Transcript PATH Grantee Meeting - The Center for Social Innovation

Working With a HUD
Continuum of Care
Presenters:
Luella Sanders, Ph.D.
Director of Community Impact, United Way of the Plains
Chair, Wichita-Sedgwick County KS Continuum of Care Coordination Team
Paul Mireles
Program Director, Thresholds – PATH Mobile Assessment Unit
Chicago, Illinois
HUD’s Concept of a Continuum of Care
• A collaborative funding and planning approach
that helps communities plan for and provide…
emergency, transitional, and permanent
housing and other service resources to address
the various needs of homelessness persons
• The group of community stakeholders involved
in the decision making processes
Source: HUD Funding Opportunity No. FR-5415-N-172010: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the
Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program (Sept. 20, 2010)
• Authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act and administered by HUD’s Office
of Special Needs Assistance Programs
• Since 1994, HUD has required each community
to submit a single comprehensive Continuum of
Care (CoC) application rather than allowing
applications from individual providers in a
community
• 449 CoCs nationwide
Source: HUD Debriefing Broadcast, 2009 Continuum of Care Competition, August 13, 2010
Functions of a CoC
• To develop a long-term strategic plan and
manage a year-round planning effort that
addresses the identified needs of homeless
individuals and households
• To prepare an application for McKinney-Vento
CoC Homeless Assistance Act competitive
grants
Strategies to Fulfill the CoC Functions
• Promote community-wide commitment to goal
of ending homelessness
• Provide funding opportunities to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families
• Promote access to, and effective utilization of,
mainstream programs
• Optimize self-sufficiency among people
experiencing homelessness
Source: J.S., Satterfield, D. Wildkress, P. Ehlen, C. Nagendra, L. Gillis (Sept. 2010). Framework and Themes: Overview of the
CoC Program, a presentation at the U.S. Dept. Of Housing and Urban Development Conference--Flexible Resources, DataDriven Solutions: Using HMIS and HEARTH to End Homelessness.
How a CoC Operates: CoC Application vs. CoC
• CoC application
– Funding for eligible housing and services
– Application submitted by a CoC Lead Agency
• CoC
– Core group to ensure requirements for applying
are met
– Engage community-wide stakeholders
– Year-round planning process
– Community education
For information on eligible activities and target populations : www.HUDHRE.INFO
Structure of a CoC System
Outreach, Intake and
Assessment
Emergency Shelter
PREVENTION
Permanent Housing
Transitional Housing
Permanent Supportive
Housing
Supportive Services
Models Within a CoC System (Ex. Housing First)
Outreach, Intake
and Assessment
Housing
Supportive
Services
Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness (www.endhomelessness.org)
Community Challenges
• Minimizing fragmentation of systems of care
• Understanding prevalence of homelessness
– Point-In-Time Homeless Count
• Last 10 days in January
• Methodology
– Sheltered and Unsheltered
• Planning a community response
– 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness
• Multiple Plans
• Group consensus
Benefits of Participation in a CoC
• Higher levels of shared knowledge about resources
available in communities & effective practices
• Proactive approach to program and service
coordination
• Improved referral networks
• Development of new joint projects
• More cohesion than would otherwise have been
possible.
Source : Continuum of Care 101, June, 2009. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of
Community Planning and Development.
What is HMIS? (Homeless Management Information System)
• HMIS is HUD’s response to a Congressional
directive to capture better data on homelessness
• A locally administered, electronic data collection
system that stores longitudinal person-level
information about persons who access the
homeless service system
• HMIS is intended to be a widely used community
tool to assist in local planning efforts
Source : Continuum of Care 101, June, 2009. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of
Community Planning and Development.
Role of an HMIS Administrator
• Ensure CoC access to reliable HMIS software
• Train end-users on system
• Provide other support for end-users
• Generate HMIS data quality reports
• Generate other HUD reports, such as the
Annual Performance Report, the biennial
Point-In-Time Count data, etc.
For information on HMIS : http://HMIS.INFO
Training Provided by HMIS Administrator
• Privacy and Ethics
• Data Security
• Data Quality
• Using HMIS Data Locally
• Using HMIS Data for Assessing Performance
• HMIS Software
• Basic Computer Skills Needed to Use the
Software
Role of a State PATH Contact in the CoC
• In what ways do you think the CoC can help to
ensure that services are coordinated and
available to people with a serious mental illness
who are homelessness?
• What strategies could State PATH Contacts use to
support PATH service provider participation in
their CoC?
Expanding PATH Services within a CoC
• PATH funding/programs served as “catalysts” for
the development of an initial CoC plan in Chicago
• Chicago’s homeless service delivery system, now
consisting of approximately 90 non-profit agencies,
completely reorganized itself in order to
implement the new strategies embodied in the
“Chicago Plan to End Homelessness.”
• The first step was to restructure the service
provision by agencies serving individuals struggling
with homelessness, and to put in place a
coordinated system.
Source: CAEH/Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness (Chicago’s CoC) and City of Chicago – Department of
Family & Support Services (CDFSS), Chicago Plan - 2003.
