U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Improving Access to Mainstream Services for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness, Hyatt Denver Tech Center, Denver Colorado, October 27-29, 2003

 

Slide 1:

Continental U.S. 2002 Continuum of Care Areas

This slide contains a color coded map which shows the city areas and/or counties areas that are in contunuum.

Slide 2:

HUD’s Homeless Budget

  • FY 2002 - $1.123B
  • FY 2003 - $1.225B
  • FY 2004 - $1.325 (request)

Slide 3:

Definition of Chronic Homelessness

“An unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition who either:

  • has been continuously homeless for 1 year or more or
  • has had at least 4 episodes of homelessness in the past 3 years”

Slide 4:

Ending Chronic Homelessness

  • Ending chronic homelessness will require a minimum of 150,000 additional permanent supportive housing units
  • HUD’s homeless programs currently creating on average 10,000 new permanent supportive housing units
    annually

Slide 5:

Actions to End Chronic Homelessness

  • Use Continuum of Care to effect change
    • require 10 year plans
    • encourage use of HUD funds for housing
    • encourage use of mainstream services
    • encourage discharge planning

Slide 6:

Require 10-year plans

  • COC goals and strategy
  • Actions steps
  • Progress

Slide 7:

Encourage HUD Funds Used for Housing

  • More housing needed
  • Congressional directive: 30% for PH
  • Initiatives:
    • Housing Emphasis Points
    • PH Bonus

Slide 8:

Encourage Use of Mainstream Programs

  • Narrative on systematically accessing
  • Assess actual performance (APRs)
  • Progress is being made!

Slide 9:

Discharge Planning

  • Each community must implement approach so people being discharged don’t fall into HUD and other homeless programs

Slide 10:

Actions to End Chronic Homelessness

  • Stimulate Innovative Solutions
    • “Joint Chronic Initiative” w/HHS and VA
    • HUD/DOL “Chronic Employment Initiative”
    • Additional technical assistance
    • Samaritan Initiative

Slide 11:

Actions to End Chronic Homelessness

  • Better target mainstream housing resources
    • HOME
    • Housing Choice Vouchers
    • Public Housing
    • Section 811

Slide 12:

HMIS

  • Unduplicated count/identify characteristics/track movement
  • Resources and incentives
  • Nationals standards for comment
  • Technical assistance available
  • Progress to date

Slide 13:

Growth in HMIS

This slide contains a bar graph which shows the growth from 2002 to 2003 in HMIS in three categories. The data is as follows:

  • Implementing
    • 2002 — 26%
    • 2003 — 38%
  • Selecting
    • 2002 — 51%
    • 2003 — 58%
  • Considering
    • 2002 — 23%
    • 2003 — 5%