11/1/2011 OUR CITY, OUR HOMELESS, OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Moving our Community Forward to Address Homelessness Community & Staff Presentation November 1, 2011 Community & Staff Presentation November 1 2011 1 PRESENTATION OUTLINE • Our City Our City • Our Homeless • Our Shared Responsibility 2 1
11/1/2011 OUR CITY • Who We Are • A History of What We’ve Done • Our Vision for the Future 3 OUR CITY Who We Are • City staff • Non ‐ profit service providers Faith ‐ Based Organizations • • Organized into many partnerships to help end homelessness in Virginia Beach • Also part of a regional partnership to end homelessness in the region 4 2
11/1/2011 OUR CITY A Brief History of Our Work Frank Bragg, Art Mann and Dick Powell Mann and Dick Powell Brenda McCormick serve first meal of the and Mothers Inc. start Virginia Beach winter shelter Christian outreach; program at area continues at the Fire Escape on 17 th St. churches. 1980s Inter ‐ faith network of JCOC purchases 70 faith communities property on Virginia join together to push Beach Blvd., providing for a shelter in 10 beds for women Virginia Beach. and families, and 20 for single men. 5 OUR CITY A Brief History of Our Work 1997: 2008: Cloverleaf opens in Lighthouse 2006: Gosnold opens Virginia Beach, providing Center opens in Norfolk, providing additional 60 units of at the 60 units of permanent permanent supportive Oceanfront. supportive housing. housing. 1990 ‐ 2000s 2005: South 2007: City Hampton Roads d Council adopts C il d t 10 ‐ year Plan. Regional Task Force to End Homelessness is formed. 6 3
11/1/2011 OUR CITY A Brief History of Our Work Below: South Bay in Portsmouth (Opened February 2011) Above: Cloverleaf in Virginia Beach (Opened November 2008) 7 OUR HOMELESS How Do We Compare to Other Cities and the U.S. as a Whole? 2010 ‐ Homeless Persons per 10,000 of General Population 160 140 KW 140 Virginia Beach (434,922) 120 Ocean City (167,857) Ft. Lauderdale (1,759,132) 100 United States (301,461,533) 80 Norfolk (236,071) Myrtle Beach (501,134) 60 37 San Diego (1,297,618) 35 30 DB SD Daytona Beach (580,076) 24 22 MB 18 40 N 14 U.S. Key West (74,024) 12 Ft L OC VB 20 0 8 4
11/1/2011 OUR CITY Our Vision “This is our city, they are our homeless, it is our shared responsibility.” Pictured: 2009 Faith ‐ Based Forum; 2010 Regional Conference on Ending Homelessness 9 OUR CITY Our Vision Our system prioritizes the use of Addressing homelessness is “ our • • resources and uses them efficiently shared responsibility ”! People in need can access our • Our community is well ‐ informed • services about and supportive of our work Our work is done according to a • We are a true community • philosophy of opportunity and partnership , including regional mutual accountability from all neighbors, operating a sustainable system that succeeds in getting We see our work to end • help to people who need it homelessness in the context of all other city goals, including People who become homeless are • promoting economic vitality and safely and quickly sheltered and safe, well ‐ maintained, quality obtain housing in quality facilities neighborhoods that contribute to our city and neighborhoods 10 5
11/1/2011 OUR CITY Our Overall Goals 1) Prevent homelessness wherever possible 2) Rapidly re ‐ house people 3) Maintain and expand affordable housing resources 4) Expand the availability of resources ) d h l b l f 5) Connect people to needed services 11 OUR CITY Three ‐ Year Action Plan • Relocate the Lighthouse Center and provide enhanced day services including a focus on re enhanced day services, including a focus on re ‐ housing and employment • Reduce encampments and street homelessness through effective outreach and the creation of additional housing • Create another efficiency apartment building or similar facility • Enhance and expand our ability to quickly re ‐ house homeless families . 12 6
11/1/2011 OUR CITY Three ‐ Year Action Plan • Upgrade Judeo ‐ Christian Outreach Center campus on 17th St on 17th St. • Create a regional Healing Place • Improve efficiency and effectiveness of our overall system through increased coordination, new services that address needs and potential co location of that address needs, and potential co ‐ location of facilities • Improve monitoring, data collection and reporting for better analysis, understanding and planning 13 OUR CITY Nation ‐ Wide Mayors’ Action Challenge Mayors’ Action Challenge unveiled in 2008 at the National League of Cities Congress & Exposition in Florida g g p Challenged Mayors across the country to set goals to ensure that every child has: Opportunities to learn and grow • A safe neighborhood to call home • A healthy lifestyle and environment • A financially fit family in which to thrive • Mayor Sessoms and the City Council embraced the challenge We believe that our work to address homelessness is consistent with the Mayors’ Action Challenge 14 7
