This document summarizes a countywide community engagement summit focused on homelessness. The agenda included discussions on current homelessness data and solutions, as well as breakout sessions. National data shows over 600,000 people experience homelessness nightly, including families, individuals with disabilities or mental illness, and minorities. Local data from Santa Cruz County found over 2,700 homeless, many unsheltered with long-term homelessness. Speakers presented on evidence-based solutions like housing first and system coordination that have reduced homelessness in other areas cost-effectively and measurably.
6.2 Smart Shelter: How Shelters Can Improve Outcomes in Housing First Systems
Speaker: Devra Edelman
Having supportive, permanent housing-focused shelters is a crucial piece to any Housing First homeless assistance system. In this workshop, presenters will talk about the key role shelters play in improving system performance on key outcomes and reducing episodes of homelessness in their communities.
As rapid re-housing strategies spread throughout the homelessness system, a similar movement is occurring in the domestic violence system. This workshop will cover the nuances of rapid re-housing for survivors of domestic violence and the benefits for both the survivor and the provider. Speakers will present program examples and lessons learned.
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6.2 Smart Shelter: How Shelters Can Improve Outcomes in Housing First Systems
Speaker: Devra Edelman
Having supportive, permanent housing-focused shelters is a crucial piece to any Housing First homeless assistance system. In this workshop, presenters will talk about the key role shelters play in improving system performance on key outcomes and reducing episodes of homelessness in their communities.
As rapid re-housing strategies spread throughout the homelessness system, a similar movement is occurring in the domestic violence system. This workshop will cover the nuances of rapid re-housing for survivors of domestic violence and the benefits for both the survivor and the provider. Speakers will present program examples and lessons learned.
Legal Champions Making Change in a Complex, Dynamic, and Increasingly Unequal...Wellesley Institute
This presentation offers critical insight on how to make a difference in society.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Practical Strategies for Austere times: Effective Partnerships to Build Homes...Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides effective strategies for housing in times of austerity.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
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What does it mean to be homeless in San Francisco, what's the current state of homelessness in this city, and what can we do about it as a community? HandUp and Project Homeless Connect walk through these issues.
This interactive session will include a brief discussion of the HMIS data standards revisions and will allow participants to ask questions about these revisions as well as changes due to the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, changes to the Universal and Program-Specific data elements, and other topics such as privacy, security, and data quality.
This workshop will examine strategies that communities are using to promote the effective use of HPRP resources and other interventions to end homelessness. The workshop will examine the use of community learning laboratories that evaluate emerging data and HPRP implementation to refine interventions. Strategies to support the transfer of effective strategies across local communities will also be explored.
Integrated housing models provide affordable housing for a swath of income levels and supportive housing for clients with mental or physical health disabilities. This workshop will examine several model types for integrated housing. Speakers will also discuss the funding and development on this type of housing model.
Opened in the summer of 2015, the goal of the MMS is to provide access to materials and the laboratory space for educators to learn about Maker Edu best practices and how to integrate them in the classroom, with both digital and analog tools.
We provide professional development and workshops, as well as access to space, materials, and resources to all of Alameda County educators.
We are open to Local Education Agencies serving Alameda County students who are interested in using the space as a venue for their own trainings and sessions that align with the mission.
Learn about our Programs and Resources, or sign up to attend one of the open sessions on our Contact page.
InterShelter
™ Dome is a patented revolutionary portable
shelter, made of high‐tech aerospace composite
material, and cutting edge HD Plastic. This
unique product has bridged the gap from tents
and trailers to traditionally built framed houses.
These units are built to sustain hurricane strength
winds or earthquakes. Insulated to stay warm in
the most extreme arctic sub‐zero degree weather
to keep it a perfect 72 degrees in the deserts of
Afghanistan. Assembled in just a few hours by
three untrained people, these amazing units are
sturdy and reliable to the point
they are approved by FEMA and
the US Military.
Unlike traditional tents or mobile
structures, these units can be
effectively sealed to provide a
closed loop atmosphere with biological
/ HEPA filtration for both
incoming and outgoing air.
Lightweight and mobile enough to
fit in the back of a pick‐up truck,
these units have also been flown
in by helicopter using a single
sling. In Alaska, these units have
been moved using bush cargo
planes.
Ideal for research facilities, quarantine
shelters and emergency
relief situations.
These shelters are approved for
and work extremely well as a homeless communities
or farm labor housing.
Approved by the State of California for “Tent
City” applications and the State of Washington
for farm labor housing.
Able to be set up in almost any terrain, these
InterShelter™ Domes are revolutionary structures
fitting almost every portable housing
requirement.
