1. Ending Veteran Homelessness in Sarasota and Manatee Counties – The Final Stretch
Kay Moshier McDivitt; Senior Technical Assistance Specialist
March 18, 2016

3. Veteran Homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring
Vision
Veteran Homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring
Susan

4. Collective Impact Model A Common Agenda
...Veteran individuals and families who become homeless return to permanent housing within 90 days.
…homelessness will be rare, brief, and non-recurrent.
kay
National Alliance to End Homelessness

5. Using Housing First to End Veteran Homelessness in Sarasota, Bradenton, Charlotte County
Susan turns over to kay

6. Housing First Core Components
Few to no programmatic prerequisites to permanent housing entry
Low barrier admission policies
Rapid and streamlined entry into permanent housing
Supportive services are voluntary
Tenants have full rights, responsibilities, and legal protections
Practices and policies to prevent lease violations and evictions
Applicable in a variety of housing models
kay
National Alliance to End Homelessness

7. National Alliance to End Homelessness
Persons in Florida 2013
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Behavioral Health Barometer 2014
National Alliance to End Homelessness

8. National Alliance to End Homelessness
Sarasota County 2013
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Behavioral Health Barometer Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition Out of Reach 2014 Report, Census Bureau 2014,
Florida Council on Homelessness 2014 Report
National Alliance to End Homelessness

9. Federal Criteria and Benchmarks for Ending Veteran Homelessness
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10. Federal Criteria USICH/Mayor’s Challenge Criteria
The Community has identified all veterans experiencing homelessness.
Coordinated Entry
Coordinated Outreach
All Veterans regardless of time served or type of discharge
Kay

11. Federal Criteria USICH/Mayor’s Challenge Criteria
The Community Provides immediate shelter to any unsheltered veteran
Access to shelter is not contingent upon sobriety, income, criminal records, or other unnecessary conditions
Includes ES, bridge housing, TH, or other temporary setting
Kay

12. Federal Criteria USICH/Mayor’s Challenge Criteria
The Community only provides service intensive transitional housing (GPD) in limited instances
Priority for use of TH as a short term bridge to PH
Service intensive TH provided only when a veteran indicates a preference over an immediate offer of permanent housing
Kay

13. Federal Criteria USICH/Mayor’s Challenge Criteria
The Community has capacity to assist every veteran to move swiftly into permanent housing.
Permanent housing has been identified for all veterans experiencing homelessness, including those in transitional housing
Community assists all veterans to quickly move to permanent housing without barriers to entry (housing first principles)
Kay

14. Federal Criteria USICH/Mayor’s Challenge Criteria
The Community has resources, plans and system capacity in place should any veteran become homeless in the future.
Community has a coordinated entry system that includes outreach, identification and engagement to quickly identify and house newly homeless Veterans
Community has resources and capacity to provide services to prevent Veteran homelessness
Community has capacity and resources in place to promote the long term stability of Veterans who have entered permanent housing
Kay

15. Federal Criteria Benchmarks
Chronic homeless among veterans has been ended.
Veterans are continuously offered permanent housing every two weeks even when they do not initially accept the offer.
Kay

16. Federal Criteria Benchmarks
Every veteran has quick access to permanent housing
Average time from identification of the Veteran to permanent housing move-in is 90 days or less.
Kay

17. Federal Criteria Benchmarks
The community has sufficient permanent housing capacity.
Number of Veterans moving to permanent housing each month is greater than the number of Veterans becoming homeless
Kay

18. Federal Criteria Benchmarks
The community is committed to housing first and provides service transitional housing only in limited instances
Number of Veterans choosing service –intensive transitional housing is less than the number of Veterans moving to permanent housing each month
Kay

19. GPD Programs
Service-intensive Transitional Housing (TH) Should only be used in Limited Circumstances
Veteran must be offered access to permanent housing first
Veteran must choose to go to the transitional housing program instead of using the permanent housing offer
Veterans choosing service-intensive TH must be assisted in moving to permanent housing quickly – document regular (every two week) offers

20. Planning
How do we permanently house each veteran still on the master list? Who needs to be engaged?
How will we ensure that each veteran is permanently housed within 90 days or less of being identified as homeless?
What criteria must be met to offer a veteran service intensive TH in only very limited circumstances?
What is a better use of our GPD beds to meet the goal of ending veteran homelessness?
What will Sarasota/Manatee Counties look like with no homeless veterans?
Susan
Who needs to be engaged?
Who is in charge of the list?
What group will review the list? How often?
What information needs to be included?