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OUR CITY, OUR HOMELESS, OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITYMoving our Community Forward to Address HomelessnessCommunity & Staff Presentation November 1 2011Community & Staff Presentation November 1, 2011

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• Our CityOur City

• Our Homeless

• Our Shared Responsibility

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OUR CITY

• Who We Are

• A History of What We’ve Done

• Our Vision for the Future

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OUR CITY

Who We Are

• City staff

• Non‐profit service providers

• Faith‐Based Organizations

• Organized into manypartnerships to help end homelessness in Virginia Beach

• Also part of a regional partnership to end homelessness in the region

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OUR CITY

A Brief History of Our Work

Frank Bragg, Art Mann and Dick Powell

Brenda McCormick and Mothers Inc. start winter shelter program at area churches.

Inter‐faith network of

Mann and Dick Powell serve first meal of the Virginia Beach Christian outreach; continues at the Fire Escape on 17th St.

JCOC purchases

1980s

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70 faith communities join together to push for a shelter in Virginia Beach.

property on Virginia Beach Blvd., providing 10 beds for women and families, and 20 for single men.

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1997: Lighthouse Center opens at the Oceanfront.

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2006: Gosnold opens in Norfolk, providing 60 units of permanent supportive housing.

2007: City C il d t

2008: Cloverleaf opens in Virginia Beach, providing additional 60 units of permanent supportive housing.

1990‐2000s

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Hampton Roads Regional Task Force to End Homelessness is formed.

Council adopts 10‐year Plan.

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OUR CITY


Below: South Bay in Portsmouth (Opened February 2011)

Above: Cloverleaf in Virginia Beach

(Opened November 2008)

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OUR HOMELESS

How Do We Compare to Other Cities and the U.S. as a Whole?

2010 ‐ Homeless Persons per 10,000 of General Population

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Virginia Beach (434,922)

Ocean City (167,857)

Ft. Lauderdale (1,759,132)

United States (301,461,533)

Norfolk (236,071)

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Myrtle Beach (501,134)

San Diego (1,297,618)

Daytona Beach (580,076)

Key West (74,024)

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OUR CITY

Our Vision

“This is our city, they are our homeless, it is our shared responsibility.”

9Pictured: 2009 Faith‐Based Forum; 2010 Regional Conference on Ending Homelessness

• Addressing homelessness is “our shared responsibility”!

• Our system prioritizes the use of resources and uses them efficiently

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Our Vision

• Our community is well‐informed about and supportive of our work

• We are a true community partnership, including regional neighbors, operating a sustainable system that succeeds in getting help to people who need it

• People in need can access our services

• Our work is done according to a philosophy of opportunity and mutual accountability from all

• We see our work to end homelessness in the context of all

• People who become homeless are safely and quickly sheltered and obtain housing in quality facilitiesthat contribute to our city and neighborhoods

other city goals, includingpromoting economic vitality and safe, well‐maintained, quality neighborhoods

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OUR CITY

Our Overall Goals

1) Prevent homelessness wherever possible

2) Rapidly re‐house people

3) Maintain and expand affordable housing resources

) d h l b l f4) Expand the availability of resources

5) Connect people to needed services

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• Relocate the Lighthouse Center and provide enhanced day services including a focus on re

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Three‐Year Action Plan

enhanced day services, including a focus on re‐housing and employment

• Reduce encampments and street homelessnessthrough effective outreach and the creation of additional housing

• Create another efficiency apartment building or similar facility

• Enhance and expand our ability to quickly re‐house homeless families.

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• Upgrade Judeo‐Christian Outreach Center campus on 17th St

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Three‐Year Action Plan

on 17th St.

