Housing, Homelessness & Healing An update on Ten Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness In Winston-Salem and Asheville

The Importance of Being Housed

 Introduction to Ten Year Plans & Goals  History of Homelessness Pre- Ten Year Plans  Housing First  Progress & Learning

 1980’s--Emergency Shelters  1990’s—Transitional Housing  2000’s--Permanent Supportive Housing, Data, Chronic Homelessness  2010’s--Evidence-based practices, HPRP results, Rapid Re-Housing, Coordinated Intake  HEARTH Act—signed 2009, implemented 2012

Emergency Shelter Mental Heath Substance Abuse Treatment Child CareSchools Permanent Supportive Housing Permanent Housing Transitional Housing Employment Disability Income Health Care

 US Interagency Council on Homelessness  Expansion of interagency collaboration at federal and state levels  Over 1,000 U.S. mayors and county executives have developed Ten Year Plans  NC Coalition to End Homelessness—dialogue groups continue to share best practices

 Asheville/Buncombe County  Chapel Hill/Orange County  Charlotte/Mecklenburg County  Durham/Durham County  Fayetteville/Cumberland County  Gastonia  Greensboro/High Point/Guilford County  Greenville/Pitt County  Raleigh/Wake County  Shelby/Cleveland County  Wilmington/Brunswick/New Hanover/Pender Counties  Winston-Salem/Forsyth County

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, with the full support of the community and homeless service providers, will provide effective solutions and accessible services to eliminate chronic homelessness and improve the system’s effectiveness for all persons experiencing a housing crisis.

Bethesda Center Salvation Army Recue Mission Because Shelter is not a Home

It’s the Right Thing to Do! 1) Morally 2) Fiscally

 Ensure all people who experience homelessness have access to community housing and benefit screening;  Creation of approximately 600 new units of permanent, service enriched housing for individuals and families who are homeless;  Development of employment services to ensure that persons who are homeless are assisted in finding work and achieving their employment goals;  Strategies to improve collaboration among service providers;  Adoption of a “Housing First” approach;  A series of general system enhancements to ensure that mainstream resources and homeless-specific services are more effective.

2011 Point-in-Time (PIT) Estimates of Homelessness: Supplement to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), December 2011.U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County PIT Count

 Goal 598 Units

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 Shelter Plus Care  HOME Tenant-based Rental Assistance  Section 8 Vouchers  Public Housing Units  Family Reunification Vouchers

21 Individuals in Emergency Shelter: 243 days Families in Emergency Shelter: 119 days Individuals in Transitional Housing: 112 days Families in Transitional Housing: 95 days

 Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing ◦ Served 278 (528 ind) Households from ◦ 96% success at keeping prevention households Permanently Housed ◦ 88% success at keeping re-housing households housed ◦ Average cost per household $6963 ($3,666 per person) ◦ Average participation 286 days

 Served 113 households (222 ind)  77 exits  100% of Prevention cases stably housed  78% of Re-Housing cases stably housed (5 moved in with friend)

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 Permanent Supportive Housing Physical Health Care 24 PROPOSED SYSTEM