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Opening the Doors to New Solutions

FY 2015 Continuum of Care Annual Report

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Contents

About the GVPHC ………………………………………………………………………….….…....3

About the Hampton Roads HMIS…………………………………………………….…………….3

Federal & State Funding Awards………………………………………………………..………....5

Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent & End Homelessness…………………....6

GVPHC Service Access Flow Chart………………………………………………………...….....9

GVPHC Point in Time Count & Housing Inventory……………………………………………...10

System Performance Measures…………………………………………………………………...12

Conclusion/Partners………………………………………………………………………………...16

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About the GVPHC

The Greater Virginia Peninsula Homelessness Consortium (GVPHC) is a coalition of public and private organizations that maintains a current and viable process to end homelessness and provides services and resources to the most vulnerable households and individuals across the following six (6) jurisdictions: the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg, and the counties of James City and York.

The GVPHC serves as the region’s Continuum of Care (CoC) organization, and is responsible for coordination and management of federal and state funding for homeless services; the Hampton Department of Human Services serves as the lead agency for the CoC. Coordination and facilitation is provided by The Planning Council. For more information, please visit www.gvphc.org.

The CoC has adopted the vision that homelessness will be rare, brief, and non-recurring. This report focuses on the CoC’s efforts to make this vision a reality for the residents of the Greater Virginia Peninsula. The report period is Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. Much of the data provided in this report is sourced from the Hampton Roads Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), administered by The Planning Council.

About the Hampton Roads HMIS

HMIS is the repository for client level data, which can be reported for individual agencies, across an entire CoC, or for specific project types, such as Emergency Shelter or Rapid Re-housing. HMIS data help identify gaps in services and offer a better understanding of the needs of the service population.

Participation is required for federally and state funded homeless service providers; other providers voluntarily participate. There are a few non-HMIS participating providers in the region; their data will not be reflected in the majority of this report.

In the past year, the GVPHC, the Southeastern Virginia Homeless Coalition (SVHC), the city of Virginia Beach CoC, the city of Portsmouth CoC, and the Lynchburg CoC have merged their HMIS databases, creating the Hampton Roads HMIS. This regional HMIS streamlines communication between providers and

improves access to services for consumers.

Members: Wanda Rogers, City of Hampton Barb Watson, James City County

Alan Archer, City of Newport News Judy Wiggins, City of Poquoson

Pete Walentisch, City of Williamsburg

Ken Drees, York County

COMMISSION ON HOMELESSNESS Special thanks to the Mayors & Chairs Commission on Homelessness for their continued leadership and guidance in

the efforts of the GVPHC.

The regional HMIS was made possible with support from the

following organizations: Beazley Foundation Portsmouth General

Hospital Foundation Peninsula Community

Foundation Virginia Housing

Development Authority

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The following agencies are members of the GVPHC and participate in HMIS:

n= 5,006

GVPHC Service Population

City of Origin

29% Williamsburg

24% Newport News

22% James City County

16% Hampton

3e Restoration

ACCESS

Community Housing Partners

Five Loaves Food Pantry

Hampton Department of Human Services (DHS)

Hampton-Newport News CSB

Hampton Roads Community Action Program, Inc.

HELP, Inc.

James City County Office of Housing

James City County DHS

LINK of Hampton Roads

Malachi House International

Menchville House Ministries

Newport News DHS

Transitions Family Violence Services

The Salvation Army Peninsula

The Salvation Army Williamsburg

United Way of Greater Williamsburg

Williamsburg DHS

Williamsburg Community Chapel

Williamsburg House of Mercy

York-Poquoson Social Services

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Federal and State Funding Awards

In FY 2015, the GVPHC was awarded $1,950,253 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and $1,039,438 from the Virginia Homeless Solutions Program (VHSP). The Hampton Newport News Community Services Board was also awarded funding for the Road to Home program through the Cooperative Agreement to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI), administered by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): the program provides $974,000 from SAMHSA for clinical services, and $350,000 from the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) for housing vouchers.

HUD and VHSP Funds were allocated to the following program types:

Permanent Supportive Housing Rapid Re-housing Transitional Housing Safe Haven Prevention Shelter Operations. Compared to FY 2013, the CoC has increased Rapid Re-housing funds by $78,607, for a total investment of $449,513.

