Everyone Deserves a Home Room At The Inn Housing First Initiative Serving Marquette County

Changes in the Rotating Homeless Shelter Business 2007-2018 Shelter Population has grown from 3-5 to 15-18 Was mostly Middle-Aged Male Alcoholics Now Gender Equity, Much Younger, Many More Opioid Addicts More Shelter Guests Struggling with Mental Illness Challenge of Dual Stigmas: Addict/Mentally Ill and Homeless Okay to Not Like the Homeless and Voice That Opinion; No Matter What Position You Hold in our Community State Office of DHHS Does NOT Respect our Housing Efforts

RATI Guests not Ready for Independent Living Coping with Substance Use Disorder and/or Mental Illness Possessing Few (if any) Basic Skills: Cooking, Cleaning, Budgeting Unable to Cope with Isolation Unable to Understand Adult Consequences for Actions Possessing Little/No Work Ethic/Few Employability Skills Need Supportive Housing Opportunity to Develop these Skills and Bridge the Gap Between Homeless Shelter and Independence

National Housing Week of Action May 1-8 Housing First Initiatives have been (are) Successful in Cities all across the U.S. – Salt Lake City, Seattle, Boston No Isolation Onsite Support Services Harm Reduction Model: Keep our Guests off the Streets, Out of Jail, and Out of the Emergency Room No Time Limits on Length of Stay in Housing First Skills Development, Job Training, Recovery Support Rooms-Shelter-Warming Center Co-Located: Housing & Meals included

Why do This? Opportunity for Healthy Outcomes Higher Quality of Life Save our Systems Millions of Dollars Respite Care/24-7 Safety/Emergency Shelter for Families Because We Can…and It Is The Right Thing To Do

Potential Marquette Housing First Partners Pathways Great Lakes Recovery Centers Marquette Housing Commission Upper Peninsula Health Systems Superior Alliance for Independent Living Department of Health & Human Services Northern Michigan University - Students from Social Work, Nursing, Criminal Justice, Psychology Our Host Churches Units of Government – State, County, City Local Law Enforcement