Ending Family and Youth Homelessness

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Ending Family and Youth Homelessness
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Basics Improving Performance of Homeless
Service System

• Most families remain homeless a short time
  often until they save enough to exit on their own
  with help, they could exit faster.
• Long-term stays in homeless programs are very
  expensive, long stays in transitional housing
  programs should be reserved for situations when
  it is more effective/beneficial than helping
  families pay for housing.
• Families who have multiple homeless episodes
  require more intensive help than they typically
  receive from homeless service programs.

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Allocating Resources Differently
Service Pattern Percent Current Response New Response
Temporary 72-80 Short shelter/TH stays Rapid Re-housing when necessary
Long-Stays 15-20 Long transitional housing stays Rapid Re-housing
Episodic 5 8 Multiple shelter stays Intensive housing service models including PSH

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Rapid Re-housing Primary Response for Major

• Rapid Re-housing is an intervention designed to
  help individuals and families move quickly back
  into housing in the community through the
  provision of
• Housing Identification assistance
• Rent and Move-In assistance and
• Rapid Re-housing Case Management and Services

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Investing in Ending Homelessness - Design
Considerations

• Prevention vs. Rapid Re-housing
• Augmenting the intervention, eg
• Employment/Rapid Re-housing (TANF partnerships)
• Home Visitation Services (Younger Families)
• Sizing the intervention progressive engagement,
  predictive models, one size fits all.
• Targeting service-rich interventions narrowly -
  reallocating appropriately

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Select Outcomes..

• Reductions..
• New investments.
• Improved Performance
• Lower recidivism, Lower LOS, Fewer Turnaways
• Costs Savings/Increased efficiency

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New Resources

• Rapid Re-housing Infographic http//www.endhomeles
  sness.org/library/entry/rapid-re-housing-infograph
  ic
• Role of Long-Term, Congregate Transitional
  Housing http//www.endhomelessness.org/library/ent
  ry/the-role-of-long-term-congregate-transitional-h
  ousing-in-ending-homelessnes
• Assessment Tools for Allocating Homelessness
  Assistance State of the Evidence
  http//b.3cdn.net/naeh/a7cabcea91f5c8efbd_yam6b1ad
  6.pdf
• HUD Coordinated Entry Policy Brief
  https//www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/C
  oordinated-Entry-Policy-Brief.pdf

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Youth Homelessness

• Unaccompanied homeless youth under the age of 18

Category Estimated Number of Youth Under Age 18 Percent
Temporarily Disconnected 327,000 86
Unstably Connected 29,000 8
Chronically Disconnected 24,000 6
Total 380,000 100
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Youth Homelessness

• Unaccompanied homeless youth age 18-24

Category Estimated Number of Young Adults Percent
Transitional 122,000 81
Episodic 13,000 9
Chronic 15,000 10
Total 150,000 100
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Developing/Enhancing Interventions

• Improving data (PIT RHYMIS/HMIS Integration)
• Improving use of evidence-based interventions
• Increased resources for homeless youth programs
• Evaluating outcomes
• Promote greater coordination between CoCs and
  RHYA Programs

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Improving Response to Youth Homelessness

• Enhancing the interventions, our priorities
• Family intervention
• Crisis housing
• Long-term housing/service models (tailored to
  need/developmental stage)
• Host Home, Rapid Re-housing, Congregate/Scattered
  site/transition in place TH, and PSH
• Systems Strategies
• Extended Foster Care/Juvenile Justice
• Address overlap CW/Homeless Involvement

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Questions?

• Sharon McDonald
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• [phone]
• smcdonald_at_naeh.org