Helping communities SHIFT from short-term responses to LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS to homelessness

CONNECTING PARTNERS

INCREASING COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE OF SOLUTIONS

BUILDING PUBLIC WILL TO ACT

Today

0State Funding and Policy

01,000 Homes for 1,000 Virginians

0Ending Child and Family Homelessness in Virginia – a public-private partnership announced by Governor Bob McDonnell in November 2011

State Policy and Funding0$ for Homeless Programs

0 Governor’s biennial budget included $1 million for permanent supportive housing and $500,000 for rapid re-housing for FY2013

0 Budget amendment in House and Senate to provide $1.5 million for FY2014 with bipartisan support

0 Budget amendment for $700,000 in FY2013 to provide community-based supportive services for chronically homeless individuals who are not Medicaid eligible to be served in permanent supportive housing.

Next Steps:State Policy and Funding0Continue to build relationships with legislators and

through use of Action Alerts engage field in contacting their legislators to request support for the PSH/RRH and Supportive Services budget amendments.

PSH/RRH Amendment Supportive Services Amendment

Economic Development Health and Human Resources subcommittee subcommittee

House Appropriations and Senate Finance

2/19/12: Final Report on Budget

Key Legislators

0 House Appropriations0 Delegate Tata (R- Virginia Beach)0 Delegate Jones (R-Chesapeake and Suffolk)**0 Delegate Joannou (D-Portsmouth)0 Delegate Howell (D-Norfolk)0 Delegate BaCote (D-Hampton and Newport News)*

0 Senate Finance0 Senator Normant, Senate Majority Leader (R-Williamsburg) 0 Senator Miller (D-Norfolk)**0 Senator Lucas (D-Portsmouth)*0 Senator Wagner (R-Virginia Beach)*

THANK YOU TO:

0 Senator Wagner0 Delegate Tata0 Delegate Villanueva

0 Item 108#2s: Senate Chief Patron: Howell (D); Co-Patron(s): Edwards (D), Wagner (R), Watkins (R) 0 Will go before Senate Finance Economic Development

subcommittee0 Item 108#1h: House Chief Patron: Lingamfelter (R); Co-

Patron(s): Anderson(R), Carr (D), Comstock (R), Head (R), Herring (D), Loupassi (R), McClellan (D), Tata (R), Villanueva (R)

State Policy and Funding

0Virginia Housing Trust Fund0 HB 121/HB 1100 - Creates a new housing trust fund &

authority0 HB 790 - Amends the VA Housing Partnership Fund into

a Housing Trust Fund

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Housing the Critically Ill

Living on street or in emergency

shelter

Frequent arrest and /

or incarceration

Frequent visits to

emergency room

High rates of mental illness and substance abuse

Chronic health conditions or other disabling conditions

Increased risk of premature death

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The Numbers by Locality

0 In Arlington County:0 119 inpatient hospitalizations in the past year, at an

estimated annual cost of $2.5 million. This assumes an average of $21,000 per admission for a 3 day medical stay at an Arlington hospital.

0 183 ER visits in the last 3 months, for an estimated annual cost of $732,000. This assumes an average of $1,000 per ER visit at an Arlington Hospital.

0 The estimated annual inpatient and ER costs combine for a total of $3.2 million annually.

Scott – Now has a Home

Before

Housed through 1000 Homes for 1000 Virginians – Richmond Campaign After

1,000 Homes for 1,000 Virginians

0 Step 1: Identify the most vulnerable0 Registry Week0 Outcome: Community Data on the most vulnerable who aren’t

getting the services they need and are costing multiple systems0 Step 2: House the most vulnerable

0 Targeting current resources0 Leveraging partnerships0 Accessing new resources

0 Step 3: Keep the most vulnerable housed0 Step 4: Engage the community in the solution to

homelessness.

Project Goal

Reduce homelessness

for children and their

families by 15 percent by

2013

Increase access to affordable

housing of their own for

869 households

with children

Rapid Re-Housing

Why Rapid Re-Housing?

FIRST

PLUS

CASE MANAGEMENTEMPLOYMENT OR

DISABILITY BENEFITS

CHILD CARE

COUNSELING

Why Rapid Re-Housing?

$/exit $/ph exit$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$2,468

$12,474$14,184

$2,939$2,283 $2,797$5,758

$14,651

Example of Cost Effectiveness of Interventions for Families

Shelter Transitional HousingRapid Re-Housing SSO

Why Rapid Re-Housing?

Systemwide Shelters TH HPRP SO0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

7%

24%

7%

3%

9%

Return to Homelessness

Why Rapid Re-Housing?

$/exit $/ph exit$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$4,714

$22,785

$12,338

$21,531

$2,737 $3,595

Example of Cost Effectiveness of Interventions for Families

Shelter Transitional Housing Rapid Re-Housing

Ways to Partner.

0Get involved with the Southwide or Peninsula 1,000 Homes initiative.

0Participate in a local meeting on rapid re-housing.

0Are you a funder?, an employer?, a landlord?, a housing authority?, a housing provider?

0 Join VCEH as a member!

Phyllis Chamberlain703-861-0102phyllis@vceh.orgwww.vceh.orgJoin Today!

Phyllis ChamberlainExecutive DirectorVirginia Coalition to End Homelessness(703) 861-0102phyllis@vceh.org

www.vceh.org