Joining the Effort - Redevelopment and Reconstruction: Integration of Federal, State,

Local and Private Resources

September 16, 2012

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Session Overview

Joining and partnering in efforts to solve social and infrastructure issues

Reflections on vision and mission - what you are challenged to do as a community?

US Interagency Council on Homelessness and Opening Doors, the federal strategic plan to end homelessness

Lessons learned from one state’s homeless efforts

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Joining and partnering Efforts

Redevelopment and Reconstruction Rising to the Occasion Working together Dream and Vision

Mali, East Africa; Gardens and well – Ideal village

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Thoughts for Consideration

How are present resources being used?– Are they effectively achieving established objectives

and goals? Federal, State, Local, and Private– “Strings” come with each set of resources– Which resources will be the driving factors?– How would additional resources raise your programs

to a higher productive level?• Who will be the champion(s)

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Champions

More powerful than great plans, a big committee or even lots of money in achieving organizational and community change. They are present in all organizations – although many are inhibited by conventional process models of change.

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Characteristics of Champions

Energy – With out it many projects will begin, but few will finish

Bias to Act – Doers, solve problems not study themResults Oriented – Outcomes, not process matter mostPerson Responsibility – Responsible for own behaviorBelief in Common Good – Activates shared valuesInclined to Teams – Seeks creation, not agreement

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Vision and Action

When your vision is crystal clear, taking action happens naturally. - Thomas F. Crum, “The Magic of Conflict”

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USICH Mission & Vision

Mission:

Coordinate the federal response to homelessness and create a national

partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce

and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the

federal government in contributing to the end of homelessness.HEARTH Act of 2009

Vision:

No one should experience homelessness

No one should be without a safe, stable place to call home

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Opening Doors

Goals of Opening Doors

1. Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness by 2015

2. Prevent and end homelessness among Veterans by 2015

3. Prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and children

by 2020

4. Set a path to ending all types of homelessness

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Opening Doors

Five Themes

1. Increase leadership, collaboration, and civic engagement

2. Increase access to stable and affordable housing

3. Increase economic security

4. Improve health and stability

5. Retool the homeless crisis response system

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Purpose of the Plan

Set targeted, solutions-driven goals

• Incentivizes cost-effective/strategic use of government expenditures

Roadmap for joint action by 19 Council agencies

• Guides development of programs and budget proposals

Set of priorities the federal agencies will pursue over the 5-year period: FY 2010 - FY 2014

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Leadership and Collaboration

Objective 1: Provide and promote collaborative leadership at all levels of government and across all sectors to inspire and energize Americans to commit to preventing and ending homelessness.

Objective 2: Strengthen the capacity of public and private organizations by increasing knowledge about collaboration, homelessness, and successful interventions to prevent and end homelessness.

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Opening Doors Across America: A Call to Action

States and Communities are encouraged to 1. Align your community plan with Opening

Doors2. Set targets and measure results 3. Act Strategically4. Partner in the national efforts to end

homelessness

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Lessons Learned: Utah’s Experience

Vision: Everyone has access to safe, decent, affordable housing with the needed resources and supports for self-sufficiency and well being.

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Coordinating Committee Participants

Mission:

Provide Housing Opportunities to all Chronically Homeless Individuals and Reduce

overall Homelessness by 2015

Department of Health

Dept. of Corrections

Dept. of Workforce Services

Philanthropic Orgs.Mountainland Continuum of Care

Balance of State Continuum of Care

Financial Institutions

Businesses/United Way

Dept. of Community and Culture

Dept. of Human Services (DHS)

Lt. Governor, Chair

SLC Cont. of Care

Utah Housing Corporation

S.L. Housing Authority

Veterans’ Admin.

Social Security Denver Office

Local Governments

Faith Based Orgs.

Homeless Coordinating Committee of Utah

Office of Education

At Large

Formerly Homeless

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Utah’s Homeless Implementation Plan

State Homeless Coordinating Committee

- Discharge Planning- Affordable Housing

- Supportive Services - Information Systems

FundingState: Local

Federal: - Block Grants- Mainstream

Programs- Targeted Homeless Programs

State Plan

HUD Req’s: - Consolidated Plan

- CoC Annual Strategies

Local 10 Year Plan

Actions: - Housing

- Reduce DV- Prevention

- Employment - Income Support

- Discharge Planning- HMIS

- Transportation- Supportive Services

- Health Care

Local Homeless

Coordinating Committee

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Utah’s Cost Savings

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Housing First Pilot

• We had heard about the Housing First concept developed in New York City

• Would it work in Utah? • 2005 pilot of the most difficult (17) to test it

while a 100 unit facility was constructed• We became believers, especially case

managers • Now operate with belief “all can be housed”

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Sunrise Metro Development

Project Partners

• Utah Division of Housing and Community Development

• Salt Lake City• Salt Lake County• Crusade for the Homeless (Private

Foundation)• George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles

Foundation• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter

Day Saints• Utah Housing Corporation• American Express 100 Units, Completed April 2007

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Housing First DevelopmentsGrace Mary Manor (84 units) –April 2008 Palmer Court (201 Units) – May 2009

Freedom Landing Homeless Veterans (110 Units) -- Jan. 2010

Kelly Benson 55 and Older Homeless (59 Units, 70 Beds) - June 2010

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Housing First and Employment

Assumption “all can be housed” Pilot testing “all can increase income

through employment” Employment re-defined -- ability to receive

taxable pay for work Pilot began March 2011 at Palmer Court In first 17 months, 86 have engaged in

employment, 207% over baseline

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Summary of Local State

Vision created and followed Organization restructured to support the new

vision Funding made available to create pilots to test

assumptions and engage those involved Funding and contract realigned to support vision Repurposed existing funds to higher priority

efforts with results

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Set Targets and Measure Results

Commit to incremental targets & measure progress: Set numeric goals for permanent housing units

made available for target homeless population

Measure progress using the annual point-in-time data for the four population goals

Measure how well homeless programs help their clients become employed and access mainstream programs

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Actions

Will you leave this conference with a renewed commitment to “create an actions to move the needle?

What will be the vision you and your team will rally around?

Where Will You Be in Five Years?

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Joining the Effort

What will be your vision? Will you create and move the needle in rising

together – redevelop, end homelessness, etc.?

Will you work together to accomplish your uprising?

Will you be one of the champions in your state and who else will be the champions?