1

25th Anniversary Commission

Addressing the Link Between Affordable Housing & the Educational Advancement

of Children in Hampton Roads

2

ForKids: Our Mission

Breaking the cycle of

homelessness and poverty for families and children

ForKids Today

75+ Residential Units

Service Sites in 3 Cities◦ Norfolk◦ Suffolk◦ Chesapeake

75+ Staff◦ 50 Full-Time

$4M Operating Budget

Daily Service Capacity: approx. 175 Families

3

4

Our Facilities

Serving Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach,

Suffolk, Franklin, Isle of Wight & Southampton County

Regional Call Center Adult & Children’s

Education◦ Educational assessment,

tutoring & school advocacy◦ GED Classes◦ Life Skills

Clinical Services◦ Intensive Case Management◦ Mental & physical healthcare

Housing Solutions◦ Emergency Shelter◦ Transitional Housing◦ Permanent Supportive Housing◦ Prevention, Rapid Re-Housing

Our ModelHousing, Education & Clinical Services

5

6

Last year we assisted1,107 people (333 families w/ 660 children

88% (204 of 230) of households exited to housing

ForKids Housing Performance

7

2008 2013 Change

Daily Service Capacity*

71 175 141%

Total Budget $2.3m

$3.9m 70%

Community Fundraising

$1.1m

$2.0m 82%

ForKids @ 25

Bigger, stronger, more efficient

* Families

8

Over 200 households call us each week Over 10,000 households requested help in

the last 12 months

ForKids @ 25

Emergency Shelter

Rent/Utility Payment Assis-tance

Domestic Violence Shelters

Food

Housing Related Services

Clothing/Basic Needs

Health Care

Veteran Assistance

Misc.

Shelter

51%Rent/Utility Pmt. Assistance

38%

9

VIDEO

10

“Making housing more affordable to those who need help most is,

with some exceptions, a cause without powerful supporters.”

11

Frank Batten, Jr., Chair Chairman & CEO , Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC Joan Perry Brock Community Volunteer Harry Lee Cross, III Owner and Managing Broker, Cross Realty D. B. “Bart” Frye, Jr.

Chairman of the Board, Frye Properties, Inc. Helen Dragas President & CEO, The Dragas Companies William E. Harrell President and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit Henry (Sandy) Harris III CFA, CIC, Principal and Portfolio Manager of

Palladium Registered Investment Advisors Paul Hirschbiel President, Eden Capital Samuel T. King, Ph.D. Superintendent, Norfolk Public Schools

Harry T. Lester Community Leader John Littel Executive Vice President of External Relations for

Wellpoint, Inc. Alan Nusbaum Chairman S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. Anita Poston Partner, Vandeventer, Black James Spore City Manager, City of Virginia Beach Judy K. Stewart, Ph.D. Co-Founder, Virginia STEAM Academy David Stuckwisch, Ph.D. Superintendent of Portsmouth Public Schools Jody Wagner President of Jody’s Michelle W. Woodhouse, Ed.D. Provost of the Fred W. Beazley Portsmouth Campus,

Tidewater Community College

ForKids 25th Anniversary CommissionAddressing the Link Between

Affordable Housing & the Educational Advancement of Children in Hampton Roads

12

EducationPatricia A. Popp, Ph.D.Project HOPE-Virginia The College of William & Mary

13

What do we know? “Achievement gaps related to homelessness and residential instability emerge early and persist”

Education of Homeless Children

14

What are the Barriers/Challenges??

Cost to provide services Stigma of identification Transportation

Education of Homeless Children

15

Downstream ImpactLower reading scores

Retention

Drop-outs

Lower wages Housing Instability

Education of Homeless Children

x

16

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance ActEducation for Homeless Children

and Youth (EHCY) Program

Title X, Part C2001 Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act

17

18

Defining Homelessness for EHCY

An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youth :

sharing housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship

living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate housing

living in emergency shelter or transitional housing

19

Defining homelessness (cont’d)

Including children and youth :- abandoned in hospitals- awaiting foster care - having a primary nighttime residence that is

a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations

- living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations

- migratory students meeting the description- unaccompanied youth meeting the

description

20

70%

15%

13%

2%

Virginia 2012 Initial Primary Nighttime Residence

Doubled up

Sheltered

Hotel/Motel

Unsheltered

21

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-2011 2011-12

10,564 9,898 11,776

12,768 14,223

16,420 17,940

Students Identified as Homeless Enrolled in Virginia

Public Schools (preK-12)

