4.7: rethinking services: partnering for results
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Presented by Kay Moshier McDivitt4.7: Rethinking Services: Partnering for ResultsFamilies could benefit from a wider array of services than homeless programs are typically able to provide. This workshop will examine how homeless service providers are developing new partnerships to leverage quality services for families and improve housing outcomes.TRANSCRIPT
Re-Thinking Services: Partnering for
Results2011 National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness
Megan Owens
Hamilton Family Center
hamiltonfamilycenter.org
Hamilton Family Center
Mission: to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty. Through a Housing First approach, HFC provides a continuum of housing solutions and comprehensive services that promote self-sufficiency for families and individuals, and foster the potential of children and youth.
Hamilton Family Center First Avenues
Designing the Rapid Rehousing Network
Internal Strengths Internal Challenges New Ideas
Stabilizing Families with Time-Limited Rental
Assistance and Services
Stabilizing Families Who Experience DV in the
Program
Stabilizing parents under 25
Training and Technical Assistance from Youth
and DV Providers
Translation for DV Survivors
Reducing shelter length of stay
Connecting with Families in the DV System of
Care
Set-Aside “Slots” and MOU’s with Youth and
DV Providers
The Rapid Re-Housing NetworkHFC First Avenues: Line Staff and Client Outreach Eligibility Assessment Rental Assistance Primary Case Management
Partners: Referrals Training/Consultation Translation
HFC First
Avenues
Larkin Street Youth
Services
La Casa de la
Madres
Asian Women’s Shelter
The Rapid Re-Housing NetworkDomestic Violence and HMIS The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
barred victims' service organizations from entering victim information into HMIS
VAWA provided for victims’ service organizations to maintain a comparable internal database
MOU between HFC and DV providers created system that was acceptable to all parties
The Rapid Re-Housing NetworkDomestic Violence Connections
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DV Entries
Other Entries
Domestic Violence Provider and All Other Entries into the First Avenues
Rental Subsidy Program October 2006-December 2010
HPRP Partnership begins
The Rapid Re-Housing NetworkCommunity Impacts
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Total Entries
Shelter Waitlist Average
Entries into the First Avenues Rental Subsidyand the San Francisco Family Shelter Waitlist
October 2006-December 2010
HPRP Begins
The Rapid Rehousing NetworkYouth At-A-Glance
Youth Averages(13 Households)
HFC First Avenues Rental Subsidy
Families Averages(279 Households)
Household Composition1 Single Adult 1 Adult, 2 Children/Youth
Months Homeless at Intake 9 14
Income at intake$833.67 $1,291.84
Stably Housed at ExitTBD 90%
Hamilton Family CenterTransitional Housing and Collaborative Justice CourtsHFC Transitional Housing
TargetingCollaborative Justice Courts
Episodic homelessness Limited lease history Young head of household Domestic (past 12 months) Child welfare involvement Low education level Criminal justice history Pregnancy Childcare needs Mental health needs
DDC is a family court system serving substance abusing parents and their families involved in the child welfare system, with child dependency cases.
BHC is a criminal court system serving defendants with a diagnosed mental health disorder who are amenable to treatment.
Family
Judge
CPS
Case ManagerSubstanc
e Abuse
Lawyer
Transitional Housing
Therapy
Hamilton Family CenterTransitional Housing and Collaborative Justice Courts
Hamilton Family CenterCollaborative Justice Family Housing Outcomes
On-Going
Stably Housed
Departed Program