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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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