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State Your Case: Policy
Change in the States
“Utah”
NAEH Conference February 8, 2007
Michelle Flynn
The Road Home, Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah Overview
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Population 2.5 million
Highly Urban/ Highly Rural (1.9 million along Wasatch Front)
Conservative voters/legislators (R-76; D-28)
Fair Market Rent for a 2 Bedroom is $714; a renter
would need to make $14.73/hour; minimum wage is
$5.15
• 2006 SL County average rent is $774, up $133 from
2005; vacancy rate is 5%
• Homeless Count – 3,250 PIT;15,000 annual .6% of total
population
• 86 % or 2,816 of those are in Salt Lake County
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Overview of The Road Home
• 5,799 clients served:
• Emergency Shelter (500 / 850 per night)
• Emergency Assistance
• Housing (250 households daily)
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Advocacy Strategies for the State
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Legislature, Governor and State Depts.
Identify a limited set of priorities
Identify your best messenger
Be consistent in your message among
providers, board members, advocates
• Funding and or new legislation
• Identify Legislative Committee Members
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Advocacy Strategies p. 2
• Create Pilot Projects that show results
• Tie in National and Local advocacy to the
State message and be consistent
• Inform State legislators about efforts on
the national front (ELHSI, McKinney
funding) and the local front
• They love a match! State dollars matching
local dollars especially
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Advocacy Strategies p. 3
• Profound impact of the Policy Workshops
• Telling the story of Housing First – it
makes sense
• Phil Mangano and the Interagency Council
have helped to make Ending
Homelessness a bi-partisan issue
• This is important for a conservative State
like Utah
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Advocacy Payoff in Utah
• Change in State Coordinating Committee
structure and members (2005)
• Approval of State 10 Year Plan
• Involvement of Dept. of Corrections and
Department of Workforce Services
• Increase in funding to Homeless Trust Fund and
Housing Loan Fund
• * Success in gaining HOME and General State
and County dollars for rental assistance
subsidies for homeless
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What’s Working
• Pamela Atkinson, Community Advocate
• Conservative State / Financial benefits of
Housing First
• Active and supportive elected officials Governor
Jon Huntsman, Jr., Salt Lake County Mayor
Peter Coroon
• Tight collaborations around the 10 Year Plan
• Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Fund and
Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund targeting
funding to 10 Year Plan, rental assistance, etc.
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What’s Working p.2
• Increase in support from State and Local
Government; key positions created and
filled by the right people
• Dept. of Workforce Services creation of
SSI taskforce and Homeless One Stop
Shop
• Dept. of Corrections beginning to identify
releases into homelessness
• Dept. of Education participating in PIT
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Homeless Coordinating Committee
Marie Christman
Dept. of Human Services
(DHS)
Dr. David Sundwall
Department of Health
Gary Herbert
Lt. Governor
Chair
Palmer DePaulis
Dept. of Community and Culture
Belle Brough
Dept. of Corrections
Kimberly Hood
State Planning Office
Pamela
Atkinson
At Large
Kreig Kelley
Office of
Education
Kristine Pepin
Businesses/United Way
Purpose
Rudy Johansen
Veterans’ Admin.
•Coordinates all homeless planning and policy development.
•Coordinates the State’s ten-year plan with AOGs, counties
and cities to reduce homelessness with emphasis on
ending chronic homelessness.
•Recommends policy, regulatory, and resource changes
needed to accomplish the objectives.
•Ensures a research driven, results oriented strategy with
statewide guidelines.
Donald P.
Ketcham
Social Security
Jane
Shock
Financial
Institutions
Rosemary
Kappes
S.L. Housing
Tani Downing
Authority
Dept. of Workforce
•Reports to governor and legislators on progress.
John Brereton
Services
Utah Housing
JoAnn Seghini
Corporation
Local Governments
Sharon Downing
Balance of State Continuum
Vaughn McDonald
of Care
Robert
Boles
Philanthropic
Orgs.
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Bill Hulterstrom
Kerry
Bate- Utah
Faith Based Orgs.
October 2006
Mountainland Cont. of Care
SLC Cont. of Care
•Allocates PHTF, ESG, and CNH funds and coordinates
priority of other funds assisting the homeless.
Homeless Coordinating Committee
Organization
Lt. Governor
HCC
Discharge
Planning
Affordable
Housing
Belle Brough
Richard Walker
• Mental Health
Supportive
Services
Tani Downing
Allocation
Committee
Information
Systems
Local Homeless
Coordinating
Committees
Kristine Pepin
Mayor JoAnn
Seghini
• Hospitals
• Banks
• Domestic Violence
• HMIS
• Substance Abuse
• Developers
• Case Management
• Outcome Measures
• Prisons
• Housing Authorities
• Training
• Management Reports
• Jails
• Planners
• Employment
• Foster Care
• Providers
Elected Officials
Chair - LHCC
• Juvenile Justice Ser.
Salt Lake
County COG
Bear River
AOG
Five-County
AOG
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COG – Council of Governments
AOG – Association of Governments
Mountainland
AOG
Six-County
AOG
Grand County
COG
San Juan
County
COG
Uintah Basin
AOG
Davis County
COG
Weber County
COG
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October 2006
AOG/COG Homeless Coordinating Committee (Model)
Dept. of Human
Services
Dept. of Health
Dept. of
Corrections
Elected Official
Chair
Vice-Chair
Businesses
Financial
Institutions
Purpose
• Implement locally the State’s ten-year plan to
end chronic homelessness and reduce overall
homelessness.
Dept.
Workforce
Ser.
• Prioritize and coordinate funding to implement
supportive service programs to reduce and
prevent homelessness.
At Large
• Use Homeless Management Information
System to report and manage results.
Community
Clinics
Colleges/Tech.
Schools
Local Government
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Housing
Authorities
Sheriff
Domestic
Violence
• Develop a “pathway” to self-reliance for the
homeless.
Schools/PTA
United Way
Service Agencies
Continuum of Care
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Faith Based Orgs.
Police Chief
Native American
Housing Authority
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Official Homeless Plan Goals for 2007
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Update State Ten-Year Plan and add homeless families
Complete LHCC ten-year plans – ten needed
Implement pilots in balance of LHCCs – five
Implement delivery system at Sunrise Metro using the
Bridges Out of Poverty approach
Develop additional pilots using Bridges Out of Poverty
Fine tune the statewide and LHCC management
information reports
Fully implement SSI/SSDI expedited approval system
Complete statewide plan for 2,500 housing units for
chronic homeless
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Local Advocate Goals
• Active Attendance by all SHCC members
• Creation of 10 Year Plan to End Family Homelessness
• Each State Department identifying goals/changes within
their department and including ending homelessness as
a dept. priority
• Social Security / Disability Determination Services
reduce time to process SSI apps
• Continued work on zoning to allow low-income housing
throughout the State
• ** Dedicated State-wide revenue source for State
Housing Fund
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Contact Information:
Michelle C. Flynn
Associate Executive Director of Programs
The Road Home
210 South Rio Grande Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
(801) 328-8759
[email protected]
www.theroadhome.org
www.utahcontinuum.org
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