Homes Within Reach

5-Year Status Report, 2007-2011

10-Year Plan Overall Goals:

End chronic homelessness &Reduce overall level of homelessness in the community

Overall Results, 2007-2012

Reductions in individual homelessness 20% reduction overall 27% decrease in chronically homeless 52% decrease in street homeless population

Lack of progress re family homelessness 168% increase

Creation of new Housing Crisis Response System

Homeless Individuals, SpringfieldAt Point-In-Time Count, last week in January

2007

2009

2011

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Total Individuals Linear (Total In-dividuals )

Chronically Homeless

Linear (Chroni-cally Homeless)

Unsheltered Linear (Unshel-tered)

PSH units

Homeless Families, SpringfieldAt Point-In-Time Count, last week in January

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

100

200

300

400

500

600

People in FamiliesFamily Households

Primary Strategies

• Permanent supportive housing/chronic• Prevention and rapid rehousing/crisis• Access to employment, housing and

services• Strategic Partnerships• Accountability

Permanent Supportive Housing/ Chronic

Permanent Supportive Housing/Individuals10-year goal 250 units; 5-year status: 73%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Units com-pleted, 183

Goal, 250

Housing Engagement/Individuals

Street Population Sheltered Population

MHA REACH program – outreach leading directly to placement in housing

Collaboration between police, Health Care for the Homeless, the BID, and service providers

24/7 Homeless Resource Center

Early: use of data to prioritize long-term stayers & vulnerable populations for housing priority

Innovation

Inter-agency collaboration for housing triage & placementsMulti-agency monthly meeting for “matching” of chronically homeless individuals with PSH housing opportunities

• Shelter providers collaborating with housing providers• Analysis of “best fit” for each individual and unit• Prioritize vulnerable populations/high users/long-stayers

Permanent Supportive Housing/Families10-year goal 250 units; 5-year status: 72%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Units Complete,

36Goal, 50

Prevention and Rapid Rehousing/ Crisis

Prevention and Rapid Rehousing:Creation of New Housing Crisis Response System

Individuals Housing Court Program Lead: Catholic Charities

as lead agency Collaboration: CC, FOH

and Health Care for the Homeless

Lead: HAP Single portal for families

to access financial and housing assistance

Families

Collaborative effort Access to funds and

services to prevent imminent homelessness

Collaboration: CC, FOH and Health Care for the Homeless

Success Story:Rapid Rehousing After the Tornado

• Over 250 displaced Springfield households assisted to new housing

• Collaborative effort

• Multiple providers

• Triage

• Financial resources

Discharge PlanningAvoiding release from public systems of care into homelessness

5-hospital emergency department collaboration to establish common care plans for high-end users (Health Care for the Homeless)

Area hospitals connect with Health Care for the to discharge into homelessness—in order to create discharge plan that addresses housing

Forensic pilot: PSH for homeless mentally ill individuals being released from jail

Regional sex offender workgroup

Access to Employment, Housing & Services

Accomplishments Links to Employment

REB Homeless employment specialist Work re pathways to employment Regional Network: Employment Plan (Families) Section 3 hiring (local, low-income for HUD-funded projects)

Housing Targeting Additional allocation of Section 8 subsidies to SHA targeted

toward chronically homeless Triage (especially post tornado)

Links to Services Homeless Resource Center as location for services Project Homeless Connect 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Health clinic for homeless youth Motel outreach

Partnerships

Accomplishments

Regional Plan to End Homelessness, 2008 Regional Network to End Homelessness PSH/Housing First throughout Western MA Substantial public-private funding for

Homeless Resource Center Innovative partnership between City, SHA &

private landlords

Accountability

Accomplishments

Full implementation of city-wide Homeless Management Information System

10-Year Plan guides funding & policy decisions

Progress reports, at least annually Review & update of plan

Homes Within ReachUpdated Action Plan

2012-2014

Highlights

Continued creation of PSH; strategy to help people move on from PSH when appropriate

Continued and improved collaborations with medical facilities & corrections

Refinement of housing crisis response system

Increased focus on families and youth Improved collaboration across all programs Data improvement and expanded use Performance measurement of system