The document discusses Housing for New Hope, a program that aims to prevent and end homelessness through rapid re-housing. It provides outcomes from their Homeless Prevention Rapid Re-Housing Program, which assisted 289 households and decreased family homelessness by 14%. It also outlines plans to transition 40 families from homelessness into permanent housing through supportive services and subsidies over 3-12 months. The program relies on collaboration between multiple organizations and securing both private and public funding to achieve its goals of permanently housing the homeless.
5.6 Beyond HPRP: Sustaining Rapid Re-Housing and Prevention Programs
1. Housing for New Hope
Preventing and Ending Homelessness, One Valuable Person at a Time
Perseverance for Permanence
2. 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-Time
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3. 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)
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4. 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 Durham
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5. 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 housing
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6. 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 Funds
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7. 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.
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8. 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 services
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11. Contact Information
Terry Allebaugh
Executive Director
Housing for New Hope
18 West Colony Place
Suite 250
Durham NC 27705
(919) 489-6282
terry@housingfornewhope.org
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As the resources from the stimulus-funded Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) diminish, communities are faced with finding new ways to keep their HPRP-funded programs running. Here is how Housing for New Hope, in Durham/Chapel Hill, NC, strategies are preserving and maintaining rapid re-housing and prevention programs continued federal support.
Shifting community model to re-housing: had permanent supportive; but had been reliant solely on site-based transitional housing prior to HPRP; new model to utilize transitional structures for single/families with higher level barriers. Local Evidence of Success: Local evidence of the success of this program model can be seen through the work of Durham’s Re-Housing Team, which has effectively implemented a rapid re-housing program. The re-housing work has been funded through the Homeless Prevention Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) with funding provided through President Obama’s Stimulus Program and managed locally by Housing for New Hope (HNH). HNH received funds from both the City and State HPRP funds. From January 2010 through December, 2011 the three-person Re-Housing Team of Housing for New Hope has 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.
Transitions to Permanence (TOP) Collaborative Decided to focus on families with a goal of serving 40 families per year (2011 Point in Time count was 44 families down from 51 in 2010, a 14% reduction due to HPRP primarily. Thought the focus could move us toward ending child and family homelessness in Durham. 4 Emergency and Transitional Providers partnered with Housing for New Hope along 12 other service providers including employment, mental and primary health, social services, to develop plan. Average length of support will be for 6 months, could go as long a year for some families. Sought funding in 2011 round of CoC funding under the Transition in Place model. Have a newly formed governing and scoring committee, very confusing process, another project recommended for top spot, but we did get to present at public forum and people were beginning to understandAwarded $100,000 grant from foundation that loved our collaborationHave strong interest from another foundation who heard about the first and considering.An international corporation has invited to apply for a grant; they loved collaboration, plus proven track model, plus possible leverage of their money for public money, plus advocacy workAre slated for assistance from reallocated HPRP funds on both state and local level, and for possible funding via supplemental ESG the same.Strength of public/private partnership on this project-one leveraging the other
Seductive to FundersCorporate (Cisco)Foundation (KBR)Government (City/County)Faith CommunityOrganizations
Durham Congregations, Associations, and Neighborhoods (CAN) is Durham CAN (Congregations, Associations and Neighborhoods) is a multi-racial, multi-faith, strictly non-partisan, countywide citizens’ organization. CAN is affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), the oldest and largest national, congregation-based, community organizing network in the United States. CAN leaders translate deeply felt concerns into real innovative solutions that benefit the whole community, such as lead abatement in homes with children under six, a living wage for City and County employees, a rental inspection program, and now a re-housing program and jobs employment program. Candidates committed to 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. Now meeting the elected officials, including the Mayor who made the pledge.
Collaboration to implement program; continue collaboration to sustain