22

Chesa

peak

e

Norfo

lk

Portsm

outh

Suffol

k

Virgin

ia B

each

Regio

n -

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

2,000

Students Identified as Home-less by Local School Divisions

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

*

*Data collection methodology in Suf-folk shifted in 2010

23

Funding 2012-13 School Year*

Division MV Subgrant

Title I, Part A

Other Local

Chesapeake Non subgrant 2,000 --

Norfolk 50,000 50,177 --

Portsmouth 15,000 18,364 --

Suffolk Non subgrant 4,048 --

Virginia Beach 70,000 101,434 153,000

*based on MV and Title I, A application budgets -- none reported

24

SY 2009-10 Grades 3-8 State Reading Assessment Pass Rate

Norfo

lk h

omel

ess

Portsm

outh

hom

eles

s

VA Bea

ch h

omel

ess

Virgin

ia h

omel

ess

Natio

nal h

omel

ess

Virgin

ia A

LL S

tude

nts

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

66%72%

78%73%

52%

88%

Virginia Chesa-peake

Norfolk Port-smouth

Suffolk Virginia Beach

All Students 88 91.2 77 80.8 84.1 86.8

Economically disadvantaged anytime

78.8 82.4 72.1 76.4 75.5 77.8

Homeless 72.1 90.9 66.7 61.1 69.2 65.9

Homeless any-time

67.7 66.7 62.1 51.2 67.7 68.2

5.0

25.0

45.0

65.0

85.0

On-Time Graduation Rate 2012

26

2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

82.1 83.2 85.5 86.6 88

59.8

66.571.4 70.9 72.1

57.461.7

65.9 65.8 67.7

State Homeless Homeless Anytime

Virginia’s On-Time Graduation Rate

Note: Data are 2011 annual averages for persons age 25 and over. Earnings are for full-time wage and salary workers. Graphic downloaded from: http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm, May 2013.

Education pays in higher earnings and lower unemployment rates

28

“I may be Homeless,

but I am not Hopeless.”--LeTendre Scholarship Recipient

29

Questions/Discussion

Education of Homeless Children

31

Affordable Housing

What is Affordable Housing?◦ HUD considers housing affordable to a household

if it is spending no more than 30% of its income on housing. @ $10,000/year (15% of AMI), affordable rent

=$250 @ $20,000/yr (30% of AMI), affordable rent = $500 @ $32,500/yr (50% of AMI), affordable rent = $810

◦ Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects rent @ or below 50% AMI affordability

32

Affordable Housing

Gap analyses indicate a shortage of rental units for extremely low income families:◦ Nationally: 38 units affordable and available

for every 100 extremely low income families

◦ In Virginia, 52 units affordable and available for every 100 extremely low income families

◦ In Norfolk, 49 affordable units for every 100 extremely low income households

33

Of Norfolk’s 85,000 households ◦33,300 have incomes less than 50% AMI

◦19,000 have incomes less than 30% AMI

19,000 households in Norfolk can’t afford affordable housing

Affordable Housing – 2010 Census

35

Affordable Housing

What is Assisted Housing?◦ Rental opportunities for extremely low income

families that include Federal subsidies to keep housing affordable. Public Housing Units Housing Choice Vouchers Project Based Section 8

◦ Homebuyer assistance for down payments and closing costs.

36

Housing Provided by NRHA

Public Housing – 3,500 units Housing Choice Vouchers – 2,700

households Project Based Section 8 – 81 units Other Affordable Apartments – 1,206 units Total Households Served – 7,487

37

Housing Provided by NRHA

Challenges Ahead Of 3,500 units in 11 NRHA communities:

80% of the tenants have incomes below 30% of AMI (Extremely Low Income).

In 2013, HUD provide only 82% of the operating subsidy called for to support quality assisted housing. Result: a $3 million deficit this year

40

VHDA providing LIHTC for 200 – 250 units in Tidewater area annually

New Affordable Housing

45

Questions/Discussion

Affordable Housing

46

DataThaler McCormick, Chief Executive Officer, ForKids

47

HUD ◦ HMIS (Homeless Management Information

System)◦ PIT (Point-in-Time) Count

Department of Education (McKinney-Vento)◦ Local School Systems

Central Intake Systems/Hotlines◦ ForKids◦ Samaritan House

Current Data Sources

48

HUD Point-in-Time (PIT) Count A 24-hour count held the end of January

each year Organization by local Continuums of Care

(CoCs) and data is put into local Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS)

Strict definitions of who qualifies as homeless

Current Data Collection

49

HUD PIT CountPositives It is a national snapshot taken at the same time

period throughout the country.