Family Promise of Greater Merced Power Point Presentationallclear
Families now make up 40 percent of the homeless population. Family Promise of Greater Merced offers hope to homeless families with children. With your help we can make a difference.
an interactive workshop where you learn more about:
The history of housing & homelessness
The range of resources available to low-income & homeless individuals/families
The cost of homeless & the solutions
Practice what you learn with hands-on activities like case-studies and leave with valuable, information as well as suggestions for locally specific resources you can display for patrons at your library.
6.2 Smart Shelter: How Shelters Can Improve Outcomes in Housing First Systems
Speaker: Devra Edelman
Having supportive, permanent housing-focused shelters is a crucial piece to any Housing First homeless assistance system. In this workshop, presenters will talk about the key role shelters play in improving system performance on key outcomes and reducing episodes of homelessness in their communities.
Homelessness in San Francisco: What Does it Look Like, What Can We Do?HandUp
What does it mean to be homeless in San Francisco, what's the current state of homelessness in this city, and what can we do about it as a community? HandUp and Project Homeless Connect walk through these issues.
This interactive session will include a brief discussion of the HMIS data standards revisions and will allow participants to ask questions about these revisions as well as changes due to the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, changes to the Universal and Program-Specific data elements, and other topics such as privacy, security, and data quality.
This workshop will examine strategies that communities are using to promote the effective use of HPRP resources and other interventions to end homelessness. The workshop will examine the use of community learning laboratories that evaluate emerging data and HPRP implementation to refine interventions. Strategies to support the transfer of effective strategies across local communities will also be explored.
Integrated housing models provide affordable housing for a swath of income levels and supportive housing for clients with mental or physical health disabilities. This workshop will examine several model types for integrated housing. Speakers will also discuss the funding and development on this type of housing model.
Opened in the summer of 2015, the goal of the MMS is to provide access to materials and the laboratory space for educators to learn about Maker Edu best practices and how to integrate them in the classroom, with both digital and analog tools.
We provide professional development and workshops, as well as access to space, materials, and resources to all of Alameda County educators.
We are open to Local Education Agencies serving Alameda County students who are interested in using the space as a venue for their own trainings and sessions that align with the mission.
Learn about our Programs and Resources, or sign up to attend one of the open sessions on our Contact page.
InterShelter
™ Dome is a patented revolutionary portable
shelter, made of high‐tech aerospace composite
material, and cutting edge HD Plastic. This
unique product has bridged the gap from tents
and trailers to traditionally built framed houses.
These units are built to sustain hurricane strength
winds or earthquakes. Insulated to stay warm in
the most extreme arctic sub‐zero degree weather
to keep it a perfect 72 degrees in the deserts of
Afghanistan. Assembled in just a few hours by
three untrained people, these amazing units are
sturdy and reliable to the point
they are approved by FEMA and
the US Military.
Unlike traditional tents or mobile
structures, these units can be
effectively sealed to provide a
closed loop atmosphere with biological
/ HEPA filtration for both
incoming and outgoing air.
Lightweight and mobile enough to
fit in the back of a pick‐up truck,
these units have also been flown
in by helicopter using a single
sling. In Alaska, these units have
been moved using bush cargo
planes.
Ideal for research facilities, quarantine
shelters and emergency
relief situations.
These shelters are approved for
and work extremely well as a homeless communities
or farm labor housing.
Approved by the State of California for “Tent
City” applications and the State of Washington
for farm labor housing.
Able to be set up in almost any terrain, these
InterShelter™ Domes are revolutionary structures
fitting almost every portable housing
requirement.
Family Promise of Greater Merced Power Point Presentationallclear
Families now make up 40 percent of the homeless population. Family Promise of Greater Merced offers hope to homeless families with children. With your help we can make a difference.
an interactive workshop where you learn more about:
The history of housing & homelessness
The range of resources available to low-income & homeless individuals/families
The cost of homeless & the solutions
Practice what you learn with hands-on activities like case-studies and leave with valuable, information as well as suggestions for locally specific resources you can display for patrons at your library.
6.2 Smart Shelter: How Shelters Can Improve Outcomes in Housing First Systems
Speaker: Devra Edelman
Having supportive, permanent housing-focused shelters is a crucial piece to any Housing First homeless assistance system. In this workshop, presenters will talk about the key role shelters play in improving system performance on key outcomes and reducing episodes of homelessness in their communities.
6.2 Smart Shelter: How Shelters Can Improve Outcomes in Housing First Systems
Speaker: Devra Edelman
Having supportive, permanent housing-focused shelters is a crucial piece to any Housing First homeless assistance system. In this workshop, presenters will talk about the key role shelters play in improving system performance on key outcomes and reducing episodes of homelessness in their communities.
