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Rural communities across the country have made significant progress in reducing homelessness and increasing the effectiveness of their Continuums of Care (CoC). This workshop examines five core strategies used in highly effective rural CoC’s to implement their ten year plans and meet the housing and service needs of families and individuals experiencing homelessness.
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Utah’s Ten-Year Plan Approach
Lloyd S. Pendleton
Director, Homeless Task Force
State of Utah
NAEH Washington D.C.
July 13, 2010
State Vision
Everyone has access to safe,decent, affordable housing with the needed resources and supports for self-sufficiency and well being.
Homeless Coordinating Committee Organization
HCC
Local Homeless Coordinating Committees
Supportive Services
Affordable Housing
Discharge Planning
Information Systems
Bear River AOG
Salt Lake County COG Five-County
AOGMountainland
AOG
Six-County AOG
San Juan County
COG
Uintah Basin AOG
Weber County COG
Davis County COG
Grand County COG
• Domestic Violence
• Case Management
• Training
• Employment
Allocation Committee
• Elected Chairs
• Ten-Year Plan
• Banks
• Developers
• Housing Authorities
• Planners
• Providers
• HMIS
• Outcome Measures
• Management Reports
• Mental Health
• Substance Abuse
• Foster Care
• Juvenile Justice
Marie Christman
Lt. Governor
Gordon Walker Kristen Cox Bill Crim JoAnn Seghini
COG – Council of Governments
AOG – Association of Governments September 2007
Craig Burr
• Prisons• Jails
Tooele COG
Carbon/EmeryCOG
Local Homeless Coordinating Committee (Model)
End Chronic Homelessness andReduce overall Homelessness by 2014
Faith Based Orgs.
Sheriff
Dept. of Human Services
Police Chief
Continuum of Care
Housing Authorities
Businesses
Dept. Workforce
Ser.
Colleges/Tech. Schools
MISSION
Financial Institutions
At Large
Elected Official Chair
Dept. of Corrections
Dept. of Health
Schools/PTA
Local Government Leaders
Domestic Violence
Vice-Chair
United Way
Native America Housing Authority
Service Agencies
Community Clinics
FormerlyHomeless
State Champion’s Role in Rural Areas
• Identifies and works with local champions• Helps local champions build political will• Viewed as a team member of the local homeless committee homeless efforts• Keeps the discussion focused• Lots of face time with key local players
Rural Area Homeless Service Provider Characteristics
• Few staff
• Multiple tasks
• Low pay
• Limited skills – management/processes
• Limited funding
• High demand for facilities and staff
• Caring and hard working
Champions
More powerful than great plans, a big committee or even a lot of money in achieving organizational and community changes
Key Characteristics
• Energy – With out it many projects will begin, but few will finish. – Stamina and staying power– Enthusiasm and optimism– Sense of humor
• Bias to Act – Many people are at heart critics, planners, or boosters; champions are doers and want to solve problems– Focus on solutions– Sense of urgency– Opportunity driven
Key Characteristics Cont.
• Results Oriented – Believe that outcomes, not process, matters most. Networking and capacity building are the means, not the end.– Need for achievement– Clear and compelling vision for success– Charts and uses milestones
• Personal Responsibility - Takes responsibility for their own behavior.– Acknowledges errors and mistakes– Focuses on personal more than group accountability– Takes responsibility before it is delegated
Key Characteristic Cont.
• Belief in Common Good – Looks beyond what is good for their families and friends.– Sees and feels impacts on others– Builds on diversity– Activates shared values
• Inclined to Teams – Provides the juice, but knows they need an engine.– Forms teams from differences, not the like-minded– Shares credit as well as information– Seeks creation, not agreement
Utah’s Experience
• Identified and nurtured local champions to varying degrees in all eight rural areas
• Political leader champions leave office – need to keep identifying and cultivating additional local champions
• One location took three years of work to get a political leader engaged and to chair the local homeless coordinating committee
• On going process