Children's Homeless Prevention - Pilot Program Results
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Results of the "Family First" Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Pilot authorized by the Brevard Homeless Coalition's Children In Transition Committee (CIT) and run in Partnership with Brevard Public Schools (BPS). The program began on November 1st, 2012 and ran until May 31st, 2013. It served 18 in-transition families with children attending Jupiter Elementary, located in Palm Bay, FL. The South Brevard Sharing Center was the administering agency. Keith Donald was the pilot program director and lead case manager.
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- 1. Family First Jupiter Elementary Pilot Program Results Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Keith Donald / 2013.06.19
- 2. About Me 13-year Brevard County Resident Originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama Wife Keri and I are raising our family here Software Engineer and Entrepreneur Children in Transition (CIT) Committee Member Florida Today Article: http://goo.gl/nN8v6
- 3. How I joined CIT Mike Hubler invited me to a meeting Learned the numbers: 1300 (now 1634) homeless children in Brevard County Learned about the need to organize efforts and resources to address this problem Made the decision to volunteer
- 4. Pilot Program A simple way for homeless families to get help Schools refer families to one program Program provides case management to understand the need Program mobilizes the community to help meet the need
- 5. Jupiter Elementary Referral Card
- 7. Results Impacted 18 families: 22 parents & 52 kids 100% referral call rate 12 "Homeless Prevention" cases 4 "Rapid Rehousing" cases 1 "Intervention" case Steward for $28,232 in financial assistance, avg per family: $1,568, median per family: $765
- 8. Family Demographics Age, Work Status, Income, etc.
- 10. Working Families
- 13. Low Income When they first called... Median Monthly Income: $1,200 Median % of Poverty Line: 61% Median % of County Median (60K): 23% Median Rent as % of Income: 61%
- 14. How we helped Employment, education, advocacy, etc.
- 15. How the families were helped Helped 8 obtain employment (33%) Helped 14 avoid eviction (78%) Helped 7 into more affordable homes (38%) Median rapid-rehousing time: 4 weeks Helped 12 develop financial responsibly (67%) Helped 4 grow their own businesses (22%) Helped 2 avoid legal prosecution (11%) Helped 2 get their Drivers License back (11%) Helped 1 obtain reliable transportation (5%) Helped 3 get education for new work skill (17%)
- 16. How the children were helped Helped 10 into homes close to origin school Helped 3 into S.T.E.M after-school programs Helped 21 receive Christmas gifts Helped 1 obtain one-on-one tutoring in reading Helped 3 into spring break camp Helped 1 into summer camp
- 17. Financial Assistance Provided Rent: $12,545.45 Transportation: $9,554.48 Business: $1,393.98 Utilities: $1,366.18 Legal Aid: $1,278.47 Health & Hygiene: $433.53 Emergency Housing: $316.32 Education Sponsorship: $300.00 Clothing: $265.22 Storage: $252.70 Kids Activities: $222.00 Food: $154.66 Furnishings: $150.00 Total: $28,232.99 Avg. Per Family: $1,568.50 Median Per Family: $765.03
- 20. Income Up, Expenses Down Where they are now... Median Monthly Income: $1,500 Median % of Poverty Line: 92% Median % of County Median (60K): 29% Median Rent as % of Income: 43%
- 22. Amazingly resilient children Where the children are now... Known 48 of 52 (92%) in safe, stable homes Early BPS data showing significantly improved attendance and discipline Especially in rapid re-housing cases Next phase of project will also correlate academic performance
- 25. Benefits
- 26. Next Steps Belief in the model, need for organization and coordination to apply it county wide Propose formation of a "Children's Homeless Project" to address this need First-year: lay county-wide foundation with a handful of schools across Brevard County (5-7) Second-year: Aim to scale
- 27. Questions? Email keithd at mysbsc.org for more info and pledge to join the Children's Homeless Project