Congregations for the homeless assists single homeless men transition to permanent housing. By providing emergency shelter, case management/life coaching and subsidized housing, a homeless man is shown the path to a stable and productive life.
Housing and serving elderly or medically frail homeless people means addressing their high health care and home care needs. It requires the design and use of service and housing models that are different from those used for most other homeless people. Providers of services to these populations present the most effective service and housing models and discuss the challenges they have overcome to end homelessness for this growing, high need population.
3.6 Ending Homelessness for Veterans and Their Families
Speaker: Stacy Vasquez
In order to reach the federal goal of ending veterans homelessness by 2015, new grants such as Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) have recently been released. This workshop will look at how these and other programs will be implemented to prevent homelessness and help homeless veterans and their families reconnect to housing in their communities.
A general powerpoint used to explain the mission of Family Promise and the 5 programs that make up the organization - Interfaith Hospitality Network, Family Mentoring, Just Neighbors, Community Initiatives and Voices Uniting - which enable it to help homeless families nationwide.
The completed proposal that I drafted and submitted to MSHDA. COTS was awarded $1 million to provide Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) to approximately 50 homeless families. The size of this particular TBRA award was the only one awarded in the state of Michigan.
Group 5 has graciously agreed to share their presentation slides with all those who are passionate about making a positive difference for displaced Aboriginal foster children.
- Keeping children close to home
*All Rights reserved by the creators.
Presentation on Housing First & justifications (to be developed with this organizations help) for taxpayer & government funding savings from the proposed solution!
"Meet your Colleague" Presentation by Kathryn Mandla of the Evidence & Planning Branch, Housing & Homelessness Division,
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs
On August 11th, USICH hosted a webinar focused on the role that PHAs can play in preventing and ending homelessness.
There were four presenters:
USICH Director of Housing Policy Kristy Greenwalt
Fresno Housing Authority Executive Director Preston Prince
King County Housing Authority Senior Director of Homeless Housing Initiatives Kristin Winkel
Washington DC Housing Authority Executive Director Adrianne Todman
This presentation was developed to share an overview of By the River, a non-profit agency that provides innovative affordable housing solutions for seniors and training and support programs for caregivers.
8. Assumptions
• This is not just another meeting. This is an opportunity to
reinvent the future for all people who are impacted by
homelessness.
• We are all here because we want to help create a better
community for people experiencing homelessness.
• We are all unique, yet we all have the power to work
together toward common goals.
• We all have a stake in the outcome of this work -
personally, professionally, for our community.
9. Assumptions…continued
This summit will not provide all the answers.
This gathering is the beginning of an inclusive
community-based planning process that will
help us leverage funding, utilize evidence-based
practices and better collaborate for success. It is
up to each of us to commit to taking the
outcomes of this planning summit forward.
10. Etiquette
• This process is about starting with the big picture, or
the “50,000 foot view”. Please trust the process and
try not to get bogged down in the details. Details will
come later in the planning process.
• Your commitment to stay for the entire session is
appreciated! Each piece builds on the next and your
input and participation is essential.
• Please be mindful that taking calls, checking email
and texting is very distracting to group participants
and your facilitators.
11. Etiquette…continued
• Allow everyone a chance to share and be heard.
• Listen with a “beginnerʼs mind”, allowing new and
innovative ideas to be shared as well as those youʼve
heard many times.
• Strive to listen closely to each other and suspend
judgment.
• Listen for commitment for positive change behind
critique or complaints.
• Try not to take anything personally, and try not to
make comments about any one individual.
12.
13. How Santa Cruz County
fits into the National HUD framework
Julie Conway
- County of Santa Cruz Housing
Program & HAP Coordinator
14. Activities funded by the
jurisdictions through the HAP
• Emergency Winter Shelter
- North County at the Armory
- South County at the Salvation Army (*not
funded in FY 2012/13
• HAP Consultant and Grantwriter
• Homeless Management Information
System (HMIS)
• Biennial Homeless Census and Survey
• Ten Year Plan Implementation
16. Santa Cruz County
Homeless Action Partnership (HAP)
TEN YEAR PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS (2003 - 2013)
Plan Mission: To develop and implement a coordinated system of
housing and services for preventing and ending homelessness in
Santa Cruz County.
Key Plan Strategies:
• Opening the back door of homelessness: providing more housing.
• Closing the front door of homelessness: preventing housing loss.
• Local and regional engagement and collaboration: working together
on common purposes.
• Integration of services: coordinate the health, social, mainstream and
employment services people need.
• Outcome-based accountability: using data to better understand what
works.
