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Homelessness “Homelessness should be rare, brief, and one-time”
Donna Wyche – Manager
Mental Health and Homeless Issues Community and Family Services
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Presentation Overview
• Homelessness • Addressing Homelessness • System Funding/System Partners • Orange County Service Array • Service Access • “Housing the First 100” Pilot • Funding Request
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Presentation Overview
• Homelessness • Addressing Homelessness • System Partners/System Partners • Orange County Service Array • Service Access • “Housing the First 100” Pilot • Funding Request
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Homelessness
What is homelessness?
• An unaccompanied person with a disabling condition who has been homeless for a year or more, or has had at least 4 episodes of homelessness in the last 3 years (chronic)
• Individuals and families who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence
• Individuals and families who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence
• Unaccompanied youth and families with children • Individuals and families who are fleeing, or are attempting
to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening circumstances
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Precariously housed More than 50% of income spent on housing
Weekly rentals
Motels/hotels
Sheltered homeless Emergency, transitional housing, bridge
Unsheltered homeless
Living on the streets, in camps, cars
Stages of Homelessness
Homelessness
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Homelessness
Homelessness in Florida Florida ranks 3rd highest in number of homeless individuals California - 134,278 New York - 89,503 Florida - 32,190 (point-in-time data 2017) Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness
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Homelessness
• The 2018 PIT Count recorded a population of 2,053 individuals across the three counties combined
• Orange County = 1,539 Individuals • Osceola County = 226 Individuals • Seminole County = 288 Individuals
74.96%
11.01%
14.03%
OrangeOsceolaSeminole
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Homelessness
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Homelessness Orange County Public Schools Under the McKinney-Vento Act, certain living situations are considered to be homeless: • In a shelter, motel, vehicle or campground • On the street • In an abandoned building, inadequate trailer, or
similar accommodations • Doubled up with friends or relatives Homeless students can also be those who are: • Abandoned in a hospital • “Couch-surfing” • Homeless unaccompanied youth
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Homelessness
Number of Homeless Children Attending Orange County Public Schools
77%
19%
3% 1% 0%
Homeless Living Situations 2017-2018
Doubled Up
Hotels/Motels
Shelter/Trailer/Hospital
Car/Park/Publc Spaces
6,814 6,800 6,8536,173
9,716
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Homeless Trend Data
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Presentation Overview
• Homelessness • Addressing Homelessness • System Partners/System Partners • Orange County Service Array • Service Access • “Housing the First 100” Pilot • Funding Request
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Homeless Prevention/ Diversion
Emergency Sheltering
Transitional Housing
Rapid Re-Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing
Addressing Homelessness
Methods to Address the Issue
Programs to avoid loss of permanent residence
Very short-term residence or overnight
accommodations
Temporary residence with support services
Focus is to minimize the homeless interval
Long-term housing with significant support
services
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Addressing Homelessness
Orange County Priorities
• Diversion Pilot - Coalition (2018)
• CRC Phase II - ANCHOR (25 units) (2008)
• Bridge Housing (9 apts.) – Coalition (2018)
• RRH – Homeless Services Network (HSN) (2016)
• Project Restore (40 units) – Maxwell Terrace (2015)
• PSH supportive services – Homeless Services Network (2017)
Transitional Housing
(TH)
Homeless Prevention/Diversion
Rapid Re-Housing (RRH)
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
Orange County Families
Chronically Homeless
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Addressing Homelessness
Best Practice Methods Utilized
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Presentation Overview
• Homelessness • Addressing Homelessness • System Funding/System Partners • Orange County Service Array • Service Access • “Housing the First 100” Pilot • Funding Request
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System Funding/System Partners (FY 18-19)
FEDERAL HUD
Continuum of Care (CoC)
Homeless Services Network (HSN)
$1.9M $7.5M $347,000
Orange County General
Revenue
State of Florida
Total - $19.5M
ESG Shelter Plus
CDBG
6 Jurisdictions
CCC Crisis Assistance
FRP MHHI
Shelter Plus PSH – Maxwell
Medical services
SHIP
$9.7M
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System Funding/System Partners
• Homeless Services Network (HSN) • Central Florida Continuum of Care (CoC) • Central Florida Commission on
Homelessness (CFCH)
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System Funding/System Partners
• Lead agency for the HUD Continuum of Care FL-507 for the area including Osceola, Seminole and Orange Counties, including the Cities of Orlando, Kissimmee, and Sanford
• Funds programs that provide permanent housing, rapid rehousing and supportive services for the homeless in our continuum/region
• Manage homeless management information system (HMIS)
• Establish, develop, and support best practices and policies for homeless-related programs
Homeless Services Network (HSN)
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System Funding/System Partners
• The CoC is a collaborative of homeless stakeholders from across Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties
• Engagement, communications, and messaging with stakeholders
• Coordinate providers of homeless services (shelters, outreach)
• Coordinate providers of services that intersect with homelessness (behavioral health, poverty reduction)
• Operational coordination of jurisdictions around collaboration and investment
Central Florida Continuum of Care (CoC)
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System Funding/System Partners
• Support the work of stakeholders within the System of Care
• Community engagement • Legislative advocacy at the local, state and
federal levels regarding homelessness and funding
• Leadership and community resource development through board structure
• Strategic coordination for collaboration and investment
Central Florida Commission on Homelessness (CFCH)
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Presentation Overview
