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Homelessness Resolution Strategy for Rochester

Homelessness Resolution Strategy for Rochester. March 6, 2013 Suzanne Wagner, Housing Innovations. Overview. Overview of Study Recommendations Next Steps Discussion and Questions. Overview of Study Recommendations. Best Practices Coordinated Access and Placement

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Homelessness Resolution Strategy for Rochester

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  1. Homelessness Resolution Strategy for Rochester March 6, 2013 Suzanne Wagner, Housing Innovations

  2. Overview • Overview of Study • Recommendations • Next Steps • Discussion and Questions

  3. Overview of Study Recommendations • Best Practices • Coordinated Access and Placement • Facility Need by Housing/Program Type (Projections of Housing Need) • Costs

  4. Best Practice Recommendations • Rapid exit/Housing First approach • Diversion as first response to housing crisis • Progressive Engagement • Housing Stabilization Case Management Approach and Critical Time Intervention (CTI)

  5. Best Practice Recommendations • Data driven decision-making • Leadership and accountability • Evaluate through measurement of outcomes • Reductions in shelter/street census • Reductions length of stay/time homeless • Reductions in returns to homelessness • Increased exits to permanent housing

  6. Coordinated Access - 1 • Access • Assessment • Diversion, Shelter, Next Step Options • Assignment/Referral • Accountability

  7. Coordinated Access -2 • Create a telephone based call-service for people to access when having a housing emergency • Also use the web

  8. Coordinated Access - 3 • Households can present at shelters directly • If household cannot be diverted, conduct shelter intake • All shelters conduct same assessment. • Shelter vacancies available in HMIS • For people who are entering DSS funded beds, shelter serving the household assembles all info required for DSS eligibility determination and forward to DSS.

  9. Coordinated Access - 4 • Referral to Emergency Placement • Next Step Assessment • Accountability/Oversight

  10. Critical Assessment Information • Cause of Recent Homeless Episode • Client’s Plan for Resolving Homelessness • Housing History • Homelessness History

  11. Projections of Need • Methodology • Concept of “Getting To Zero” • Populations • Families • Single Women 25+ • Single Men 25+ • Young Adults 18-24 • Program Types • Diversion • Shelter • Rapid Rehousing • Permanent Supportive Housing

  12. Intervention/Model Definitions • Diversion/Prevention • Goal: prevent people experiencing a housing crisis from having to enter the emergency shelter system. • Services include mediation, job training and placement, benefits counseling, housing location assistance, financial counseling, case management, and limited financial assistance.

  13. Intervention/Model Definitions • Rapid Rehousing/Transition in Place • Goal: Rapidly exit homeless individuals and families into permanent housing from emergency shelter • One-time/time-limited financial help with debts, security costs, rent and other housing costs • Rental assistance up to 24 months • Housing location services • Case management to help increase income and housing stabilization

  14. Intervention/Model Definitions • Permanent Supportive Housing • Long-term/permanently affordable living unit with intensive case management • Units may be single-site in a building owned by an organization or in units rented in the marketplace. • Tenants usually have a housing subsidy like Shelter Plus Care or Section 8. • Case management services to maintain housing stability, increase income and employment, linkages to health and community services

  15. Meeting Shelter Demand • Goal: Eliminate use of hotels • Methodology

  16. Hotel Demand 2010-2012 *Source: Monroe County Department of Human Services, Housing and Homeless Services Report

  17. Hotel Demand – DHS Report

  18. Analysis of Hotel Use • 2012 • 2011 • The use of hotels is about 50% Singles, 50% Families with Children and Couples

  19. Replacing Hotel Capacity • This increase in shelter beds would have met the demand in all of 2012, 11 of the 12 months in 2011 and all of 2010. • With increased diversion and rapid rehousing efforts, there should be a decrease in the need for overflow beds going forward.

  20. Housing Need Projections Diversion, Rapid Rehousing and Permanent Supportive Housing

  21. Families Assumptions • Demand/Need • 640 homeless families annually (2011 number) • Assumed type of housing needed: • Diversion – 10% in year 1, add 5% in subsequent years • Rapid Rehousing – all those not diverted, who use shelter/TH only or targeted for PSH (43% in year 1) • PSH – 12% of total • In year 1, 35% use shelter/TH only and make their own arrangements • Supply/Existing Units • Diversion: 0 • Rapid re-housing: 0 • PSH: 485 (Turnover rate=1.1, i.e. each unit serves 1.1 families/year)

  22. Single Men 25+ Assumptions • Demand/Need • 1,161 homeless annually • Assumed type of housing needed: • Diversion – 10% in year 1, add 5% in subsequent years • Rapid Rehousing – all those not diverted, who use shelter/TH only or targeted for PSH (24% in year 1) • PSH – 25% of total • In year 1, 41% use shelter/TH only and make their own arrangements • Supply/Existing Units • Diversion: 0 • Rapid re-housing: 0 • PSH: 482 (Turnover rate=1.2, i.e. each unit serves 1.2 persons/year)

  23. Single Women 25+ Assumptions • Demand/Need • 693 annually • Assumed type of housing needed: • Diversion – 10% in year 1, add 5% in subsequent years • Rapid Rehousing – all those not diverted, who use shelter/TH only or targeted for PSH (20% in year 1) • PSH – 35% of total • In Year 1, 35% use shelter/TH only and make own arrangements • Supply/Existing Units/Slots • Diversion: 0 • Rapid re-housing:0 • PSH: 248 (Turnover rate: 1.2, i.e., each unit serves 1.2 persons per year)

  24. Young Adults 18-24 Assumptions • Demand/Need • 206 homeless young adults (18-24) annually • Type of housing needed: • Diversion – 10% in year 1, add 5% in subsequent years • Rapid Rehousing – all those not diverted, who use shelter/TH only or targeted for PSH (10% in year 1) • PSH – 15% of total • In year 1, 35% use shelter/TH only • Supply/Existing Units • Diversion: 0 • Rapid re-housing: 0 • PSH: 0

  25. Total Unmet Need – 5 Years

  26. Cost Assumptions

  27. Cost Projections – 5 year total

  28. Discussion and Next Steps

  29. Discussion and Next Steps • Pursue Coordinated Access System • HUD Mandate • Advisory Committee • Implement strategy to eliminate hotel placements • RFP • Funding for Operations • Identify potential funding for housing need projections • Efficiencies • Reallocation of existing funds • Other potential sources

  30. Potential Funding Sources • ESG • CDBG • HOME • HOPWA • HUD CoC • TANF • Medicaid • HUD VASH • VA SSVF • Criminal Justice System

  31. Suzanne Wagnerswagner@housinginnovations.us(917) 612-5469

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