5.6 Beyond HPRP: Sustaining Rapid Re-Housing and Prevention Programs

Housing for New Hope Preventing and Ending Homelessness, One Valuable Person at a TimePerseverance for Permanence

Re-Housing Results Homeless Prevention Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP)  State and City Entitlement Funding Pilot Project  Department of Social Services – Prevention  Housing for New Hope – Re-Housing  Outcomes  Prevention  Re-Housing  Point-in-TimeHousing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

Re-Housing Works! Prevention  Assisted 146 households (families & individuals)  Average assistance per household: $1,265 (maximum of 3 months) Re-Housing  Assisted 143 households transition from homelessness to their own homes  Those receiving assistance included 60 individuals and 83 family households, including 187 children for a total of 348 people  Cost to date:  $960,000 (Direct support $515,000 + operational $445,000)  Per household $6,713 Point-in-Time  After one year of HPRP, the number of homeless families decreased by 14% (Point In Time Jan. 2010 – Jan. 2011)Housing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

Lessons Learned Target families Recruit additional collaborators Strengthen access to jobs Enhance case management Secure both private and public funding Provide a new model for DurhamHousing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

What’s the Plan? Transition-In-Place = Transition to Permanence (TOP) Collaborative 40 families will leave homelessness into leases  Leasing assistance and supportive service (3-12 months) Scattered site housing within the community TOP Features:  Coordinated intake & assessment  Housing placement & subsidy  Ongoing case management  Evolving role of transitional housingHousing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

How Are We Going To Pay For It? Reallocated HPRP Funding Private Funding  Collaboration is Key  Proven model = Confidence + Comfort  Leverage public funding  Circles of supports & donated furnishings Government Funding  Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)  City/County FundsHousing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

Creating Political Will Durham CAN (Congregations, Associations and Neighborhoods) solicits support from candidates for public office for community improvements  Fund or find funding to assist at least 40 families a year at total budget of $400,000 move from shelter and homelessness into their own housing in a program based on the HPRP success model.  Provide job readiness training and placement for 25 adults participating in Re-Housing  Now meeting the elected officials, including the Mayor who made the pledge.Housing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

Collaboration is Key! Urban Ministries of Durham - shelter  Vocational Rehabilitation - job Durham Interfaith Hospitality training and placement Network - shelter  Durham Department of Social Genesis Home - Transitional Socials - entitlements, plus possible housing TANF in the future Durham Housing Authority -  Durham Congregations in Action - housing job readiness training underwriting Durham Crisis Response Center -  Congregations - furnishings and transitional housing for victims of housewarming gifts, and support domestic violence teams City of Durham Workforce  The Durham Center - mental health Development - assisted employment,  Lincoln Community Health Center - training and placement primary health Durham Technical Community  Durham’s System of Care - College - job readiness coordinated network of servicesHousing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

Re-Housing to PermanenceHousing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

Contact Information Terry Allebaugh Executive Director Housing for New Hope 18 West Colony Place Suite 250 Durham NC 27705 (919) 489-6282 terry@housingfornewhope.orgHousing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

Re-Housing to PermanenceHousing for New Hope www.HousingforNewHope.org

5.6 Beyond HPRP: Sustaining Rapid Re-Housing and Prevention Programs

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