• Create a regional Healing Place

• Improve efficiency and effectiveness of our overall system through increased coordination, new services that address needs and potential co location ofthat address needs, and potential co‐location of facilities

• Improve monitoring, data collection and reporting for better analysis, understanding and planning

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Mayors’ Action Challenge unveiled in 2008 at the National League of Cities Congress & Exposition in Florida

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Nation‐Wide Mayors’ Action Challenge

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Challenged Mayors across the country to set goals to ensure thatevery child has:

• Opportunities to learn and grow• A safe neighborhood to call home • A healthy lifestyle and environment• A financially fit family in which to thrive

Mayor Sessoms and the City Council embraced the challenge

We believe that our work to address homelessness is consistent with the Mayors’ Action Challenge

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OUR HOMELESS

• Causes of Homelessness

• Who Are Our Homeless?

• Counting the Homeless

F t & Fi• Facts & Figures

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• Financial causes – job loss major expenses including

OUR HOMELESS

Causes of Homelessness

Financial causes job loss, major expenses including health care

• Short or long‐term disability leading to inability to work

• Mental health issues leading to poor choices

• Family break‐up due to various causes

Different causes require different solutions.

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Not just single adult men and women on the street.

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Who Are Our Homeless?

Also…• Families with children

– A growing part of homeless the population– Less visible – generally in motels, doubled‐up

• Disconnected youth• Disconnected youth – Those exiting the foster care system with nowhere to go– Forced out of childhood home by their own family

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• We cannot control the causes of homelessness

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About Counting Homelessness

• People move in and out of homelessness on an ongoing basis

• There is not a single number of homeless people that we can house and say we have succeeded

Wh t d t th b t ibl• What we can do: get the best possible understanding of the different needs in our community, and act to address them

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OUR HOMELESS

Facts & Figures

• 427 people – January 2011 Point‐in‐Time Count, including 92 single adultsincluding 92 single adults

• Summer Count – 125 unsheltered single adults

• 762 homeless children in VB schools during 2010‐2011 school year

• An estimated 4,300 people (1% of the population) could experience an episode of h l ll (C f U b d C ihomelessness annually (Center for Urban and Community

Studies 2010 Report)

• Connection Point: 1,300+ calls for emergency housing assistance, September 2011

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OUR HOMELESS

2010 ‐Major Effort to Combat Effect of the Recession on Families

Point‐in‐Time Comparisons 2008‐2011

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2010 ‐Major Effort to Combat Effect of the Recession on Families

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DragasGrant

HPRP Funds

$1.5 million in new, one‐time funding

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2011HUD‐Defined Homeless in VB

427 people

2010HUD‐DefinedHomeless in VB

517 people

Fewer At‐Risk Families Falling into Homelessness

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Housing Affordability Problems for Renters Can Lead to Homelessness

Total Households

(50,750)

Households with Housing Problems

(25,375)

Households with Moderate Cost Burdens

(12,995)

Households with Severe Cost Burdens

48% of total renters are

cost‐burdened

(9,015)

Households with Overcrowding

(1,010)Households with housing condition

issues (450)

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Source: US Census, American Communities Survey

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OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY

• Progress Made

• What’s In Motion

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Progress Made

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A lot has been accomplished since the 10‐Year Plan was adopted in 2007:

• Over 500 households provided with homeless prevention funds

• 73 formerly homeless adults have moved into permanent supportive housing beds (Cloverleaf , JCOC, & other programs)

• 60 HUD‐Veterans Affairs Supportive H i (VASH) h h bHousing (VASH) vouchers have been issued to formerly homeless veterans

• Hundreds of homeless families have been assisted with Dragas and Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re‐housing (HPRP) assistance

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Donation Meters & Special Council Funding from 2010

G d $5 000 i hiGenerated $5,000 in sponsorships and $2,032.65 in donations so far

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Donation Meters & Special Council Funding from 2010

How You’re Helping ‐ $25,000 you allocated to the program + Donation Meter funds resulted in:

• 1,195 tickets for travel to job and benefits interviews, medical appointments, employment

