DATA FROM HUD. MEDIAN INCOME WITHOUT REGARD TO FAMILY SIZE.
Homeless in Dane County
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TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS SHELTERED IN DANE COUNTY
2003200420052006200720082009
Shelters in Madison
• Families: The Salvation Army, the YWCA, the Road Home, and the Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) Shelter
• Single women: Salvation Army’s Single Women’s Shelter
• Single men: Porchlight’s Drop-In Shelter
Drop-In Shelter
• Housed at Grace Episcopal Church
• 100 beds, plus 50 at overflow shelters at St. John’s Lutheran and First United Methodist
• Serves roughly 1,500 guests each year for nearly 32,000 shelter nights
• 50 organizations and over 1,700 volunteers work together to provide shelter guests two hot meals per day, 365 days each year
• Counseling services, laundry and bathing facilities are available
DROP-IN SHELTER USAGE: 1992-2010
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1992 1996 2000 2004 2008Number of Shelter Nights
TOTAL NUMBER OF NIGHTS OF SHELTER
Hospitality House
• Employment and housing counseling
• Assistance in obtaining employment (identifications, work clothes, writing resumes, etc.)
• Medical and legal assistance
• Telephone and mail service
• Bus tickets
2010 HOSPITALITY HOUSE SERVICES
PERSONS SERVED
Client contacts: 19,140 New clients served: 6,641 Chronically mentally ill served:
767 1,024 out of 1,892 counseled
found or retained housing 426 out of 1,434 counseled
found jobs
SERVICES
Medical/dental: 154 Bus tickets: 1,835 IDs for work: 274 Other emergency: 278 Advocacy: 1,017 Legal: 30
DIGSDwelling Intervention Grants and Sustenance
DIGS provides assistance designed to prevent homelessness in the wake of a short-term financial emergency for a household.
• 1,222 households received financial assistance -- $263 average
• Centralized matching resources with agencies and faith communities
• Retention rates:– 80% AT 6 MONTHS– 74% AT 12 MONTHS– 70% AT 18 MONTHS
Affordable Housing
Case Management
All Porchlight residents have access to case management services. They can receive assistance with things like budgeting, apartment maintenance, employment skills, and other supports designed to keep them in stable housing.
Safe Haven
• Shelter for homeless men and women who suffer from serious mental illness
• “Portal of entry” to community services system
• Basic services as well as a free psychiatric clinic
• Roughly 60 individuals sheltered each year, and 200 receiving drop-in services
Madison Cares
A $3.6 million capital campaign to build a new Safe Haven along with 24 units of permanent housing for people with mental illness.
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