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HOW COMMUNITIES PREVENT
HOMELESSNESS:LESSONS FOR
HOWARD COUNTY
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BACKGROUND
• Bridges’ Stabilization Services Task Force• Researched family homelessness
prevention strategies to:• Educate selves and others• Identify successful strategies• Identify strategies potentially
appropriate for Howard County
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Selection of Best Practices Communities
• Reviewed select literature• Focused on NAEH’s Promising
Strategies to End Family Homelessness• Solicited staff recommendations
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Selection of Best Practices Communities (continued)
• Selected communities with:–Similar demographics–Relevant strategies–Success!
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Five (5) Questions• What are your key success factors?• What are your program components?
Key points of client intervention? • What have been your major
barriers/pitfalls/issues?• How do you determine success?• What are/have been your funding
sources?
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Communities Interviewed
• Sacramento, CA• Boston, MA• Montgomery County, MD• Dayton, OH• Columbus, OH• Lancaster County, PA• Hennepin County, MN• Fairfax/Falls Church, VA
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FINDINGS
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Success Factors
• Community Commitment– Support from key leaders– Community partners working together in single
system
• Case Management• Relationships and work with landlords• Use of both a holistic approach and
housing approach
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Key Program Components
• Assessment• (Intensive) case management• Housing First• Landlord/tenant relationships,
involvement, mediation• Legal assistance (eviction prevention)
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Key Program Components (continued)
• Flexible financial assistance• Referrals to community-based
supportive services • Follow-up
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Intervention/Entry Points
• Central intake - Single or uniform entry process• Catchment areas (by zip code);
service centers• Shelters• Schools
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Intervention/Entry Points (continued)
• Court system: eviction filings, rental delinquencies
• Public Housing Authority• Departments of Social Services, welfare
offices• 2-1-1; 311;information and referral
agencies
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Barriers
• Community buy-in and support• Engaging all relevant services, not just
housing• Limited funds• Staffing requirements• Affordable housing
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Barriers (continued)
• Severity of poverty• Number of families needing assistance• Limitations and inflexibility of funding
criteria and rules• Mistrust and turf issues among and
between agencies
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Measurement and Evaluation
• Significant variability• Rate of return for assistance within “x”
(often 12) months • Period of time housing is maintained• Comprehensive system of data collection
and analysis is important; HMIS used by some
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Funding• Multiple resources with as much flexibility as
possible• Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-
Housing Program (HPRP)• Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG)• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
(TANF)• State and local government funds
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Funding (continued)
• Local tax revenue (recordation tax, property tax levy, human service levy)• Private sector (foundations, United
Way, churches, corporations and businesses)• State Trust Fund• Grants
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Next, we will hear from some of these successful
communities!
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BREAK!