• Prescriptions for 116 persons

• I.D. cards for 226 persons

• …More detail on this program in an upcoming presentation

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What’s In Motion

Current Planning and Advisory Groups:• BEACH (Bringing an End to All City Homelessness) Community• BEACH (Bringing an End to All City Homelessness) Community

Partnership

— Oceanfront Homeless Advisory/Single Homelessness Committee

— Family Homelessness Committee

— Services Coordination Committee

— Fundraising Committee

— Advocacy CommitteeAdvocacy Committee

• Lighthouse Site Options and Neighborhood Issues Committees

• South Hampton Roads Regional Task Force to End Homelessness

• VBHARP – Continuum of Care planning

• Project HOPE – VB City schools27


What’s In Motion

Projects planned or currently being developed:developed:

• Cedar Grove: VBCDC’s 32‐unit apartment complex to serve homeless and/or disabled veterans

• Heron’s Landing: VSH’s 60‐unit SRO in Chesapeake to serve 8 people

• Healing Place: Regional substance abuse The Healing Place ‐ Louisville, KYHealing Place: Regional substance abuse recovery center and program

• 1,000 Homes Campaign: Regional initiative to house the most medically fragile homeless people

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What’s In Motion

Below: Cedar Grove (Opening 2012)

Above: Heron’s Landing (Opening 2012)

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What’s In Motion

Outreach efforts in place or being planned:

P i t i Ti C t/P j t H l• Point‐in‐Time Count/Project Homeless Connect : annually in January

• Summer Count : Done in August 2011, perhaps annually

• Lighthouse Center Client Survey: in process

C ti P i t ll t f i t• Connection Point – call center for assistance

• Ongoing DHS/PATH Outreach

• Non‐profit and Faith‐based outreach efforts

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Lighthouse Center Relocation

During 2011…January Proposed vote re: locating Lighthouse Center on Birdneck Rd.

→ community concern about location

Jan. – April Public meetings

March Site Options Committee appointed

May 27 City Manager letter with action plan direction (details to follow)

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Aug. – Nov. Community input meetings(details on following slides)

Sept. Research report re: best practices for homeless service centers


Lighthouse Center Relocation

Community Input Meetings*A 3 1st C it Di l M ti @ B h F ll hi Ch hAug. 3 1st Community Dialogue Meeting @ Beach Fellowship Church

78 attendees

Aug. 31 2nd Community Dialogue Meeting @ VB Law Enforcement Training Academy42 attendees

Sep. 14 Core stakeholders meeting re: neighborhood issues

@ EMS Facility30 attendees

Sep. 19 Lighthouse Site Options Committee Meeting

@ VB Municipal Center27 attendees

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Meeting 27 attendees

Oct. 5 Neighborhood Issues CommitteeMeeting

@ 2nd Police Precinct Facility19 attendees

Nov. 7 Service Provider Meeting re: Expectations for Homeless Clients

*Councilman Uhrin attended a number of these meetings

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Community Input Summary

• Current homeless assistance system and facility l ti i t f t i hb h dlocations impact oceanfront neighborhoods

• Expending funds for a new center without providing new housing options was questioned

• Siting criteria need to be reviewed, including the

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rationale for location at the resort area

• Provider and city policies should be reviewed closely to determine how they affect neighborhoods


City Manager’s May 27th Letter

Plan:

Review existing criteria for locating the Lighthouse Center and determine if there are more factors and issues that should be included and if they should be adjusted

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Response:

Criteria were reviewed and results are summarized in this presentation

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City Manager’s May 27th Letter (2)

Plan:

Complete additional research on best practices; obtain more detailed information on the homeless population in Virginia Beach; obtain examples of the location of day service centers in other cities and how they affected service utilization

Response:

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Report is complete and on our website; summer census;

Lighthouse user survey; site visit to Union Mission‐at their new

campus



Plan:Plan:

Identify additional sites, including some outside the Resort Area

Response:

Site identification has continued; pending your guidance

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f ; p g y gfrom this meeting, site recommendations will be reviewed with the community and Council

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Plan:

Establish a functional, high‐quality temporary Lighthouse Center site on city‐owned land north of the current JCOC campus on 17th St.

