Transcript Save the Family - Beyond Housing

Laura Skotnicki, Director of
Administrative Services
Housing First: Where it Works
Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness
January 20, 2012
Continuum of Housing Services for
Housing Vulnerable Families
Permanent
Supportive
Permanent
Affordable
Housing
Emergency
Shelter
HOUSING
VULNERABLE
FAMILY
Subsidized
/Section 8
Transitional
Living
Rapid
Rehousing
Eviction
Prevention
Homeless Families
Intervention Project (HFIP)
Internal centralized intake utilizing the
Vulnerability Index to target the most
appropriate housing intervention.
Our Mission
Family homelessness is damaging
to everyone it touches. Save the
Family empowers families to
conquer homelessness and achieve
life-long independence.
Homeless Families
Intervention Project (HFIP)
Founded in 1988
to serve homeless households with
housing, case management and
supportive services.
Homeless Families
Intervention Project (HFIP)
71 SCATTERED-SITE HOUSING UNITS
33 units partially funded with HUD SHP
funding-23 of these units are specifically for
victims of domestic violence.
38 units
(funded by numerous and various funders)
Homeless Families
Intervention Project (HFIP)
For FY 2010-11,
162 families, consisting
of 527 adults and
children were served.
Homeless Families
Intervention Project (HFIP)
Average length of stay
in FY 2010-11
was 9 months.
Homeless Families
Intervention Project (HFIP)
Participating families are able to maintain
their membership in the community
allowing them to transition without losing
ties to the community (schools, child care,
counseling, doctors, churches, etc).
Financials
$22,612
Average cost currently for a
family of 3 for 1 year of
housing & supportive services
(case management, employment services
and prevention/intervention services)
Affordable Rental
Movement (ARM)
of Save the Family
was established in
1992.
The Affordable Rental
Movement (ARM)
establishes working poor
households in affordable
housing and offers
supportive services to
help them maintain and
increase their selfsufficiency.
121 units of
scattered-site
affordable
housing located
in Mesa, Tempe,
Chandler,
Scottsdale and
Gilbert.
In FY 2010-2011,
131 families
consisting of
448 adults and
children were
served.
Supportive services
provided through its
partner agency,
Save the Family’s
Families, Adults,
and Children’s
Empowerment
Services.
For FY 2011-2012,
awarded a
Shelter Plus Care
Grant, through a
collaboration with
City of Mesa’s Public
Housing Authority to
house seven chronically
homeless households.
Ambassador
Housing
Program
Established in
FY 2009/10, a
collaboration
with Mark
Taylor
Residential
Properties.
Ambassador
Housing
Program
Supportive services
provided through its
partner agency,
Save the Family’s
Families, Adults,
and Children’s
Empowerment
Services.
Housing
Prevention
and Rapid
Re-housing
(HPRP)
Funded in 2009
by both the cities
of Mesa and
Chandler.
Housing
Prevention
and Rapid
Re-housing
(HPRP)
As of Jan. 2012,
103 households,
consisting of
151 adults and 217
children were assisted
with eviction prevention
funding.
Housing
Prevention
and Rapid
Re-housing
(HPRP)
$333,940 in funds
were disbursed.
(City of Mesa - $210,000)
(City of Chandler $123,940)
Average cost per family
$3,242
Housing and Urban
Development’s SHP
Rapid Re-housing
Demonstration
Project-Next Step
A collaborative
award between
UMOM New Day
Centers and
Save the Family.
Housing and Urban
Development’s SHP
Rapid Re-housing
Demonstration
Project-Next Step
One of 23 nationally
awarded programs
to provide Rapid
Re-housing for
120 families over
three years.
Housing and Urban
Development’s SHP
Rapid Re-housing
Demonstration
Project-Next Step
To date,
76 families have
been served
consisting of 99
adults and 144
children.
Financials
$6,000
Average Rapid Re-Housing
costs for shallow subsidies and
case management/supportive
services.
Supportive Services
for Veteran Families
(SSVF)
One of 80 nationally
awarded programs
to provide Rapid
Re-housing and
eviction prevention
services to
20 families a year.
Supportive Services
for Veteran Families
(SSVF)
To date,
10 households have
been served
consisting of 14
adults and 20
children.
450 W. 4th Place, Mesa, AZ 85201
480.898.0228
www.SavetheFamily.org