Homeless YYA Advisory Group 4/13/2016 | 2:30-4:30pm

Mercer Island Community Center

Welcome

Coordinated Entry for All

Coordinated Entry for All- All Home Updates

Single Adult Coordinated Entry o Current planning focused on scope of Phase 1 (referrals

to Permanent Supportive Housing), access to assessments, and additional questions needed for the CEA assessment and screening process.

Family and Young Adult Coordinated Entry o Currently FHC and YHC programs received a letter and

survey to confirm program information related to banding and screening. The survey provided an opportunity for questions and clarifications. Agencies who submitted a response to the survey will be contacted individually.

Coordinated Entry for All- Reassessment Updates

Assessment Updates • 204 youth assessments since March 3 • Assessments entered into Bitfocus/Clarity database • By end of month, referrals made through Bitfocus • Providers using YHC have been able to update

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Coordinated Entry for All- King County HCD Updates • Operations and daily oversight of Coordinated Entry for

All (CEA) is transitioning to King County Housing and Community Development (HCD).

• King County released an RFP for 5 Regional Access Points (RAPs)

- RAPs will serve as the primary front-door for the homeless housing system.

- RFP announced the availability of approximately $1M and closed on April 7th.

• HCD team hiring for key positions:

• Coordinated Entry for All Project Manager • 3 Referral Specialist positions

Coordinated Entry for All- CSEC Proposal

Policy proposal to prioritize CSEC youth & young adults for housing • With CSEC case manager recommendation and

supervisor approval, youth would be prioritized for housing

• See handout for details Next steps • Is Advisory Group supportive of proposal?

• If Yes, policy proposal goes to All Home Executive Committee for approval

System-Wide Analytics and Projection (SWAP)

SWAP • System-wide Analytics and Projection tool

• AKA “predictive modeling” • Focus Strategies is providing analysis

• Key measures – length of stay, exits to permanent housing, cost per exit to permanent housing, etc.

• Draft report (in person presentation) in May/June • Initial data:

• Program results/measurements vary widely • Permanent supportive housing & rapid-rehousing appear to

have best performance • Enrollment rates from housed situations higher than

expected

Best Starts for Kids

Best Starts for Kids (BSK) Youth & Family Homelessness Prevention Plan

• Plan transmitted to King County Council March 2016 • First initiative of BSK to be funded • Model based on DV Housing First program

• flexible funding & case management, client centered • $19M ($3.1M in year 1) proposed

• 20-25 agencies funded in year 1 • Focus on youth/families at imminent risk of homelessness • Competitive RFPs – strong partnership with schools important • Success factors include fewer individuals experiencing

homelessness and fewer returns for homeless services

Best Starts for Kids (BSK)- YFHP • Youth Advocates Ending Homelessness (YAEH) feedback

• See handout

• Next Steps • King County Council Regional Policy Committee today • King County Council vote expected spring, RFP will follow

Voices of Youth Count

Voices of Youth Count

Updates • Planning Committee meeting held 4/4 • Next step– Focus Group planning phone call • Solidifying date for count

Qualitative Youth Interviews - Subset of all VOYC sites (5 or 6 of 22) - Interview 30-40 young people

• All categories of unstably housed youth • Chapin would need strong support from a few local RHY providers

for recruitment assistance - Timeframe- July-Sept- Chapin will work with each site to

determine best month

Comprehensive Plan Refresh

Comprehensive Plan Refresh

Plan Milestones- Status Update • Review plan activities and progress after one year

• Small Group Activity (3-4 members each)

1. How are we doing? Rate red, yellow, green for each activity. 2. Where does the Advisory Group need to sharpen or accelerate

its work in 2016? 3. What will you personally commit to doing?

Updates and Close

Updates and Close • Questions on written updates?

• Other updates/announcements? • YYA Advisory Group Meetings

• 2rd Wednesdays, 2:30-4:30pm, Mercer Island CC • Exception-- Next meeting: May 18, 2:30-4:30pm, 2100 Building

• All Home Stakeholder Forums– joint meetings for all

population groups • 3rd Wednesdays, 9:30-11am • Next meeting: April 20, 9:30-11am, El Centro de la Raza, agenda will

focus on technical assistance – new ROI/ CEA consent form, improving consent rates, documenting chronic homelessness status

YAEH- All Home Best Starts for Kids Meeting Summary March 31, 2016 All Home staff, The Mockingbird Society Staff, and members of Youth Advocates Ending Homelessness met to discuss the current status of the Best Starts for Kids Youth and Family Homelessness Prevention Plan and engage young people in a discussion of how the BSK prevention funding could be directed to prevent young people from experiencing homelessness. The discussion focused on 4 questions, with the most time devoted to discussion of how to prevent youth homelessness. For each question, key themes are summarized below. How do young people define homelessness?

- Circumstances & terms: Sleeping under a bridge, sleeping outside, staying with a friend, staying with someone, staying at shelter, couch surfing

- Experiences: Not having clean clothes, not being able to wash oneself, stealing from others, other “survival” crimes, fighting for money, - Emotions: Uncertainty, instability, fear, physically and emotionally unsafe

What are the root causes of homelessness?

- Family rejection, especially for LGBTQ youth - Economic factors and poverty- family instability, lack of affordable housing, intergenerational homelessness and poverty - Home isn’t safe- abuse, neglect, family conflict, drug abuse at home, failed adoptions - Other factors

o Mental health issues o Systemic racism and oppression o Lack of support for immigrant and refugee communities

What can help prevent youth and young adult homelessness?

