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25th Anniversary Commission
Addressing the Link Between Affordable Housing & the Educational Advancement
of Children in Hampton Roads
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ForKids: Our Mission
Breaking the cycle of
homelessness and poverty for families and children
ForKids Today
75+ Residential Units
Service Sites in 3 Cities◦ Norfolk◦ Suffolk◦ Chesapeake
75+ Staff◦ 50 Full-Time
$4M Operating Budget
Daily Service Capacity: approx. 175 Families
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Our Facilities
Serving Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach,
Suffolk, Franklin, Isle of Wight & Southampton County
Regional Call Center Adult & Children’s
Education◦ Educational assessment,
tutoring & school advocacy◦ GED Classes◦ Life Skills
Clinical Services◦ Intensive Case Management◦ Mental & physical healthcare
Housing Solutions◦ Emergency Shelter◦ Transitional Housing◦ Permanent Supportive Housing◦ Prevention, Rapid Re-Housing
Our ModelHousing, Education & Clinical Services
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Last year we assisted1,107 people (333 families w/ 660 children
88% (204 of 230) of households exited to housing
ForKids Housing Performance
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2008 2013 Change
Daily Service Capacity*
71 175 141%
Total Budget $2.3m
$3.9m 70%
Community Fundraising
$1.1m
$2.0m 82%
ForKids @ 25
Bigger, stronger, more efficient
* Families
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Over 200 households call us each week Over 10,000 households requested help in
the last 12 months
ForKids @ 25
Emergency Shelter
Rent/Utility Payment Assis-tance
Domestic Violence Shelters
Food
Housing Related Services
Clothing/Basic Needs
Health Care
Veteran Assistance
Misc.
Shelter
51%Rent/Utility Pmt. Assistance
38%
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VIDEO
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“Making housing more affordable to those who need help most is,
with some exceptions, a cause without powerful supporters.”
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Frank Batten, Jr., Chair Chairman & CEO , Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC Joan Perry Brock Community Volunteer Harry Lee Cross, III Owner and Managing Broker, Cross Realty D. B. “Bart” Frye, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, Frye Properties, Inc. Helen Dragas President & CEO, The Dragas Companies William E. Harrell President and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit Henry (Sandy) Harris III CFA, CIC, Principal and Portfolio Manager of
Palladium Registered Investment Advisors Paul Hirschbiel President, Eden Capital Samuel T. King, Ph.D. Superintendent, Norfolk Public Schools
Harry T. Lester Community Leader John Littel Executive Vice President of External Relations for
Wellpoint, Inc. Alan Nusbaum Chairman S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. Anita Poston Partner, Vandeventer, Black James Spore City Manager, City of Virginia Beach Judy K. Stewart, Ph.D. Co-Founder, Virginia STEAM Academy David Stuckwisch, Ph.D. Superintendent of Portsmouth Public Schools Jody Wagner President of Jody’s Michelle W. Woodhouse, Ed.D. Provost of the Fred W. Beazley Portsmouth Campus,
Tidewater Community College
ForKids 25th Anniversary CommissionAddressing the Link Between
Affordable Housing & the Educational Advancement of Children in Hampton Roads
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EducationPatricia A. Popp, Ph.D.Project HOPE-Virginia The College of William & Mary
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What do we know? “Achievement gaps related to homelessness and residential instability emerge early and persist”
Education of Homeless Children
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What are the Barriers/Challenges??