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This option was evaluated but has significant cost and timing issues and therefore alternatives are being sought



Plan:

Establish ongoing dialogue between area residents and JCOC and VOA

Response:

Meetings to discuss community concerns in detail have been held.

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In addition, staff are meeting with providers to identify potential policy issues to address. This process includes the Police Department, Human Services and DHNP and is ongoing now.

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Plan:

Expand the membership of, and hold a limited number of additional meetings of the Lighthouse Site Options Committee

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Meetings were held during the summer; additional public

participation did occur



Plan:

Present each of the proposed site options in the context of our overall plan to address homelessness, showing the context and impact of the various options.

Response:

Our presentation today and the report that accompanies it

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Our presentation today, and the report that accompanies it, presents our overall plan. Based on your guidance, site options that are proposed will be evaluated based on elements of this plan.

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Plan:

Staff to report to City Manager in October; City Manager to make site recommendation

Response:

Site recommendations will follow this report

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Lighthouse Relocation Criteria

Recommendations from Lighthouse Site Options Committee

C IdConsensus Ideas • In an industrial or commercial zone, away from residential• Public transit route within 1,000 ft.• Near social services• Near police• Accessible to other providers, resources, employment

opportunities

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Non‐Consensus• In a central location• Located no more than 1.5 miles from Oceanfront

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Current Homeless Assistance System in the Resort Area

• Made possible through the continuing generosity of p g g g ycommunity members and faith organizations

• Multiple sites in close proximity provide “circuit” of services

• Negative impact of circuit on community

S i f iliti d i t d l ti

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• Service facilities need improvement and relocation – Lighthouse Center – JCOC


Research Report

Purpose:u pose

• Provide baseline for comparison of Virginia Beach homeless facilities to those in other resort cities

• Compile list of best practices for homeless service centers

Report available on DHNP website as of September

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Research ReportLocalities included in report Other localities reviewed

during research process

• Daytona Beach, FL

• Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Key West, FL

• Myrtle Beach, SC

• Norfolk, VA

• Ocean City MD

• Baltimore, MD

• Dallas, TX

• Oklahoma City, OK

• Phoenix, AZ

• Richmond, VA

• San Antonio, TXOcean City, MD

• San Diego, CA

• Virginia Beach, VA

• Hennepin County (Minneapolis, MN)

• Franklin County (Columbus, OH)

San Antonio, TX

• St Louis, MO

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Research ReportConclusions

1) There are only a few cities with day service only centers (such as the1) There are only a few cities with day‐service‐only centers (such as the current Lighthouse Center)

2) Trend toward consolidating full spectrum of services for the homeless (including overnight shelter) into one campus location

3) Homeless‐serving facility can be successfully located away from beach/resort area /

• Housing and/or shelter component necessary• May also require transportation component to bring people to the campus

4) An effective data management system is critical to track outcomes / success rates

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• Staff and community proposed a combination shelter and h i f ili i 1989 d C il d i


Our History re: the Campus Model

permanent housing facility in 1989, and Council approved it

• The facility could not be built because of issues with the seller

• The current Lighthouse Center, completed in 1997, was intended to include a shelter; the current day‐services‐only center is the result of a compromise that removed the shelter in order to obtain approval.

