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�Broward County, Florida’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness
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“A Way Home”
Broward County, Florida’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness
A Community Collaborative
October �005
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Table of Contents Page
Participants i
Executive Summary 7
Introduction 10
Current Facts about Homelessness and Housing in
Broward County, Florida 11
The Costs of Homelessness 12
The Planning Process – The Second Ten Year Plan:
Ending Homelessness 13
Recommendations 14
Sub-Committee Reports
Data 16
Emergency Prevention 16
Systems Change: Mainstream Resources / Discharge Planning 17
Street Outreach 17
Shortening the Time People Remain Homeless 18
Rapid Re-Housing 19
Treatment and Services* 20
Permanent Affordable Housing* 21
Income to Pay for Affordable Housing 22
Epilogue: Looking Forward from the Past – The First Ten Year Plan:
Addressing Homelessness 24
Conclusions 25
Implementing the Plan 25
Financing the Plan 26
Appendices:
Sub-Committee Matrices 29
Bibliography 76
Glossary 78
Sample Organizational Endorsement 80
Sample Individual Endorsement 81
*Standard cost key for action steps by the other committees do not apply to Permanent Affordable Housing and there may be instances where they do not apply to Treatment and Services.
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Ten Year Plan to End HomelessnessThe Ten Year Plan Steering Committee would like to thank the following
individuals and organizations for their participation in the planning process
2-1-1-, First Call for Help Beryl Glansberg2-1-1-, First Call for Help Steve Strickland*Area Agency on Aging Elizabeth LombardoBankAtlantic Marcia Barry-Smith*Bank United Donna Crump-ButlerRonald Book, P.A. Ronald BookKathy BarryBless It Forward Jim DrudiBroward County Attorney’s Office Patrice EichenBroward County Children’s Services Becky BedellBroward County Children’s Services Michael ElwellBroward County Children’s Services Ernesto PerezBroward County Commission Kristin JacobsBroward County Commission Ilene LiebermanBroward County Commission Diana Wasserman-RubinBroward County Community Development Katherine RandallBroward County Elderly & Veteran’s Elizabeth Lombardo*Broward County Family Success Sandy Atkins*Broward County Family Success Ellen Kendrick*Broward County Family Success Roxanne MorinBroward County Family Success Fred Murry*Broward County Grants Gretchen HirtBroward County Grants Susan Webster* Broward County HIP Sarah Donnelly*Broward County HIP Debra McGowan*Broward County HIP Steve Werthman*Broward County HIP Michael Wright*Broward County Housing Authority Ann Deibert*Broward County Housing Authority Susan PippittBroward County Human Services Department Marlene A. WilsonBroward County Schools Dianne Sepielli*Broward County Substance Abuse Sarah Curtis*Broward County Substance Abuse Drewlyn Simone Chessa*Broward House Carmen Anglero* Broward House Kathleen Cannon*Broward House Angelo CastilloBroward House Ray DiazBroward Housing Solutions Lisa Hoffmeyer*Broward Housing Solutions Nancy Merolla*Broward Outreach Center Ron BrummittBroward Outreach Center Mark Ehrenshaft*Broward Outreach Center Val Elsbree*Broward Outreach Center Devon JarrettBroward Outreach Center Judith Mame*Broward Outreach Center Lily Mudry*
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Broward Outreach Center Ray Panetto*Broward Outreach Center Mark Perkins Broward Partnership for the Homeless Fran Esposito*Broward Partnership for the Homeless Dave Freedman*Broward Partnership for the Homeless Robert Higdon*Broward Partnership for the Homeless Lance WallaceBroward Partnership for the Homeless Lorraine WilbyBroward Public Defenders Office Sandra FriedmanBroward Regional Health Planning Council Harry NashBroward Regional Health Planning Council Norma Wagner*Broward Sheriff’s Office Kimberly KisslanBroward Sheriff’s Office Walter Laun*Carrfour Supportive Housing Marcia Pellerin BarcusCatholic Charities Lilly Gallardo*Coalition to End Homelessness Charlene Cuyler*Coalition to End Homelessness Laura Hansen*Coalition to End Homelessness Shontrelle Holliday* Coalition to End Homelessness Velonie Johnson*Coalition to End Homelessness Ray Kelly*Coalition to End Homelessness Patricia Mantis*Coalition to End Homelessness Beryl McHugh*Coalition to End Homelessness Jacki Neubaum*Coalition to End Homelessness Stanley Stubbs*Comerica Bank Carol MolnarCommission on the Status of Women Dr. Eloise McCoy-CainCovenant House Cathy Branch*Covenant House Corey Shannon-Goodman*DCF Beatriz HadleyDCF – Office on Homelessness Tom PierceDCF – Substance Abuse/Mental Health Pat Kramer*Deerfield Beach Housing Authority Pamela Davis*Malcolm Pirnie Dr. Celia EarleFirst Presbyterian Church Tim DobbinsFlorida Coalition for the Homeless Greg MelloweFlorida Education & Research Laboratory Leonard FontaneFort Lauderdale (City of) Kathleen GunnFort Lauderdale (City of) Jeff ModarelliFort Lauderdale Housing Authority Veronica LopezFort Lauderdale Police Department Scott Russell*Hallandale Beach (City of) Angela BauldreeHealth & Social Services Networker Robert GoodmanHenderson Mental Health Center Celena Ashworth*Henderson Mental Health Center Monica Escobar* Henderson Mental Health Center Debbie Perry*Hendry County Emergency Management Brian RungeHillsborough County Division of Social Services Bart BanksHope for Homeless Steven SpauldingWylie HowardJubilee Center of South Broward, Inc. Tammy MortonLauderdale Lakes (City of) Margaret Earnest
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Leadership Broward Foundation Anne HotteLegal Aid Janet Riley* Liberia Economic Services Henry GrahamMiami Coalition for the Homeless Ben BurtonMODCO Irene Rufus*My Family Place Yettie Ruskin* National Alliance to End Homelessness Nan RomanNorth Broward Hospital District Julie Solomon-BameNorth Broward Hospital District Carol BentleyNorth Broward Hospital District Scott DiMarzoNorth Broward Hospital District Nadine Reeves*Nova Southeastern University Rachelle DomeNova Southeastern University Dr. Georgiana HertzbergNova Southeastern University Sue Darcy PeakeRosalind OsgoodParents without Partners Dr. Rose AjimatanrareyePeople Helping People Patricia Hankerson*Dave ReiersonSusan B. Anthony Marsha Currant*Taskforce Fore Ending Homelessness Courtney*The Coordinating Council of Broward Jay HarmanThe Coordinating Council of Broward Skip JohnstonThe Salvation Army Victor Biggs*The Salvation Army Lillie Johnson*The Salvation Army Capt. Steve Morris*The Salvation Army Eddy Pierre*The Salvation Army Marielle Pierrot*The Salvation Army Patricia Rogers*The Shepherd’s Way Matt Hunter*The Shepherd’s Way Dr. Fred Scarbrough*Toshiba Solutions Brent ColstonTown of Davie Housing & Community Development Shirley Taylor-PrakeltUnited Way Broward Mary Lynn Lovejoy*U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness Phil ManganoVeteran’s Administration Gladys Baez-Perez*Volunteers of America Jim FaisonFrank WashingtonSuzanne WeissWomen in Distress Andrea Bradley*Women in Distress Regine Cordon-Shiver*Women in Distress David Dowd*Women in Distress Miriam Garcia*Women in Distress Shelia McCann*Women in Distress Faye Wright-Simpson**Denotes Sub-committee members
Organizational affiliations are listed for identification purposes only and do not necessarily imply endorsement of the document.
Ten Year Plan Steering Committee Members: Victor Biggs, Ron Brummit, Susan Byrne, Courtney, Sarah Curtis, Sarah Donnelly, David Freedman, Laura Hansen, Vice Chair, Jay Harman, Robert Higdon, Matt Hunter, Ron Ishoy, Skip Johnston, Mary Lynn Lovejoy, Captain Steve Morris, Debbie Perry, Janet Riley, Dianne Sepielli, Chair and Steve Werthman
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Executive SummaryAs approved by the Ten Year Plan Steering Committee on 9.28.05
Some 15 years ago, a group of private citizens and government officials decided to “address” the issue of homeless-ness in Broward County. Since that time, we have created a Continuum of Care (CoC) which is a “community plan to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are homeless as they move to stable housing and maximum self-sufficiency. It includes action steps to end homelessness and prevent a return to homelessness.”
Broward’s CoC has housing assets which include emergency shelter, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing beds. Supportive services are another essential element in our CoC. Despite our ongoing efforts, the most recent local point-in-time count and survey revealed that we still have over 3,100 homeless men, women and children in Broward County; as a caveat, many homeless advocates believe that this number is a significant undercount due to the requirement that the survey be conducted in a single 24 hour period.
Broward County and the partners in our Continuum of Care invest public and private funds in programs that provide direct services to homeless adults and children. Additionally, the school and corrections systems, hospitals, charities, and faith-based institutions provide assistance to the homeless. All are partners in the homeless system, whether of-ficial or unofficial, and as such, have a vested interest in providing the most effective and efficient services in order to bring about an end to homelessness.
The larger community has a stake in ending homelessness as well. A large homeless population is an indicator that our community is not healthy and we know that there is a widespread belief that homelessness hurts our local economy, which is highly dependent upon tourism. As members of a community, we want to insure that we care for all residents, including those who are ill or disabled and who are unable to care for themselves.
In keeping with many other communities around the country, Broward County has the vision of moving to the next level, that of ending homelessness, and this is the purpose of our Ten Year Plan. We recognize that homelessness is a complex issue with no one simple solution. It is commonly accepted that while the existing homeless system works well for some persons, it has not been effective enough at permanently ending homelessness. We can no longer afford to cycle people through the system and then back to the streets, only to endlessly repeat this pattern. However, Broward’s homeless system today does not have the inventory or capacity to permanently house everyone who needs housing. Based upon our survey data, we must focus on the rapid creation of a minimum of 1,200 permanent sup-portive housing units and getting people into them.
We also know that research is increasingly pointing to the fact that ending or preventing homelessness saves taxpayer money and saves lives. Research has also shown that addressing other significant life issues simultaneously with ad-dressing permanent housing is the most effective way to bring about permanent, positive change in the lives of all homeless people, including chronically homeless adults and homeless families. Given this understanding, it is both fiscally responsible and compassionate to bring about the end of homelessness.
A 2004 Santa Barbara study showed a 38.9% cost savings to the mental health system over 3 years by a program pro-viding housing and intensive services to 117 mentally ill homeless persons. Even more striking, overall hospital costs were reduced by 55.8% from the pre-program years of 1998-2001 to the 3 year implementation from 2001 – 2004. 1
The US Conference of Mayors, A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in American Cities, 2002 report revealed that a common denominator in homelessness in Cleveland, Denver, New Orleans, Phoenix, Seattle and Washington, DC. was corrections discharges. 2 Waco, Texas determined that this city spends almost $39,000 per year for each chroni-cally homeless individual. 3 This equates to over $106 per day. Conversely, we know from the 2004 Lewin study that a day of supportive housing even in a very high cost city such as New York is only $41.85. 4
In 1998, the University of California and San Diego Medical Center began following 15 homeless chronic alcohol abus-ers as they cycled through the emergency care and law enforcement systems. Literally hundreds of contacts resulted in public expenditures of over $3 million annually. In 2000 the Serial Inebriate Program (SIP) was launched in order to break the trend of arrest, incarceration, release, arrest, etc. The early returns reflect that 63% of clients agree to treat-ment and almost 50% graduate successfully. 5
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To be successful, we must change our way of doing business. Broward County Government is already investing over $12 million annually (FY05) in general revenue for homeless services. This is leveraged by almost $9 million of Federal McKinney Vento and State Office on Homelessness funding. Additionally, the most recent provider report reflects contributions totaling to almost $8 million in private funds for homeless services. These considerable investments do not take into consideration the costs incurred by a variety of other stakeholders including the Department of Children and Families for benefits such as Food Stamps and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. These numbers also do not account for costs incurred by publicly funded institutions such as hospitals, corrections and courts which traditionally have high interaction, particularly with chronically homeless.
