2. 10-Year Plan Overall Goals:
End chronic homelessness &
Reduce overall level of
homelessness in the community
3. Overall Results, 2007-2012
Reductions in individual homelessness
20% reduction overall
27% decrease in chronically homeless
52% decrease in street homeless population
Lack of progress re family homelessness
168% increase
Creation of new Housing Crisis Response System
4. Homeless Individuals, Springfield
At Point-In-Time Count, last week in January
300
250
Total Individuals
200
Chronically
150 Homeless
Unsheltered
100
PSH units
50
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
5. Homeless Families, Springfield
At Point-In-Time Count, last week in January
600
500
400
300 People in Families
Family Households
200
100
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
6. Primary Strategies
• Permanent supportive housing/chronic
• Prevention and rapid rehousing/crisis
• Access to employment, housing and services
• Strategic Partnerships
• Accountability
9. Housing Engagement/Individuals
Street Population Sheltered Population
MHA REACH program – 24/7 Homeless
outreach leading Resource Center
directly to placement in Early: use of data to
housing prioritize long-term
Collaboration between stayers & vulnerable
police, Health Care for populations for housing
the Homeless, the priority
BID, and service
providers
10. Innovation
Inter-agency collaboration for housing
triage & placements
Multi-agency monthly meeting for ―matching‖ of chronically homeless
individuals with PSH housing opportunities
• Shelter providers collaborating with housing providers
• Analysis of ―best fit‖ for each individual and unit
• Prioritize vulnerable populations/high users/long-stayers
13. Prevention and Rapid Rehousing:
Creation of New Housing Crisis Response System
Individuals Housing Court Program
Lead: Catholic Charities Collaborative effort
as lead agency Access to funds and
Collaboration: CC, FOH services to prevent
and Health Care for the imminent homelessness
Homeless Collaboration: CC, FOH
and Health Care for the
Families Homeless
Lead: HAP
Single portal for families
to access financial and
housing assistance
14. Success Story:
Rapid Rehousing
After the Tornado
• Over 250
displaced
Springfield
households
assisted to new
housing
• Collaborative
effort
• Multiple
providers
• Triage
• Financial
resources
15. Discharge Planning
Avoiding release from public systems of care into homelessness
5-hospital emergency department collaboration to
establish common care plans for high-end users
(Health Care for the Homeless)
Area hospitals connect with Health Care for the to
discharge into homelessness—in order to create
discharge plan that addresses housing
Forensic pilot: PSH for homeless mentally ill
individuals being released from jail
Regional sex offender workgroup
19. Accomplishments
Regional Plan to End Homelessness, 2008
Regional Network to End Homelessness
PSH/Housing First throughout Western MA
Substantial public-private funding for Homeless
Resource Center
Innovative partnership between City, SHA & private
landlords
21. Accomplishments
Full implementation of city-wide Homeless
Management Information System
10-Year Plan guides funding & policy decisions
Progress reports, at least annually
Review & update of plan
23. Highlights
Continued creation of PSH; strategy to help people
move on from PSH when appropriate
Continued and improved collaborations with
medical facilities & corrections
Refinement of housing crisis response system
Increased focus on families and youth
Improved collaboration across all programs
Data improvement and expanded use
Performance measurement of system