Analysis of the permanent housing success of each program type serves as a consideration of return on investment. For Permanent Supportive Housing/Other Permanent Housing, the measure includes both exits to permanent housing and clients who maintained housing stability, which is defined by maintaining residency in PSH programs for at least 6 months. Compared to last year, the rates of exits to permanent housing and stability are higher for each program type except Safe Haven, which had a Permanent Housing rate of 100% last year.

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Opening Doors: Federal Plan to

Prevent & End Homelessness

The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, Opening Doors, is a national initiative that calls upon the federal government to work collaboratively with the private sector, non-profits, and state and local governments to engage cost effective, thorough solutions to end homelessness. The GVPHC has aimed to align its goals with those of the Federal Strategic Plan, which include:

1. Prevent and end homelessness among veterans in 2015;

2. Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness in 2017;

3. Prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and children in 2020; and,

4. Set a path to ending all types of homelessness.

The next section of this report will focus on the progress made in the past year in meeting each of the four goals.

Goal 1: Prevent & end homelessness among veterans in 2015

On Veterans’ Day, 2015, Governor Terry McAuliffe declared the functional end to veteran homelessness in the state of Virginia. The GVPHC played an integral role in the regional effort to streamline the service delivery system for veterans, creating new relationships between stakeholders, and gathering and reporting on the data necessary to meet the benchmark criteria set forth by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). Since the declaration, the GVPHC’s Service Coordination and Assessment Network (SCAAN) continues to prioritize veterans.

GVPHC HIC 2015-16:

HUD VASH beds 2015 2016

Beds for HHw/C 463 190

Units for HHw/C 80 50

Beds for Single Adults 233 322

The Housing Inventory uses an accounting of how many vouchers were in use on the night of the Point in Time Count and varies year to year. The program is administered by the Hampton VA Medical Center, which serves the entire Hampton Roads region, beyond the coverage of the GVPHC.

GVPHC Housing Inventory

Chart (HIC) 2015-16 2015 2016

Veteran Designated Beds 321 600

The fluctuation in the number of designated beds is due in part to a change in reporting for the HUD VASH program; in 2015, only the beds for veterans were counted as designated, while in 2016, the guidance required all beds for all veteran and non-veteran household members to be counted as designated.

Year

# Veterans served in Emergency Shelter

(ES) programs

Total # Adults in ES

Programs % of the Total ES Population

2014-15 178 939 19%

2015-16 156 870 18%

Percent change: 12% decrease

Data Source: CoC APR GVPHC ES report group

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Goal 2: Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness in 2017

The GVPHC has adopted the Notice of Prioritization set forth by HUD, which establishes the order in which eligible households should be served in all CoC-funded Permanent Supportive Housing, prioritizing those that are experiencing chronic homelessness, while continuing to include the CoC’s established priority for veterans. The chart below demonstrates how the number of chronic homeless persons

served in Emergency Shelter decreased in 2015.

In contrast, the 2016 GVPHC Point in Time Count showed an increase in the number of chronic persons counted increased from the previous year. Last year, many HMIS participating agencies were continuing to come into compliance with the new HMIS Data Standards, impacting data quality. Chronic numbers were also affected by the new definition of chronic homelessness released in HUD’s final rule which went into effect January 4, 2016. The final rule updated previous guidelines; the added reporting requirement aims to improve the identification of the truly chronic population, as defined by HUD.

The GVPHC added capacity to its designated chronic homeless beds in 2016.

Goal 3: Prevent & end homelessness for families, youth, & children in 2020

SCAAN prioritizes available housing resources for the most vulnerable families and individuals; that, combined with the diversion and appropriate referral system implemented by the Regional Housing Crisis Hotline and prevention services, led to a decrease in the number of families and youth experiencing homelessness. The GVPHC realized a 20% decrease in the number of households with children served in HMIS participating emergency shelters between 2014 and 2015. Additionally, the number of unaccompanied youth ages 18-24 who were unsheltered prior to being served by an HMIS

participating program decreased by 44%.