The Plan will require us to consider both re-directing some existing resources, as well as tapping into or creating new ones. These resources must be directed to the most effective programs, thus maximizing the financial impact and ultimately, programmatic outcomes.
Housing affordability has reached crisis proportions in Broward County, with the median price having rocketed to $384,900. 6 This is putting a squeeze on even middle income individuals and families. Employers are finding it increasingly difficult to attract and retain qualified staff, as workers turn down job offers because of concerns about their ability to find affordable housing and as the existing work force relocates to less costly housing markets. An escalation in this trend and an inability to recruit service workers, who typically are among the lower groups of wage earners, could have a devastating effect on Broward’s ability to sustain the tourist trade on which the economic health of the area is so heavily dependent. Additionally, year round residents stand to be negatively impacted if no one is available to provide day care for their children, check out their groceries, mow their lawns and repair their cars.
In order to make the vision of ending homelessness a reality, we must make a paradigm shift, become more culturally sensitive and focus simultaneously on the following:n Prevention: We must focus on the prevention of homelessness, while simultaneously attacking homelessness itself on numerous other fronts. The data are clear that preventing homelessness is cost effective.
n Permanent Affordable Housing Supply: An absolutely necessary requirement for ending homelessness is having an adequate supply of affordable housing. This is a monumental challenge which must be undertaken immediately if we are to succeed. We should begin with the creation of 1,200 units of scattered site or clustered permanent supportive housing, approximately two-thirds of which will be targeted to the chronically homeless, based upon a 2005 analysis of need. This will require support, in various ways, from federal, state and local governments and agencies, including law enforcement and corrections, hospital districts, the School Board of Broward County, as well as coordinating agencies such as the Coordinating Council of Broward. Participation from private entities such as the faith community, private landlords, developers and businesses will also be necessary. n Living Wages: Another critical need is to increase area wages. Every day we open the newspaper to another article about the disparity between housing prices and incomes. In order to afford a non-luxury, two bedroom apartment in Broward County, ($998 per month Fair Market Rent as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) an individual must earn $19.19 per hour, or $39,920 per year. Much of Broward’s workforce earns substantially less than this, particularly service industry workers. n Mainstream Resources: It is imperative that we work for, and achieve, systems change in the way mainstream benefits are awarded to homeless people. Mainstream benefits are those resources which are also accessed by eligible non-homeless individuals. Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicaid, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, State Children’s Health Insurance Program, WorkForce Investment, Food Stamps and Veteran’s Health Care are all mainstream benefit programs.
n Discharge Planning: Discharge to homelessness from publicly funded institutions such as corrections and health care facilities remains a reality which is unacceptable. Adequate discharge planning is a form of prevention, which we know saves tax dollars and promotes a significantly better quality of life than sending people right back to the streets.
n Street Outreach: The very successful central county street outreach initiative, which has received national recognition, should be expanded throughout the county in order to more effectively engage the many at risk sub-populations of homeless persons.
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n Treatment and Services: Treatment and services should be approached in a more coordinated and holistic manner. The evidence-based literature on treatment and services for homeless people is replete with findings of cost savings. The City of San Diego tracked 15 homeless individuals through the public health and corrections systems and discovered that these persons were using an astounding $3 million per year in publicly funded services. 8
n Housing First: “The goal of ‘Housing First’ is to immediately house people who are homeless. Housing comes first no matter what is going on in one’s life, and the housing is flexible and independent so that people get housed easily and stay housed.” 6 We have learned that not all individuals and families need to work their way through the continuum phases, but that some are viable candidates for a “Housing First” model, particularly where supportive services are tailored to individual needs.
The key strategy to ending long-term homelessness is found in Housing First, an effective methodology for housing the chronically homeless and keeping them housed. Housing First has also been shown to be effective at shortening the length of homelessness for other individuals and families. In the 2003 “Blueprint for Change” which reported on housing for the chronic homeless who are mentally ill or have a chemical dependency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated unequivocally “without housing, services and supports cannot be effective.“
Although a Housing First methodology has shown promise in solving homelessness for an impressive number of adults and families, we also know however, that there is no “one right way” to end homelessness for everyone.
n The Way Home: Finally, we know that the costs of homelessness are staggering, not only to those individuals experiencing homelessness, but to society as well. We also know that ending homelessness can be cost effective.
The road to ending homelessness will undoubtedly be rocky and long, but the destination will be well worth the journey. We may be tempted at times to turn back, but we cannot. We have a map, and we must stay the course. Everyone can help and we ask that YOU become involved. You can begin by signing an individual or organizational endorsement of support for Broward County’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. Samples of the endorsement are included in the Appendix section of the document.
Notes 1 Elodie Patrias, Innovative Collaborative Promotes Independence Reduces Costs, ADMHS Update, Special Focus, June 2005,
Santa Barbara County Department of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services. 2 US Conference of Mayors, A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in American Cities, 2002, Washing ton DC. 3 www.ich.gov, In the Cities: Waco, Texas, adopts 10-Year Plan Based on Cost Benefit Analysis and Housing First Ap proach,
7.21.05. 4 The Lewin Group, Costs of Serving Homeless Individuals in Nine Cities, Chart Book, November 19, 2004, prepared for The
Corporation for Supportive Housing. 5 www.ich.gov/innovations Collaboration: SIP Saves Lives and Public Funds. 6 Lisa J. Huriash, www.sun-sentinel.com, South Florida Condo Conversions are at an All- time High, Leaving Renters in a Tight
Spot, August 6, 2005. 7 http://www.csh.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageID=����#hf, Corporation for Supportive Housing,
“Definitions and Terminology.” 8 www.ich.gov/innovations Collaboration: SIP Saves Lives and Public Funds.
The Steering Committee also wishes to acknowledge the valuable assistance provided by Michael Dahl, Executive Director of the
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless, in preparing this Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness.
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Introduction
Broward County, Florida is bordered by the turquoise and sapphire waters of the Atlantic Ocean on
the East and on the West by the “river of grass” known as the Florida Everglades. A favorite tourist
destination for visitors from around the world, Broward boasts world class shopping, gourmet
restaurants and cafes, trendy new hotels, miles of waterways and golf courses. Two of Broward’s
concert arenas, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and the Office Depot Center, rank among
the top 10 in the country for ticket sales. 1 In other words, just about something for everyone unless,
of course, you happen to be homeless.
Homeless people live in the shadows, in a parallel universe that has a window through which they
can see how others live, but oftentimes there seems to be no door through which they can escape.
This is particularly true for the chronic homeless population, but even for those who are not chroni-
cally homeless, the obstacles to becoming and staying re-housed can seem insurmountable.
On September 23, 2004, a group of committed individuals came together at the Florida Summit on
Homelessness in Weston, Florida. This event, sponsored by The Coalition to End Homelessness,
kicked off the planning process to end homelessness in Broward County.
Broward County was most honored by the presence of Philip Mangano, Executive Director of the
Interagency Council on Homelessness at the kick off of our Ten Year Planning Process. Nan Roman,
Executive Director of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, who has supported Broward’s Ten
Year Plan efforts throughout, facilitated the Summit, providing a wealth of information on developing
a ten year plan, including best practices around the country.
At this summit, Broward County committed to the creation of a Ten Year Plan in concert with
other stakeholders, and this was reaffirmed in a letter of February 9, 2005 to Philip Mangano,
stating: “Broward County is proud to be part of the nationwide campaign to abolish home-
lessness. We are working diligently to implement numerous projects funded by the U.S.
Departments of Housing & Urban Development, Health & Human Services (HHS) and Veterans Affairs
(VA) toward this end. We are also encouraged by the President’s announced budget which includes a
significant increase in funding to end chronic homelessness through the ‘Samaritan Initiative.’”
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Current Facts about Homelessness and Housing in Broward County
On January 25, 2005, the Broward County Continuum of Care, along with hundreds of other continua across the country, conducted a point-in-time count and survey over a twenty-four hour period.
The point in time count and survey, coordinated by The Broward Coalition for the Homeless, now known as The Coalition to End Homelessness, was conducted with dozens of volunteers throughout Broward County. From the beaches to the westernmost reaches of the County, volunteers combed parks, libraries, bus terminals, woods, under known encampments and all types of shelters and transitional housing for the homeless in an effort to obtain the most accurate count possible; however, advocates believe many of the street homeless were not counted and the actual numbers could be significantly higher.
Exhibit �: Continuum of Care Homeless Population and Subpopulations Chart
Part �: Homeless Population Sheltered Unsheltered Total
Emergency Transitional
Example: �5 (A) ��5 (A) �05 (N) �05
1. Homeless Individuals
682 (A) 1,500 (A) 424 (N) 2,606
2. Homeless Families with Children
50 (A) 80 (A) 2 (N) 132
2a. Persons in Homeless Families with Children
200 (A) 290 (A) 18 (N) 508
Total (lines � + �a only) 882 (A) 1,790 (A) 442 (N) 3,114
Part �: Homeless Subpopulations
Sheltered Unsheltered Total
1. Chronically Homeless 374 (S) 251 (N) 625
2. Severely Mentally Ill 534 (S) *101 (N) 635
3. Chronic Substance Abuse 294 (S) * 79 (N) 373
4. Veterans 240 (S) * 99 (N) 339
5. Persons with HIV/AIDS 27 (S) * 15 (N) 42
6. Victims of Domestic Violence 214 (S) * 26 (N) 240
7. Youth (Under 18 years of age) 267 (S) * 8 (N) 275
Direct results from street count and shelter survey 1/25/05, adjusted using additional housing inventory assuming 95% occupancy for “sheltered” population and subpopulations. Subpopulations reflect duplicated counts.
The housing situation in Broward County has reached a critical stage, affecting even moderate income families. In 2003, Broward County had an estimated 200,000 renter households (31% of total households), and of this number 49% were categorized as unable to afford a two bedroom apartment at the Fair Market Rent.2
Projected population growth, new household formation, and upward pressure on housing and land costs for the
next several decades will only exacerbate the shortage of affordable housing. In fact, even with accelerated production, if no revisions are made to the Land Use Plan, the Broward County Office of Urban Planning and Redevelopment projects a net shortfall of almost 190,000 units, which would leave an estimated 461,770 individuals without housing.3 Clearly, inaction is no longer an option.
