A Presentation to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners www.headinghomeramsey.org 1
OUTLINE 1. What does homelessness look like in Ramsey? 2. What is Heading Home Ramsey? 3. What is Heading Home Ramsey working on? 4. How can Ramsey County support HHR? 2
HOMELESSNESS IN RAMSEY COUNTY – Data Overview The Point in Time Count has traditionally been used to understand homelessness. System Performance Measures now provide a better understanding of who is experiencing homelessness in Ramsey County. • Total counts of homelessness • Counts unduplicated persons in emergency shelter • Length of time • Average and median lengths of time homeless • Racial disparities • How different demographics experience homelessness www.headinghomeramsey.org 3
Sheltered Hom eless Persons, Anytim e Over a 12 Month Periods, FFY 20 15-20 17 4,000 3,500 Total Count of Unduplicated Persons 3,000 2,500 2,000 3,8 49 3,297 3,10 1 1,500 1,000 500 0 FFY 2015 FFY 2016 FFY 2017 Year 4
Length of Tim e Hom eless in Em ergency Shelter, Average and Median Days, FFY 20 16 and 20 17 Change in Median days: -0 .5 Oct 20 16 – Sep 20 17 20.5 Emerg. Shelter Median Oct 20 15 – Sep 20 16 21.0 FFY 2017 FFY 2016 Change in Average days: -1.3 Oct 20 16 – Sep 20 17 43.5 Emerg. Shelter Average Oct 20 15 – Sep 20 16 44.8 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Days 5
Percent of Persons by Race and Ethnicity, Ram sey County 20 17 Total Population and Em ergency Shelter Clients (HMIS), July 20 17-June 20 18 80% County Total 70% 67.8% 60% 50% 48.0% 40% Shelters 31.9% 30% 20% 15.3% County 12.3% Shelters Shelters Total 8.7% County 10% 8.0% 7.6% Total 4.7% 3.8% 3.5% 1.0% 0% American Indian Asian/ Pacific Black/ African Multiracial White Total Latino (any Islander American race) County Population Shelters 6
WHAT IS HEADING HOME RAMSEY? • The Heading Home Ramsey Governing Board (HHR) is the Continuum of Care for Ramsey County. • The Continuum of Care is a community-wide partnership of organizations that represent and serve people experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless people. • It is inclusive of all resources within the homelessness response continuum. 7
WHAT IS HEADING HOME RAMSEY? – Continuum Generally, the homeless response continuum includes services within the following categories: • Prevention • Outreach • Emergency Shelter • Coordinated Entry • Supportive Housing • Transitional Housing • Rapid Rehousing • Permanent Supportive Housing 8
Ram sey HIC - Bed Inventory by Project Type: 20 14-20 18 6000 Transitional Housing Rapid Re-housing Permanent Supportive Housing 5000 Emergency Shelter 609 Transitional Housing 525 650 584 4 74 Rapid Re-housing 4000 4 24 34 3 514 746 Total Beds 117 3000 3115 2909 2897 2755 2000 2411 Perm anent Supportive Housing 1000 929 8 4 8 8 38 792 736 Em ergency Shelter 0 Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 9 Total Beds: 4,0 10 4,6 16 4,70 6 4 ,757 5,127
WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF HHR? • Operate and plan for the Continuum of Care • Establish priorities for funding projects and complete applications for funding through a collaborative process • Implement and monitor Coordinated Entry/Assessment System • Evaluate outcomes of funded projects to build a better continuum of services for people experiencing homelessness 10
WHO IS HEADING HOME RAMSEY? The governing board and community members represent the continuum of shelter, housing and service providers serving people experiencing homelessness in Ramsey County. • Formerly homeless people • Housing providers • Service providers • Federal, state and local government • Advocacy organizations • Schools • Hospitals • Law Enforcement 11
2018 HHR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART HHR Governing Board Executive Committee Youth Action Team Prevention/ Family Expanding Housing Ranking Committee Outreach Engagement & Coordinated Entry for Provider Meetings Re-directing Users of Opportunities Committee Homeless Education Committee Everyone Committee Shelter to Housing Prevention and Committee Assistance Program Executive Advisory Committee Committee Executive Committee Policy Committee Placement Priority List Manager Training Committee Coordinated Entry Assessors and Priority Committee Committee Provider Meetings List Manager Team Prevention Committee Coordinated to Access to Coordinated Entry for Housing and Shelter Youth and Singles 12
