Housing and Homelessness among People with Alcohol and Drug Problems

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• Housing and Homelessness among People with
  Alcohol and Drug Problems
• DHS Office of Mental
• Health and Addiction Services
• November 2003

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Where do people live?

• CPMS data on living arrangement at time of
  service enrollment
• For fiscal year ending June 30, 2003
• Limitations - not a current snapshot represents
  where people were living when they began
  receiving services

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Living Arrangement - AD Adults(N 58,304
statewide)
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Living Arrangement - AD Youth(N 6,812
statewide)
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Trends in Homelessness(from statewide data on
AD Adult current living situations)
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Any Homelessness in 2002-03

• Previous data based on most recent living
  situation homeless enrollments over the course
  of a year are actually higher
• 4,795 (8.2) adults were enrolled as homeless
  at some point in 2002-03
• 52 (0.7) children were enrolled as homeless at
  some point in 2002-03

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Why Housing?

• Provides support for clean and sober living
• Provides foundation needed in order to pursue
  employment, re-unite with children, etc.
• Affordable housing is scarce in todays housing
  market
• Decreases demand for more intensive residential
  treatment programs

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Regarding Affordability...

• It is very difficult for low income persons to
  find housing they can afford
• The next slide illustrates how a Social Security
  disability income (SSI) compares to
  HUD-determined Fair Market Rents
• In rural Oregon, it would take 72 of an SSI
  recipients income for rent in Portland, it
  would take 117 of an SSI recipients income for
  rental of a modest apartment

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2003SSI Compared to FMRs, Oregon
In 2003, monthly SSI income is 552/mo. Fair
Market Rents (FMRs) Portland 524 (0BR) 644
(1BR) Rural OR 338 (0BR) 400 (1BR) Per cent
of SSI income required for rent Portland 95
(0BR) 117 (1BR) Rural OR 61 (0BR) 72
(1BR)
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Residential Treatment Capacity

• Availability has fluctuated due to the current
  state budget crisis.
• Prior to February 2003 489 beds
• Reduced by 115 to 372 beds (Feb. 2003)
• 60 beds being restored 422 beds

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Alcohol and Drug-free Housing

• What ADF Capacity Exists in Oregon?
• about 800 men, women and children in Oregon
  Recovery Homes (Oxford Houses)
• 144 people in recovery in ADF housing funded
  with OHCS CFC funds.
• 485 families/individuals in RFP 458 projects
• Other Central City Concern has 500ADF units, La
  Casa Vida and others?
• Guesstimate about 2,500 ADF housing units?

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AD Housing
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OMHAS AD Housing Initiatives

• Oregon Recovery Homes (Oxford House model)
• Alcohol and Drug-free (ADF) Housing Development
  through partnership with Oregon Housing and
  Community Services (OHCS)
• RFP 458 Housing Assistance Services

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Oregon Recovery Homes

• Contract with Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
• Revolving Loan Fund
• Outreach Coordinators
• Primarily supports Oxford House model
• Currently 100 Oxford Houses in Oregon
  accommodating about 800 people in recovery
• Oregon Housing and Community Services recently
  funded a second Outreach Coordinator
• Oxford House Leadership Summit planned in March
  2004 (supported with CSAT funds)

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Oregon Recovery Homes(continued)

• Data from 2001 Survey
• 77.4 of Oregon Oxford House residents had been
  homeless average length of homelessness was 9.5
  months
• Mean age 36 years, 2 months
• Average education 12.23 years
• Employment rate 84.3
• Mean monthly income 1,467
• Residents with history of jail time 90
• Prior residence 48 from home/apartment 18
  from jail 16 from homelessness 11 from rented
  room 6.3 from hospital or halfway house

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ADF Housing Funds in the CFCthrough Oregon
Housing and Community Services

• Initially funded in 1999-2001 biennium continued
  in 2001-03 and 2003-05
• 2 million in OMHAS funds to date awarded through
  OHCS Consolidated Funding Cycle for alcohol and
  drug-free (ADF) housing
• Housing will accommodate 144 people in recovery.
• includes recovery homes, apartment units and
  single room occupancy housing
• 16 projects funded in 10 counties

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RFP 458Housing Assistance Services

• Initially funded in 1999-2001 biennium continued
  in 2001-03 and 2003-05
• Housing coordination and/or rent subsidies
  provided for 485 families and individuals in
  recovery per year
• 8 projects funded in Coos, Josephine, Lane,
  Lincoln, Linn, Multnomah, and Washington counties
  and Siletz tribe.

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RFP 458 Housing Assistance(Annual Report Data
for 2002-03)

• Of 8 projects,
• 2 serve families only,
• 2 serve singles only and
• 4 serve both families and single individuals
• Sex 62 Females 38 Males
• Average Age 33 years
• (range 15 to 58 years)

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RFP 458 Housing Assistance(Annual Report Data
for 2002-03 continued)

• Household Composition
• Total of 485 Served 242 parents (family
  households) 243 single individuals
• Of families, 89 are single parents, and of
  these, 94 are female-headed households
• A total of 365 children in the 233 families

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RFP 458 Housing Assistance(Annual Report Data
for 2002-03 continued)Education Level
( of Clients)
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RFP 458 Housing Assistance(Annual Report Data
for 2002-03 continued)Race/Ethnicity ( of
Clients)
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RFP 458 Housing Assistance(Annual Report Data
for 2002-03 continued)Type of Substance
Abuse ( of Clients)
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RFP 458 Housing Assistance(Annual Report Data
for 2002-03 continued)Average Income at
Enrollment and Exit
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RFP 458 Housing Assistance(Annual Report Data
for 2002-03)

• Average Length of Stay 160 days
• Of 337 who exited program, most common reasons
  for leaving
• 33 Successful met program goals
• 29 Evicted for non-compliance
• 8.6 Moved without notice
• 6.8 Left for alternative housing
• 5.3 Needs could not be met

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RFP 458 Housing Assistance(Annual Report Data
for 2002-03)

• Of 337 who exited program, most common
  destinations
• 24 Rental housing or apartment (no subsidy)
• 24 Moved in with family/friends
• 16 Subsidized housing
• 3 Jail/prison
• 6 Non-housing
• 27 Other/Unknown

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Other Notes

• Training Series Best Practices for Hard-to-House
  People with Mental Health and Addiction Disorders
• State Policy Work on Addressing Homelessness -
  dual focus
• Families and Children
• Persons who experience chronic homelessness