(A) - Administrative Records, (N) - Enumerations, (A) - Statistically Reliable Sample
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Aside from the human suffering, are there other costs to homelessness? Indeed. There is a developing body of evidence that the costs associated with homelessness, particularly chronic homelessness, are exorbitant. The following are examples of some of these costs:
Medical and Hospital Costs
The National Alliance to End Homelessness reports that a 1998 New England Journal of Medicine study determined that because homeless patients remain hospitalized an average of four days longer than similar non-homeless patients, the extra cost per visit totaled to roughly $2,414. 4
In the 2001 landmark study by Culhane, Hadley and Metraux, it was learned that in New York City, the aver-age homeless, seriously and persistently mentally ill per-son accesses over $40,000 each year in publicly funded services. 5
According to the Lewin Group, in a comparison of the costs for various publicly funded services in 9 cities across the U.S. the daily cost of inpatient psychiatric treatment ranges from a low of $280 in Phoenix to a high of $1,278 in San Francisco. The daily cost of keeping someone in a hospital ranges from a low in New York City of $1,185 to a high of $2,184 in Seattle. 6
Jail and Prison Costs
The Lewin Group also reported that in the 9 cities researched, a day of jail costs from $45.84 in Phoenix to $164.57 in New York City. The same study found that
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daily prison costs were at a low in Atlanta at $47.49 and at a high in Boston, coming in at $117.08. 7
A study in King County, Washington found that taxpayers spent over $1.1 million in just one year on 20 individuals who cycled repeatedly among emergency care, detox and corrections facilities.
Opportunity Costs
Increasingly, research findings suggest that home-lessness among children can and often does have a devastating impact on academic performance, creating lasting barriers to personal and financial success as adults. According to The Institute for Children and Poverty, national statistics reflect that 20% of homeless children repeat a grade in school versus 10% of non-homeless children. 8
A 2005 study conducted by the School Board of Broward County, Florida found that homeless students are almost twice as likely as non-homeless students to be classified as “exceptional” (special education) students. Other statistics highlight the increased risk of homeless-ness: homeless students were absent almost 39% more than non-homeless students; 3-1/2 times more likely to be suspended than non-homeless students and 12% more likely to have received multiple suspensions. The study also showed statistically significant differences, over time, in academic performance between home-less and non-homeless students. 9 These increased risk factors bode ill for a bright and productive future for these youngsters.
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The Planning Process
The Second Ten Year Plan: Ending Homelessness
At the September 23rd Summit to End Homelessness, local attendees were asked to sign up
for the following sub-committees which would be instrumental in developing the Plan: Data
Systems, Emergency Prevention, Systems Change: Mainstream Resources / Discharge Planning, Street
Outreach, Shortening the Time People Spend Homeless, Rapid Re-housing, Treatment and Services,
Permanent Affordable Housing and Income to Pay for Affordable Housing. Each sub-committee
produced a matrix and a brief narrative which addressed key points in the matrix.
Over 140 participants came together over the course of the year long planning process. Eighty (80)
federal, state and local agencies were represented, as well as were numerous individuals. The
sub-committee volunteers worked tirelessly to craft the components for Broward’s Ten Year Plan to
End Homelessness. They brought creativity, thoughtfulness, perseverance, moral support, technical
knowledge, subject matter expertise and camaraderie to the endeavor.
Participants reached out to other communities undertaking plans to end homelessness to see
how Broward County could learn from their efforts. Countless hours were spent researching “best
practice” models for each of the Plan components. Some of the participants enriched the process
by sharing their own homeless experiences and recommendations which were memorialized in
Focus Groups for Homeless Consumers, sponsored by The Coalition to End Homelessness.
A Steering Committee, meeting on a grueling weekly schedule for the better part of the
planning period, was created to help guide the planning process. The Steering Committee
membership consisted of representatives from the Coordinating Council of Broward, the County’s
premier not-for-profit coordinative body, community leaders on the front lines to end homelessness
and the chairs and co-chairs of the various sub-committees. The work of this extraordinary community
collaborative culminated in the following recommendations.
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Data
n Fully implement the Client Services Manage-ment System – Homeless Management Information System (CSMS-HMIS) for all Continuum of Care Programs
n Interface with other databases such as United Way of Broward County, hospitals, corrections, WorkForce One, churches, FEMA and Veteran’s Administration
n Utilize CSMS-HMIS to identify trends and oppor-tunities for preventive intervention, to track outcomes and to identify recidivists
n Utilize data analyses for a public education campaign on homelessness
Emergency Prevention
n Develop screening mechanism for triage of services to persons facing eviction and maintain infor-mation on at-risk households in CSMS-HMIS
n Improve accessibility to services through strategies such as reducing wait times for prevention assistance and review need versus adequacy of available assistance
n Establish a resource/referral network among providers
n Provide in-house prevention-centered casework
n Develop financial management/literacy program
n Improve accessibility of services to: ex-offenders, youth aging out of foster care, persons being discharged from hospitals and mental health facilities
Systems Change: Mainstream Resources / Discharge Planning
n Remove barriers to obtaining government entitlements – mainstream resources
n Expedite benefits enrollment by SSA, VA and any other mainstream benefits provider such as Food Stamps, TANF, Child Care
n Expand discharge protocol with BSO, DOC, local, County and State mental health facili-ties, health care facilities, and foster care agenies
Street Outreach
n Expand central model homeless outreach team to north and south County
n Provide 24/7 hotline
n Design, develop and implement a Homeless Assess-ment Center(s)
Shortening the Time People Spend Homeless
n Reduce barriers to shelter admission and retention
n Early in the process, assess those appropriate for rapid re-housing
n Standardize assessment for consistent intake and analysis
n Provide life skills training at transitional shelters
Rapid Re-housing
n Create a Housing Specialist position for each Home-less Assistance Center (HAC)
n Identify and refer eligible candidates at first point of contact through centralized assessment
n Create and maintain inventory of available affordable housing
n Identify and assist in elimination/reduction of barriers to housing such as credit, discrimination, crimi-nal history
n Provide follow-up services
Treatment and Services
n Promote greater collaboration among providers through contracts and memoranda
n Increase number and utilization of new and existing Permanent Supportive Housing programs within the CoC
Recommendations
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n Expand peer-centered programs and services
n Increase client choice for housing and services through a voucher program
n Expand services to address gaps in CoC
Permanent Affordable Housing
n Foster partnership and coordination among County and Cities
n Develop 1,200 units of permanent supportive affordable housing, targeting approximately two-thirds to the chronically homeless, based upon a 2005 assessment of need. This will require support, in various ways, from federal, state and local governments and agencies, including law enforcement and corrections, hospital districts, the School Board of Broward County, as well as coordinating agencies such as the Coordinating Council of Broward. Participation from private entities such as the faith com-munity, private landlords, developers and businesses will also be necessary.
n Utilize publicly owned land for development by not-for-profits
n Create mandatory inclusionary zoning
n Reduce development cost of housing / streamline development process
n Create new funding streams such as commercial document surtax, bond issue, donation fund for affordable housingn Create preservation ordinance and increase affordability period for publicly funded affordable housing
n Expand and replicate proven affordable housing programs such as H2H (Homeless to Homeowner)sponsored by BankAtlantic
Income to Pay for Affordable Housing
n Expand the Living Wage Ordinance passed by Bro-ward County October 2002
n Improve education, job readiness, and job training
n Encourage Homeless Services Providers to work more closely with Job Training Providers
n Engage the Business Community
n Encourage employers to pay a Living Wage
n Address transportation issues
n Provide more resources for job training and placement.
Homeless Consumer Focus Groups
n Address the need for 24 hour service
n Address the difficulty in obtaining identification
n Address the issue of corrections and hospitals having weak links and often discharging people without medications
n Re-evaluate admissions criteria for housing
n Address the need for more transportation
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Data: Planning for Outcomes - Managing for Results
Someone once commented: “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll surely never get there.” This can be applied to programs as well. Without valid and reliable data, many well-intended programs are likely to “wander aimlessly about” rather than strategically addressing the problems they are trying to solve.
Acknowledging this reality, the Data Sub-committee set out to craft a component that would harness the collective human resource and technology energy of the community. n We envision the ability to develop baseline data and to conduct periodic follow-up searches at the aggregate and individual levels on recidivism, securing permanent housing, changes in income, utilization of mainstream resources and discharges.
Other Plan components, such as Systems Change: Mainstream Resources / Discharge Planning will be consulted in monitoring mainstream systems’ respon-siveness and compliance with statutory mandates to serve needs of eligible homeless persons.
n We also anticipate using our Homeless Manage-ment Information System, known locally as the Client
Emergency Prevention
The Emergency Prevention Sub-committee pursued the following goal: “To stop homelessness before it starts by establishing and integrating emergency homelessness prevention programs in Broward County.” To reach this goal, we reviewed numerous best practice models, including existing Emergency Prevention plans from other cities and regions of the country. Another primary source of information was the National Alliance to End Homelessness’ (NAEH) Toolkit for Ending Home-lessness. (www.naeh.org.) The Emergency Prevention component owes much to these sources.
In our collective opinion, the most effective preventive measure in any community is the existence of adequate levels of affordable housing. This is supported in Bau-mohl and Shinn’s “Rethinking the Prevention of Home-lessness,” a report presented at the 1998 National Sym-posium on Homelessness Research.
n We believe that homelessness will continue as a
Services Management System (CSMS), together with data from our central intake line, 792-BEDS, and the 211 First Call for Help line to track where people are becoming homeless and to develop early predictors for who is at risk for becoming homeless. This will en-able a more efficient targeting of resources to pre-vention. Additionally, CSMS will enable a more holistic and contextual service delivery, as with client consent, certain relevant data can be shared among providers.
The Data Sub-committee reviewed many other Ten Year Plan data components, literature from the Interagency Council on Homelessness, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, academic publications from such lumi-naries as Martha Burt, Dennis Culhane, Stephen Metraux and Carol Wilkins, and other documents developed under HUD contracts.
The data component developed for Broward County’s Ten Year Plan is tailored to what we believe the specific needs to be at this time. We acknowledge that this is merely a departure point and that this component will likely be refined a number of times over the coming decade.
growing problem in Broward County until a greater num-ber of affordable housing units become available. There-fore, the Committee looks to the work of the Permanent Affordable Housing Sub-committee as an important fac-tor in any homelessness prevention effort.
n We have included suggestions for isolating at-risk populations; establishing a “front door” phone center for at-risk individuals and families; providing greater amounts of rent and mortgage assistance; providing in-house case work; notifying landlords of prevention resources; offering legal assistance in eviction and fore-closure proceedings; making “bridging” funds available to at-risk individuals and families with pending benefit applications; and providing financial and tenancy educa-tion. It is our hope that the implementation of these suggestions, coupled with a significant increase in the availability of affordable housing, will greatly reduce the number of homelessness men, women, and children in Broward County.
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Systems Change: Mainstream Resources/ Discharge Planning
Mainstream programs include, but are not limited to: mental health and substance abuse, Food Stamps, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Supple-mental Security Income, Social Security Disability Insurance, day care, Medicaid and WorkForce Invest-ment.
It is no secret among homeless services advocates, pro-viders and funders that mainstream resource programs need to be held accountable for serving the homeless as well as the housed. Over the last several decades, the trend has been to shift the burden from mainstream programs to programs exclusively serving the homeless despite the fact that many homeless qualify, but cannot access, mainstream benefits. As a result, the mainstream programs have shrunk into the background, leaving re-source-poor, homeless-specific programs to pick up the slack.
In recent years, HUD and the Interagency Council on Homelessness have mandated that homeless clients be given the same opportunity to receive mainstream ben-efits as the rest of the population. The systemic failure to expect the mainstream programs to convey benefits equally for all eligible applicants has been compounded by the fact that numerous providers do not have ade-quate discharge planning protocols in place, which dis-proportionately impacts those with few or no resources.