17. 2011 Santa Cruz County HAP Awards
Agency Program Name Project Type/Target Population Funding
Permanent supportive housing:
HSA/Homeless Persons’ Health M.A.T.C.H. $361,339
Project (HPHP) chronically homeless adults with alcohol
issues
Families in Transition (FIT) Clean and Sober Transitional Transitional housing: Families with $181,158
Housing children
Homeless Services Center Page Smith Community House Transitional housing: Single adults $142,591
FIT Scattered Site Transitional Housing Transitional Housing: Families with $182,448
children
SC Community Counseling Center Freedom Cottages Permanent supportive housing: $15,353
Homeless adults with a disability
Housing Authority/ FIT Brommer Street Transitional Transitional housing: Families with $56,000
children
SC Community Counseling Center Anderson House Permanent supportive housing: $41,540
Homeless adults with a disability
Salvation Army Corner House Permanent supportive housing: Single $83,137
disabled women with children
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services Sudden Street Transitional Housing Transitional housing: Families with $13,623
children
Community Technology Alliance HMIS DATA/all populations $89,985
Permanent supportive housing:
Housing Authority/HPHP Shelter Plus Care I - III chronically homeless adults & with mental $417,504
disabilities
Housing Authority/HPHP Shelter Plus Care IV Permanent supportive housing; $13,848
chronically homeless with disabilities
Permanent Supportive Housing:
HPHP M.A.T.C.H. 3 chronically homeless with co-occuring $67,559
disorders
$1,666,085
19. More Information
• County Housing Section website for the HAP:
http://www.sccoplanning.com/PlanningHome/Housing/Countywid
ehousingprograms
• HUD Homeless Assistance Programs
http://portal.hud.gov/homeless/programs
• U.S. Inter Agency Council on Homelessness
http://www.usich.gov/
28. Problem Solution Progress
Permanent Supportive Housing
Focus on permanent
housing as first, most
critical goal
Provide supportive
services after people are
housed
Permanent supportive
housing is 40% less
expensive than leaving
people on the streets
29. Problem Solution Progress
Ed Givens
Ed lived on the streets of
Skid Row for over 30
years. He was an
alcoholic and his health
had deteriorated. He was
at risk of dying on the
streets.
before housing
30. Problem Solution Progress
Ed Givens
After 4 years in permanent
supportive housing, Ed is
sober, healthier and thriving.
after housing
34. Problem Solution Progress
Leadership: Business Leaders Task Force provides
leadership and accountability
Cross sector engagement: 120+ signatories
Build public will: 10,000 people participated in HomeWalk,
5K walk/run
Engage funders: launched Home For Good Funders
Collaborative with $83M in public and private resources
Facilitate innovation: reduced Veteran housing process
from 168 100 days
35. Barbara Poppe Charlie Beck
Executive Director Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Chief of Police
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness City of Los Angeles City of Los Angeles
Donna Beiter
Steve Hilton Medical Center Director
President & CEO Mayor Bob Foster Department of Veteran Affairs
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation City of Long Beach
Supervisor Mark-Ridley Thomas Councilmember Bill Rosendahl
Sheriff Lee Baca
2rd District 11th District
County of Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles City of Los Angeles
Nan Roman
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Councilmember Herb Wesson Jr.
President & CEO
3rd District 10th District
National Alliance to End Homelessness
County of Los Angeles City of Los Angeles
Supervisor Don Knabe Rabbi Klein
4th District Mayor Richard Bloom Our Faith Matters Leadership Council
County of Los Angeles City of Santa Monica P.A.T.H.
36. Get Involved!
Sign the pledge at www.homeforgoodla.org
Join us on Twitter & Facebook @homeforgoodla
Participate in HomeWalk, Saturday, November 17th
Get to know your local homeless services organization
Make personal connections with homeless people
Advocate to help end homelessness
37. Table Session #1
What does success look like?
• Imagine Santa Cruz County with
dramatically less homelessness…
• What are you experiencing, in your daily
life, neighborhood, business?
• How are agencies and organizations
operating differently than they did
before?
38.
39. Current Situation
what the data tell us…
Mary Lou Goeke
- Executive Director
United Way of Santa Cruz County
40. Sources & Types of Information
National Data Source:
• US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Local Data Sources:
• 2011 Santa Cruz County Homeless Census &
Survey
• 180/180 Campaign Survey Results
41. Federal Definition of Homelessness
• An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and
adequate nighttime residence, or
• An individual who has a primary nighttime
residence that is:
– A supervised shelter providing temporary living
accommodations, or
– An institution that provides a temporary
residence for individuals intended to be
institutionalized, or
– A public or private place not designated for, or
ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping
accommodation for human beings.
42. Snapshot of National data -
with local comparisons
• 636,017 people experience homelessness on any
given night in the United States
2,771 in Santa Cruz County
• 37% are members of families with children
17% in Santa Cruz County
• Roughly two-thirds men and one third women
Same in Santa Cruz County
• 5% are minors unaccompanied by adults.
