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Presenters: Lisa Thornquist, Matthew Ayres, Maria Hanratty, David Hollister and
Hyojin Im
Heading Home Hennepin• A community plan to end versus manage
homelessness• Specific plan with measurable
benchmarks• City Council and County Board Approval
– December 2006• Implementation began January 1, 2007
Commission Members• Faith Community Leaders• Business Leaders• Elected Officials• Government Officials• Service Providers• Philanthropic Leaders• People Experiencing Homelessness
Implementation of HHH
Goal 1: Prevention
• Keep people in the housing that they already have
• Ensure people do not become homeless when leaving public institutions
Goal 2: Outreach
• Develop coordinated street outreach system to connect with and house people most disconnected from services
• Partner with police to reduce unnecessary arrests and improve community livability
• Expand youth outreach into the suburbs
Goal 3: Housing
• Create 5000 new housing opportunities for men, women, children and youth by 2016
• Preserve existing housing stock• Target highest users of systems to
break the cycles of homelessness
Goal 4:Improve Service Delivery
• Connect people to the services they need to escape homelessness
• Hold Project Homeless Connect events
• Develop Opportunity Centers
Goal 5: Build Capacity for Self Support
• Increase incomes through education, job training, employment, and access to benefits.
• Increase access to more affordable transportation
Goal 6:Systems Improvements
• Increase cultural competency of service delivery systems
• Promote policies and practices that end homelessness – at all levels of government
Why Connect HHH to HUP?
• One of the pieces of the plan is to evaluate the plan and report annually.
• The plan has dozens of initiatives, each designed to either prevent, intervene, or better coordinate programs.
What HHH and HUP have to offer each other
• Hennepin County is data rich • U of M is student/faculty rich.• Hennepin offers U students and
faculty experience with administrative data, difficult analytical questions and real world issues.
• The U offers an independent analysis.
Since we have no money
• We started by approaching the School of Social Work, who made a commitment to help us.
• We focused on connecting with course curriculum
Undergraduate Service Learning classes
• Some classes require students to volunteer for an organization 30+ hours in the semester and write a paper about their experience.
• We used this opportunity to get students to do literature searches and interviews.
Undergraduate Service Learning classes
• Sociology students: panhandling, criminalization of homelessness, discharge planning from HCMC and corrections (Fall 2009).
• Geography students: perception survey around homelessness (Fall 2009).
Graduate Level Capstone Classes
• Some programs require a team of students to do high level research
• We can give them a complicated analysis and data and they can conduct the study over a 3-4 month time frame.
Graduate Level Capstone Classes
• Evaluation of Housing First (completed Spring 2009)
• Patterns of Single Shelter Use (Spring 2010)
• Evaluation of HHH as a collaborative (Spring 2010
School of Social Work Learning Modules
• We partnered with the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare for research on refugee experiences with homelessness.
• This led to learnings to be incorporated into SSW learning modules.
Department of Education Policy and Administration• Program evaluation class• Evaluation of YouthLink program for
homeless youth (Spring 2010).
What has worked the best for us?• We needed to be clear about what we
wanted done – what is the research question?
• We had to have a project that fit the curriculum needs of the class.
• We had to be willing to put in extra time to work directly with students. It had to be a good learning experience.
Heading Home Hennepin: Housing First Program Evaluation
Professor Maria HanrattyTim BarryNaima BashirMittra EsmaeliKerstin LarsonTim Reneau-MajorJulie Trupke-Bastidas
Spring 2009
• Project Context: One semester capstone project for six MPP
students at the Humphrey Institute of public Affairs
• Project PurposeEvaluate Housing First programs for homeless single adults in Hennepin County.
• Methodology & Deliverables▫ Quantitative Analysis of Administrative Data: ▫ In-person interviews with 11 program participants
Quantitative AnalysisMatched Comparison Methodology
•Treatment Group- 294 individuals placed into Housing First housing 2005-2008
•Matched comparison: individuals in Hennepin county shelters with similar age, sex, & shelter use in last three years
•Measured change in outcomes 1 year before & after placement
Matched Control Analysis: Shelter Use
Participants Matched Control Program Effect
76.1 78.5
-35
5.4
42.8
Mean Shelter Nights 12 months Pre- and Post-Placement
Pre Post
Matched Control AnalysisHealth Insurance Program Enrollment (12 month timeframe)
Participants Matched Control Program Effect
225.6
191.8
47.4
280.899999999999
199.7
Mean days of health insurance coverage
Pre Post
Participants Matched Control Program Effect
0.760000000000002
1.2
0.45
1.2
-0.310000000000
001
Mean arrests of participant and matched control groups, pre- and
post-placementPre-placement Post-placement
Matched Control AnalysisPolice Encounters (12 month timeframe)
Selected Finding from Interviews:
•Most Reported Improved Wellbeing: Housing represented safety,
independence, stability, as well as ownership and self-esteem
•Some reported Challenges with isolation, adjusting to new routine, managing finances, accessing transportation
•Many had moved since initial placement.