• Faith communities have continued to support the Winter Shelter program as a substitute

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What is a Campus Model?• Consolidates multiple complementary services for homeless in one location

– Provides for all/majority of daily needs and offers supportive services

• Guiding philosophy

– Provide a complete continuum of services to facilitate progression out of homelessness, permanently

– Maximize time homeless able to spend on enrichment/development activities

– Minimize burden on homeless having to travel throughout city to obtain multiple services

C i• Campus sizes vary

(can be actual campus or one multi‐use building)

– Haven for Hope, San Antonio – 100 acres

– Union Mission, Norfolk – 24 acres

– Broward County Partnership, Fort Lauderdale – 3.2 acres

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Campus Model Example: Union Mission, Norfolk

New Men’s Shelter

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Union Mission: Rendering of Proposed Men’s Overnight Shelter

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Daily Bread, Baltimore

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St. Patrick Center, St. Louis

Business Incubator Lobby

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Broward Partnership, Fort Lauderdale

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Bridge Homeless Center: Dallas, TX

AIA 2009 National Housing Award Winner

Photo: Overland Partners

Photo: Overland Partners

Housing Award Winner

• 3.41 acres

• 75,000 sq. ft.

• Assist approx. 1400 individuals per day

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Campus ModelPotential Facilities on a Virginia Beach Homeless Services Campus

• Day services centery

• Short‐term / Emergency shelter or short term housing

– Singles and families– Beds for hospital release

• Specialized services through community providers

– Vocational training/experience– Education programsM di l / d l li i– Medical / dental clinic

• Long‐term housing

• Social detox facility

• City offices (Dept. of Human Services, more…)

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Campus Model

Benefits to the Community(Depending on what services are located on the Campus)

1) Improved results for moving people permanently out of homelessness reduces cost to the community for: – Police– Courts– Jail stays– Emergency room visits /EMS services – Foster care placements– Estimated $20,000+ per person / per year

2) Reduce foot traffic through community of homeless seeking out assistance

3) Provides a service and geographic focus for community support– Funding; Donations; Volunteering

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Campus Model

Benefits to the Homeless

1) P id f d bl i1) Provides safe and stable environment

2) Access to services much easier and less costly than traveling to multiple locations throughout city (by walking/biking/bus)

3) Ease of meeting daily needs frees up time to spend addressing barriers to housing– Accelerates opportunity to progress toward permanent

housing situation

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Campus Model

Principles for Design and Operation

E ll Si D i• Excellent Site Design– Be a model for good design and sustainability

– Provide flexible spaces to meet changing community needs

– Provide separate spaces for singles and families

• Operational PrinciplesEstablish and enforce guidelines that insure campus is a good neighbor– Establish and enforce guidelines that insure campus is a good neighbor

– Provide continuum of complementary programs to help people progress out of homelessness

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Campus Model Flow ChartHomelessPopulation

Those at‐risk of Homelessness

Existing Housing ResourcesVouchers

FutureRegional Healing Place

(substance abuse recovery)

VouchersNon‐profit Providers

FaithOrganizations

Permanent Housing Options

Adult Overnight Shelter

Family Overnight Shelter

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Central Intake/Assessment/Referral

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Day Services

Partner Organizations

Vocational TrainingEducation Programs

More…

Permanent Housing Options

On Campus

Off‐Campus Resources

Track & Measure Outcomes


Summary

1) We should be proud of the intensive efforts that have been made by the community, city, and region y, y, g• Without them the current Virginia Beach homeless rate would be

higher

2) Must continue to stay ahead of future needs through proactive, long‐range planning

• It takes years to plan, fund and develop quality facilities• JCOC and the Lighthouse Center need upgrading

3) Neighborhood impacts of facilities and services at the resort area should be addressed

4) Streamlining homeless services under a centralized operations structure and campus model will allow us to achieve better outcomes with our existing set of resources

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What Are We Asking Today?

• Your questions and comments

• Your guidance and feedback on community efforts to reduce homelessness

• Should staff develop a formal proposal for Council to consider that would include site and program optionsconsider that would include site and program options for a homeless services “campus” facility?

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME & SUPPORT!Questions, comments, suggestions?

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Documents

Community & Staff Presentation November 1 2011Effect of the Recession on Families 2010 2011 Dragas Grant HPRP Funds $1.5 million in new, one‐time funding 21 HUD‐Defined Homeless