1. San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC)
City of San Diego Homeless Shelters & Services Programs
Temporary Bridge Shelters December Reporting Summary
Housing Authority of the City of San Diego Agenda Item #3
March 13, 2018
Jeff Davis
Executive Vice President & Chief of Staff
San Diego Housing Commission
Lisa Jones
Director of Housing First Administration
Homeless Housing Innovations Department

2. Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
City of San Diego
Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
Objectives
Offer a safe place for men, women, and children experiencing homelessness to receive Bridge Housing, Emergency Shelter, and appropriate services needed while preparing for permanent housing placements using the principles of “Housing First.”
Contribute to the regional goals of ensuring instances of homelessness are rare, brief, and non-recurring.
San Diego Housing Commission
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3. Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
City of San Diego
Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
Goals
Low Barrier
Prioritize entry of 100 percent of beds for persons from the Streets, Emergency Shelter, or Safe Havens.
Occupancy Rate
Maintain a monthly average occupancy rate of at least 95 percent.
Length of Stay
Average length of time to move program participants out of shelters and into permanent housing is 120 days (no limit on length of stay).
San Diego Housing Commission
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4. Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
City of San Diego
Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
Prioritization Levels – Target Populations
Priority Level 01
Unit Ready
VI-SPDAT score
“Match Ready”
Matched to a housing subsidy
Looking for permanent housing
Priority Level 02
Match Ready
VI-SPDAT score
“Match Ready”
Waiting to be matched to a housing subsidy
01 Unit Ready
02 Match Ready
03 Navigation Ready
04 Assessment Ready
Subpopulations
Single Adults
Families & Single Women
Veterans
Priority Level 03
Navigation Ready
VI-SPDAT score
Working with Housing Navigator to become “Match Ready”
Priority Level 04
Assessment Ready
VI-SPDAT score
San Diego Housing Commission
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5. Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
City of San Diego
Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
Overview
Single Adults
Operator: Alpha Project for the Homeless
Location: 16th & Newton
Opened: December 1, 2017
Veterans
Operator: Veterans Village of San Diego
Location: Sports Arena Boulevard
Opened: December 22, 2017
Single Women & Families
Operator: Father Joe’s Villages
Location: 14th & Commercial
Opened: Projected to Open January 3, 2018
Temporary Bridge Shelters
Safe, short-term program providing shelter and basic services focused on supporting residents to access permanent housing.
San Diego Housing Commission
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6. Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
City of San Diego
Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
Single Adults
Capacity
Nightly Capacity: 324 beds are available each night to single men and women.
Occupancy: On December 31, 2018, 96% of the available beds were occupied.
Numbers Served
Total Served December: 436 individuals
Total Served YTD: 436 individuals
Exits to Permanent Housing
Exits to Permanent Housing: 7
Exits to Permanent Housing YTD: 7
Single Adults Shelter
Provides Temporary Bridge Shelter and appropriate services to single adults in a supportive, low-barrier environment.
Prioritization Levels
December Intakes - Priority 1 and 2: 38
December Intakes - Priority 3 & 4: 398
San Diego Housing Commission
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7. Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
City of San Diego
Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
Veterans
Capacity
Nightly Capacity: 200 beds each night are available to single Veterans.
Occupancy: On December 31, 2018, 29% of the available beds were occupied.
Numbers Served
Total Served January: 84 individuals
Total Served YTD: 84 individuals
Exits to Permanent Housing
Exits to Permanent Housing: 0
Exits to Permanent Housing YTD: 0
Photo: San Diego Union-Tribune
Veterans Shelter
Provides Temporary Bridge Shelter and appropriate services to single adult veterans in a supportive, low-barrier environment.
Prioritization Levels
December Intakes - Priority 1 and 2: 78
December Intakes - Priority 3 & 4: 6
San Diego Housing Commission
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8. Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
City of San Diego
Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
Challenges
The primary challenge to date has been the quality of data in the Coordinated Entry System (CES), which informs the prioritization reports used for intakes into each Shelter.
Given the age of the data in CES, the Shelters experienced problems reaching out to individuals identified in the first data captures. Examples include:
Outdated client geographic location;
Outdated contact information (e.g., disconnected phone numbers); and
Invalid housing statuses (e.g., 37 of the 164 clients identified as Priority Level 1 were already in permanent housing).
San Diego Housing Commission
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9. Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
City of San Diego
Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
Next Steps
SDHC and Shelter operators have been working closely with the Regional Task Force on Homelessness to refine CES data entries and ensure more accurate prioritization lists are generated.
Moving forward, these issues are expected to diminish as referrals to the Shelters will be made in real or near real-time by RTFH staff at the same time a Housing Navigator is assigned or a permanent housing resource match is secured by a household.
San Diego Housing Commission
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10. Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
City of San Diego
Temporary Bridge Shelter Programs
Questions
San Diego Housing Commission
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