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Kirsten Jewell Housing Grants Program Manager Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council

Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council. Kirsten Jewell Housing Grants Program Manager Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council. Kitsap Homeless Housing Plan: Strategies to End Homelessness. Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council. February 26, 2013. Topics. Stakeholders in Homelessness

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Kirsten Jewell Housing Grants Program Manager Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council

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  1. Kitsap RegionalCoordinating Council Kirsten Jewell Housing Grants Program Manager Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council

  2. Kitsap Homeless Housing Plan: Strategies to End Homelessness Kitsap RegionalCoordinating Council February 26, 2013

  3. Topics Stakeholders in Homelessness Who are the stakeholders in homelessness in our community? Homeless Housing Plan What is the Homeless Housing Plan? How are we updating it this year? Progress Report What progress have we made in reducing homelessness in the last four years? State ofHomelessness in Kitsap What are the current demographics and statistics of homelessness in Kitsap?

  4. Homelessness Stakeholders Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council(Local Governments) Housing Advisory Team Homeless and At-Risk Households Continuum of Care Coalition (Social Service Providers) Kitsap Citizens Housing Funding Leadership Group

  5. Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council Homelessness Stakeholders • Local Council of Governments • Membership • Elected Officials from Kitsap Cities, County, Tribes • Purview • Growth Management Act  Countywide Planning Policies  Community Development/City Planning Policies • Regional Transportation Planning • Housing (Affordable & Homeless)

  6. Homelessness Stakeholders Homeless Housing Program • Responsible for implementing Homeless Housing Assistance Act legislation: Reduce Homelessness by 50% between 2005 and 2015 • Three Components: 1) Homeless Housing Plan & Implementation 2) Homeless Housing Grant Program $500,000/year  $1 Million/year for 4 years 3) Homeless Management Information System

  7. Housing Advisory Team Homelessness Stakeholders • Provides policy direction on Housing issues • Makes recommendations to KRCC Board • Members: KRCC Executive Board members who volunteer • Meeting Monthly in 2013 Commissioner Garrido Kitsap County Commissioner Gelder Kitsap County Mayor Lent City of Bremerton Mayor Erickson City of Poulsbo Mayor Lester City of Bainbridge Island Mayor Matthes City of Port Orchard Council Member Flemister City of Bremerton Mary McClure Executive Director Current Membership

  8. Housing Funders Leadership Group Homelessness Stakeholders • Executive-level participation • Agencies/Programs that are conduits for housing funding to Kitsap • Provides “big picture” expertise • Work with CoCC to develop Funding Priorities • Meeting with HAT in 2013 Kurt Wiest Executive Director Bremerton Housing Authority Tony Caldwell Executive Direcotr Housing Kitsap Bonnie Tufts Program Manager Kitsap CDBG Marie Vila Program Manager Bremerton CDBG6 Larry Eyer Executive Director Kitsap Community Resources Kirsten Jewell Program Manager KRCC Housing Grant Programs Current Membership

  9. St. Vincent de Paul Kitsap Mental Health Services Dept. of Veterans Affairs DSHS – Bremerton CSO Bremerton Housing Authority Catholic Community Services Peninsula Community Health Agape Unlimited Kitsap Community Resources Housing Resources Board StandUp for Kids Max Hale Center Kitsap City Behavioral Health The Salvation Army Bremerton Foodline Kitsap County Consolidated Hsg. Auth. One Church One Family Helpline House – Bainbridge Isl. Habitat for Humanity of Kitsap United Way of Kitsap North Kitsap Fishline YWCA ALIVE Shelter Continuum of Care Coalition Homelessness Stakeholders Sample CoCC Members • Members = Social Service Providers • Technical Advisory body to KRCC • Develops Kitsap Homeless Housing Plan • Coordinates Annual Point-in-Time Homeless Count • Develops recommendations for annual funding priorities

  10. Kitsap’s Homeless Housing Plan • Kitsap’s Plan to address homelessness, including specific objectives & strategies • Required by WA Legislation • Successive Updates since 2005 • Last Updated 2008 • Provides framework for activities and determines what is eligible for homeless grant funding

  11. 2008 Key Action Areas 1.Increase the efficiency of the housing system through data collection, planning and advocacy • Prevent homelessness • Increase all types of low-income housing with services • Provide supportive services for all homeless populations 5. Focus on under-served homeless populations

  12. Updating the Plan • KRCC & CoCC convened Plan Update Committee • Reviewed 2008 Plan • Gathering Input • Homeless • Point In Time Count Survey of Homeless  Focus Groups • Kitsap Stakeholders • Stakeholders Workshop  Providers Survey • Sub-Committees • Case Management Housing First Model • Best Practices • National Research

  13. Updating the Plan • Input used to re-shape & adjust Plan objectives & strategies • Approval from Kitsap Continuum of Care Coalition • Approval from Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council • Submitted to State & Published mid-April 2013

  14. Updating the Plan 2012 Update Format: • Progress Report • Current State of Homelessness in Kitsap • Action Plan • Documentation/Attachments (Required)

  15. Progress Report • Increase the efficiency of the housing system through data collection, planning and advocacy  Leadership Task Force on Homelessness  Homeless Management Information System  Strategic Analysis of Funding Sources Coordinated Intake System/ Coordinated Waitlist  Community Outreach & Education Committee • Quarterly Indicators of Homelessness

  16. Progress Report 2. Prevent homelessness  Gap Assistance: • Rental/mortgage assistance • Utilities assistance • Transportation assistance • Food assistance  Eviction Prevention • Eviction Prevention is 535 and Rapid Re-housing is 220

  17. Progress Report • Increase all types of low-income housing with services Affordable Housing • Landtrust Home-ownership model on Bainbridge • Bay Vista Mix-Income Development in Bremerton • Landlord Liaison Program New Kitsap Community Shelter!