HEADING HOME RAMSEY EFFORTS – LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT • Outreach and education targeting landlords to expand housing options for people with barriers • Building confidence with and commitment from landlords by setting expectations through MOUs and increasing access to support services • Better engagement of leaders to support efforts at all levels to increase truly affordable housing CHALLENGES • Low vacancy rate • Lack of incentive for landlords to accept tenants with barriers 13
HEADING HOME RAMSEY EFFORTS – COORDINATED ENTRY • Create person-centric systems to triage and assess individuals and families • Standardize and improve how the system serves unique needs identified through assessment • Create and monitor policies used to operate Coordinated Entry systems for all populations CHALLENGES • Funding challenges • Limited number of assessors • Supportive housing stock limitations • Limited prevention and supportive services resources 14
HEADING HOME RAMSEY EFFORTS – FAMILIES SHELTER • Average wait for family shelter is 26 days • Current waitlist of 87 families in need • Inadequate resources (30 families at a time) to serve families who are assessed by the Coordinated Entry system limits overall effectiveness of safety net CHALLENGES • Limited funding options for creating long term shelter solutions for families • Expand outreach services for families 15
HEADING HOME RAMSEY EFFORTS – DATA & EVALUATION • Heading Home Ramsey alongside Ramsey County evaluators, innovating data conversation • Racial Disparities • Returns to homelessness CHALLENGES • Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) database does not cover entire continuum • HMIS reporting capacity constraints • Action around disparities data • Count of unsheltered limitations 16
Percent of Individuals by Age in Em ergency Hom eless Shelters on HMIS, Any Tim e July 20 17 - June 20 18 Percent Within Race or Ethnic Group by Age 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Total Persons Total 3,478 12% 12% 20 % 18 % 38 % Youth Child 55 and 164 35 to 44 American Indian 25 to 34 18 % 18 to 24 Under 18 Older Asian or Pac. 133 5% Islander 1,669 Black or African 15% American Child 55 and Youth 304 25 to 34 35 to 44 Multiracial 11% Under 18 Older 18 to 24 1,108 White 24% Child Under 18 Youth 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 54 55 and Older 279 Latino (any race) 19 % 17
RAMSEY SUPPORT – AFFORDABLE HOUSING • 2015 HUD income limit for affordable Ramsey County Comprehensive Plan housing is 80% of AMI (metro area median and Affordable Housing Units Needed 2021 to 2030 income), or $65,800 for a family of 4. • $15/ hour = $31,200 annually, or 47.4% of New households earning up to 80% of affordability limit. AMI and paying up to 30% of income • Lack of affordable housing stresses on housing homelessness response continuum • St. Paul = 1,973 • Coordinated Entry priority lists extremely • Suburbs = 1,868 long – housing is not guaranteed and • County Total = 3,841 there is not enough supportive housing • Targeting the hardest to serve – many ineligible for the majority of housing due to common barriers 18
RAMSEY SUPPORT – AFFORDABLE HOUSING • Needs • Countywide engagement to make more affordable housing stock accessible for people with common barriers • Inclusive discussions on the need and available resources regarding affordable housing • Commitment to ongoing involvement in the affordable housing conversation 19
RAMSEY SUPPORT – LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT • Since 2016, the number of Renter households has begun to outnumber the number of homeowners • Supportive Housing Projects require negotiation with private landlords to house individuals and families • Vacancy rates have been fluctuating between 2% and 4% since 2012 20
RAMSEY SUPPORT – LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT • Needs • Incentives for landlords to rent to residents with housing barriers • Support for landlord networking and workshop opportunities • Support for landlord education • Legislative and regulatory reform towards tenant equity • Support for tenant training 21
RAMSEY SUPPORT – SHELTER • Lack of shelter • People are regularly forced to sleep in places not meant for human habitation due to lack of shelter beds • Lack of safe beds for single female adults • Families shelter impacts • Lack of family shelter beds hides family homelessness within data leading to less resources 22
RAMSEY SUPPORT – SHELTER • Needs • Expand shelter resources – especially for families • Expand outreach services to engage the unsheltered population and move sheltered population into housing 23
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