Veteran Homeless Status Report May 31, 2016

1. City and County of Honolulu
Mayor's Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness
Status Report
May 31, 2016
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The tables below are for information purposes, is based on various data points that
resulted in the creation of a Master By-Name List of Oahu’s Homeless Veterans used to create
the data tables. The information and tables are created with the intent of assisting in determining
the progress the Honolulu Continuum of Care, known as Partners In-Care, is making towards
ending Veterans Homelessness. Should you have questions concerning the data please contact
Mr. Jun Yang, Executive Director, Office of Housing, City and County of Honolulu at
(808) 768-4303 or by email at jyang@honolulu.gov .
City and County of Honolulu Mayor’s Challenge General Information
The following tables provide general information about the progress made during the
Mayor’s Challenge after the City and County of Honolulu elected to participate in the challenge:
Mayor's Challenge
Veteran Intakes and Permanent Housing Placements
January 2015 – May 31, 2016
Month
Number
Intakes
Number
PH
Placements
Net
Change
January 2015 79 44 35
February 2015 67 54 13
March 2015 63 62 1
April 2015 85 48 37
May 2015 30 42 -12
June 2015 35 36 -1
July 2015 58 36 22
August 2015 66 45 21
September 2015 79 47 32
October 2015 65 74 -9
November 2015 34 70 -36
December 2015 38 41 -3
January 2016 19 34 -15
February 2016 31 40 -9
March 2016 20 32 -12
April 2016 12 22 -10
May 2016 25 20 5
Grand Total 806 747 59

2. City and County of Honolulu
Mayor's Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness
Status Report
May 31, 2016
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Mayor's Challenge
Veteran Permanent Housing Placements
January 2015 – May 31, 2016
Type of Placement
Number
PH
Placements
PH-Client Owned, No Subsidy 1
PH-Exited (Lost PH Unit)* 17
PH-Family, Permanent Tenure 33
PH-Friends, Permanent Tenure 15
PH-Rental, No Subsidy 46
PH-Rental, SSVF 273
PH-Rental, Subsidy 18
PH-Rental, VASH 126
PH-Rental, VASH/SSVF 156
PH-Type Unknown 62
Grand Total 747
* Client entered and exited permanent housing within report period.
Mayor's Challenge
Veterans Needing Permanent Housing
As of May 31, 2016
Current Situation
Emergency Shelter 38
Transitional Housing 90
Unsheltered 89
Unknown (additional research necessary) 4
Grand Total 221

3. City and County of Honolulu
Mayor's Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness
Status Report
May 31, 2016
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United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness
Benchmarks to Confirm Ending Veterans Homelessness
The following tables respond to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
(USICH) data set benchmark requirements to assist in determining whether or not the City and
County of Honolulu is meeting the challenge towards ending Veterans homelessness. The
benchmark results, as of May 31, 2016, are as follows:

4. City and County of Honolulu
Mayor's Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness
Status Report
May 31, 2016
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5. City and County of Honolulu
Mayor's Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness
Status Report
May 31, 2016
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The following tables respond to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
(USICH) Criteria requirements to assist in determining whether or not the City and County of
Honolulu is meeting the challenge towards ending Veterans homelessness.

6. City and County of Honolulu
Mayor's Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness
Status Report
May 31, 2016
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3. Yes Yes Yes Yes
a.
x x x x
b.
x x x x
4. Yes Yes Yes Yes
a. x x x x
b. x x x x
c. x x x x
d. x x x x
5. Yes Yes Yes Yes
a. x x x x
b. x x x x
c. x x x xThe community has an adequate level of resources and appropriate plans and
services in place to promote the long-term housing stability of all Veterans who
Notes, Key Areas for Improvement & Action Items:
Service-intensive transitional housing is only offered to those Veterans who have
indicated a preference for it prior to moving to a permanent housing destination.
Does your community only provide service-intensive transitional housing
in limited instances?
Priority is placed on using transitional housing as a short-term bridge to
permanent housing.
Notes, Key Areas for Improvement & Action Items:
Does your community have the capacity to assist Veterans to swiftly
move into permanent housing?
The community has identified permanent housing for all Veterans known to be
homeless, including those in transitional housing (i.e., all Veterans on active list).
The community is able to assist all Veterans, including those in transitional
housing, to move into permanent housing quickly.
Permanent housing assistance is provided without barriers to entry, using Housing
First principles and practices.
All chronically homeless Veterans are offered a permanent housing intervention
at least once every two weeks until they accept (may exclude those in service-
Notes, Key Areas for Improvement & Action Items:
Does your community have the resources, plans, and system capacity in
place should any Veteran become homeless or be at risk of homelessness
in the future?The community routinely uses multiple data sources and comprehensive outreach
and engagement to identify Veterans.
The community has an adequate level of resources and capacity to provide
services that will, whenever possible, prevent homelessness for at-risk Veterans.