Cost to provide services Stigma of identification Transportation
Education of Homeless Children
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Downstream ImpactLower reading scores
Retention
Drop-outs
Lower wages Housing Instability
Education of Homeless Children
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McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance ActEducation for Homeless Children
and Youth (EHCY) Program
Title X, Part C2001 Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
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Defining Homelessness for EHCY
An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youth :
sharing housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship
living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate housing
living in emergency shelter or transitional housing
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Defining homelessness (cont’d)
Including children and youth :- abandoned in hospitals- awaiting foster care - having a primary nighttime residence that is
a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations
- living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations
- migratory students meeting the description- unaccompanied youth meeting the
description
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70%
15%
13%
2%
Virginia 2012 Initial Primary Nighttime Residence
Doubled up
Sheltered
Hotel/Motel
Unsheltered
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2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-2011 2011-12
10,564 9,898 11,776
12,768 14,223
16,420 17,940
Students Identified as Homeless Enrolled in Virginia
Public Schools (preK-12)
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200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
Students Identified as Home-less by Local School Divisions
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
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*Data collection methodology in Suf-folk shifted in 2010
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Funding 2012-13 School Year*
Division MV Subgrant
Title I, Part A
Other Local
Chesapeake Non subgrant 2,000 --
Norfolk 50,000 50,177 --
Portsmouth 15,000 18,364 --
Suffolk Non subgrant 4,048 --
Virginia Beach 70,000 101,434 153,000
*based on MV and Title I, A application budgets -- none reported
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SY 2009-10 Grades 3-8 State Reading Assessment Pass Rate
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0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
66%72%
78%73%
52%
88%
Virginia Chesa-peake
Norfolk Port-smouth
Suffolk Virginia Beach
All Students 88 91.2 77 80.8 84.1 86.8
Economically disadvantaged anytime
78.8 82.4 72.1 76.4 75.5 77.8
Homeless 72.1 90.9 66.7 61.1 69.2 65.9
Homeless any-time
67.7 66.7 62.1 51.2 67.7 68.2
5.0
25.0
45.0
65.0
85.0
On-Time Graduation Rate 2012
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2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
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20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
82.1 83.2 85.5 86.6 88
59.8
66.571.4 70.9 72.1
57.461.7
65.9 65.8 67.7
State Homeless Homeless Anytime
Virginia’s On-Time Graduation Rate
Note: Data are 2011 annual averages for persons age 25 and over. Earnings are for full-time wage and salary workers. Graphic downloaded from: http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm, May 2013.
Education pays in higher earnings and lower unemployment rates
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“I may be Homeless,
but I am not Hopeless.”--LeTendre Scholarship Recipient
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Questions/Discussion
Education of Homeless Children
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Affordable Housing
What is Affordable Housing?◦ HUD considers housing affordable to a household
if it is spending no more than 30% of its income on housing. @ $10,000/year (15% of AMI), affordable rent
=$250 @ $20,000/yr (30% of AMI), affordable rent = $500 @ $32,500/yr (50% of AMI), affordable rent = $810
◦ Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects rent @ or below 50% AMI affordability
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Affordable Housing
Gap analyses indicate a shortage of rental units for extremely low income families:◦ Nationally: 38 units affordable and available
for every 100 extremely low income families
◦ In Virginia, 52 units affordable and available for every 100 extremely low income families
◦ In Norfolk, 49 affordable units for every 100 extremely low income households
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Of Norfolk’s 85,000 households ◦33,300 have incomes less than 50% AMI
◦19,000 have incomes less than 30% AMI
19,000 households in Norfolk can’t afford affordable housing
Affordable Housing – 2010 Census
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Affordable Housing
What is Assisted Housing?◦ Rental opportunities for extremely low income
families that include Federal subsidies to keep housing affordable. Public Housing Units Housing Choice Vouchers Project Based Section 8
◦ Homebuyer assistance for down payments and closing costs.
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Housing Provided by NRHA
Public Housing – 3,500 units Housing Choice Vouchers – 2,700
households Project Based Section 8 – 81 units Other Affordable Apartments – 1,206 units Total Households Served – 7,487
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Housing Provided by NRHA
Challenges Ahead Of 3,500 units in 11 NRHA communities:
80% of the tenants have incomes below 30% of AMI (Extremely Low Income).
In 2013, HUD provide only 82% of the operating subsidy called for to support quality assisted housing. Result: a $3 million deficit this year
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VHDA providing LIHTC for 200 – 250 units in Tidewater area annually
New Affordable Housing
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Questions/Discussion
Affordable Housing
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DataThaler McCormick, Chief Executive Officer, ForKids
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HUD ◦ HMIS (Homeless Management Information
System)◦ PIT (Point-in-Time) Count
Department of Education (McKinney-Vento)◦ Local School Systems
Central Intake Systems/Hotlines◦ ForKids◦ Samaritan House
Current Data Sources
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HUD Point-in-Time (PIT) Count A 24-hour count held the end of January
each year Organization by local Continuums of Care
(CoCs) and data is put into local Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS)
Strict definitions of who qualifies as homeless
Current Data Collection
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HUD PIT CountPositives It is a national snapshot taken at the same time
period throughout the country.