Experience with Research Project• It would not be feasible to do this project in 6
months without prior supports in place! --Hennepin county provided access to
administrative data & contacts to key program staff --Hennepin University partnership
agreement made it much easier to gain permission to use
data from Hennepin County & University IRB --IRB process challenging for individual
interviews; limited questions we could ask
HEADING HOME HENNEPIN: REFUGEE HOMELESSNESS RESEARCH PROJECT
Presenters: David Hollister & Hyojin Im
HENNEPIN COUNTY – UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
PARTNERSHIP
Jan. 29th, 2010 Hennepin County – University of Minnesota Partnership
Project Collaborators
School of Social Work,
University of Minnesota
Refugee Housing Council
Office of Ending Homelessness,
Hennepin County
CURA
Jan. 29th, 2010Hennepin County – University of Minnesota Partnership
Underlying Mutual Interests
Hennepin County has developed a strong interest and commitment to preventing homelessness (Heading Home Hennepin)
Minnesota voluntary agencies serving refugees are concerned that some refugees are experiencing homelessness
U of M School of Social Work has faculty and graduate students interested in refugees’ and immigrants’ needs and in homelessness. Students need projects.
The project was eligible for support both from the U of M School of Social Work’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and from the U of M’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Jan. 29th, 2010Hennepin County – University of Minnesota Partnership
Pulling in Resources:
The project was done on a limited budget: Hennepin Co. contributed a portion of Lisa T.’s time,
plus funds for participant and interviewer honoraria. U of M School of Social Work contributed a portion of
Dave H’s time, plus part of a student R.A.’s time (Hoa N.)
Doctoral student Hyojin I. worked as a volunteer researcher, using the project to fulfill a research practicum requirement.
CURA contributed a ¼ time R.A. for fall 2008 (Jennifer S.), under one of its community assistance programs.
U of M McNair Scholars program assigned an Oromo-speaking undergraduate student (Chaltu H.) to work with Dave H. for research experience, plus some additional participant honoraria.
Jan. 29th, 2010Hennepin County – University of Minnesota Partnership
Research Questions
What are refugees’ resettlement experiences and their housing situations?
How do refugees’ help-seeking patterns and their perceptions/experiences about social services affect their housing stability?
Do refugees’ social capital, acculturation, English fluency, mental health, and demographics affect their housing issues?
What would be the preventive and risk factors for housing stability among refugees?
Are there ethnic differences in housing issues among Somali, Hmong, Karen, Liberian, and Oromo? Jan. 29th, 2010Hennepin County – University of Minnesota Partnership
Research Process
Methods: Survey method using quota sampling (50 from each cultural group) Fall 2008 to Fall 2009 (from design to
analysis/report) 250 refugee participants among Hmong,
Karen, Somali, Oromo, and Western Africans (Liberian/Togolese)
Six bi-lingual volunteers gathered data (61.7% needed translation)
Jan. 29th, 2010Hennepin County – University of Minnesota Partnership
Research Results and Implications Stability of refugees’ first housing is associated
with future success in housing. Housing is too expensive to solve informally. Help-seeking intention and trust is negatively
associated with accessibility to social services Newly resettled refugees have more expectations
and trust in social services, but also more language barriers and transportation issues and less social support (informal helping sources).
Lack of ethnic community’s support matters. Marginalized groups. e.g. Togolese
Jan. 29th, 2010Hennepin County – University of Minnesota Partnership
Products
Presentations and written reports to Heading Home Hennepin and the Refugee Housing Council
Poster sessions at national social work conferences and at four U of M research day events
Papers submitted for an international conference in June 2010
Articles in preparation for several journals Upcoming consultation on a local
community housing project serving refugees
Jan. 29th, 2010Hennepin County – University of Minnesota Partnership
Challenges in Collaborating
Connecting the interested players – how to find each other
Sustainability of Research Relevant courses are not available
all the time Student and faculty interests don’t
always match County’s focus Funding, funding and funding
Jan. 29th, 2010Hennepin County – University of Minnesota Partnership
Comments & Questions