  18. Progress Report • Increase all types of low-income housing with services  Innovative solutions to emergency shelter • Sally’s Camp I & 2 • Safe Car Parks (Bremerton & Poulsbo) • Maintain existing funding sources • Success at Local Level • Declines in State & Federal Sources • Develop new funding sources • Gates Foundation/Washington Families Fund -- Evaluate and remove unnecessary regulatory barriers

  19. Progress Report • Provide supportive services for all homeless populations • Expand wide range of supportive services to meet needs of all homeless populations

  20. Progress Report 5. Focus on under-served homeless populations Youth shelter, outreach & services • Coffee Oasis • Re-Entry planning, housing & services • Chronic homeless housing & services

  21. Progress Report In many ways, we’ve made great progress in carrying out our strategies over the last 4 years! The real question…

  22. Progress Report Has it made a difference reducing homelessness?

  23. Homelessness in Kitsap Economic Factors have affected many of the gains! • Great Recession • Highest Unemployment in Decades • Record Foreclosures • Skyrocketing Health Costs • Loss of Retirements & Investments • Reductions in State & Federal Funding for Programs More people homeless! Less resources to help!

  24. Homelessness in Kitsap How do we measure homelessness? Difficult to measure! • Different definitions of homelessness • Social stigma • Measurement is voluntary • Some conflicting data

  25. Homelessness in Kitsap How do we measure homelessness? How many are homeless on a given day? How many are entering the homeless services system? How many are receiving homeless housing & services?

  26. Homelessness in Kitsap How do we measure homelessness? How many people that are receiving other services report that they are homeless? How many children in school are identified as homeless? How many people are being released from jail & prison into homelessness?

  27. Homelessness in Kitsap How many are homeless on a given day?

  28. Annual Homeless Point-In-Time Count Homelessness in Kitsap • Annual Homeless Count mandated by 2006 WA Homelessness Housing & Assistance Act (ESSHB 2163) • Required for state & federal homeless funding • Statewide 24-hour Count is last Thursday in January • Over 20 Kitsap social service agencies assist with the Count plus many individual volunteers.

  29. Annual Homeless Point-In-Time Count Homelessness in Kitsap • The count is a snapshot of homelessness at a specific point in time, not reflective of the total number of homeless over a long period • Participation is voluntary for those not in shelter • Other factors affect Count totals, like weather & volunteers • Methodology has changed over years • Better for demographic purposes, rather than numeric data!

  30. PiT Count Annual Comparison: Total Number Counted

  31. PiT Count Annual Comparison: Gender

  32. PiT County 2012 : Age Children (0 – 17) 25% Young Adult (18 – 35) 32% Older Adult (36 +) 43%

  33. PiT Count Annual Comparison:Percentage by Age

  34. PiT Count 2012:Current Living Situation 416 or 80% in shelter or temporary housing 107 or 20% in conditions not meant for habitation

  35. 57% have some Type of regular Income. Pit Count 2012 : Sources of Income

  36. % unstable family situation PiT Count 2012 : Causes of Homelessness % homeless Because of Housing situation % job reasons

  37. Homelessness in Kitsap 2012 Homeless Point In Time Count results: • 523 homeless people counted • Less than half are served by current facilities: ~ 118in Emergency Shelters and ~ 147 in Transitional Housing • 151, 25%, are “temporarily couch-surfing” with friends or family • 107 living unsheltered on the streets, in the woods, or in their vehicles • 25% are children under 18

  38. Homelessness in Kitsap How many are entering the homeless system?

  39. Homelessness in Kitsap Monthly HSC Enrollments • 2,350 Non-Duplicated Households served 2/1/12 – 11/30/12, representing 4,386 Individuals.

  40. Homelessness in Kitsap Head of Household Demographics

  41. Homelessness in Kitsap HSC Referrals by Type • 3,216 Total Referrals • 1,460 Housing (See breakdown above) • 953 Housing Counseling • 278 Waiting List • 234 Community Resources • 291 Desired Resource Not Available

  42. Community Waiting List The above chart reflects the waiting list at the end of each month. In any given month, additional households may be added or removed from the waiting list. Households are removed from the waiting list when either, 1) The household is placed into a shelter meeting their needs, 2)The household identified alternative housing options, or 3) The household did not maintain contact with the HSC within the past 3 weeks.

  43. Homelessness in Kitsap How many people are receiving homeless housing & services?

  44. Homelessness in Kitsap September 2012 Total = 750

  45. Homelessness in Kitsap

  46. Homelessness in Kitsap How people many that are receiving other services report that they are homeless?

  47. Homelessness in Kitsap

  48. Homelessness in Kitsap How many children in school are identified as homeless?

  49. Homelessness in Kitsap

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