3% in Santa Cruz County
43. …continued:
• 35% are Caucasian
65% in Santa Cruz County
• 49% are African American
6% in Santa Cruz County
• 13% are Hispanic/Latino
23% in Santa Cruz County
• 13% are Employed
11% in Santa Cruz County
• 62% have High School Diploma, GED or more
64% in Santa Cruz County
44. Over 5% of the individuals who use the
homeless shelter system identified prison,
jail, or juvenile detention as their living
situation prior to entering the shelter system.
7% in Santa Cruz County reported
that immediately before they became
homeless this time they were in jail
or prison.
45. • 9% had been in foster care during their youth
12% in Santa Cruz County had been in foster
care during their youth
• 22% are considered to have serious mental illness or
are disabled.
In Santa Cruz County 18% self-report serious
mental illness and 26% report physical disability
• 30% have substance abuse problems
38% report substance abuse problem in Santa
Cruz County
• 58% report having trouble getting enough food to eat.
31% in Santa Cruz County
46. Other important data points…
• 67% lived in Santa Cruz County before they
became homeless
• 77% were unsheltered
• 23% were sheltered in some kind of facility or
program
• 45% have been homeless more than one year
• 4% of local housed residents reported having
someone staying temporarily with them who
would otherwise be homeless
47. Point-in-Time comparisons (2011):
Los Angeles County 45,422
Santa Clara County 7,067
Fresno County 5,135
Sonoma County 4,541
Santa Cruz County 2,771
Monterey County 2,699
San Luis Obispo County 2,129
Mendocino County 1,456
Marin County 862
Yolo County (Davis) 468
Napa County 230
48. Chronic Homelessness
The Federal government defines a chronic
homeless person as someone with a disabling
condition and who has either been homeless for
a year or more or has had at least four episodes
of homelessness in the past three years.
“Disabling condition” -- includes a physical or
developmental disability, mental illness, severe
depression, post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), chronic health problems, or substance
abuse.
49. Survey findings from
180/180 campaign
• Set out to survey the most vulnerable,
chronically homeless men and women in
Santa Cruz County -- meaning people with
serious health conditions and risk factors
who are most likely to die if not moved into a
healthier situation.
• Completed more than 440 one-on-one
surveys with 251 (57%) found “vulnerable”.
50. 180/180 findings:
• 75% male / 24% female
• 12% are Veterans
• 26% are over 60 years of age
• 22% had been in foster care
• 8 years = average length of time homeless
• 20 years = average length of residency in
Santa Cruz County
• 19% most often sleep in a shelter / 16% in
vehicle / 54% outside (parks, benches, streets)
51. 180/180 findings, continued…
• 46% have a permanent physical disability
that limits mobility
• 42% have had a serious head or brain
injury that required hospitalization
• 49% had been in the Emergency room in
the 3 months prior to the survey date
• 55% have been the victim of violent attacks
since becoming homeless
56. Smart Solutions are Evidence-Based
Portland Minneapolis Chicago
Jail Discharge Planning Rapid Re‐housing Housing First
57% of Homeless Inmates 43% ReducCon in 12% ReducCon in
Housed Upon Release Homeless Families Total Homelessness
Boston
San Francisco Inter‐Agency Collabora7on
Suppor7ve Housing 21% ReducCon in
28% ReducCon in Homeless Veterans
Chronic Homelessness
Cincinna7
Centralized Intake
Long Beach 46% ReducCon in
Recupera7ve Care Homeless Families
$3 million Total Annual Tulsa
Savings for Hospitals Family Interven7on
80% of At‐Risk Youth
TransiConed to a
Safe Place
58. Smart Solutions Have Measurable Results
Numbers Served
Increased Housing Placement Outcomes
Decreased Number of Street Releases from Institutions
Decreased Cost of Emergency Care
Increased Housing Stability and Retention
Decreased Length of Episode of Homelessness
Decreased Total Homelessness
59. Four examples of
Smart Solutions
to reduce and end homelessness:
1. Permanent Supportive Housing
2. Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-
Housing Program
3. Transition Age Youth Programs
4. Transitional Job Programs
60. Smart Solution example #1:
Permanent
Supportive Housing
Christine Sippl
- Director, County of Santa Cruz
Homeless Personsʼ Health Project
61. Smart Solution example #1:
Permanent Supportive Housing
(primary target is chronically homeless)
After decades of investing in caring and compassionate
shelter and feeding programs across the US, how did
we end up with so many people who became
chronically homeless – for years ?