• Thresholds – Mobile Assessment Unit (MAU) a
PATH funded outreach & engagement service since
1990 preceded the formation of Chicago’s CoC
• Program Profile: MAU provides services to PATH
eligible individuals via (2) citywide street outreach
teams (1) shelter/library linkage team (1) CTA
Subway Train outreach team and (2) Safe Haven
residential sites
• PATH funding provided the “anchor” for expansion
Source/Background: Partnership to End Homelessness founded in 1999 and Chicago CoC founded in 2001
consolidated on December 22, 2006 to form CAEH
Leveraging PATH Funding and
Chronology of Service Expansion
• MAU 1 (North Team) – 1990, original PATH
funded service provided by (8) staff including
Program Director, Office Manager/Dispatcher
• Chicago’s 1st city-wide “mobile” outreach,
engagement, assessment and linkage team
• Expanded team to (10) staff in 1995 with HUD
Supportive Services Only (SSO) funds
• Lawson YMCA Safe Haven – 1998, (10) staff, low-demand
residential housing units (10 studios) funded by HUD,
Supportive Housing Program – SHP (plus CSH/Hilton
Foundation from 1998 – 03) and Chicago Department of
Family Support Services (CDFSS from 2003 – 2010)
• MAU 2 (South/West Team) – 2000, (7) street outreach
workers, funded by PATH
• Shelter/Library Linkage (SL Team) – 2000, (2) outreach
workers, 1st service to provide on-site engagement,
assessment and linkage services in a specific overnight
shelter and in the Chicago Public Libraries, funded by
Illinois Division of Mental Health (IDMH) and (CDFSS)
Source/Background: CTA Team news profile in Chicago Tribune, February 3, 2010; Schorsch, K., Shelter/Library Linkage
Team media profile on CBS-TV, March 29, 2010; Williams, J.
• Austin YMCA Safe Haven – 2000, (9) staff, same model as Lawson
YMCA Safe Haven funded by HUD – SHP and Illinois Department of
Human Services (IDHS)
• Chicago Transit Authority Outreach (CTA Team) – 2007, (6) staff, 1st
and only known service that exclusively provides outreach,
engagement, assessment and linkage to PATH eligible individuals on
subway trains, funded by CDFSS
• MAU 1990 – Total Program Budget from PATH: $325,000 / Total
Staff: 8
• MAU 2010 – Total Program Budget from all sources: $2,009,000 /
Total Staff: 44
Source/Background: CTA Team news profile in Chicago Tribune, February 3, 2010; Schorsch, K., Shelter/Library Linkage
Team media profile on CBS-TV, March 29, 2010; Williams, J.
PATH Compliance and Cooperation with the Local CoC
Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness has Implemented a
System Reorganization and these Requirements since 2006:
– Citywide Coordination: With the creation of the Chicago
Plan, consumers, service providers, government partners
and private philanthropy work collaboratively to make
system improvements, establish best practices and hold
each other accountable for implementing the Plan
– Unified Approach to Services: In order to be funded, all
homeless services must conform to a set of program
models consistent with the Plan’s goals
Source: CAEH 2010 ( www.thechicagoalliance.org )
PATH Compliance and Cooperation with the
Local CoC (con’d)
– System-Wide Data Collection: All provider programs
must participate in system-wide data collection
methodologies including HUD Point in Time Analysis
(Count) and Homeless Management Information
System (HMIS)
– Agreed Upon Priorities: Though the Chicago Plan is a
blueprint for ending all homelessness, housing
chronically homeless individuals was one of the first
priorities to be implemented
Source: CAEH 2010 ( www.thechicagoalliance.org )
Scope of Services
Outreach, Intake and
Assessment – MAU
Teams 1 & 2, CTA, SLT
INTERVENTIONS
Emergency Shelter –
Overnight Beds
Transitional Housing –
SRO’s , Interim
Programs
Supportive Services
and Re-engagement –
All MAU Teams
Permanent Housing –
Lawson & Austin
YMCA Safe Havens
Permanent Supportive
Housing – Post Safe
Haven units within
CoC network
Operational Process & Funding Sources
Outreach, Intake
and Assessment –
PATH, HUD (SSO),
CDFSS, IDMH
Housing – HUD
(SHP), CDFSS
Supportive
Services – All
funding sources
Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness (www.endhomelessness.org), Chicago Alliance to End
Homelessness (CoC)
Addressing Community Challenges
• PATH participation and leadership in all CAEH
(CoC) activities are essential and necessary
• Since 2006, MAU Staff have volunteered to
lead:
– Chicago’s Point-In-Time Homeless Count (2006 &
2008)
– 100,000 Homes Campaign: Outreach Effort (2010)
– Various Constituency Groups
– Pilot programming such as CTA and SL Teams
Results of PATH Participation in a CoC
• Higher levels of shared knowledge about resources
available in communities & effective practices
• Proactive approach to program and service
coordination
• Improved referral networks
• Development of new joint projects
• More cohesion than would otherwise have been
possible.
Source : Continuum of Care 101, June, 2009. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of
Community Planning and Development, Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness
Thresholds MAU “a CoC within a CoC”
• PATH services provided in Chicago for 20 years
• Introduced other providers to the practice of
outreach and engagement
• Member of the original CoC in Chicago
• Conceived and implemented the first CTA
Team in the nation
• Still evolving to promote recovery and support
for individuals struggling with homelessness
and mental illness…
Source/Background : Thresholds – Mobile Assessment Unit received the 2008 PATH Exemplary Practice
Award for Leadership and Collaboration at the SAMHSA - PATH Grantee Meeting on November 24, 2008
Notes, Questions and Comments:
Thank You
For more information on Thresholds: [email protected] Paul Mireles, Program Director, Thresholds
Mobile Assessment Unit, 4101 North Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613 Tel. (773) 572-5436