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The big picture: How we can end family homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness Youth & Family Homelessness Conference February 18, 2014
Sharon McDonald, NAEH, Moderator
Barbara Poppe, US Interagency Council on Homelessness
Ann Oliva, US Department of Housing & Urban Development
David Wertheimer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Michelle Flynn, The Road Home, Utah
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The Big Picture: How We Can End Family Homelessness
• Why use a systems approach?
• What is it?
Barbara Poppe U. S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
@bjpoppe
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Key Components
1. Develop a centralized or coordinated entry system.
2. Ensure interventions and assistance are tailored to the needs of families.
3. Help families connect to mainstream resources.
4. Develop and build upon evidence-based practices for serving families.
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Coordinated Crisis Response
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Family Connection
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Stay Connected!
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Ending Family Homelessness: How HUD’s Programs Can Help Meet the Goal
Ann Marie Oliva
Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
February 2014
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Homelessness Over Time
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500,000
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700,000
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total
Sheltered
Unsheltered
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- Opening Doors
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Homeless Subpopulations
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100,000
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200,000
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300,000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Persons infamilies
Chronicindividuals
Veterans
Youth
- Opening Doors
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What Our Data Tells Us
Two Studies Currently Underway at HUD:
• Family Options Study
− Random assignment testing four interventions: Permanent
Housing subsidy only, project based TH, rapid re-housing, and
usual care
• Rapid Re-Housing Demonstration Evaluation
− 23 sites nationwide
− Funded in 2008
− Difficult to locate and follow up with families
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Family Options Study
69% moved
in 50% moved
in 32% moved
in
79%
58%
34%
11%
10%
17%
10%
32%
49%
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Enrollment Rates by Interventions
Family enrolled in program Family found ineligible Family did not pursue
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20 percent of families screened for openings lost access to an entire intervention because of eligibility criteria
PBTH CBRR SUB
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RRH Demonstration Evaluation
77%
23%
Housing Mobility
Moved at least once(77%)
Remained in theSame RRHD Unit(23%)
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1 out of 5 Families did Experience Homelessness Again
21%
79%
Homeless during 12 months after leaving RRHD?
Returned tohomelessness
Did not return tohomelessness
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What Resources Are Available
Emergency Solutions Grants
• Encouraging the use of funding for RRH over homelessness
prevention
CoC Program
• Reallocation limited to PSH for chronic individuals and
families OR RRH for families
• Policy priorities and scoring support plans to end family
homelessness
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Every person deserves the chance to live a healthy, productive life.
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How can we end family homelessness?
A philanthropic sector perspective David Wertheimer, Deputy Director, Pacific Northwest Initiative
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A brief history of Gates Foundation efforts in Family Homelessness
March 7, 2014 © 2010 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 19
2000-2007: Sound Families Initiative Transitional housing linked to supportive services
2008: Question & challenge from Melinda
2009: New Memorandum of Understanding Broad commitment to systems level approach
Five pillars of prevention, coordinated entry, rapid housing, tailored services, & economic opportunity
Comprehensive, formative evaluation
Current status Significant progress on resource re-alignment
Early focus on coordinated entry, rapid re-housing, employment system navigation, specialized services
Building connections to mainstream systems
Process for updating of MOU
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Effective use of data from
coordinated entry to inform service
configurations & resource allocations
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Rapid re-housing linked to individually tailored services
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Housing conversion to ensure the right mix of shelter, transitional & permanent
housing options are in place & accessible
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Forged, formal linkages to multiple mainstream systems to promote stability,
self-sufficiency & resiliency
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Strategic & catalytic use of private sector resources
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The Big Picture: How We Can End Family Homelessness
NAEH February 18, 2014
Michelle Flynn, The Road Home
Salt Lake City, Utah
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The Road Home
• Emergency Shelter and Services
7,072 individuals sheltered last year including 680
families
Current winter average 950 people per night
• Housing 1,000 households provided with The Road Home
housing last year
• Homeless in Salt Lake County 2,066 PIT January 2013
FY 13 numbers are preliminary
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Growth of Families in TRH Shelters
166
267
422
532
615 659 680
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FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13
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Ending Family Homelessness at an Agency Level
360 % increase in families served in our shelters since 2008
How? Not by building another shelter
• Create internal efficiencies
• House chronically homeless individuals to create shelter
capacity
• Assume and offer Rapid Rehousing to all families
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Housing Nights vs. Shelter Nights
115,742
503,549 335%
Increase
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
FY 05 FY 12
Housing
208,807
322,927 55%
Increase
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
FY 05 FY 12
Shelter
*These charts show the comparison of Housing nights vs. shelter nights from FY 05 against FY 12.
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36% 115,782 Nights
64% 208,807 Nights
FY05 Housing vs. Shelter Nights
Housing Shelter
61% 503,549 Nights
39% 322,927 Nights
FY12 Housing vs. Shelter Nights
*These charts show the comparison of Housing nights vs. shelter nights from FY 05 against FY 12.
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Families Leaving Emergency Shelter
41%
54%
5%
Sheltered familes who movedout without any housingassistance from TRH
Sheltered families used RapidRehousing
Sheltered families enteredtransitional or permanentsupportive housing
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Shift in Family Housing in SL County
Permanent
Supportive
Housing
Transitional
Housing
Rapid
Rehousing
2008
170
200
0
2014
231
93
300
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Final Thoughts
Rapid Re-housing works for most families
Progressive Engagement model
• All families get an opportunity for a small amount of
assistance
• Reassess and increase interventions as needed
• Utilize funds effectively and efficiently
Partnerships are key – as always