“Every system is perfectly designed to achieve exactly the
results it gets. So if we keep doing what we are
doing….weʼre bound to keep getting the same results”
- Batalden / Deming
62. The Un-Normal,
“Hockey Stick Shaped Curve”
for public expenditures related to homelessness
Facts:
• 80% homeless for a very short time
• 10% episodically homeless
• 10% chronically homeless
63. Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
what it is and what it isn't…
• Itʼs NOT: newly built nor a special kind of
building
• It IS: A bundling of resources and assistance
that allow someone to access and sustain
housing who would likely never accomplish this
on their own
64. The “H” in PSH
Housing
• Typically rental housing (SRO, studio, 1 bedroom, alone,
or shared)
• Not shelter, not a transitional housing program, not
sleeping on someoneʼs couch
Must be affordable to people with extremely low
monthly incomes
• Soc. Sec. income for disabled: $865
• General Assistance from County: $325
• Minimum wage half-time job after taxes: $625
65. The “H” in PSH
We make the “H” affordable through
a rent subsidy
• Federal, State, Locally funded rent assistance
programs
• Many Program Options
66. The “P” in PSH
Permanent – Means
your name is on the
lease, and as long
as you follow the
rules of your lease
and pay your rent,
you get to stay in
your housing,
permanently.
67. The “S” in PSH
Support – Means that the support needed to qualify
for, find, apply for, lease up, enter and sustain housing
is provided
• Level of support needed varies by person and
through time
• Every thing from learning how to shop and cook to
help getting through a mental health crisis
68. The “S” in PSH
Best Practices - Housing Support
• Individual goals, needs and priorities
• Integrate treatment and services
• Vary support
• Recovery and Re-integration
• Dreams, Skills, Training, Employment
69. PSH – What Else?
• Remember – who is PSH for?
• “Housing First” approach essential
• Housing is Treatment
• Science of Motivation and change
70. What makes PSH a
Smart Solution?
Proven and Evidence Based – Studied
and documented
• 2004 NYC Pathways Program
• 2008 Seattle 1811 Eastlake
• 2009 Chicago Housing and Health Partnership
• 2010 Key Strategy - National Plan to End
Homelessness
71. What makes PSH a
Smart Solution?
Measurable Results
Communities carefully measure their
PSH Outcomes:
• Housing retention periods
• Reduced post-PSH emergency services
• Improved self-care management
• Fewer chronically homeless people counted
• Increased employment in the community
72. What makes PSH a
Smart Solution?
Saves Public Money
By Stopping the
revolving door
• Streets
• Ambulance
• Jail
• Hospital
• Shelter
• Streets
73.
74. What makes PSH a
Smart Solution?
• Saves Public Money AND
• Lets us use it in ways that are Truly Effective
Less emergency service resources for
chronic homelessness equals more
resources for the 80% who succeed with
just a little bit of help
75. Smart Solution example #2:
Homeless Prevention and Rapid
Re-Housing Program
Norma Sanchez
- Program Coordinator,
The Shelter Project, Community
Action Board of Santa Cruz County
77. Smart Solution example #3:
Transition Age Youth
Program
Susan Paradise
- Program Manager, Transition Age
Youth Programs, Santa Cruz
Community Counseling Center
79. SCCCC Transition-Age Youth
Programs
• Transition Age Youth Programs serve
current and former foster youth ages 15-24.
• Our mission is to support and empower
youth in making a healthy transition into
successful adulthood
SCCCC = Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center
TAY = Transition Age Youth
80. Youth in Foster Care
• Upon entering foster care, the majority of
youth have experienced the psychological
risk factors of abuse and neglect, exposure to
illicit drugs, and poverty.
• Entering foster care, youth experience the
trauma of being taken away from their
siblings, support systems, and only family
theyʼve ever known.
81. While in Foster Care
• 30% of youth have eight or more placements
with foster families or group homes.
• 65% experience seven or more school
changes from elementary through high
school.
• Every time one of these changes occurs, it is
another disruption, another loss, another
trauma.
82. Why focus on youth leaving
the foster care system?
Young adults aging out of the foster
care system have not yet failed into
homelessness, poverty, or
incarceration — but statistics show
us that many soon will.
83. What we know about youth
leaving the foster care system
Upon exiting the California Foster Care System:
• 65% face an imminent housing need
Within 12 to 24 months:
• 40% will be unemployed
• 25% will have been incarcerated
• 50% will have experienced homelessness
Within 30-48 months:
• 60% of the females will have children of their own
Over time:
• 40-50% will never complete high school
• Less than 5% will complete college
• 50% suffer from chronic health conditions
• 50-60% have moderate to severe mental health problems
84. What we know about youth
leaving the foster care system
• 25% of foster youth cope with symptoms of
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after
leaving foster care. This is double the PTSD
rates of veterans returning from recent wars,
and over six times the rate among the
general U.S population
• 33% of all foster care alumni have no form of
health insurance
85. What do we know about the
relationship between homelessness
and foster care?