Negatives Seriously undercounts families
◦ Does not count families moving place-to-place◦ Time of count (January, traditionally the lowest period
of family homelessness) Changing HUD definitions skew data 24-hr counts are easily impacted by weather City data is duplicative, some excluded (Norfolk)
Current Data Collection
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McKinney VentoPublic Schools System identification that
applies to children and youth with: Uncertain housing A temporary address No permanent physical address
Includes all HUD categories PLUS: In a motel, hotel, or campground Doubled up with relatives or friends
Current Data Collection
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McKinney VentoPositives Broad definition better covers homeless and
unstably housed families 1-year tracking ID happens in schools, where children are
Negatives Uneven standards for implementation Weak outreach Data not shared among school districts with
mobile population 1-year tracking Does not include families w/ pre-school children
Current Data Collection
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2010 2011 20120
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Counting Homeless Children in South Hampton Roads
SchoolsPIT
Ho
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2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Homeless Students in VA 14227 16420 17940
1,000
3,000
5,000
7,000
9,000
11,000
13,000
15,000
17,000
19,000
Gov. McDonnell: Family Homelessness DOWN 11% from 2010-2012
26% Increase per school data
Data Disconnect
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Data Disconnect
Policy Makers Alternate View
Our approach is working◦ Governor cites 11%
drop Manageable Problem
◦ +/- 300 homeless kids in South Hampton Roads
◦ Only 2 unsheltered families from Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach
We are losing◦ 26% increase
reported by public school systems
The problem is large◦ More than 1,500
homeless school aged children
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Questions/Discussion
Current Data Collection
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Best PracticesKathlyn Taylor Gaubatz, Ph.D. Special Project Director, 25th Anniversary Commission, ForKids
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Poor families are helped by environments – both neighborhoods and schools – where poverty is not concentrated.
Middle-class and well-off families are not harmed when poor families join their neighborhoods.
Economic integration of neighborhoods is a win-win situation.
The Consistent Theme:
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Best Practice:
Targeted Support Programs for Homeless and Highly Mobile
Children & Youth
Educational Advancement
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A Child’s Place – Charlotte, NC
Over 2,000 homeless children served
Social work teams, tutors, lunch buddies
97% promoted to next grade
92% read on grade level
Educational Advancement
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Center for Evidence-Based MentoringUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston
Standards for: Recruitment Screening Training Matching Monitoring Supporting Establishing closure
Educational Advancement
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Best Practice:
Regional Housing Plans
Examples: Milwaukee Portland Atlanta Sacramento Boston
Affordable Housing
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Regional Housing Plans encompass multiple and diverse tools
For example:
Local Dedicated Revenue Sources Housing Trust Funds Adaptive Reuse of Long Vacant Commercial Buildings Tax Increment Financing Density Bonuses Donation of Tax-foreclosed Properties Land Banking Green Building
Affordable Housing
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Fair Share Programs
Promote equitable distribution of affordable housing throughout a region
A target number of units is typically assigned to each city
Affordable Housing
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Assisted Housing Mobility Programs
Help individual families move to areas with:◦ Lower concentrations of poverty◦ Better schools◦ Lower crime◦ Improved geographic access to jobs
Affordable Housing
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Land Use Control PracticesFor example:
Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units
Affordable Housing
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Best Practice:
Inclusionary Zoning & Mixed-Income Housing
Affordable Housing
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East Lake Foundation – Atlanta
Before:
East Lake Meadows:A “War Zone” Public Housing
Project
Affordable Housing
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Affordable Housing
East Lake Meadows
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East Lake Foundation – Atlanta
After:
The Villages of East Lake
Mixed-income community – every other unit Drew Charter School YMCA Two early childhood development centers Public golf course and youth golf program Teen college prep program Major grocery store
Affordable Housing
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At Drew Charter School, in 2011:
99% of students in grades 3 – 8 met or exceeded state standards for Reading
94% of students in grades 3 – 8 met or exceeded state standards for Math
Students performed in the top third of the nation on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills
Affordable Housing
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The Villages of East Lake
Affordable Housing
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Discussion
The Path Forward
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25th Anniversary Commission