It is all too common that individuals being discharged from publicly funded institutions such as mental health facilities, hospitals, prisons and jails, and even the foster
care system, end up on the streets because of failures to insure appropriate discharge planning. This amounts to more street homeless who quickly cycle back through hospitals, prisons and jails, creating an intolerable ser-vice and financial burden to the systems and continuing to fail the clients as well, as evidenced in literature from the Interagency Council on Homelessness, the National Alliance to End Homeless, and academic publications from experts such as Martha Burt, Dennis Culhane and Stephen Metraux.
n This dysfunctional and unaffordable process of one set of resources for homeless persons and another set of resources for everybody else needs to be addressed. By developing a dialogue with mainstream services provid-ers, reducing the understanding to writing and monitor-ing the outcomes, we can begin to insure equal treat-ment of homeless clients.
n Likewise, by refusing to accept discharges to the street, by initiating a dialogue, obtaining memoranda of understanding from publicly funded institutions, and monitoring the discharges, we can begin to eliminate the parallel systems created to meet the needs of the homeless.
It is the intent of the Systems Change component of the Plan to address and insure that the mainstream resourc-es programs and discharge planning functions of pub-licly funded institutions serve our homeless population equitably and as seamlessly as possible.
Street Outreach
The focus of street outreach is to get homeless individuals off the street and into a program that will get them “home”. It is the belief of the Street Outreach Sub-committee, as was Dorothy’s in 1939, that “there is no place like home”.
The outreach worker is a specialist, working with various sub-populations, including those who are mentally ill, people with substance abuse problems, people with co-occurring disorders, the economically disadvantaged, alcohol abusers, people with AIDS/HIV, the employment disadvantaged, the traumatized, people with physical disabilities and the developmentally disabled. To say it more simply, the outreach worker is a juggler of services, systems, symptoms, and salvation.
The relationship between the homeless and the social service community marks a border where the disenfran-chised meet the mainstream of society (Rowe, 1999). It is the outreach worker who crosses back and forth across that border, weaving the connections and laying the groundwork for the homeless person to also “cross over”.
Currently our system is a patchwork of paths traversing that border – some failing, some intangible in terms of our goals to end homelessness; hence our objective is to systematically create:
n Based on our existing central model, a state-of-the-art outreach team for county-wide coverage
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n Accessible 24/7 point-of-entry for the homeless person
n A centralized assessment process
In addition, the homeless information system technology, known locally as CSMS, gives us the per-fect conduit for making the crossing over seamless and simple. The 24/7 point-of-entry will direct homeless people to an outreach team. The outreach team will assess, refer and place the homeless person with a service provider. The provider who accepts the referral will do the intake. When consent is given, the homeless person’s “thumbprint” in CSMS will be accessi-ble to all providers, who will have a much deeper insight into the client’s overall needs as the client travels through
the system toward his or her goal of self sufficiency.
The final phase includes a centralized assessment process to coordinate the needs of the outreach team with the resources of the service providers.
Throughout the process, the key link between the streets and “home” is the outreach team. The Broward County homeless providers’ understanding of the specialized skills required to reach and support homeless people in settings not fit for human habitation has been docu-mented time and again via shelter placement/census re-ports. Further documentation in service provider reports indicates that compared to any other placement system in Broward County, the outreach team approach is the most effective, efficient and homeless friendly.
Shortening the Time People Remain Home-less
The objective of this component is to reduce the length and number of times people are homeless, and to re-house them as quickly as possible. We believe that Housing First may work well for many of the homeless. This model places people in permanent housing as quickly as possible, and provides the supports necessary to keep them housed. We recog-nize that certain sub-populations may require lifelong supportive services.
Priorities of the plan include:
n Assisting persons to exit homelessness as quickly as possible.
n Developing an assessment tool to determine who can quickly move into permanent housing.
n Developing standards for providers that promote housing placement in the most suitable, least restrictive settings possible. n Tracking outcome measures that capture:
- number of people who become homeless- recidivism – increasing rates of persons not returning to shelter- average length of homeless episodes (time spent in shelter system)- improving housing outcomes (number of discharges to permanent housing, and retention of that housing over time)
Implementation of this plan will require significant changes to our current Continuum of Care. A Housing First model is just that: housing is the first need to be met and there are a number of variations of this mod-el. For example, some transitional providers may offer short-term residential care with a Housing First wrap-around service model, including an in-depth assessment of needs and resources, permanent housing placement and linkage to community services. Others may move toward providing permanent supportive housing. The emphasis of the plan will be to move toward permanent community based supportive services. These changes will require buy-in and commitment from all providers and community stakeholders.
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Rapid Re-Housing
A Rapid Re-housing strategy seeks to re-house newly homeless individuals and families in the shortest period of time. This approach is predicated on the assumption that a certain percent of the recently homeless became so as a result of unexpected income loss, unanticipated increases in rent, loss of a vehicle, discontinuation of child care, unexpected medical issues, or other revers-ible events that can be “fixed” in a short period of time with minimal investment of resources.
Such a strategy benefits the community in multiple ways. First, it returns individuals to housing without subjecting them to service-intensive programs designed to address multiple issues associated with homelessness. Second, it reduces the longer-term stress on shelter beds and saves them for the homeless population presenting more seri-ous issues and requiring more intensive physical, behav-ioral, or vocational rehabilitation. Consistent with current local and national “housing first” philosophies, a rapid re-housing strategy recognizes that some persons ex-perience homelessness primarily due to economic fac-tors as outlined above and need little assistance beyond housing itself.
Prolonged delays in returning to housing contribute to further dependence on homeless assistance and subject individuals and families to further exposure to a shelter culture inconsistent with independence in the communi-ty. The negative effects, particularly on families, include repetitive school changes for children, reduced opportu-nity to engage family and friends, job loss due to conflict-ing program requirements or facility locations, and loss of self esteem associated with being labeled homeless. The Rapid Re-housing Sub-committee has identified the following objectives:
n Objective 1: Quickly identify candidates for rapid re-housing. Candidates will be individuals and families who only recently became homeless and have
the capacity, including income, to return to housing im-mediately or after minimal services.
No mechanism currently exists to identify and refer can-didates for immediate re-housing at the first point of con-tact. This function may be centralized at one location in the County or may be performed at multiple venues using the same assessment methodology and criteria.
n Objective 2: Create the position of Housing Specialist in each of the three Homeless Assistance Centers to provide professional housing services to in-dividuals identified as housing ready. These positions would provide short term assistance while a broader continuum-wide housing mechanism is being addressed. This is an interim measure designed to get us part way to our goal while we develop the housing information and referral mechanism.
n Objective 3: Create a continuum-wide housing information and referral mechanism to assist providers in effecting rapid transition to housing for individuals iden-tified as suitable candidates. The Sub-committee recognizes that this is an enor-mous undertaking, requiring planning, effort, and fund-ing, which will take years to complete. However, once implemented, it will provide long term support for the “housing first” model, one of the recent innovations be-ing adopted by our community.
n Objective 4: Create a permanent housing support system (follow-up services).
The goal of rapidly placing persons in mainstream housing would have little meaning if not accompanied by efforts to ensure that they retain housing. Steps to provide this assurance are addressed in the Treatment and Services component of the Plan.
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Treatment and Services
In an effort to address homelessness holistically, the Treatment and Services Sub-committee has endeavored to solicit and include local feedback from Broward County’s homeless and formerly homeless population. The Sub-committee has also reviewed and incorporated components of strategies and “best prac-tices” models adopted by communities nationwide to treat and prevent homelessness. The Plan’s overall goal is to rapidly return those who experience homelessness to permanent housing, linking them with available and planned supports to promote future housing stability. However, evidence and experience indicate that hous-ing alone is not a panacea to end homelessness for all sub-populations of homeless persons. 10
We recognize that costs associated with providing treat-ment and services should be considered “front-end” costs. This is especially relevant when contrasted with costs as compared to housed versus unsheltered home-less persons. According to a study in British Columbia, Canada, the service costs for unsheltered homeless are estimated to be thirty-three percent (33%) higher than for those who are housed. 11
The mantra of the Treatment and Services Sub-committee is “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Therefore, our focus has been on housing and holistic treatment: substance abuse treatment; mental health treatment and services; medical treatment; interventions to stabilize families and individuals in housing and at risk of homelessness; in homeless shelters (emergency and transitional) including financial assistance and access to mainstream benefits; mediation services; employment services; venues and opportunities for social events; peer mentoring and case management services.
The Treatment and Services Sub-committee recognizes that movement by HUD away from funding support ser-vices and cost shifting to other stakeholders does not eliminate the need for treatment and services. The trend suggests funding to maintain current levels of treat-ment and services will become even more challenging while demand for services and treatment will continue to exist and very likely increase. This is especially true considering the exponential population growth estimates for the Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach tri-county area. 12
n We have included several suggestions in our com-ponent to increase utilization of existing programs in our community, as well as within the homeless Continuum of Care. An example of this is a “centralized assessment” process which would decrease assessment redundancy throughout the CoC, generating cost savings which could be reprogrammed to fill existing gaps.
n We also recommend increasing collaboration among providers, as well as increased competition for CoC funding through performance-based selection and an expansion of peer centered programs and services as a form of homelessness “relapse” prevention.
n Additionally, we recommend there be a lead agency in Broward County for mental health services.
Finally, we believe the evidence suggests there is no “one best way” to address homelessness. However, with each client sub-population there is a common denomi-nator, the need for treatment and services. Therefore, the provision of this component of the Plan is critical to overall success.
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Permanent Affordable Housing
The issue of homelessness cannot be addressed without reference to the need for permanent af-fordable housing. Permanent affordable housing is necessary to both prevent homelessness and to end homelessness. In a document entitled “Afford-able Housing Focus Group Report and Best Prac-tice Research Findings” prepared by Broward County Human Services Department, the affordable housing situation in Broward was described as follows.
Based on Florida Statutes Chapter 420, and consis-tent with other public guidelines, housing is consid-ered affordable when the monthly rent or mortgage payment does not exceed 30% of the median gross annual income for very low, low and moderate income households. The 2004 median adjusted gross income for Broward County is $57,700, based on information from the U.S. Department of Hous-ing and Urban Development. Affordable housing is similar to market rate housing, except that it costs less because financing strategies make it possible to pass the savings on to lower income residents.
The severity of the affordable housing problem is best depicted by considering the situation that cur-rently exists for a significant number of residents. The housing wage is defined as the amount a full time (40 hours per week) worker must earn per hour in order to afford a two-bedroom unit at the area’s Fair Market Rent (FMR). FMR, for an area, is the amount that would be needed to pay the gross rent (shelter rent plus utilities) of privately owned, decent, safe and sanitary rental housing of a mod-est (non-luxury) nature with suitable amenities. The 2005 Fair Market Rent for a two bedroom apartment is $998 per month. Broward County’s 2005 hous-ing wage was $19.19 per hour, or $39,920.00. Thus an individual earning minimum wage would need to work 125 hours per week in order to afford this apartment. 13
The Permanent Affordable Housing Sub-committee was charged with making recommendations on how to increase the amount and availability of permanent affordable housing for extremely low and very low income households. In Broward the system has backlogged, as those who need to find permanent affordable housing in order to make the move from transitional housing are unable to do so because there is no affordable housing available. The lack of affordable housing in Broward forces a large number of families to live on the brink of homelessness because they must pay rents that they ultimately cannot afford. For a time they maintain the housing by “robbing Peter to pay Paul”, but any unanticipated expense can be the event which
leads to homelessness.
