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

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Page 1: Housing, Homelessness & Healing An update on Ten Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness In Winston-Salem and Asheville

Laying the Foundations for

ChangeHousing, Homelessness & Healing

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

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The Importance of Being Housed

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Introduction to Ten Year Plans & Goals

History of Homelessness Pre- Ten Year Plans

Housing First Progress & Learning

Overview

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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

Brief History of Interventions

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How the SystemDeveloped

Emergency Shelter

Mental Heath

Substance Abuse

Treatment

Child Care

Schools

Permanent Supportive

Housing

Permanent Housing

Transitional Housing

Employment

Disability Income

Health Care

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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

Ten Year Plan Movement

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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

NC Communities with TYPs

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 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.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth CountyVISION STATEMENT

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Why a Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness?

Bethesda Center

Salvation Army Recue Mission

Because Shelter is not a Home

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It is achievable

It’s the Right Thing to Do!

1) Morally

2) Fiscally

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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.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Goals

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National Picture of Homelessness 2007-2011

2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

Total Homeless Total Sheltered Total UnshelteredTotal Chronically Homeless

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)

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

100

200

300

400

500

600

Unsheltered 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 67 36

Total Persons 453 490 431 429 445 441 519 418 444

Total Sheltered 453 490 431 429 445 441 457 351 408

Total Chronic

Axis Title

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County PIT Count 2005-2011

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Goal 598 Units

Housing Development 2006- 2012

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

100.00%

88.33%

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5th Street Project

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Hunters Hill

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Veteran Helping Veterans Heal

Add VHVH photo

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5th St Extenstion

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

Partnership with Public Housing Authority

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The Commons- the ultimate collaboration to end homelessness

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Average Length Homeless2010 CHIN Data

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•Individuals in Emergency Shelter: 243 days

•Families in Emergency Shelter: 119 days

•Individuals in Transitional Housing: 112 days

•Families in Transitional Housing: 95 days

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Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing

◦ Served 278 (528 ind) Households from 2009-2012◦ 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

Forsyth Rapid Re-Housing Collaborative

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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)

Veteran Re-Housing Program

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Housing Stabilization

Child Care/

Schools

Mental Health/

Substance Abuse Services

Short-Term Rental

Assistance, Deposits, Arrears

Family/Social

Supports

Employment/

Disability/Education Benefits

Emergency Shelter

Permanent Supportive

Housing

Physical Health Care

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PROPOSED SYSTEM