North Carolina Housing Conference October 2014
Focus of COC
1986- First Community Plan to address homelessness Goals: Develop more affordable housing Goals: Increase access to rehabilitation services and transitional housing Goal: Develop Coordinating Body Winston-Salem COC Background & Progress
2005- Blue Ribbon Taskforce on Homelessness Goals: 598 Units of SH Goals: Implement Housing First Strategy Goals: Eliminate Chronic Homelessness City/County/United Way partnership st Project Homeless Connect st SOAR worker formed “HPRP” Program: Rapid Re-Housing Programs for homeless veterans Coordinated Intake Background & Progress Cont.
Develop 598 Units of Supportive Housing End Chronic Homelessness Housing First response to homelessness (goal of place ment within 30 days). First Resource Center that serves as a central access to housing placement Improve access through discharge planning and service linkage agreements with mainstream resource systems Ensure the availability of employment and training services Develop performance measurement strategies to set outcome benchmarks, collect data, and track ongoing performance and needs at the program and sys-tem- levels.
Understanding Our System
Winston-Salem Homeless Council Operating Cabinet Commission on Ending Homelessness Ratings Pannel
Emergency Shelter/ services Mental Heath Substance Abuse Treatment Child CareSchools Permanent Supportive Housing Permanent Housing Transitional Housing Employment Disability Income Health Care
Housing Stabilization Child Care/ Schools Mental Health/ Substance Abuse Services Short-Term Rental Assistance, Deposits, Arrears Family/ Social Supports Employment / Disability/Ed ucation Benefits Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing Permanent Supportive Housing Physical Health Care 9 New System: Housing First
Understanding our Data Moving in the Same Direction: Ending Homelessness, not Ending Poverty
Develop 598 Units of Supportive Housing
August 2014 update: 67% decrease
CHANGE IN HOUSING PLACEMENT FRO M 2009 to 2012 Emergency Shelters
Veteran Homelessness Functional Zero
Housing First response to homelessness (goal of placement within 30 days) MPR, Forsyth Futures 2013
Dedication & Prioritization of Beds Chronic & Vulnerable Persons First Coordinated Assessment/Standardized Tool Single list for Permanent Supportive Housing Evidence of a Person’s Status
Length of time homeless Returns to homelessness Number of homeless persons Jobs & income growth of persons served First-time homeless persons Preventing homelessness Successful housing placement
Housing placement & retention Increases in client incomes Employment income Non-employment income Non-cash income % of Chronic Homeless persons served Data completeness score Cost per successful housing outcome
Andrea Kurtz, JD Senior Director, Housing Strategies United Way of Forsyth County Tim West, Program Supervisor City of Winston-Salem