The Permanent Affordable Housing Sub-committee was made up of advocates, non-profit developers, public officials and staff from public housing authorities. At the end of the road, a household coming out of homeless-ness has the same need for permanent affordable hous-ing as does any household at the low end of the income scale.
n Our recommendations highlight one area of perma-nent affordable housing that is especially necessary for special populations that are overrepresented among the homeless: persons recovering from substance addiction, the mentally ill, those who are disabled and others. By 2016 we intend to create 1200 new permanent support-ive housing units, offering social services commensurate with a client’s level of need. Approximately two-thirds of these units will be targeted to the chronically homeless. The amount of unmet need for 1,200 units of perma-nent supportive housing was based upon quantitative and qualitative data, including review of the 2005 point in time count results, and was finalized by consensus through a community process including discussion at monthly Continuum of Care committee meetings and two (2) Planning Days conducted on April 8th and 27th, 2005. One hundred four (104) individuals from fifty-two (52) different agencies attended one or both workshops. Affiliations included state and local government, Public Housing Authorities, community and faith-based organi-zations, businesses, homeless and/or formerly homeless persons, law enforcement, hospitals, funders and other stakeholders including sub-populations of seriously men-tally ill, veterans, youth, and persons experiencing and/or recovering from substance abuse or domestic violence. In addition to achieving consensus at the Planning Day sessions, the Permanent Supportive Housing unmet need figures were validated through three independent studies conducted by: FL Dept. of Children & Families (DCF), Florida Supportive Housing Coalition, and a study commissioned for Broward County by Housing & Servic-es, Inc. (HSI - based in New York City). Permanent supportive housing remains the Continuum’s greatest need and experience from Broward County’s Chronic Homeless Initiative, HHOPE, indicates that the chronic population will need permanent supportive housing. Additionally, we know from the survey that we must also place emphasis on sheltered and unsheltered families with at least one family member with a disability, who also need permanent supportive housing.
We will insure the accuracy of the needs estimate by em-ploying the methodology developed by Dr. Martha Burt
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and published in March of 2005 in the document enti-tled, “Estimating the Need: Projecting from Point-in-Time to Annual Estimates of the Number of Homeless People in a Community and Using this Information to Plan for Permanent Supportive Housing.”
These housing units will augment our existing perma-nent supportive housing inventory through construc-tion, leasing, renovation and conversion of other types of housing, and will be developed in the most cost effective manner possible. Where we must develop or renovate units, we will seek to maximize resources by controlling, to the greatest extent possible, development costs through innovative designs and materials. The 1,200 units represent a point in time estimate which may be modified as new methodologies for estimating need are developed
These 1,200 units of permanent supportive housing are the cornerstone of this Ten Year Plan to End Homeless-ness. We anticipate that 30% or 360 of the 1200 units will be developed by rehab of existing units. A 2003 study by Housing Solutions, Inc., projected the cost range for acquisition and rehab to be $37,500 - $81,250 per unit. Since that time, we know that real estate prices have skyrocketed, in some cases almost doubling. Local experts advise that the current cost to acquire and rehab a 1 bedroom unit is approximately $120,000. Therefore, the capital investment would be $43.2 million ($120,000 x 360) with approximately $2.16 million annually in operating expenses. The remaining 840 units would be comprised of tenant based assistance at an annual subsidy of approximately $6.468 million. Support services are anticipated to cost $12.0 million annually.
Producing the units will not be possible without the support, in various ways of federal, state and local governments (cities) and agencies, including law enforcement and corrections, hospital districts, the School Board of Broward County, as well as coordinating agencies such as the Coordinating Council of Broward. Participation from private entities such as the faith com-munity, private landlords, developers and businesses will also be necessary.
n Our other recommendations are addressed to some major themes. One theme is that the County and the municipalities must work together to address affordable housing. Broward has 31 municipalities and the County government has no power to direct affordable housing efforts in those cities. In a County in which population growth and the cost of housing are almost geometric, affordable housing must be addressed in a comprehen-sive way with local governments working together. We specifically are looking to the Broward County Office of Housing to spearhead that effort. n Another theme is that more resources must be directed toward development of housing affordable to the lowest end of the income scale. Our recommen-dations include enactment of mandatory inclusionary zoning, whereby developers would be required to build a certain percentage of affordable units in any market rate residential development. Although we recom-mend mandatory inclusionary zoning, we recognize that another method, used in other areas, is to provide for circumstances in which a developer is allowed to pay into an Affordable Housing Trust Fund as an alternative.
n We also recommend that a local documentary surtax be enacted on commercial real estate transactions as a source of revenue for development of affordable housing in the County.
n Additionally, we recommend publicizing and expanding existing, proven programs such as H2H (Homeless to Homeowner) sponsored by BankAtlantic.
n Finally, we recommend that a bond issue be created for development of affordable housing.
To say that one ends homelessness by just provid-ing housing is overly simplistic. One can neither prevent nor end homelessness without permanent affordable housing. While there may be a great deal of debate about how to address permanent af-fordable housing, the dwellings themselves are an essential piece of any effort to end homelessness.
Income to Pay for Affordable Housing
Housing is expensive in Broward County, and the cost is rapidly rising. According to the Miami Herald, Bro-ward home prices went up 27% in 2004, with the average home price having reached an all time high of $343,900. By August of 2005, the median housing price in Broward had reached an historic high of $384,900.14 In order to afford a two-bedroom apartment in 2005, a full-time worker has to make $19.19 per hour (the housing wage)
or $39,920 annually.15 A minimum wage earner in Bro-ward County would have to work 125 hours per week to afford this rent. The high cost of housing means that people have to earn more money in order to get and stay housed in Broward County. While our tourist economy depends heavily on minimum-wage, service-sector jobs in restaurants, hotels and retail, these jobs often do not provide a housing wage.
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In order to lift wages, this Plan proposes:
n Expanding the Living Wage Ordinance passed by Broward County in October 2002
n Improving education, job readiness, and job training
n Encouraging Homeless Services Providers to work more closely with Job Training Providers
n Engaging the Business Community
n Encouraging employers to pay a Living Wage
n Addressing transportation issues
n Providing more resources for job training and placement.
Because housing is expensive in South Florida, many adjustments should be made including changes in Fair Market Rents allowed by HUD, revisiting disability ben-efits and other subsidies. Most importantly, to promote long term housing stability, thousands of people need to earn higher wages. Creating better jobs requires broad participation from employers, mainstream job place-ment and readiness providers, and our elected officials who are in a position to encourage and even legislate better pay.
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Epilogue:
Looking Forward from the Past - The First Ten Year Plan: Addressing Homelessness
In the spring of 1993, The Broward Coalition for the Homeless undertook a research project to develop a demographic profile of the of homeless, the existing system for providing homeless services, and the unmet needs. After a series of meetings convened by the County Administrator and the creation of a task force to address the problem of street homelessness, the Broward Homeless Initiative and the Continuum of Care were created.
In 1994, the Broward County Board of County Commis-sioners authorized the creation of the Homeless Initia-tive Partnership (HIP) Advisory Board. The HIP Adminis-tration, which is part of the Human Services Department, is the lead agency for the Continuum of Care (CoC). In a collaborative effort, to maintain Countywide Continuum of Care of Homeless Services, HIP as the lead agency, is responsible for administering the homeless programs funded by Broward County, the State of Florida and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Coalition to End Homelessness, Inc., (CTEH) formerly known as the Broward Coalition for the Homeless, Inc., was founded in 1989. Skilled and ardent advocates for the homeless, the CTEH has over 450 organizational and individual members. CTEH operates the “792-BEDS” shelter bed location and placement hotline (toll free 1-877-524-BEDS) and networks through its committees that include the Continuum of Care Committee and its sub-committees.
Broward’s Continuum of Care addresses all aspects of homelessness, including prevention, outreach, emer-gency shelter, transitional and permanent affordable housing and supportive services. This work includes: • Facilitating community, business and governmental involvement in the homeless Continuum of Care;
• Direct oversight of the County’s three regional Homeless Assistance Centers (HACs);
• Creating new and innovative programs to serve Broward’s homeless population, such as the County’s first medical respite care facility; and
• Participation in the creation of applications and requests for proposals.
Notwithstanding the best intentions of all parties as they convened in 1993 to form the Broward Homeless Initiative
and the Continuum of Care, it would be several years be-fore the first of three regional emergency shelters would be constructed and ready for occupancy. In the interim, for almost five years the City of Fort Lauderdale, the Coun-ty Seat of Broward, hosted the infamous “Tent City,” a sort of open-air campground for the homeless in the down-town area. Tent City, which was “home” to hundreds of people during this time, was clearly inadequate to meet the needs of the residents. Additionally, businesses and property owners in the area were growing increasingly concerned about deteriorating conditions in Tent City.
In 1997, after years of discussions, negotiations, property searches, partnerships with residents, businesses and lo-cal governments, the Broward Outreach Center, the first of Broward’s three regional Homeless Assistance Centers (HAC), opened in Hollywood, Florida. In 1998, the Homeless Initiative Partnership Administra-tion received the John Gunther award for Blue Ribbon Practices in Housing and Community Development from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop-ment. As a result of the ongoing community-wide coop-erative efforts Broward County had the highest-scoring U.S. Department of HUD Homeless Continuum of Care application in 1999, out of more than 400 applicant com-munities nationwide. The second Homeless Assistance Center, operated by Broward Partnership for the Homeless, Inc., opened in Fort Lauderdale on February 1, 1999. Although it would be three more years before the final HAC would open in the north end of the County, on February 15, 1999, Tent City was officially closed, and with it, the end of an era in which hundreds of homeless persons were warehoused in tents. Broward’s North and final regional HAC, opened in August of 2002.
The collaboration which began in 1993 has continued for a dozen years to create a complete homeless Continuum of Care, as consumers, advocates, providers, local gov-ernments and funders have worked to expand resources for homeless individuals and families and have set about attacking chronic homelessness, one of the most intrac-table and difficult types of homelessness. In 2003, Broward County was awarded funding under the Chronic Homeless Initiative, known locally as Hous-ing and Health Options Provide Empowerment (HHOPE). Originally intended as a pilot project to serve 51 unac-companied, chronically homeless adults with serious and persistent mental illness, it is planned that HHOPE will become one of the permanent Housing First options in Broward County.
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Conclusions
Now in 2005, as we continue the collaboration, we focus not on managing homelessness, but on ending it. We have learned a great deal about homelessness since the creation of the Broward Homeless Initiative, and we know that since “one size does not fit all,” there must be many ap-proaches to ending homelessness for individuals and families.
We also know that, based upon Abraham Maslow’s work, housing, food and safety are among the most basic of needs, and must be met satisfactorily before individuals can begin working on higher levels of development. To this end, we recommit to harnessing our collective energy, creativity and compassion to insure that all residents of Broward County go to sleep in decent, safe and sanitary housing and with appropriate services as may be required to help them stay housed. We will en-deavor to discharge this obligation with the highest attention and sensitivity to the need for culturally competent services, given the increasingly diverse nature of Broward’s population. We encourage providers to collaborate in helping each other with cultural competence issues so that all homeless clients can be comfortable with, and confident of, the services they are receiving.
We must now focus on the implementation phase of our Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. The Steering Committee is in unanimous agreement of the importance of expanding membership on the Committee to include additional stakeholder groups such as the private sector and elected officials.
We will be soliciting the support and involvement of individuals and organizations. Included in the appendices are sample endorsements and we urge that they be used.
Implementing the Plan
Our Ten Year Plan sets forth the systemic changes which need to come about in order for us to reach our goal. It may be that there are additional shifts in the paradigm which we have not yet contem-plated, but which will become apparent as the implementation process evolves.