Negatives Seriously undercounts families

◦ Does not count families moving place-to-place◦ Time of count (January, traditionally the lowest period

of family homelessness) Changing HUD definitions skew data 24-hr counts are easily impacted by weather City data is duplicative, some excluded (Norfolk)

Current Data Collection

50

McKinney VentoPublic Schools System identification that

applies to children and youth with: Uncertain housing A temporary address No permanent physical address

Includes all HUD categories PLUS: In a motel, hotel, or campground Doubled up with relatives or friends

Current Data Collection

51

McKinney VentoPositives Broad definition better covers homeless and

unstably housed families 1-year tracking ID happens in schools, where children are

Negatives Uneven standards for implementation Weak outreach Data not shared among school districts with

mobile population 1-year tracking Does not include families w/ pre-school children

Current Data Collection

52

2010 2011 20120

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

Counting Homeless Children in South Hampton Roads

SchoolsPIT

Ho

me

less C

hil

dre

nData Disconnect

53

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

Homeless Students in VA 14227 16420 17940

1,000

3,000

5,000

7,000

9,000

11,000

13,000

15,000

17,000

19,000

Gov. McDonnell: Family Homelessness DOWN 11% from 2010-2012

26% Increase per school data

Data Disconnect

54

Data Disconnect

Policy Makers Alternate View

Our approach is working◦ Governor cites 11%

drop Manageable Problem

◦ +/- 300 homeless kids in South Hampton Roads

◦ Only 2 unsheltered families from Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach

We are losing◦ 26% increase

reported by public school systems

The problem is large◦ More than 1,500

homeless school aged children

55

Questions/Discussion

Current Data Collection

56

Best PracticesKathlyn Taylor Gaubatz, Ph.D. Special Project Director, 25th Anniversary Commission, ForKids

57

Poor families are helped by environments – both neighborhoods and schools – where poverty is not concentrated.

Middle-class and well-off families are not harmed when poor families join their neighborhoods.

Economic integration of neighborhoods is a win-win situation.

The Consistent Theme:

58

Best Practice:

Targeted Support Programs for Homeless and Highly Mobile

Children & Youth

Educational Advancement

59

A Child’s Place – Charlotte, NC

Over 2,000 homeless children served

Social work teams, tutors, lunch buddies

97% promoted to next grade

92% read on grade level

Educational Advancement

60

Center for Evidence-Based MentoringUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston

Standards for: Recruitment Screening Training Matching Monitoring Supporting Establishing closure

Educational Advancement

61

Best Practice:

Regional Housing Plans

Examples: Milwaukee Portland Atlanta Sacramento Boston

Affordable Housing

62

Regional Housing Plans encompass multiple and diverse tools

For example:

Local Dedicated Revenue Sources Housing Trust Funds Adaptive Reuse of Long Vacant Commercial Buildings Tax Increment Financing Density Bonuses Donation of Tax-foreclosed Properties Land Banking Green Building

Affordable Housing

63

Fair Share Programs

Promote equitable distribution of affordable housing throughout a region

A target number of units is typically assigned to each city

Affordable Housing

64

Assisted Housing Mobility Programs

Help individual families move to areas with:◦ Lower concentrations of poverty◦ Better schools◦ Lower crime◦ Improved geographic access to jobs

Affordable Housing

65

Land Use Control PracticesFor example:

Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units

Affordable Housing

66

Best Practice:

Inclusionary Zoning & Mixed-Income Housing

Affordable Housing

67

East Lake Foundation – Atlanta

Before:

East Lake Meadows:A “War Zone” Public Housing

Project

Affordable Housing

68

Affordable Housing

East Lake Meadows

69

East Lake Foundation – Atlanta

After:

The Villages of East Lake

Mixed-income community – every other unit Drew Charter School YMCA Two early childhood development centers Public golf course and youth golf program Teen college prep program Major grocery store

Affordable Housing

70

At Drew Charter School, in 2011:

99% of students in grades 3 – 8 met or exceeded state standards for Reading

94% of students in grades 3 – 8 met or exceeded state standards for Math

Students performed in the top third of the nation on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills

Affordable Housing

71

The Villages of East Lake

Affordable Housing

72

Discussion

The Path Forward

73

25th Anniversary Commission