11/1/2011 OUR HOMELESS • Causes of Homelessness • Who Are Our Homeless? • Counting the Homeless • Facts & Figures F t & Fi 15 OUR HOMELESS Causes of Homelessness • Financial causes – job loss major expenses including Financial causes job loss, major expenses including health care • Short or long ‐ term disability leading to inability to work • Mental health issues leading to poor choices • Family break ‐ up due to various causes Different causes require different solutions . 16 8
11/1/2011 OUR HOMELESS Who Are Our Homeless? Not just single adult men and women on the street. Also… • Families with children – A growing part of homeless the population – Less visible – generally in motels, doubled ‐ up • Disconnected youth • Disconnected youth – Those exiting the foster care system with nowhere to go – Forced out of childhood home by their own family Different households require different solutions. 17 OUR HOMELESS About Counting Homelessness • We cannot control the causes of homelessness • People move in and out of homelessness on an ongoing basis • There is not a single number of homeless people that we can house and say we have succeeded • What we can do: get the best possible Wh t d t th b t ibl understanding of the different needs in our community, and act to address them 18 9
11/1/2011 OUR HOMELESS Facts & Figures 427 people – January 2011 Point ‐ in ‐ Time Count, • including 92 single adults including 92 single adults Summer Count – 125 unsheltered single adults • 762 homeless children in VB schools during 2010 ‐ • 2011 school year An estimated 4,300 people (1% of the • population) could experience an episode of h homelessness annually (Center for Urban and Community l ll (C f U b d C i Studies 2010 Report) Connection Point: 1,300+ calls for emergency • housing assistance, September 2011 19 OUR HOMELESS 2010 ‐ Major Effort to Combat Effect of the Recession on Families Point ‐ in ‐ Time Comparisons 2008 ‐ 2011 300 266 251 245 250 251 218 233 200 215 Persons in Homeless 179 150 Households with Children Persons in Homeless Persons in Homeless 100 Households without Children 50 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 20 10
11/1/2011 OUR HOMELESS 2010 ‐ Major Effort to Combat Effect of the Recession on Families $1.5 million in new, one ‐ time funding Dragas HPRP Grant Funds 2010 2010 2011 2011 HUD ‐ Defined HUD ‐ Defined Fewer At ‐ Risk Families Homeless in VB Homeless in VB Falling into Homelessness 517 people 427 people 21 OUR HOMELESS Housing Affordability Problems for Renters Can Lead to Homelessness Total Households (50,750) Households with Housing Proble ms (25,375) Households with Moderate Cost Burdens 48% of total (12,995) renters are Households with Severe Cost cost ‐ burdened Burdens (9,015) Households with Overcrowding (1,010) Households with Source: US Census, American housing condition issues (450) Communities Survey 22 11
11/1/2011 OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY • Progress Made • What’s In Motion 23 OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Progress Made A lot has been accomplished since the 10 ‐ Year Plan was adopted in 2007: O Over 500 households provided with 500 h h ld id d ith • homeless prevention funds 73 formerly homeless adults have moved • into permanent supportive housing beds (Cloverleaf , JCOC, & other programs) 60 HUD ‐ Veterans Affairs Supportive • Housing (VASH) vouchers have been H i (VASH) h h b issued to formerly homeless veterans Hundreds of homeless families have been • assisted with Dragas and Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re ‐ housing (HPRP) assistance 24 12
11/1/2011 OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Donation Meters & Special Council Funding from 2010 G Generated $5,000 in sponsorships d $5 000 i hi and $2,032.65 in donations so far 25 OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Donation Meters & Special Council Funding from 2010 How You’re Helping ‐ $25,000 you allocated to the program + Donation Meter funds resulted in: 1,195 tickets for travel to job and benefits interviews, medical • appointments, employment Prescriptions for 116 persons • I.D. cards for 226 persons • …More detail on this program in an upcoming presentation • 26 13
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