During the last year, the Steering Committee has been actively involved in the development of this Plan. As we move into the implementation phase, it is our intent to broaden participation to insure maximum coordination with stakeholders such as the cities, businesses, corrections, the hospital districts and other “mainstream resource” agencies. We will also continue to solicit input from home-less and formerly homeless persons. The expanded group will be known as the Implementation Committee.
Ideally, this Implementation Committee will bring core skills of management and finance to the process, as well as knowledge of the political landscape in Broward County. The first tasks of the Implementation Committee will be to have each of the stakeholder representatives define how their agency can concretely support the goal of the plan, to complete the financing plan and to establish priorities for implementation. It will also be within the purview of the Implementation Committee to maintain fidelity and accountability of the process. They will determine what is working and where we need course correction to improve our outcomes.
The following actions are recommended as part of the Implementation Action Plan:
1. Activate the Implementation Committee and determine governance structure.
2. Secure commitments from the nine subject matter Sub-committees to remain intact to assist with bringing the action steps to fruition and keeping the respective components of the Plan on track or producing necessary revisions to the time lines.
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3. Establish Resources Implementation Sub-committee to 1) begin assessing existing resources versus required resources; 2) locating necessary resources for full Plan implementation; and 3) estab-lishing annual benchmarks. The following chart will be augmented accordingly:
Financing the Plan to End Homelessness(costs in millions unless otherwise specified)
Costs/Uses
Permanent Supportive Housing1,200 units of permanent supportive housing1) Acquisition (rehab/develop – 1 timeCapital Expenditure for 360 units) $120,000 per unit x 360 = $43.2 MAnnual Operating Expenses = $6,000/unit x 360 = $2.16 M 2) Recurring subsidy (annual) for 840 Tenant Based Assistance Units: ($7,700 per unit x 840 units, Based upon current average bed cost of 5 existing Shelter + Care contracts in Broward.) = $6.468 M
Sources
Home Investments Partnership Program (HOME)Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSupportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811)Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202)Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)Veteran’s ProgramsFederal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) Affordable Housing Program (AHP)Homeless Housing Assistance GrantState Challenge GrantCounty’s Homeless FundLow Income Housing Tax CreditsPrivate FundsEmployer Assisted HousingGeneral Obligation Bond
Treatment and Services Recurring support services (1,200 permanent supportive housing units)Approximately $10,000 per unit annual service costs, based upon SAMHSA website – “Evidence-Based Practices: Shaping Mental Health Services Toward Recovery,”: $12.0 M
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/communitysupport/Toolkits/community…)
Health Resources and Services AdministrationSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationMedicare/MedicaidVeteran’s AdministrationSocial Services Block GrantPotential Samaritan InitiativePossible SELHA / ELHSI initiative (SAMHSA)
Data Systems Much of the implementation cost will be for staff time of participating stakeholders; the benefits to be conveyed by mainstream resources are not included as part of the local budget estimates; for the several action steps involving local cash layout, the estimate is at $110,000.
Provider staff timeU.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentState Office on Homelessness
��Broward County, Florida’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness
Emergency PreventionCost estimates to be determined through deployment meetings of the Implementation Committee
Emergency Shelter GrantHomeless Housing Assistance GrantState ChallengeEmergency Family Housing Assistance ProgramLow Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Systems ChangeMainstream ResourcesCost estimates to be determined through deployment meetings of the Implementation Committee
Supplemental Security Income/Social Security Disability Insurance, Social Security, General Public Assistance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Veteran’s Administration benefits, Employment income, Unemployment benefits, Veteran’s Health Care, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Child Support; Day Care; Women, Infants and Children, Other
Discharge PlanningCost estimates to be determined through deployment meetings of the Implementation Committee
Department of Children and Families; Broward Sheriff’s Office, North Broward Hospital District, South Broward Hospital District, Broward Regional Health Planning Council, Inc. Possible Department of Justice – offender re-entry funds
Street OutreachCost estimates to be determined through deployment meetings of the Implementation Committee
Department of Children and Families
Shortening the Time People Spend Homeless Cost estimates to be determined through deployment meetings of the Implementation Committee
Emergency Shelter Grant
Rapid Re-HousingAssessment Tool $5,000 – The majority of the activities in this plan relate to collaboration or re-tooling existing processes, hence the small cost.
Emergency Shelter GrantEmergency Family Housing Assistance Program
�� A Way Home
Notes
1 Jack Zink, www.sun-sentinel.com,“Broward Venues in Top 10 for Ticket Sales”, April 25, 2005.
2 Out of Reach 2003: America’s Housing Wage Climbs, The National Low Income Housing Coalition, Florida data.
3 Accommodating Population Growth in Broward County 2000 to 2030, prepared by Broward County Office of Urban Planning & Redevelopment, Planning Services Division, August 2003, p.8.
4 E.M. Kuhn, A.J Hartz, J.M. Vu, A.L. Mosso, Hospitalization costs associated with Homeless in New York City, New England Journal of Medicine 1998, 338: P 1734-1740.
5 Stephen Metraux, Housing Research, 02 May 2001, www.cham.org/download/Housing%�0Research.doc
6 The Lewin Group, Costs of Serving Homeless Individuals in Nine Cities, Chart Book, November 19, 2004, prepared for The Corporation for Supportive Housing.
7 Ibid.
8 Homes for the Homeless, The Institute for Children and Poverty, November 2001. 9 Jack Chiminera, Russell Clement, Ph.D. An Examination of Homeless Students’ Education, Research Brief Report from the Office of the Superintendent, June 2005., p. 4-8.
10 (http://www.endhomelessness.org/best/GettingHoused.htm).
11 (http://prevention-dividend.com/en/research/Vol�.pdf).
12 (http://eire.census.gov/popest/estimates_dataset.php).
13 Thinking Outside the Traditional Affordable Housing “Box”; Affordable Housing Focus Group and Best Practice Research Findings (Draft), Broward County Human Services Department. September 2004. Computed with the housing calculator in Out of Reach 2004, found at http://www.nlihc.org/oor�00�/calc.php
14 The Miami Herald, June 22, 2005.
15 Based upon HUD’s final published 2005 Fair Market Rents for Broward County, and computed with the housing calculator in Out of Reach 2004, found at http://www.nlihc.org/oor�00�/calc.php
Appendices:BibliographyPlan Component MatricesGlossary of Acronyms
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lan
nin
g fo
r out
com
es –
man
agin
g fo
r res
ults
wh
ich
max
imiz
e re
sour
ces
and
mov
e us
tow
ard
endi
ng
ho
mel
essn
ess
Co
mm
ittee
Co
-Ch
airs
: Sa
rah
Do
nn
elly
an
d Ra
y Ke
lly
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
l. Con
tinuo
us Im
prov
emen
t of
Data
Quali
ty an
d Qu
antity
1. Fu
ll HMI
S im
pleme
ntatio
n for
all C
oC
Prog
rams
Brow
ard C
ounty
HSD
and
Prov
iders
Full p
artic
ipatio
n by
all C
ounty
-contr
acted
pr
ovide
rs; m
eet H
UD
stand
ards
.
Contr
actua
lly re
quire
d for
all
Coun
ty-fun
ded c
ontra
ctsCo
st: H
igh –
Coun
ty ha
s ab
sorb
ed
Octob
er 20
05
2. E
xtend
HMI
S to
non-
CoC
funde
d pro
gram
s Co
ntinu
um o
f Car
e (Co
C)Pa
rticipa
tion b
y non
-CoC
fun
ded p
rogr
ams w
hich w
ill yie
ld ad
dition
al da
ta
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
eBe
gin O
ctobe
r 200
5
3. B
egin
crea
tion o
f Data
An
alysis
Pro
cess
Co
CEn
hanc
ed ca
pacit
y to
identi
fy tre
nds a
nd
reco
mmen
d acti
ons
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
eMa
y 200
5 - D
ecem
ber
2005
�0
A W
ay H
om
e
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ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
4. P
rodu
ce a
semi
-ann
ual
Repo
rt to
the C
ommu
nity
throu
gh an
alysis
of H
MIS
Data
as w
ell as
addit
ional
data,
whe
re av
ailab
le, fr
om
sour
ces s
uch a
s:●
CTEH
-792
-BED
S●
211 F
irst C
all fo
r Help
● Al
l gov
ernm
ental
Hu
man S
ervic
es●
Chur
ches
● FE
MA●
Hosp
itals
● Ja
ils●
Law
enfor
ceme
nt an
d po
lice
● Un
ited W
ay of
Bro
ward
Co
unty
● Ve
teran
’s Ad
minis
tratio
n●
Wor
kFor
ce O
ne●
Wom
en in
Dist
ress
● Ot
her d
ata so
urce
s as
appli
cable
CoC
Deter
mina
tion o
f acc
urac
y an
d com
pleten
ess o
f data
Impr
oved
trac
king c
apac
ity
of ex
tent o
f hom
eless
-ne
ss, tr
end c
hang
es an
d ab
ility t
o res
pond
Incre
ased
know
ledge
of
need
s & pa
ttern
s of
home
less i
ndivi
duals
and
familie
s
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
eSe
mi-a
nnua
lly, b
eginn
ing
June
2006
5. Po
int in
Tim
e Cou
nt an
d Su
rvey
Staff
and v
olunte
ers
from
The C
oaliti
on to
En
d Hom
eless
ness
(C
TEH)
, Bro
ward
Cou
nty,
contr
acted
prov
iders,
Nov
a SE
Univ
ersit
y and
gene
ral
volun
teers
Curre
nt da
ta, in
cludin
g de
mogr
aphic
s on
home
lessn
ess i
ndivi
duals
an
d fam
ilies
Comp
lianc
e with
HUD
re
quire
ments
Cost:
High
Comp
leted
: Jan
uary
25,
2005
for a
24 ho
ur pe
riod.
6. H
MIS
User
Gro
up
Meeti
ngs f
or co
llabo
ratio
n inp
ut an
d sur
vey
sugg
estio
ns
HSD
- HIP
- HM
IS U
sers
A da
tabas
e sys
tem w
hich
more
adeq
uatel
y refl
ects
the ch
angin
g nee
ds of
the
User
s.
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
thr
ough
Cou
nty st
affOn
going
- me
ets on
ce
month
ly - 2
nd W
edne
sday
of
the m
onth;
mor
e fre
quen
tly if
requ
ired.
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om
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ward
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un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
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ear
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n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
ll. Inc
reas
ed R
esou
rce
Effic
iency
thro
ugh
Trac
king C
ommu
nity L
evel
Perfo
rman
ce
1. R
eview
HMI
S an
d othe
r da
ta so
urce
s to d
eterm
ine
abso
lute n
umbe
rs an
d pe
rcenta
ges f
or th
ese
indica
tors:
i ) Re
cidivi
sm, w
ith
partic
ular a
ttenti
on to
su
bstan
ce ab
use/
menta
l he
alth i
ssue
s; ii)
Sec
uring
ho
using
; iii)
Secu
ring
pe
rman
ent h
ousin
g;
iv) C
hang
es in
inco
me;
v)Utili
zatio
n of m
ainstr
eam
reso
urce
s and
vi)
Disc
harg
es
HSD
- HIP
Impr
oved
abilit
y to
reco
gnize
best
or
prom
ising
prac
tices
Impr
oved
abilit
y to t
arge
t fun
ding t
o nee
d
Impr
oved
abilit
y to o
ffer
traini
ng an
d tec
hnica
l as
sistan
ce to
unde
r-pe
rform
ing
prog
rams
Mains
tream
reso
urce
s inc
lude:
Me
dicaid
, TAN
F, Fo
od
Stam
ps, S
SI, W
orkfo
rce
Inves
tmen
t, Welf
are-
to-W
ork,
CSBG
, CMH
SBG,
SSB
G,
SAPT
BG, V
etera
n’s H
ealth
Ca
re, S
CHIP,
CDB
G, H
ome
Inves
tmen
t Par
tnersh
ip fun
ds, H
ousin
g Cho
ice
Vouc
hers,
Pub
lic H
ousin
g
Cost:
For
Acti
on S
teps 1
- 3
Low
- esti
mate
$10,0
00 -
$15,0
00
Estab
lish b
aseli
ne fr
om
year
1 da
ta -
June
2006
Revie
w se
mi-a
nnua
lly
there
after
and i
ncor
pora
te tre
nd da
ta in
repo
rt.