Year: July 1-June 30

# Persons who Met Chronic Homeless Definition in ES

programs

Total # Persons in

ES Programs

% of the Total ES

Population

2014-15 104 1265 8%

2015-16* 92 1159 8%

*The Chronic Homeless Definition changed in January 2016

All data above is reflective of the person's status at most recent point of entry. Data is based on the HMIS Project Demographics Report.

GVPHC HIC 2015 2016

Chronic Designated Beds 60 66

Year: July 1-June 30 2014-15 2015-16 % change

# Households served with children & adults 148 119 20% decrease

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Goal 4: Set a path to ending all types of homelessness

Setting a path to ending all types of homelessness is the core of the work of a Continuum of Care (CoC); this work is ongoing, even while special populations take central focus. Since the mid-1990s, the cities and counties of the Virginia Peninsula have worked together to find housing solutions for families and individuals experiencing homelessness. For example, the GVPHC adopted Housing First principles and implemented a Coordinated Assessment across the continuum. These initiatives have increased collaboration between providers within the CoC, and stream-lined the path to housing opportunities and services for individuals and families of all compositions.

The Regional Housing Crisis Hotline operated by ForKids, inc. serves as the central intake for homeless services. Between July 2015 and June 2016, the Regional Housing Crisis Hotline completed 27,478 Calls from 13,803 unduplicated

Callers. 36 percent of those calls originated in the GVPHC.

Beginning in February 2016, the SCAAN Committees provided case conferencing for 221 individuals and families; 112 of those were successfully housed. SCAAN prioritizes based on veteran status; history of homelessness, or chronicity; and vulnerability, using the Vulnerability Index as a tool to assess families and individuals. Further assessment is completed through the case conferencing process, as the provider community makes decisions together regarding the best fit for available services. Each household or individual’s

progress through the system is tracked to ensure contact is maintained to the greatest extent possible until permanent housing is achieved—and often times beyond, as case management services continue through the stabilization process.

The following page shows the GVPHC Service Access flow chart, beginning with the access points of the Hotline and Outreach teams—progressing through Prevention Services for at-risk persons and households; Emergency Shelter; Service Coordination; Transitional Housing, Rapid Re-housing, or Permanent Supportive Housing (a small percentage of clients are placed into housing directly from the street, bypassing Emergency Shelter).

SCAAN Data February-June 2016

221 Cases

Processed

112 Permanent Housing

Placements

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51% Housing Rate

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Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 2016 VA-505 Housing Inventory Count (HIC), April 2016 *HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program combines the use of Housing Choice Vouchers administered by the local Redevelopment and Housing Authorities to provide rental assistance for homeless veterans with case management and clinical services provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

S C

A A

N

Transitional Housing (111 Year Round Beds)

Avalon Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center

H.E.L.P Malachi House

The Salvation Army - Williamsburg Transitions FVS

United Way of Greater Williamsburg

Rapid Re-Housing Service Coordination and Assessment

Network (SCAAN) –Upper & Lower Peninsula

Newport News Housing Broker Team Hampton Roads Community Action

Program, Inc. SSVF Transitions HOME DV

Outreach

Winter Shelters (165 Seasonal Beds)

A Night’s Welcome PORT

Community of Faith Mission

Permanent Supportive Housing

(317 Year Round Beds + 696 Regional HUD-VASH Vouchers)

ACCESS AIDS Care (CHAP) Community Housing Partners

Veterans Medical Center- HUD-VASH* Hampton Newport News Community

Services Board LINK of Hampton Roads

Newport News Redevelopment & Housing Authority

Diversion

Prevention Hampton Dept. of Social Services

Newport News Dept. of Human Services James City County Office of Housing Hampton Roads Community Action

Program, Inc. SSVF Williamsburg Dept. Of Human Services

Emergency Shelters (254 Year Round Beds)

3e Restoration Avalon Center

Hampton Department of Human Services (Hotel/Motel)

H.E.L.P. Hampton Newport News Community

Services Board James City County Office of Housing (Hotel

Menchville House LINK Veterans Program

Peninsula Rescue Mission Pineapple Inn

St. Bede House of Mercy The Salvation Army – Peninsula

The Salvation Army – Williamsburg Transitions FVS

REGIONAL

HOUSING CRISIS

HOTLINE

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Annual Point in Time Count

Another gauge of the progress in ending all types of homelessness is data collected during the annual Point in Time (PIT) Count. The GVPHC conducted both a sheltered and an unsheltered Count to fulfill the requirement of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on January 26-27, 2016. The Count was conducted using both the Counting Us mobile app developed by Simtech Solutions, Inc., and data reported in HMIS.