• 27% of the homeless population spent
time in foster care.
• Parents with a history of foster care are
twice as likely to see their own children
placed in foster care or become
homeless.
86. What does it cost?
Annually, failure to take action to improve
outcomes for foster youth costs the nation:
• $4.8 billion in criminal justice–related costs;
• $116 million in costs stemming from unplanned
parenthood;
• $749 million in loss of earnings due to foster
youthʼs lower rates of educational attainment
and employment.
87. Costs for Non Foster Youth
• 50% of youth ages 18 to 24 live at home, and
over 60% receive economic support from their
parents.
• Youth generally do not achieve self-sufficiency
until the age of 26, and receive an average of
$50,000 in parental support during their
transitional years.
• The next slide gives some examples of this
kind of costs associated with this support
88. Support typical young people
take for granted
• School supplies, books, and tuition
• Transportation to and from school or work
• A safe and stable place to do homework
• A welcoming place to go during holidays
• Clothes for job interviews/ work uniforms
• A California ID/ Copy of birth certificate
• A bed, sheets, blankets, towels, etc.
• Role models for educational and career
success
89. Supporting Foster Youth
• Unlike their peers in the general
population, foster youth almost always
lack the familial support young people
often take for granted.
• To have a shot at making a successful
transition into adulthood, foster youth
will need community support.
90. Level the Playing Field
• Foster youth who receive services and
support to improve their outcomes will rely
less on government aid, earn higher wages,
pay taxes, and make more positive
contributions to their community throughout
their lifetimes.
• The following slide lists 5 evidence-based
practices to prevent homelessness among
foster youth.
91. Smart Solutions to Prevent
Homelessness
• Promote Educational Attainment
• Connect Youth with Employment and Career
Training
• Enhance Access to Safe and Affordable
Housing
• Help Youth Access and Manage Health Care
• Help Youth Build Stable and Lifelong
Relationships
92. SCCCC TAY Programs
Start Early
• In line with these best practices, we start
early.
• Every foster youth in Santa Cruz County is
referred to TAY Programs at age 15.
• We support youth in attaining independent
living skills including education, employment,
housing, money management, nutrition, and
healthy relationships.
93. SCCCC TAY Programs
Start Early
• Workshops at Cabrillo to help youth feel
comfortable on a college campus
• Educational Rewards Program that pays
incentives for academic progress.
• Driverʼs Training Program
• Experiential Job Group – assistance with
resumes, applications, work clothes, and
interviews that lead to real jobs.
94. SCCCC TAY Programs
Resource Center
Opened in response to increasing numbers of
homeless former foster youth
• Safe and welcoming drop in environment
• Independent study class, computer lab
• Laundry, shower and hygiene supplies
• Hot meal and free bag of groceries
• Social activities and support
• Moms' Support Group
• Connections to resources and benefits
95. Transitional Housing for
Former Foster Youth (TVP)
• Partnership with Santa Cruz Housing
Authority- 8 slots
• 18 month transitional Section 8 vouchers
• Assistance for youth finding and maintaining
housing out in the community
• Weekly counseling and life skills coaching
• Incentives for educational and employment
progress
96. Transitional Housing for Former
Foster Youth (THP Plus)
• State Funded – 15 slots
• 24 months of supported housing for former
foster youth between ages 18-24.
• Participants receive assistance with
• Rent and utilities
• Food
• Educational expenses
• Savings account
97. THP Plus (continued)
• They also receive emotional support, weekly
counseling and life skills coaching, and
connections to community resources.
• The financial support in this program
declines over time so that youth are actually
living independently at the end of 24
months.
98. THP Plus Works
Statistically, youth participating in Californiaʼs
THP-Plus have experienced success:
• Increasing rates of employment
• Increasing level of wages
• Increasing community college enrollment
• AND 92% EXIT INTO STABLE HOUSING
99. Annual Cost / Benefit Analysis
• Housing a former foster youth in a program
providing supportive services costs an
average of $25,000
• Without services, homelessness may lead to
these more likely outcomes:
• Incarceration for the same young adult in a
California prison is $47,000
• Residence for the same young person in a
mental health facility is $215,000
100. What can I do to be part of the
smart solution?
• You donʼt have to be a professional to mentor
a current or former foster youth in some way
• Tutor a former foster youth
• Employ a former foster youth
• Rent to a former foster youth
• Become a foster parent to a teenager
• Support current programs that work
101. Smart Solution example #4:
Employment Solutions to
Homelessness
Darrie Ganzhorn
- Executive Director,
Homeless Garden Project
102. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
Transitional Jobs (TJ) is a workforce strategy
designed to overcome employment obstacles
by using time-limited, wage-paying jobs
that combine real work, skill development,
and supportive services, to transition
participants successfully into the labor
market.
103. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
National Transitional Jobs Network (NTJN)
Working to End Homelessness: Natʼl Community of Practice
Goals:
• Identify and advance best practices & a federal policy
agenda for workforce solutions to homelessness;
• 20 practitioners from 14 states
• Serving a variety of individuals experiencing
homelessness
• Using Transitional Jobs models
104. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
Goals of Transitional Jobs:
Stabilize individuals and families with earned income
Learn the expectations of the workplace
experientially
• Address barriers to work
• Build a work history and references
Access incentives like the Earned Income Tax Credit
• Gain skills and experience to transition into
unsubsidized employment
105. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
Barriers to Employment:
• Low education and literacy • Physical disabilities
• Work history gaps • Mental health issues
• Lack of transportation • Substance use issues
• Family obligations • Fear of losing public benefits
• Lack of stable address or • Criminal records
phone • Weak labor markets
• Lack of hygiene or clothing • Weak social skills or networks
• Low self-esteem • Discrimination
• Poor health
106. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
Program Structures Vary
Scattered site
Work crew
Social Enterprise (HGP Model)
Tiered: with graduated levels of participant
responsibility and stress
Stepped: TJ in which participants are
transitioned from full to partial wage subsidies
107. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
Social enterprise:
“An organization or venture within an organization that
advances a social mission through market-based strategies.”
Focus:
Roberts Economic Development Fund, a San Francisco-
based venture philanthropy organization that creates jobs
and employment opptʼs for people facing the greatest
barriers to work. REDF has supported more than 50 social
enterprises.
REDF has pioneered Social Return on Investment metrics
and analysis
108. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
Roberts Economic Development Fund:
Founded in 1997: The 50 social enterprises have:
Employed 6,500 people;
Earned revenues of more than $115 million;
Three-fourths (77%) of social enterprise
employees interviewed two years later were still
working;
Average employee wages had increased by nearly
one-third (31%) and monthly incomes had almost
doubled (90%).
109. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
IPS (Individual Placement and Support)
Employment
An evidence-based practice developed at Dartmouth
that is designed to help people who have serious
mental illness work at regular jobs of their choosing.
This model is well defined by eight practice principles
and a 25-item fidelity scale.
110. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
IPS (Individual Placement and Support)
Employment
Results:
Mean competitive employment rate of 62%
compared with 23% for traditional vocational
service
(16 randomized controlled trials)
111. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
Outcomes of TJ Programs:
• Highly successful at getting people with barriers to
employment successfully working again.
• Participants show increased wages and less reliance on public
benefits over time.
• Reduced recidivism for people recently released from prison.
Participants were less likely than control group members to be
arrested, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated.
• TJ program impacts on employment and recidivism are stronger
for those who are more disadvantaged or at higher risk of
recidivism.
112. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
Outcomes of TJ Programs:
• Financial benefits far outweigh its costs. Based on a highly rigorous ROI
analysis, the CEO TJ program in New York generates between $1.26 and
$3.85 in benefits per $1.00 of cost.
• Economic ripple effect: Stimulates economic activity at businesses where
participants spent earnings and at businesses that sell goods and services to
those businesses where the “first round” of spending occurred.
• Total wages earned by JobStart participants: $3,936,423
• Proportion of wages spent in retail sector 70%
• Initial Increased demand $2,755,496
• Subsequent demand $2,327,292
• Total $5,082,788
Increased Household Earnings $1,228,676
Increased employment 44
113. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
“Letʼs put the jobless back to work in
transitional jobs that can give them a
pay-check and a sense of pride.”
- Barack Obama, June 16, 2007
114. Employment Solutions to Homelessness
"Being jobless and accepting handouts makes me feel like society
places no value on the work that I have done and can do. Working
at the garden, I feel valued and productive." - HGP Trainee
"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire
for the mind as well as the body. - Benjamin Franklin
115.
116. Table Session #2
Achieving Results
1. What are our assets and strengths as a
community that will help us achieve our vision
to reduce and end homelessness through
smart solutions?
2. What might get in our way as we work towards
our vision?
3. What can you, and people in your stakeholder
group, do to implement smart solutions?
121. …and thanks to everyone
else who made this event possible
• Summit Planning team
• Appleton Foundation
• Ted Altenberg -- website development
• Steve Coulter -- AV equipment
• Santa Cruz Street Kitchen -- lunch
• Second Harvest Food Bank -- water &
Spanish language translation
122. • learn more
• stay connected
• get involved
www.smartsolutionstohomelessness.org