2. U
se H
MIS
to ide
ntify
early
pred
ictor
s of
home
lessn
es an
d opp
ortu-
nities
for p
reve
ntive
int
erve
ntion
s
HSD
- HIP
; CoC
CTEH
-792
-BED
SMo
re ef
fectiv
e pre
venti
on
strate
gies
June
2006
and s
emi-
annu
ally t
here
after
3. M
aintai
n CS
MS
data
on in
dividu
als an
d fam
ilies a
t risk
for e
victio
n/ for
eclos
ure
HIP
CTEH
-792
-BED
SGr
eater
capa
city
for pr
even
tion o
f ho
meles
snes
s of
indivi
duals
and f
amilie
s
CSMS
Ongo
ing
4. C
ondu
ct da
ta ma
tch
of HM
IS an
d rele
vant
publi
c data
base
s suc
h as
hosp
itals,
corre
ction
s
Abilit
y to d
eterm
ine e
xtent
& ou
tcome
s of m
ainstr
eam
publi
c sys
tems i
ntera
ction
w/
home
less p
erso
ns.
Cost:
Low
June
2006
and s
emi-
annu
ally t
here
after
5. De
velop
mini
mum
stand
ards
for a
ll Cou
nty-
funde
d she
lter, t
rans
itiona
l ho
using
and p
erma
nent
supp
ortiv
e hou
sing
prog
rams
, add
ress
ing
facilit
y, op
erati
ons a
nd
staffin
g iss
ues
Grea
ter co
ntinu
ity of
qu
ality
of se
rvice
s for
co
nsum
ers
Minim
um st
anda
rds l
ocate
d at
http:/
/www
.bro
ward
.org
/hu
mans
ervic
es/H
is00
801.h
tm
Comp
leted
June
18, 2
002
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ty, Flo
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n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
6. P
romu
lgate
minim
um
stand
ards
for n
on-C
ounty
fun
ded h
omele
ss se
rvice
sPr
ovide
rs to
use o
n a
volun
tary b
asis
HIP
Brow
ard C
ounty
Boa
rd of
Co
unty
Comm
ission
ers
Grea
ter co
ntinu
ity of
qu
ality
of se
rvice
s for
co
nsum
ers
Cost:
Abs
orbe
d by C
ounty
In-kin
dJa
nuar
y 200
6
7. C
ollab
orati
on be
twee
n Pr
ovide
rs an
d Cou
nty in
an
nual
revie
w of
Cou
nty-
funde
d con
tracts
Brow
ard C
ounty
Hum
an
Servi
ces D
epar
tmen
t, Pr
ogra
m De
velop
ment
Rese
arch
and E
valua
tion
Divis
ion (
PDRE
D)
Grea
ter co
ntinu
ity of
qu
ality
of se
rvice
s for
co
nsum
ers
Cost:
Abs
orbe
d by C
ounty
-Pr
ogra
m De
velop
ment
Rese
arch
and E
valua
tion
Divis
ion (P
DRED
) In-
kind
Annu
ally
8. Ini
tiate
perfo
rman
ce-
base
d fun
ding a
nd
evalu
ation
of C
ounty
-fun
ded h
omele
ss pr
ogra
ms
base
d on m
easu
rable
ou
tcome
s rela
ted to
ho
using
, inco
me an
d se
rvice
s.
Brow
ard C
ounty
HS
D Be
tter in
forme
d fun
ding
decis
ions a
nd ab
ility t
o tar
get r
esou
rces
Cost:
Abs
orbe
d by C
ounty
In-kin
dCo
mplet
ed -
all H
IP
contr
acts
have
outco
me
meas
ures
; 200
5 HSD
-HI
P is
in th
e pro
cess
of
stand
ardiz
ing th
ose
meas
ures
for li
ke co
ntrac
ts
9. R
eview
of “E
stima
ting
the N
eed:
Pro
jectin
g fro
m Po
int-in
-Tim
e to A
nnua
l Es
timate
s of th
e Num
ber
of Ho
meles
s Peo
ple in
a C
ommu
nity a
nd U
sing
this I
nform
ation
to P
lan
for P
erma
nent
Supp
ortiv
e Ho
using
.”
CoC
Enha
nced
abilit
y to
deter
mine
and p
lan
for m
eetin
g sup
portiv
e ho
using
need
; to fa
shion
pr
even
tion s
trateg
ies an
d to
seek
fund
ing
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
eMa
y 200
5 - A
ugus
t 200
5
10. T
rack
ing R
esou
rce
Avail
abilit
y21
1 Firs
t Call
for H
elpEn
hanc
ed ab
ility t
o str
ategic
ally p
lan fo
r ne
eds,
seek
fund
ing an
d de
ploy r
esou
rces
Data
from
BIN
Cost:
Par
t of o
pera
tions
(est.
annu
al op
erati
ng
expe
nses
for “
adult
” por
tion
of CR
I - $
45,00
0)
Semi
-ann
ually
, beg
inning
Ju
ne 20
06
lll. B
etter
Infor
med P
ublic
Polic
y Dec
ision
sCo
nduc
t and
Diss
emina
te Be
st an
d Pro
misin
g Pr
actic
e Res
earch
Brow
ard C
ounty
HSD
- Co
C -
CTEH
- Pr
ovide
rs at
state
confe
renc
es, a
nnua
l DC
F Re
ports
, univ
ersit
y all
iance
publi
catio
ns
Contr
ibutin
g to t
he
body
of kn
owled
ge on
ho
meles
snes
s and
havin
g a d
ialog
ue w
ith pe
ers i
n ho
meles
s ser
vices
Cost:
Abs
orbe
d by
stake
holde
rs - I
n-kin
dOn
going
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un
ty, Flo
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a’s
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n Y
ear
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n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
lV. S
treng
thene
d Adv
ocac
y1.
Sus
tain t
he fo
rmal
link
amon
g Bro
ward
Cou
nty,
CTEH
, and
Hom
eless
Se
rvice
Pro
vider
s who
pa
rticipa
te in
CoC-
funde
d Ho
meles
s Ser
vices
CoC
Enha
nced
abilit
y to
colla
bora
te in
taking
ad
vanta
ge of
oppo
rtunit
ies,
in ov
erco
ming
chall
enge
s an
d res
isting
thre
ats
Cost:
Abs
orbe
d by
stake
holde
rs - I
n-kin
dOn
going
2. E
xpan
d Pro
vider,
Fu
nder,
Plan
ner a
nd
Advo
cate
partic
ipatio
n am
ong n
on-C
oC fu
nded
en
tities
thro
ugh o
utrea
ch
CoC
Enha
nced
abilit
y to
colla
bora
te in
taking
ad
vanta
ge of
oppo
rtunit
ies
in ov
erco
ming
chall
enge
s an
d res
isting
thre
ats
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - p
ossib
ly co
sts w
ould
be ab
sorb
ed by
sta
keho
lders
as In
-kind
Begin
Janu
ary 2
006 a
nd
ongo
ing
3. Ut
ilize d
ata an
alyse
s for
pu
blic e
duca
tion c
ampa
ign
on ho
meles
snes
s
CoC
Grea
ter / m
ore a
ccur
ate
publi
c awa
rene
ss of
the
real
facts
of ho
meles
snes
s- A
bility
to pu
t a
“face
” on
home
less
indivi
duals
thro
ugh b
etter
de
scrip
tive s
tatist
ics an
d de
mogr
aphic
s
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - p
ossib
ly co
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ay H
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ward
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un
ty, Flo
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n t
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Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Dat
a Com
mitte
e R
eco
mm
endat
ions/
Com
ments
:
1. D
evel
op
ben
efits
an
d m
arke
ting
plan
to d
o H
MIS
liai
son
with
no
n-C
oC
fun
ded
prov
ider
s. S
ugge
sted
tim
etab
le:
5/05
- 5/
06
2.
Tra
inin
g is
sues
: N
eed
to h
ave
a st
ruct
ure
in p
lace
for f
ollo
w-u
p w
hen
pro
blem
tren
ds a
re id
entifi
ed f
rom
the
data
.
3. A
met
ho
dolo
gy n
eeds
to b
e de
velo
ped
to tr
ack
diff
erin
g o
utco
me
data
wh
en p
rovi
ders
ch
ange
ser
vice
s. E
xam
ple:
No
rth
Bro
war
d H
osp
ital D
istr
ict n
o lo
nge
r pro
vide
s
med
icat
ion
s to
ho
mel
ess.
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is ty
pe o
f ch
ange
can
sig
nifi
can
tly a
lter r
esul
ts.
4. T
rack
ing
Co
mm
unity
Res
our
ces
is c
urre
ntly
do
ne
thro
ugh
the
veh
icle
of
the
Co
mm
unity
Res
our
ce In
ven
tory
(C
RI).
Th
e C
RI i
s a
pro
ject
of
The
Co
ord
inat
ing
Co
unci
l of
Bro
war
d
(CC
B) a
nd
is f
unde
d by
the
CC
B an
d Th
e C
hild
ren’
s Se
rvic
es C
oun
cil (
CSC
) at
the
curr
ent l
evel
of
$11
9,00
0. 2
11 F
irst C
all f
or H
elp
is th
e le
ad a
gen
cy fo
r th
e pr
odu
ctio
n o
f th
e
CRI
. Th
e C
CB,
ho
wev
er, i
s n
ot a
ntic
ipat
ing
bein
g a
lon
g-te
rm f
undi
ng
sour
ce fo
r th
e ad
ult a
reas
of
the
surv
ey a
nd
is a
ctiv
ely
loo
kin
g fo
r age
nci
es p
rovi
din
g se
rvic
es to
Bro
war
d’s
adul
t po
pula
tion
to f
und
that
po
rtio
n o
f th
e su
rvey
in m
uch
the
sam
e w
ay a
s th
e C
SC h
as ta
ken
resp
on
sibi
lity
for t
he
port
ion
dea
ling
with
ch
ildre
n’s
serv
ices
.
5. I
n th
e ev
ent o
f a
cata
stro
phic
eve
nt s
uch
as
a te
rro
rist a
ttac
k, a
n e
con
om
ic d
epre
ssio
n, o
r eve
n a
ser
ious
nat
ural
dis
aste
r on
the
mag
nitu
de o
f H
urric
ane
An
drew
, th
e as
sum
ptio
ns
con
tain
ed in
the
Dat
a El
emen
t of
the
Plan
may
nee
d to
be
revi
site
d. W
e be
lieve
this
cav
eat s
ho
uld
be a
pplic
able
to a
ll Pl
an e
lem
ents
.
6. I
n th
e ev
ent i
t is
poss
ible
to m
ove
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e ta
rget
dat
es to
an
ear
lier t
ime
fram
e, th
is w
ill b
e do
ne
and
the
Dat
a El
emen
t will
be
so n
oted
.