- Top two points of consensus: o Schools—Young people are in/at school, making schools the best place to find young people who might be at risk of

homelessness and help them before they become homeless. Strong support for strengthening the role of schools and McKinney Vento liaisons in helping young people, connecting to resources, intervening in crisis. There was very strong agreement on the idea that schools are a critical point of intervention.

o Someone/ something to fall back on—This part of the discussion was a bit less clearly defined, but the idea resonated with everyone—that all young people make mistakes or encounter unexpected challenges, and we all need something to fall back on.

- Additional recommendations: o Family Acceptance Project- reduce family conflict related to sexual orientation/ gender identity, good data that helping families

understand the risks and consequences of their child living on the streets can prevent the kind of conflict resulting in young people leaving home

o Legal Assistance—for civil matters, emancipation, Child in Need of Services petitions o Ensure youth leaving detention have a place to live—or prevent them from going there in the first place o Housing options for foster youth, and better preparation for independence for youth aging out of care o Support family members who want to take relatives in—but without involvement of child welfare o Career/ employment services for young people o Mental health and substance abuse services

If a young person experiences homelessness, what do they need or want to make it brief and one time?

- Health care, mental health, chemical dependency services if needed and wanted - Basic needs - Family reunification getting at the root of conflict - Well trained, well supported case managers - Permanent connections-outside the homeless system - Affordable housing - Living wage jobs - Legal support - Rental assistance

Youth & Young Adult Initiative Comprehensive Plan Milestone Status Update through Q1 2016 Plan Activity Projected Progress by Q1 2016 Notes on Progress

Rare & Brief: Family Engagement (All Home & YouthCare)

Tracking of family engagement program. All Home is tracking progress of family engagement work at three agencies (four case managers)

Rare & Brief: Host Homes (All Home )

Host home program is launched. Pilot program is funded, will serve 15 youth initially. First youth housed by Q3.

Rare & Brief: Rapid Rehousing (All Home , City of Seattle)

$1.2M in federal HUD McKinney funding for RRH is secured.

$830K is funded (phase 1). Funding for phase 2 uncertain. Provider agencies are planning implementation.

Rare & Brief: Relationships with systems (Raikes, UWKC & All Home )

Child welfare – alternative YARH project is privately funded and launched. Juvenile justice - data collection project is launched within detention. Education – TBD targets.

Child welfare – LifeSet program funded, late Q2 launch, serving 32 high-needs youth initially. Juvenile justice – Data is being collected. Q1 data ready by May for review. Education – No targets.

One-Time: Education & Employment (All Home , King County DCHS)

Strengthened connections between opportunity youth & YYA programs. Monitoring of Clear Path to Employment, Eastside Re-Engagement Center, and YHC referrals to education/employment

King County Ed/Emp is monitoring data. Very few referrals to education & employment services through YHC.

One-Time: Capacity Building (Raikes, All Home, City of Seattle)

Agency capacity-building project is launched.

Project for staff skill development and provision of diversion services is likely to be funded, Q3 launch.

Ensuring equal support for YYA of color (City of Seattle, Building Changes)

Plan to support leadership in advancing racial equity is launched. Communities of color are engaged in Advisory Group.

Initial meeting with agency leadership held. Initial discussions held around needs assessment for youth of color. Have not engaged communities of color in Advisory Group.

Ensuring equal support for LGBTQ YYA (All Home, NW Network)

Recommendation of data collection and sharing practices. Prep to launch LGBTQ toolkit in Q2.

Project EQTY ongoing. Agency training on best practices for data collection and sharing scheduled for Q3.

Housing and Access (All Home, funders, state)

Integration with Coordinated Entry for All. Completion of SWAP. Recommendation of investments to support high-needs youth in housing.

Transition to Coordinated Entry for All underway. YHC and other leaders shared recommendations to integrate YYA needs in Coordinated Entry. SWAP analysis to be shared in May. Submitted MIDD proposal to serve high-needs youth.

Overview of Policy Proposal to Prioritize Housing for CSEC Youth & Young Adults

Rationale

- YYA who are trafficked are uniquely vulnerable

- We often have a brief window of intervention, when a YYA is willing to engage and seek safety

- Our CEA system must be able to respond as immediately as possible in these situations

- The TAY VI-SPDAT does ask questions related to CSEC, but does not directly get to the question of when a young person is actively involved in CSEC activity with a current safety risk

- Proposal: If deemed appropriate by a CSEC advocate and their supervisor, CSEC young people should be prioritized for housing in CEA

Policy Proposal

- Agencies that employ specialized CSEC Case Managers are able to request the prioritized housing*

- When a CSEC Case Manager identifies a young adult that is interested in housing, they will review the case with a supervisor at their agency

- If the supervisor and Case Manager together deem the situation appropriate for expedited access, the supervisor will contact CEA

- Young adult will complete a CEA assessment, if they have not yet done so - CEA will refer the young adult to available open units for which they are eligible

o Agency receiving the referral will prioritize intake - If no beds are open, the young adult will be placed at the top of the list for the next opening

*YouthCare, FOY, AYR. Young people ages 12-24 can be referred to CSEC advocates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at (855) 400-CSEC.