Overall, 464 persons were identified as being homeless in the GVPHC’s 2016 Count, compared to 520 counted last year. The sheltered count decreased by 10% from the

previous year; the unsheltered count also decreased, by 19%.

Count teams increased the coverage of known areas in cooperation with outreach workers and local Police Departments.

This year, out of the 464 people counted:

18% reported having a Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

13% had a substanceabuse problem

11% were consideredchronically homeless.

The CoC saw a 32% decrease in the number of veterans counted. 69% were single adults, and 31% were persons in households with children. Only 1% were parenting youth, and 3% were unaccompanied youth (between the ages of 18-24). For the full 2016 PIT Count report, please visit www.gvphc.org.

Change in the Numbers of Homeless Persons

by Sheltered Status, 2013-2016

Annual Comparison 6 year trend

2015-16 2011-16

# % # %

Total Homeless -56 -11% -272 -37%

Sheltered -43 -11% -227 -36%

Unsheltered -13 -19% -45 -44%

Data Source: GVPHC Annual Point in Time Count

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The Housing Inventory Count (HIC) is completed in conjunction with the Point in Time Count, and is a count of housing capacity by program and household type within the CoC. The HIC is a way to measure the CoC’s capacity to meet the needs presented during the Point in Time Count, i.e., if there is enough housing capacity to house the persons counted. The following chart shows trends over the past three years for each of those categories.

The overall housing inventory continues to grow for both single adults and households with children. Since 2014, the GVPHC’s capacity for Rapid Re-housing has increased 184%, and 21% for Permanent Supportive/Other Permanent Housing. While the CoC has realized a slight decrease in Emergency Shelter beds, the overall homeless population served has also decreased, along with the PIT Count totals.

2014 2015 2016

Project Type # Single

Adult Beds

# HH w/C

Beds

# Single

Adult Beds

# HH w/C

Beds

# Single

Adult Beds

# HH w/C

Beds

Emergency Shelter: Year Round 148 149 137 142 134 120

Emergency Shelter: Seasonal 165 0 165 0 165 0

Transitional Housing 44 80 37 96 43 68

Rapid Re-housing 9 77 40 92 50 194

Permanent Supportive Housing* 185 58 198 42 198 97

Safe Haven 22 0 22 0 22 0

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System Performance Measures

Measuring the performance of the system as a whole is a helpful way to gauge the progress the CoC is making toward meeting these and other goals. HUD has defined the following 7 System Performance Measures, whereby not only the success of each CoC is shown, but also areas for improvement to prevent and end homelessness.

1. Length of time persons remain homeless

2. The extent to which persons who exit homelessness to permanent housing destinations return to homelessness

3. Number of homeless persons

4. Jobs and income growth for homeless persons in CoC Program-funded projects

5. Number of persons who become homeless for the first time

6. Homelessness prevention and housing placement of persons defined by Category 3 of HUD’s homeless definition in CoC Program-funded projects

7. Successful housing placement and retention

These measures fulfill requirements of the HEARTH Act, which required HUD to grant funding based on competitive, measurable outcomes, or performance based selection criteria. They evaluate system-wide performance of both federally funded and not federally funded agencies. The data is sourced from HMIS, with the exception of one measure that also takes Point in Time Count data into account.

As this was the first year the System Performance Measures were required for inclusion with the CoC annual competition for funding, the GVPHC submitted a baseline year ranging between October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015. The data in this report covers the more recent date range of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. Many of the reports allow the CoC to look back at the prior year for comparison; this is noted in the data tables following. These data tables are intended to provide familiarity with the measures.

