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Best Practice Basics: Rapid Re-Housing Housing First Model origins • Rapid Re-Housing Programs • How it’s used in Clark County • Why it’s successful • Augu gust t 20, 2 2019

I’ll take Rapid Re-Housing for $500, Alex…  The 3 Core Components of RRH are:  Agencies that offer RRH are:  People access RRH through:  RRH started when:

What does CFTH do? Leadership Advocacy Engage the community Increase Affordable Housing ◦ Outreach, education, understanding Tenant Rights Identify and monitor needs Solutions ◦ Data collection and analysis Diversion Convene & Collaborate ◦ WHO & Severe Weather Shelter School Programs VHA Partnerships

Leadership: Convene and Collaborate, Community Engagement Community Engagement • Continuum of Care/Crisis Response System • Coordinating and planning body around • homelessness

Advocacy: 2019 Legislative Session Wins • Increased HEN program Funding • Housing Trust Fund • Tenants Rights • Landlord Incentives

Solutions: Housing Solutions Center • Single point of entry into HCRS • Severe Weather Planning • Diversion • School Partnerships

HUD Key Elements of an Effective Homeless Crisis Response System: Access and Prioritization • Outreach • Coordinated Entry/Assessment • Diversion Crisis and Interim Housing (November 12 th ) • Emergency Shelter • Transitional Housing Assistance to Return to Housing (August 20th, and September 24 th ) • Rapid Re-Housing • Permanent Supportive Housing

Housing First Philosophy: (Hint: Housing is the solution) • No two people experience homelessness the same way, nor do they have the same path OUT of homelessness • Everyone is “Housing Ready”; Offered w/o preconditions • Housing makes all other interventions work better • The opposite of ‘one-size-fits-all” approach • Reduces Harm Homelessness is a problem with a solution

Rapid Re-Housing Origins • American Recovery & Reinvestment Action during the Great Recession • Evidence-Based Best Practice • Making the most of very limited resources

Rapid Re-Housing: 3 Core Components 1. Housing Identification 2. Help pay for housing 3. Connect to jobs & services * Flexible, and varies by agency

RRH Core Component 1: Housing Identification

RRH Core Component 2: Rent and Move-in Assistance

RRH Core Component 3: Case Management  Employment  Child Care  Health Care  Education  Income/Benefits

RRH Specialized Programs • Youth 18-24 • Families in local school districts • Veterans • Families with TANF • People with disabilities Our panelists tonight will be talking more about some of these programs

Housing First: Rapid Re-Housing Simple, but not Easy

Access & Eligibility Housing Hotline 360-695-9677 Housing Assessments – Priority Pools based on need score * Need greatly exceeds Availability Share Impact NW Housing Rapid The Salvation Army Assessments Re-Housing/ Community Services NW Janus Youth Transitional Housing Lifeline Connections

PANEL Core Components How Clark County Invests Successes and Challenges Misconceptions

Jeopardy Winners!  The 3 Core Components of RRH are: Find Housing Pay for Housing Case Management  Agencies that offer RRH are: Lifeline Connections SeaMar/CSNW Janus Youth The Salvation Army Impact NW Share  People access RRH through: Council for the Homeless Housing Hotline  RRH started when: The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act in response to Great Recession

Takeaways:  Time limited, progressive engagement  Medium need households  Trauma informed, person-centered  Safe and appropriate  Rapid and low barrier access  Data to measure performance

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