Transcript PPT - Metro Denver Homeless Initiative

What is 100,000 Homes campaign?
• National movement
• House vulnerable and chronically homeless individuals and
families
• 100,000 by July of 2014.
What is Vulnerability Index (VI)?
• Began as research into
causes of death among
chronically homeless
individuals
• Tool for indentifying and
prioritizing people who
are homeless according to
the fragility of their
health and living situation
• VI Tool can be used to
develop individualized
housing plans
Communities
Colorado Counts:
Communities
working to house
Coloradans in need
•Fifth state to join the 100K
Homes Campaign
•Expanded vulnerability:
•Health vulnerability,
AND
•Behaviors or
circumstance that
jeopardize their
situation,
•At risk for system
involvement, and
•Frequent User.
•Targeting all populations, not
just the traditional chronic
•Incredible data tool
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Statewide Colorado Counts campaign
Led and coordinated, in conjunction
with local communities, by:
–Gary Sanford- Governor's Advisor on
Homeless Initiatives
–Cara Cheevers
–Katie Symons
–Adam Zarrin
Mesa County Registry
Week March 5 to March 9, 2012
•418 surveys
completed- assessing
homeless and at risk
• 75 families
• 49 youth (18-25
years)
• 92 veterans
• 151 chronic
individuals/families
Pueblo County Registry
Week
Began June 30, 2012
80 Interviews (50 men, 27
women, 3 did not report)
34 medically vulnerable
18 Veterans
45 is average age
49 are chronically
homeless
11 Families
6 are Youth/Under 25
years of age
Southwestern
Colorado Registry
Week
July 16 to July 20, 2012
330 Interviews (181
men, 141 women, 7 did
not report)
67 medically vulnerable
38 Veterans
77 Families
59 are Youth/Under 25
years of age
Veterans Data - Registry Weeks
by Region
Total #
Interviewed
Regions Surveyed
Vulnerable
Count
Military
Veterans
% of Military
Vets
Mesa County
428
181
90
21%
Pueblo County
80
34
18
22%
Roaring Fork
178
43
27
15%
Southwest region
330
74
38
11%
Weld County
0
0
0
0
Denver Metro
0
0
0
0
1016
332
173
69%
Totals
Veterans Data - Registry Weeks
by Region (continued)
Regions Surveyed
Mesa County
Pueblo County
Roaring Fork
Southwest region
Weld County
Denver Metro
Totals
Military
Veterans
90
18
27
38
0
0
173
%
# chronic # in
# on
registered
homeless jail/priso # Dishon housing with VA
vets
n
discharge waitlist Hospital
62
9
18
20
0
0
109
74
13
24
26
0
0
137
4
0
0
0
4
12
7
3
5
0
0
27
58%
39%
33%
45%
Other Regional Efforts
• Eagle, Garfield, and Pitkin Counties
– August 13 to August 17, 2012
• Metropolitan Denver – coordinated by MDHI
– Late Fall, Early Winter 2012
• Weld County
– Fall 2012
Denver Metro Area Veterans Registry
Month of November 2012
• Initial metro wide effort - Conduct surveys all
month with homeless veterans
• Done in places veterans will be likely to
frequent
• Use VI tool to focus on targeting housing
/services
• Conduct initiative with other vulnerable
homeless populations in 2013-2014
County Coordinators for 2012
Vulnerability Index
Adams County
Alicia Aguilar
Adams County
Isabel Traver
Arapahoe County
Keith Singer
Arapahoe County
Cara Tejada
Boulder County
Isabel McDevitt
Boulder County
Valerie Watson
City and County of Broomfield
Sharon Farrell
City and County of Denver
City and County of Denver
Melanie Lewis-Dickerson
Lindi Sinton
Douglas County
Douglas County
Rand Clark
Valerie Robson
Jefferson County
Linda Barringer
MDHI Contact
Rebecca Mayer
Denver’s Road Home- VI Initiative
• Melanie Lewis Dickerson ,
Partnership’s Manager, Denver’s
Road Home
Denver’s Road Home-VI Initiative
• Overview of VI Survey in Denver
• Data
• Implementation via Denver Housing Authority
and Service Contracts