Looking ahead, the GVPHC plans to regularly assess the performance of the system using these measures. These assessments will enable the community to use the data in the following ways:

Help determine gaps in service delivery

Identify programs that may benefit from increased technical assistance

Identify opportunities for reallocation

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Measure 2: Exits to Permanent Housing with Returns to Homelessness

Report Range: July 2014-June 2016

% of Returns in Less than 6

Months

% of Returns within 6-12

Months

% of Returns within 13-24

Months

% of Returns

within 2 years

Exits from Emergency Shelter 8% 4% <1% 13%

Exits from Transitional Housing 0% 0% 0% 0%

Exits from Safe Haven 9% 0% 0% 9%

Exits from all Permanent Housing (including RRH, PSH, OPH) 3% 2% 2% 7%

Total 5% 3% 1% 9%

This measure is based on Exits from HMIS to Permanent Housing between July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015; of those, the rate of returns to homelessness is reported. Again, not all programs participate in HMIS, and their

Measure 3: Number of Homeless Persons

This measure looks at both HMIS data AND Point in Time Count results to provide both annualized numbers of homeless persons served by participating Emergency Shelters, Safe Havens, and Transitional Housing programs, as well as a snapshot of the population on one night at the end of January. Both measures report a decrease in the overall number of persons experiencing homelessness.

HMIS Data

Report Range: July 2014-June 2016

Number of Persons with ES, TH, & SH Entries in HMIS 2014 2015 Difference

Unduplicated Total Sheltered Homeless Persons 1338 1307 -31

Emergency Shelter 1245 1202 -43

Transitional Housing 80 93 13

Safe Haven 32 37 5

Point in Time Count

Report Range: 2015 PIT Count and 2016 PIT Count

2015 2016 Difference

Total PIT Count of sheltered and unsheltered persons 520 464 -56

Emergency Shelter Total 328 290 -38

Transitional Housing Total 100 99 -1

Safe Haven Total 22 18 -4

Total Sheltered Count 450 407 -39

Unsheltered Count 70 57 -13

Measure 1: Length of Time Persons Remain Homeless

Report Range: July 2014-June 2016

Average # Days for: 2014 2015 % Change

Persons in Emergency Shelter and Safe Haven 62 85 37% increase

Persons in Emergency Shelter, Safe Haven, and Transitional Housing 83 110 33% increase

This version of the report only looks at the number of days as measured by entries and exits in HMIS. Next year, new HMIS Data Standards will allow for a more complete consideration of the person's history of homelessness. It's important to remember that some programs do not participate in HMIS; their data is not reflected in this measure.

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Measure 4: Employment & Income Growth for CoC Funded Projects

Report Range: July 2014-June 2016

System Stayers

2014 2015

% of Adults who Increased Earned Income 6% 9%

% of Adults who Increased Non-Employment Cash Income 16% 14%

% of Adults who Increased Total Income 21% 24%

System Leavers

2014 2015

% of Adults who Increased Earned Income 12% 17%

% of Adults who Increased Non-Employment Cash Income 38% 40%

% of Adults who Increased Total Income 45% 50%

This report includes only programs that are funded through the CoC competition from HUD, and only looks for increases in income, not the rate of adults who maintain their income. Compared to last year, a higher percentage of both system stayers (still being served in the CoC) and system leavers (persons who exited the system) are increasing their total income while being served by CoC funded agencies. The biggest year to year increases are in the employment cash income category, but more adults are increasing non-employment income.

Measure 5: Number of Persons First Time Homeless

Report Range: July 2014-June 2016

Note: To define a person as newly homeless, this report looks for existing HMIS records from 2 years prior to the report year, looking back as far as October 1, 2012, on. If someone entered the system prior to that date, they may be reported as first time homeless in this report. This is a limitation of this measure based on HMIS programming specifications set forth by HUD. There were fewer first time homeless in 2015 compared to 2014.

Number of persons experiencing homelessness for the first time 2014 2015 Difference

Persons Served in Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, & Safe Haven 924 912 -12

Persons Served in Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Safe Haven, AND Permanent Housing, including Rapid Re-housing 1340 1246 -94

Measure 6: Homeless Prevention and Housing Placement of Persons defined by

category 3 of HUD’s Homeless Definition in CoC Program funded Projects

This Measure is not applicable to CoCs in 2016, and cannot be reported on.