• Homelessness • Addressing Homelessness • System Partners/System Partners • Orange County Service Array • Service Access • “Housing the First 100” Pilot • Funding Request
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Orange County Service Array
$537,000
$1,550,000.00
$795,253
$400,000
$600,000
$210,000 Permanent Supportive Housing
Rapid Rehousing
Transitional Housing
Diversion
Supportive Services
Agency Support
Orange County General Revenue - $4,092,253
Mental Health and Homeless Issues Division
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Orange County Service Array
Diversion Services (Coalition for the Homeless)
• Screen individuals and families
presenting for shelter; mediation to divert from shelter
• Builds capacity in shelter for the most vulnerable
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– Services initiated in 2013 – Services are provided by faith-based volunteers, with community
coordinated referrals from and to local providers – Served 3,053 unduplicated homeless individuals with 143,419
services – Services includes entitlement services, mental health, legal
assistance, clothing, showers, laundry facilities, and medical services
– Shepherd’s Hope has provided medical services to over 3,000 patients at the site, mainly serving the east-side uninsured population
Orange County Service Array
Drop-In Day Services
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Orange County Service Array
ANCHOR - $720K started in 2008 – 25 bed residential program with on site substance abuse and mental health services • Located at Maxwell Terrace • 947 served since inception • 51% transition to permanent housing
Transitional Housing (CRC Phase II)
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Orange County Service Array
Rapid Re-Housing • $1.5M contract initiated in Nov 2015 • For families with minor children or unaccompanied
youth (18-24) who have been literally homeless at least one night
• Short term rental assistance and supportive services/ progressive engagement
• Evidence based intervention on the path to permanent housing. • Family focused
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Orange County Service Array
• Bridge Housing services provided at the Coalition
for the Homeless • 9 on site apartments for families that have been
approved for Rapid Re-housing in Orange County • Moves families from shelter to bridge housing
allowing increased capacity at shelter
Bridge Housing
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Orange County Service Array
• Maxwell Terrace – $522K started in 2015, 40 PSH
units with on site supportive services.
• PSH Supportive Services - $500K started in 2017
• For individuals and families who have a disabling condition AND have been literally homeless
• Long term (permanent) rental assistance and supportive services
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
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Presentation Overview
• Homelessness • Addressing Homelessness • System Partners/System Partners • Orange County Service Array • Service Access • “Housing the First 100” Pilot • Funding Request
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Service Access
Perfect Storm • Low wages
– $8.25 minimum wage in Florida. – 230,344 (1 out of 3): number of households considered to be cost-
burdened in the Orlando, Sanford, Kissimmee Metropolitan Area. • Poverty Rate
– 16% (Central Florida’s Roadmap Home: Strategic Actions to Impact Homelessness, 2018)
• Lack of affordable/low income housing – 18 units per 100 available are low income – Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford MSA Fair Market Two Bedroom Rent $1,096 – Annual Income needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment FMR $17.28
hourly, to afford a 2-bedroom FMR $21.08 hourly (National Low Income Housing Coalition- Out of Reach 2018 Report)
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Service Access
• Coordinated Entry System (CES) – System-driven approach that coordinates
housing program services for clients experiencing homelessness
– Client-centered process that streamlines access to supportive services for clients in need
– Ensures the most vulnerable homeless people in our community are served
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Coordinated Entry System
Multiple Community Touch
Points
ASSESS Connect to HOUSING & SUPPORTS
NAVIGATE
Service Access
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Service Access • Clients can be assessed for services by:
– Calling 2-1-1 – Going to a Coordinated Entry HUB Site – Going to Coalition for the Homeless Intake Unit
• Clients should be referred for assessment if they are sleeping: – On the street – In an emergency shelter – In a hotel paid for by an agency – In any other “place not meant for human
habitation” – Fleeing domestic violence
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Presentation Overview
• Homelessness • Addressing Homelessness • System Partners/System Partners • Orange County Service Array • Service Access • “Housing the First 100” Pilot • Funding Request
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“Housing the First 100” Pilot
In 2014, Florida Hospital funded $6M for 3 years, this funding provided supportive services to the highest utilizers (chronically homeless) of emergency departments and infrastructure to build the system. • Housing based on vulnerability • 80% of the homeless in this pilot originated in Orange
County • 60% decrease in emergency department utilization • 93% remain housed • Reduction in criminal justice involvement
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“Housing the First 100” Pilot
How the system works:
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“Housing the First 100” Pilot
• Sources of housing vouchers include: HUD CoC – 203 City of Orlando – 45 Orlando CRA – 50 Orlando Housing Authority – 150
• Currently 76 unassigned vouchers • Requested funding from jurisdictions for sustained
supportive services and infrastructure • $1.8M requested from Orange County Government • Advent Health has dedicated $100K with possible
match of up to $400K
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Presentation Overview
• Homelessness • Addressing Homelessness • System Partners/System Partners • Orange County Service Array • Service Access • “Housing the First 100” Pilot • Funding Request
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Funding Request
• Request of $1.8M will sustain supportive services: – Case management – Peer support – Nursing – Transportation – Rental assistance (agency) – Utility payments – Housing locators – Flex funding Will sustain services and supports for the Orange County chronically homeless individuals currently in and awaiting housing.
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Orange County Mental Health and Homeless Issues
Donna Wyche – Manager Mental Health and Homeless Issues
Community and Family Services