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Laying the Foundations for
ChangeHousing, Homelessness & Healing
An update on Ten Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness In Winston-Salem and Asheville
The Importance of Being Housed
Introduction to Ten Year Plans & Goals
History of Homelessness Pre- Ten Year Plans
Housing First Progress & Learning
Overview
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
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
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
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
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
Why a Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness?
Bethesda Center
Salvation Army Recue Mission
Because Shelter is not a Home
It is achievable
It’s the Right Thing to Do!
1) Morally
2) Fiscally
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
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)
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
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%
5th Street Project
Hunters Hill
Veteran Helping Veterans Heal
Add VHVH photo
5th St Extenstion
Shelter Plus Care HOME Tenant-based Rental Assistance Section 8 Vouchers Public Housing Units Family Reunification Vouchers
Partnership with Public Housing Authority
The Commons- the ultimate collaboration to end homelessness
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
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
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
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