Measure 7: Successful Placement from Street Outreach & Successful Placement in or

Retention of Permanent Housing

Report Range: July 2014-June 2016

Successful Exits/Retention 2014 2015

Street Outreach NA 100%

Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Safe Haven, and Rapid Re-housing 37% 48%

Permanent Supportive Housing and Other Permanent Housing 96% 96%

For this measure, there was increased participation from Street Outreach programs in 2015 compared to 2014; data quality and engagement is expected to increase with additional programs. Also, some destinations from Street Outreach programs, such as temporary and some institutional destinations, are considered positive, where for other program types, they are not counted as positive exits.

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System Performance Measures Summary

These measures are helpful in understanding the current state of the CoC compared to last

year.

Measure 1 shows a 33% increase in the length of time homeless for persons in

Emergency Shelter, Safe Haven, and Transitional Housing, which could be

impacted by changes in participation and data quality in those programs. HUD has

chosen to include Safe Havens in this category, although in the GVPHC, the Safe

Haven program operates more like a Permanent Supportive Housing program.

Measure 2 illustrates a fairly low total rate of returns to homelessness for

persons who have exited to permanent housing (9%); the rate is a bit higher for

Emergency Shelter exits (13%), which may indicate more wrap around support

services needed for those clients.

Measure 3 demonstrates that the overall number of persons experiencing

homelessness is decreasing, both based on HMIS entries (31 fewer persons

served in 2015), as well as the Point in Time Count data (56 fewer persons

counted). More persons were served in Transitional Housing (13 more persons)

and Safe Haven (5 more persons) in 2015, compared to 2014.

Measure 4 indicates that an increasing number of persons served by CoC funded programs are exiting the homeless service system with more income

compared to entry; in 2015, 50% of system leavers exited with increased income, compared to 45% the previous year. Increasing employment income remains a challenge.

Measure 5 reveals 94 fewer persons became homeless for the first time in

2015; this data aligns with the overall totals of homelessness also decreasing.

Measure 6 was not required this year, as no CoCs across the country were

authorized to serve persons who meet other definitions of homelessness besides

HUD’s final rule.

Measure 7 demonstrates a high rate of housing stability for persons in Street

Outreach (100%) and Permanent Housing programs (96%). This measure

combines Rapid Re-housing with Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, and

Safe Haven, rather than Permanent Housing programs. The lower rate of

successful placement in permanent housing (48%) for that combination of program

types is likely attributable to low rates of permanent housing exits from Emergency

Shelter.

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Conclusion

The GVPHC is well on its way to meeting the goals set forth by Opening Doors; the CoC is

client-focused and data driven, with the vision that homelessness will be rare, brief, and

non-recurring. While the GVPHC’s capacity continues to grow, there is still a need for

additional services and resources. The CoC will continue to prioritize the most vulnerable

families and individuals, with a special focus on veterans, those experiencing chronic

homelessness, and youth. Reaching the goals of the Federal Strategic Plan and improving

the System Performance Measures will continue to be the work of the community, together.

To that end, the GVPHC recognizes the support and guidance of the Mayors and Chairs

Commission on Homelessness with appreciation.

Partners 3e Restoration

ACCESS AIDS Care

Avalon

Five Loaves Food Pantry

H.E.L.P.

Hampton Dept. of Human Services

City of Hampton

Hampton Redevelopment & Housing

Authority

Hampton-Newport News Community

Services Board

Hampton Roads Community Action Program,

Inc.

Housing Development Corp. of Hampton

Roads

James City County

James City County Office of Housing

LINK of Hampton Roads

Menchville House

Natasha House

Newport News Redevelopment & Housing

Authority

City of Newport News

The Salvation Army—Peninsula

The Salvation Army—Williamsburg

Southeastern Virginia Health System

The Planning Council

Transitions Family Violence Services

United Way of Greater Williamsburg

United Way of the Virginia Peninsula

Virginia Employment Commission

Virginia Veteran & Family Support

City of Williamsburg

Williamsburg House of Mercy

York County Division of Housing and

Neighborhood Revitalization

York-Poquoson Dept. of Social Services

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