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Ending Family Homelessness:
Key Strategies
July 15, 2015
National Alliance on Ending
Homelessness Conference
.
Strategies to Re-tool Spokane’s Family Homeless System
Provide an overview of changes made over the past 4 years.
Access to services
Programmatic adaptations
Intentional adjustments to funding
The results we have seen aren’t a result of additional funds
Spokane County- approx 485,000 residents
• 215,000 within the City of Spokane
1,763.79 square miles Median household income, 2014-
$49,233 Persons below poverty level, percent,
2009-2013 15.4% Average rental vacancy rate: 4.3% 2015 Point in Time: 1033 Total Persons US Census Bureau 2007-2014 reports
Early Planning
Community driven discussion about coordinated
entry and rapid re-housing
Learning from HPRP implementation
Washington State requires coordinated entry for
homeless and local funds
System Overview - 2012
All 155 units of emergency shelter / transitional
housing kept their own waitlist
Minimum 3 month wait for emergency housing
Families at top of list received emergency housing
Very few options for permanent housing to exit the
system
2012 Snapshot
38%
62%
Point In Time Total Households with Children
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
275 170
Total Households Served in Temporary Housing
2012 2013 2014 631
2012 2013 2014 Housing Inventory by Permanent and Temporary Housing Type
What We’ve Learned / Adjustments Made Mismatch of units and identified need
Long wait for emergency units and empty transitional
Projects denying families /program barriers
Adjustments
Moved to an interim housing model
Immediate changes in our capacity issues
Ending Family Homeless pilot project
2013 Snapshot
38%
62%
44%
56%
Point In Time Total Households with Children
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
275 170 152
Total Households Served in Temporary Housing
2012 2013 2014 631 908
2012 2013 2014 Housing Inventory by Permanent and Temporary Housing Type
Continued Adjustments - 2014
Shift funds to what was working- rapid re-housing – Causes reductions in other areas
Integrate rapid re-housing strategies into temporary housing
Reclassify two CoC funded projects from transitional housing to rapid re-housing
Fully implement progressive engagement
New leadership at our housing authority
Housing Inventory by Permanent and Temporary Housing Type
2014 Snapshot
38%
62%
44%
56%
Point In Time Total Households with Children
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
275 170 152 146 121
Total Households Served in Temporary Housing
2012 2013 2014 631 908 1175
2012 2013 2014
57%
43%
Continued Challenges / Gaps
Continued difficulty indentifying households with children for permanent supportive units
Enhancing coordinated entry diversion component
Landlord identification and support
Newly identified gaps
GAPS / NEEDS – Households with Children
1 2 7
15
21
61
69
63
71
83 88
103
60 59
32 30
16 15
3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
799 VI-FSPDATs Completed on Families 5.28.15
VI-SPDAT Score
6 % No Intervention
54% Rapid Re-housing or Transitional
Housing
40% for Permanent Supportive
Housing
Summary Re-tooling your homeless system doesn’t require a huge
infusion of additional funds
Implement a Coordinated Entry System that works for your community
Bring all stakeholders to the table and provide data on what you are learning
Be prepared to have difficult conversations and address concerns
Flexibility is critical
Don’t wait until you figure it all out to start moving forward
Thank You
Sheila Morley City of Spokane Homeless and Human Services Program Manager [email protected] 508-625-6052