Project Homeless Connect Together, we can end chronic homelessness in San Francisco

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Project Homeless Connect Together, we can end
chronic homelessness in San Francisco!
Together, we can end chronic homelessness
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Overview Goals

• Learn more about the Mayors vision
• Consider the many ways your company and its
  employees can partner with us to drive change

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Mayors Vision A new era of governance

• A city where citizens actively engage and share a
  sense of ownership in our communitys safety,
  appearance, families, opportunities, and overall
  health a city where citizens feel connected
  and empowered to drive change
• Strong partnerships that leverage existing
  strengths across sectors to seek out new
  opportunities and collectively overcome
  challenges. Partnership that eliminate silos
  and deliver value to all parties involved.
• Goal Oriented approach- clear metrics of
  collective success
• Customer focused
• Efficient tools and systems
• Cultivation path for tomorrows community leaders

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Homelessness in San Francisco Today

• 6,248 homeless on any given day 3000 chronically
  homeless in San Francisco
• More homeless are dying on the streets of San
  Francisco each year than NYC and Chicago put
  together
• Status Quo system is not effective
• studies across the country have demonstrated the
  need for long term housing with supportive
  services- shelter system doesnt work
• until recently, homeless individuals were
  compelled to wander from agency to agency to get
  support and services they needed
• Status Quo approach was wasting money-
• It costs the city roughly 200 million dollars per
  year in supportive services related to
  homelessness
• At the same time, it would cost only 15,000 to
  place these individuals in long term housing with
  supportive services

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Ending widespread homelessness in San Francisco
is the first, second, and third priority of my
administration Mayor Gavin Newsom

• The Plan
• Integrated approach builds momentum- 10 year plan
  to end homelessness Care not Cash, Non-profit
  owned supportive housing, Master Leased Housing,
  Homeless Outreach team (housing first model)
• PHC Outreach, One-stop shop for services,
  Customer oriented approach, involvement of
  community (individuals, companies, non-profit
  organizations)-Focus on Partnerships

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What is happening in San Francisco is
unprecedented- there is nothing else like it in
our country. This is the beginning of the end of
homelessness. Phil Mangano, Executive Director
of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness

• Project Homeless Connect - Results
• Over 5300 homeless clients served
• The Paradigm is shifting
• New mechanism to more efficiently solve
  systematic problem
• Combats cynicism about government by making
  citizens part of the solution
• Thousands of volunteers involved on a regular
  basis
• Citizens, non-profits, and business are
  connecting to the homeless through government
• Organic growth of partnerships, services,
  products, etc.
• Model being replicated nation wide- Dec. 8th
  National PHC Day

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Project Homeless Connect

• Whats next?
• 10 Year Plan to Abolish Homelessness set a goal
  of 3000 units of supportive housing by 2010
• Goal of 450 units over the next 2 years 10
  million dollars
• The PHC challenge
• Raise 2.5million per year (2yrs) from
  corporations/ individuals
• City will match it dollar for dollar

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Why Get Involved?

• Energize your Volunteer Community
• Provide a transformational volunteer experience
• Range of volunteer opportunities
• Easy to implement
• Raise money to house homeless people
• Enhance your brand
• High profile experience Visible partnership with
  Mayor
• Strengthen role as corporate community leader
• Deepen company loyalty (increase retention)
• Enhanced public image
• Acknowledgement that homelessness is everyones
  problem
• Opportunity to build new partnerships
• Potential for significant Community Impact!!

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How you can help

• Incorporate the PHC Challenge into your Employee
  Giving Campaign
• Sense of Urgency Rally with other companies and
  individuals around The Challenge. In light of
  Katrina, we realize the importance of
  strengthening our own communities
• Credibility Strong momentum/results to date
  Visible need testimonials
• Clear Goals House 450 of the 3000 chronically
  homeless over next 2 years Raise 2.5million a
  year to be matched by city
• Easy to implement Leverage attached toolkit

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Additional ways to help

• Participate in upcoming National PHC day Dec 8th
• Sponsor products/services at PHC days
• Corporate investment/donation to support PHC and
  The PHC Challenge
• Support in incorporating PHC more strongly into
  next years employee giving programs
• Partnership in SF Connect and other connect
  initiatives