UW Chamber Business Task Force
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Common Ground
Beth Sandor, LA Field Director
November 17, 2009
100,000 Homes Campaign
from numbers
to names
to neighbors
Time Travel Back to 2003
• over 13 organizations funded by separate agencies to provide outreach in midtown
• “contact” was standard unit of service• no coordination between teams• no one held accountable for outcomes • “if homeless people wanted housing,
they’d go to the shelter.”• “if homeless people won’t go into the
shelter, they must be service resistant.” • ZERO dedicated housing resources
Street to Home Overview
• Adaptation of England’s Rough Sleepers Initiative that achieved 75% reduction in 3 years
• Started in October 2003• Goal: reduce street homelessness in West
Midtown, NYC, by two-thirds in three years• Originally funded by foundation money with
seed grant of $75k • Only partners were the BID and the police• Unwavering commitment to figure this out
Street to Home Strategy
• Geographical accountability• By name (with photos) registry of
everyone sleeping on the streets• Established prioritization method
– Vulnerability Index Tool
• Focused on shared goal of permanent housing
• Housing First
Vulnerability Index
• More than 6 months homeless AND at least one of the following:– End Stage Renal Disease – History of Cold Weather Injuries– Liver Disease or Cirrhosis– HIV+/AIDS– Over 60 years old – 3 or more emergency room visits in prior three
months– 3 or more ER or hospitalizations in prior year– Tri-morbid (mentally ill+ abusing substances+
chronic medical problem)
NYC System Change
• $10 million dollars worth of outreach contracts are withdrawn
• Geographically accountability for 2/3 reduction implemented
• NYC census is down almost 50%
• Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx down 75% in first year of new contracts
Project 50 - Timeline
• Oct 4, 2007: Decision to launch Project 50• Nov 20, 2007: County Supervisors Passed Motion
to Implement Project 50 within 100 days• Dec 2007: Identified 140 vulnerable individuals
out of 471 found sleeping outside • Jan 28, 2008 – 1st person placed into housing• 67 people have been housed to date• Unprecedented collaboration across 24 public and
private agencies, especially across city-county• More money was spent on hospital and jail visits
the year prior to housing than the net operating cost of Project 50
Tenant Profile - Before
Tenant Profile - After
First year of Project 50
• 96% of people offered housing accepted
• 88% retention rate
• 73% reduction in hospitalization costs
• 80% reduction in jail days
• 95% of clients with MI are in treatment
• 65% of clients with SA are in treatment
Vulnerability Index Projects
Results to date
• Over 12,000 surveyed in 17 communities • Over 1,400 most chronic and vulnerable homeless housed • Los Angeles County – in 7 communities:
– Over 2,500 surveyed – Over 200 units committed– 130 people housed
Early Innovations
• Housing Resources• Service Resources• Broader System Changes• Leveraging of the Community
100,000 Homes
• Take something that already works well and– Target it to 50 cities– Goal to house 100,000 vulnerable chronically
homeless adults in 3 years– Building on learning and expertise of the 17
pilot communities– Create system change on a local and national
scale
50 Target Cities
What it means to join the 100,000 Homes Campaign
• Communities will received the full support and resources of the campaign in exchange for a commitment to:– Identify those on the street and prioritize
based on health vulnerabilities– Connect individuals directly with housing– Support housing success with links to
services and neighbors – Be part of local and national learning
Campaign Activities
National Local
Identify • Communities most impacted by homelessness
• Individuals most impacted by homelessness
Recruit • Faculty from “best and brightest” across the country• Allies at HUD, HHS, VA
• Coalition of government, providers, and neighbors to join campaign
Support • Faculty with organizing training and toolkit• Allies with data on 100k people to drive resources
• Registry Creation & Vulnerability Index• Community Building
LA CITY LA COUNTY
Skid Row West Hollywood
San Fernando Valley
Long Beach
Venice Santa Monica
New Image
Vulnerability Index Projects:
LOS ANGELES