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Housing Access and Stability with SOARP R E S E N T E D BY: S A M H S A S O A R T E C H N I C A L A S S I S TA N C E C E N T E RP O L I C Y R E S E A R C H A S S O C I AT E S , I N C .

U N D E R C O N T R A C T TO : S U B S TA N C E A B U S E A N D M E N TA L H E A LT H S E R V I C E S A D M I N I S T R AT I O NU. S . D E PA R T M E N T O F H E A LT H A N D H U M A N S E R V I C E S

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AgendaWelcome

Kristin Lupfer, Project Director, SAMHSA SOAR TA Center

Overview of SOAR TA Center Issue Brief: Housing Access and Stability with SOAR

Abigail Lemon, Project Associate, SAMHSA SOAR TA Center

Denver, Colorado- Helping Those in Need Through SOAR

Peter Pike, Executive Director, Colorado Disability Benefits Support Program, Denver, Colorado

Baltimore, Maryland- SOAR and Housing First

Bilqis Rock, SOAR Coordinator, Health Care for the Homeless, Baltimore, Maryland

Nashville, Tennessee- The Role of SOAR Within a Housing Crisis Resolution System

Will Connelly, Director, Metropolitan Homelessness Commission, Nashville, Tennessee

Questions & Answers

Learning Objectives Understand how SOAR leads to housing access and stability for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness

Learn how 3 communities have made a difference in the lives of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness by using the SOAR model to gain access to permanent housing

KRIST IN LUPFER, MSW

PROJEC T DIREC TOR,

SAMHSA SOAR TA CENTER

POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES , INC .

Welcome

Poll Question #1We know that having an income makes it easier to secure housing, and the income a SOAR applicant receives from SSI/SSDI helps to achieve this goal. Have you seen SOAR work like this in your community?

Yes

No

Unsure

ABIGAIL LEMON, M. A .

SAMHSA SOAR TA CENTER

POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES , INC.

DELMAR, NEW YORK

Issue Brief: Housing Access and Stability with SOAR

Issue Brief: Housing Access and Stability with SOAR

Contact InformationAbigail Lemon

Project Associate

SAMHSA SOAR Technical Assistance Center

Phone: (518) 439 – 7415, EXT: 5226

Email: alemon@prainc.com

PET ER P I K E

EXECUT I VE D I R EC TOR

COLOR A DO DI SA BIL IT Y BEN EF I TS SUPPORT PROGR A M

DEN VER , COLOR A DO

Colorado: Helping Those in Need Through SOAR

Colorado Disability Benefits Support Program (Colorado DBS)

Non-profit Agency: Colorado DBS assists individuals who may or may not self-identify as having a disability, including those with chronic conditions/illnesses, to solve the benefits puzzle, by acquiring income, health insurance and access to other basic needs to stabilize their lives, health and living situations.

-Provide SSI/SSDI application assistance on Initial and New applications for SSA disability benefits.

Peter J. Pike, Executive Director3532 Franklin Street, Suite S

Denver, CO 80205888.396.9838

Funding

€ Cooperative Agreement to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI)

€ Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

€ Coalition of Partners Spring 2013

€ Federal Award to Colorado Office of Behavioral Health Summer 2013

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Partnerships

€ Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health

€ Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (Denver Metro)

€ Colorado DBS

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Roles

€ Office of Behavioral Health

Contracts

€ Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

Housing First

VISPDAT

€ Colorado DBS SOAR Practitioner

SOAR

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Funding

VISPDAT

CoordinationSOAR

Housing First

Paradigm

Housing First

VISPDAT

SOAR

Employment

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Contact InformationPeter Pike

Colorado SOAR State Lead and

Executive Director

Colorado Disability Benefits Support Program (Colorado DBS)

3532 Franklin Street, Suite S

Denver, CO 80205

Phone: (720) 234-5907

Email: Peter.Pike@COLORADODBS.ORG

Poll Question #2What are the Paradigm shifts Peter identified?

a) Housing First

b) VISPDAT

c) SOAR

d) Employment

e) All of the above

BILQIS ROCK, LGSW

SOAR COORDINATOR

HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

Baltimore: SOAR and Housing First

Baltimore: SSA Pilot Project

Yvonne Perret: SOAR Hall of Fame, Maryland

The Behavioral Health Administration houses the state SOAR Technical Assistance Team

SOAR Works Maryland

The Behavioral Health Administration houses the

state SOAR Technical Assistance Team

SOAR Staffing in Baltimore

SOAR Staffing in Baltimore

400+ people assisted in

Baltimore City

89% approval rate

SOAR Staffing in Baltimore

Health Care for the Homeless

No affordable

housing

No income

Homelessness

An Unfortunate Equation

No affordable

housing

No income

Income!

No affordable

housing

Homelessness

Sometimes still homeless

Still Not Adding Up

Fair Market Rent in BaltimoreStudio =

$833/monthOne-bedroom =

$985/month

Maryland Community Services Trust Fund

Approved for SSI/SSDI through SOAR or

Exiting a state psychiatric hospitalor

Leaving a residential rehabilitation program

Housing First Initiative Eligibility Criteria

How the Housing First Initiative HelpsClient gets help finding apartment at fair market rate

Client contributes 30% of income to rent and utilities; rental subsidy covers the rest

Client receives peer advocate support and linkages to community services

It works. The pilot program has housed 25 people so far. Some within weeks.

Contact InformationBilqis Rock

SOAR Coordinator

Health Care for the Homeless

421 Fallsway, Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Phone: (443)703-1323

Email: brock@hchmd.org

Will Connelly,

Metropolitan

Homelessness

Commission

THE ROLE OF SOAR WITHIN A

HOUSING CRISIS RESOLUTION

SYSTEM

In Nashville, we are creating a Housing Crisis

Resolution System

Sole mission of HCRS: to rehouse people who are

without housing, and to do so as quickly as

possible and with a reasonable expectation that

they can remain housed.

HOUSING CRISIS RESOLUTION SYSTEM (HCRS)

RE-VISIONING: SEEING THE SYSTEM AS AN EMERGENCY

ROOM

“Bridge” Rental Assistance:

8 steps to housing

Engages person on street/in shelter

SOAR Process begins

Common Assessment Tool

completed

Housing application completed in

the field

Move-in to housing!

Up to 3 months of “bridge” rental

assistance

SSI/SSDI Approved!

Tenant begins paying rent

Collaboration with local Public Housing Authority (MDHA)

Up to 18 vouchers prioritized per month

Priority given to people with higher acuity

SOAR staff complete applications in the field, scan, and

submit

SOAR AND PRIORITIZING HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS

(SECTION 8)

the myth that people aren’t motivated and don’t want

housing

CONTACT INFO

Park Center, Inc.

www.parkcenternashville.org

Will Connelly, Metro Homelessness Commission

Will.Connelly@Nashville.Gov

Mental Health Cooperative (PATH)

www.mhc-tn.org

Vanderbilt Street Psychiatry and Homeless Health Services

Dr. Sheryl Brynne Fleisch

Contact InformationWill Connelly

Director

Metropolitan Homelessness Commission

Nashville, TN

Phone: (615)862-6401

Email: will.connelly@nashville.gov

www.howsnashville.org

Questions and AnswersFacilitated By:

SAMHSA SOAR Technical Assistance Center

Policy Research Associates, Inc.

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Keep Up The Great Work!

You are transforming lives one application at a time.

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