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Homes Within Reach
5-Year Status Report, 2007-2011
10-Year Plan Overall Goals:
End chronic homelessness &Reduce overall level of homelessness in the community
Overall Results, 2007-2012
Reductions in individual homelessness 20% reduction overall 27% decrease in chronically homeless 52% decrease in street homeless population
Lack of progress re family homelessness 168% increase
Creation of new Housing Crisis Response System
Homeless Individuals, SpringfieldAt Point-In-Time Count, last week in January
2007
2009
2011
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Total Individuals Linear (Total In-dividuals )
Chronically Homeless
Linear (Chroni-cally Homeless)
Unsheltered Linear (Unshel-tered)
PSH units
Homeless Families, SpringfieldAt Point-In-Time Count, last week in January
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
100
200
300
400
500
600
People in FamiliesFamily Households
Primary Strategies
• Permanent supportive housing/chronic• Prevention and rapid rehousing/crisis• Access to employment, housing and
services• Strategic Partnerships• Accountability
Permanent Supportive Housing/ Chronic
Permanent Supportive Housing/Individuals10-year goal 250 units; 5-year status: 73%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Units com-pleted, 183
Goal, 250
Housing Engagement/Individuals
Street Population Sheltered Population
MHA REACH program – outreach leading directly to placement in housing
Collaboration between police, Health Care for the Homeless, the BID, and service providers
24/7 Homeless Resource Center
Early: use of data to prioritize long-term stayers & vulnerable populations for housing priority
Innovation
Inter-agency collaboration for housing triage & placementsMulti-agency monthly meeting for “matching” of chronically homeless individuals with PSH housing opportunities
• Shelter providers collaborating with housing providers• Analysis of “best fit” for each individual and unit• Prioritize vulnerable populations/high users/long-stayers
Permanent Supportive Housing/Families10-year goal 250 units; 5-year status: 72%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Units Complete,
36Goal, 50
Prevention and Rapid Rehousing/ Crisis
Prevention and Rapid Rehousing:Creation of New Housing Crisis Response System
Individuals Housing Court Program Lead: Catholic Charities
as lead agency Collaboration: CC, FOH
and Health Care for the Homeless
Lead: HAP Single portal for families
to access financial and housing assistance
Families
Collaborative effort Access to funds and
services to prevent imminent homelessness
Collaboration: CC, FOH and Health Care for the Homeless
Success Story:Rapid Rehousing After the Tornado
• Over 250 displaced Springfield households assisted to new housing
• Collaborative effort
• Multiple providers
• Triage
• Financial resources
Discharge PlanningAvoiding release from public systems of care into homelessness
5-hospital emergency department collaboration to establish common care plans for high-end users (Health Care for the Homeless)
Area hospitals connect with Health Care for the to discharge into homelessness—in order to create discharge plan that addresses housing
Forensic pilot: PSH for homeless mentally ill individuals being released from jail
Regional sex offender workgroup
Access to Employment, Housing & Services
Accomplishments Links to Employment
REB Homeless employment specialist Work re pathways to employment Regional Network: Employment Plan (Families) Section 3 hiring (local, low-income for HUD-funded projects)
Housing Targeting Additional allocation of Section 8 subsidies to SHA targeted
toward chronically homeless Triage (especially post tornado)
Links to Services Homeless Resource Center as location for services Project Homeless Connect 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Health clinic for homeless youth Motel outreach
Partnerships
Accomplishments
Regional Plan to End Homelessness, 2008 Regional Network to End Homelessness PSH/Housing First throughout Western MA Substantial public-private funding for
Homeless Resource Center Innovative partnership between City, SHA &
private landlords
Accountability
Accomplishments
Full implementation of city-wide Homeless Management Information System
10-Year Plan guides funding & policy decisions
Progress reports, at least annually Review & update of plan
Homes Within ReachUpdated Action Plan
2012-2014
Highlights
Continued creation of PSH; strategy to help people move on from PSH when appropriate
Continued and improved collaborations with medical facilities & corrections
Refinement of housing crisis response system
Increased focus on families and youth Improved collaboration across all programs Data improvement and expanded use Performance measurement of system