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urc
es C
on
sulte
dN
atio
nal
Alli
ance
to E
nd
Ho
mel
essn
ess
(NA
EH)
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lkit
for E
ndi
ng
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mel
essn
ess
(incl
udin
g Be
st P
ract
ices
fro
m M
assa
chus
etts
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usin
g an
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elte
r A
llian
ce; P
hila
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; Spo
kan
e, W
A a
nd
Wis
con
sin
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d N
AEH
web
site
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ww
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h.o
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Revi
ew o
f th
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ata
Elem
ents
of
the
follo
win
g Te
n Y
ear P
lan
s: A
tlan
ta, G
A; C
hat
tan
oo
ga, T
N; C
hic
ago
, IL;
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lum
bus-
Fran
klin
Co
unty
, OH
; C
on
tra
Co
sta
Co
unty
, CA
; D
uPag
e C
oun
ty, I
L; E
van
svill
e-Va
nde
rbur
gh C
oun
ty, I
N; I
ndi
anap
olis
, IN
; Mar
ico
pa C
oun
ty, A
Z; M
iam
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e C
oun
ty, F
L;M
on
tgo
mer
y C
oun
ty, M
D; N
ash
ville
, TN
; Sta
te o
f N
ew Je
rsey
; New
Yo
rk C
ity, N
Y; O
klah
om
a C
ity, O
K; P
hila
delp
hia
, PA
; Tria
ngl
e A
rea,
NC
. O
f th
e pr
evio
usly
cite
d Te
n Y
ear P
lan
s, th
e D
ata
Co
mm
ittee
ada
pted
co
mpo
nen
ts f
rom
the
follo
win
g Pl
ans
and
grat
eful
ly a
ckn
ow
ledg
es s
ame:
Ch
atta
no
oga
, TN
; Co
lum
bus-
Fran
klin
Co
unty
, OH
an
d O
klah
om
a C
ity, O
K.
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at W
ork
s” in
Par
tner
ship
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ldin
g fo
r HM
IS:
A G
uide
for t
he
Los
An
gele
s/O
ran
ge C
oun
ty C
olla
bora
tive,
Apr
il 30
, 200
3, c
om
mis
sio
ned
un
der a
su
bco
ntr
act w
ith A
spen
Sys
tem
s C
orp
ora
tion
, Ro
ckvi
lle, M
D 2
0850
by
the
U.S
. Dep
artm
ent o
f H
ous
ing
and
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opm
ent,
Co
ntr
act R
CF
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7; S
ubta
sk 4
.
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away
an
d H
om
eles
s Yo
uth
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agem
ent I
nfo
rmat
ion
Sys
tem
web
site
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ww
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.hh
s.g
ov/
pro
gra
ms/
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ypag
e/fo
rms.
htm
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ere
to f
rom
Her
e? A
Po
licy
Rese
arch
Age
nda
Bas
ed o
n th
e A
nal
ysis
of
Adm
inis
trat
ive
Dat
a,”
by D
enn
is P
. Cul
han
e an
d St
eph
en M
etra
ux, U
niv
ersi
ty
of
Pen
nsy
lvan
ia, 1
997,
fun
ded
by th
e Fa
nn
ie M
ae F
oun
datio
n.
The
Un
ited
Stat
es In
tera
gen
cy C
oun
cil o
n H
om
eles
snes
s (I
CH
) pu
blic
atio
n “
The
10-Y
ear P
lan
nin
g Pr
oce
ss to
En
d C
hro
nic
Ho
mel
essn
ess
in Y
our
Co
mm
unity
- A
Ste
p-by
-Ste
p G
uide
,” a
nd
ICH
web
site
: w
ww
.ich
.go
v
“Est
imat
ing
the
Nee
d - P
roje
ctin
g fr
om
Po
int-i
n-T
ime
to A
nn
ual E
stim
ates
of
the
Num
ber o
f H
om
eles
s Pe
opl
e in
a C
om
mun
ity a
nd
Usi
ng
this
Info
rmat
ion
to P
lan
for P
erm
anen
t Sup
port
ive
Ho
usin
g,”
Mar
ch 2
005,
by
Mar
tha
R. B
urt a
nd
Car
ol W
ilkin
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pon
sore
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the
Co
rpo
ratio
n fo
r Sup
port
ive
Ho
usin
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ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Dat
a Com
mitte
e R
eco
mm
endat
ions/
Com
ments
:
1. D
evel
op
ben
efits
an
d m
arke
ting
plan
to d
o H
MIS
liai
son
with
no
n-C
oC
fun
ded
prov
ider
s. S
ugge
sted
tim
etab
le:
5/05
- 5/
06
2.
Tra
inin
g is
sues
: N
eed
to h
ave
a st
ruct
ure
in p
lace
for f
ollo
w-u
p w
hen
pro
blem
tren
ds a
re id
entifi
ed f
rom
the
data
.
3. A
met
ho
dolo
gy n
eeds
to b
e de
velo
ped
to tr
ack
diff
erin
g o
utco
me
data
wh
en p
rovi
ders
ch
ange
ser
vice
s. E
xam
ple:
No
rth
Bro
war
d H
osp
ital D
istr
ict n
o lo
nge
r pro
vide
s
med
icat
ion
s to
ho
mel
ess.
Th
is ty
pe o
f ch
ange
can
sig
nifi
can
tly a
lter r
esul
ts.
4. T
rack
ing
Co
mm
unity
Res
our
ces
is c
urre
ntly
do
ne
thro
ugh
the
veh
icle
of
the
Co
mm
unity
Res
our
ce In
ven
tory
(C
RI).
Th
e C
RI i
s a
pro
ject
of
The
Co
ord
inat
ing
Co
unci
l of
Bro
war
d
(CC
B) a
nd
is f
unde
d by
the
CC
B an
d Th
e C
hild
ren’
s Se
rvic
es C
oun
cil (
CSC
) at
the
curr
ent l
evel
of
$11
9,00
0. 2
11 F
irst C
all f
or H
elp
is th
e le
ad a
gen
cy fo
r th
e pr
odu
ctio
n o
f th
e
CRI
. Th
e C
CB,
ho
wev
er, i
s n
ot a
ntic
ipat
ing
bein
g a
lon
g-te
rm f
undi
ng
sour
ce fo
r th
e ad
ult a
reas
of
the
surv
ey a
nd
is a
ctiv
ely
loo
kin
g fo
r age
nci
es p
rovi
din
g se
rvic
es to
Bro
war
d’s
adul
t po
pula
tion
to f
und
that
po
rtio
n o
f th
e su
rvey
in m
uch
the
sam
e w
ay a
s th
e C
SC h
as ta
ken
resp
on
sibi
lity
for t
he
port
ion
dea
ling
with
ch
ildre
n’s
serv
ices
.
5. I
n th
e ev
ent o
f a
cata
stro
phic
eve
nt s
uch
as
a te
rro
rist a
ttac
k, a
n e
con
om
ic d
epre
ssio
n, o
r eve
n a
ser
ious
nat
ural
dis
aste
r on
the
mag
nitu
de o
f H
urric
ane
An
drew
, th
e as
sum
ptio
ns
con
tain
ed in
the
Dat
a El
emen
t of
the
Plan
may
nee
d to
be
revi
site
d. W
e be
lieve
this
cav
eat s
ho
uld
be a
pplic
able
to a
ll Pl
an e
lem
ents
.
6. I
n th
e ev
ent i
t is
poss
ible
to m
ove
up th
e ta
rget
dat
es to
an
ear
lier t
ime
fram
e, th
is w
ill b
e do
ne
and
the
Dat
a El
emen
t will
be
so n
oted
.
Reso
urc
es C
on
sulte
dN
atio
nal
Alli
ance
to E
nd
Ho
mel
essn
ess
(NA
EH)
Too
lkit
for E
ndi
ng
Ho
mel
essn
ess
(incl
udin
g Be
st P
ract
ices
fro
m M
assa
chus
etts
Ho
usin
g an
d Sh
elte
r A
llian
ce; P
hila
delp
hia
, PA
; Spo
kan
e, W
A a
nd
Wis
con
sin
) an
d N
AEH
web
site
: w
ww
.nae
h.o
rg
Revi
ew o
f th
e D
ata
Elem
ents
of
the
follo
win
g Te
n Y
ear P
lan
s: A
tlan
ta, G
A; C
hat
tan
oo
ga, T
N; C
hic
ago
, IL;
Co
lum
bus-
Fran
klin
Co
unty
, OH
; C
on
tra
Co
sta
Co
unty
, CA
; D
uPag
e C
oun
ty, I
L; E
van
svill
e-Va
nde
rbur
gh C
oun
ty, I
N; I
ndi
anap
olis
, IN
; Mar
ico
pa C
oun
ty, A
Z; M
iam
i-Dad
e C
oun
ty, F
L;M
on
tgo
mer
y C
oun
ty, M
D; N
ash
ville
, TN
; Sta
te o
f N
ew Je
rsey
; New
Yo
rk C
ity, N
Y; O
klah
om
a C
ity, O
K; P
hila
delp
hia
, PA
; Tria
ngl
e A
rea,
NC
. O
f th
e pr
evio
usly
cite
d Te
n Y
ear P
lan
s, th
e D
ata
Co
mm
ittee
ada
pted
co
mpo
nen
ts f
rom
the
follo
win
g Pl
ans
and
grat
eful
ly a
ckn
ow
ledg
es s
ame:
Ch
atta
no
oga
, TN
; Co
lum
bus-
Fran
klin
Co
unty
, OH
an
d O
klah
om
a C
ity, O
K.
“Wh
at W
ork
s” in
Par
tner
ship
Bui
ldin
g fo
r HM
IS:
A G
uide
for t
he
Los
An
gele
s/O
ran
ge C
oun
ty C
olla
bora
tive,
Apr
il 30
, 200
3, c
om
mis
sio
ned
un
der a
su
bco
ntr
act w
ith A
spen
Sys
tem
s C
orp
ora
tion
, Ro
ckvi
lle, M
D 2
0850
by
the
U.S
. Dep
artm
ent o
f H
ous
ing
and
Urb
an D
evel
opm
ent,
Co
ntr
act R
CF
4-06
7; S
ubta
sk 4
.
Run
away
an
d H
om
eles
s Yo
uth
Man
agem
ent I
nfo
rmat
ion
Sys
tem
web
site
: w
ww
.acf
.hh
s.g
ov/
pro
gra
ms/
fysb
/rh
ypag
e/fo
rms.
htm
“Wh
ere
to f
rom
Her
e? A
Po
licy
Rese
arch
Age
nda
Bas
ed o
n th
e A
nal
ysis
of
Adm
inis
trat
ive
Dat
a,”
by D
enn
is P
. Cul
han
e an
d St
eph
en M
etra
ux, U
niv
ersi
ty
of
Pen
nsy
lvan
ia, 1
997,
fun
ded
by th
e Fa
nn
ie M
ae F
oun
datio
n.
The
Un
ited
Stat
es In
tera
gen
cy C
oun
cil o
n H
om
eles
snes
s (I
CH
) pu
blic
atio
n “
The
10-Y
ear P
lan
nin
g Pr
oce
ss to
En
d C
hro
nic
Ho
mel
essn
ess
in Y
our
Co
mm
unity
- A
Ste
p-by
-Ste
p G
uide
,” a
nd
ICH
web
site
: w
ww
.ich
.go
v
“Est
imat
ing
the
Nee
d - P
roje
ctin
g fr
om
Po
int-i
n-T
ime
to A
nn
ual E
stim
ates
of
the
Num
ber o
f H
om
eles
s Pe
opl
e in
a C
om
mun
ity a
nd
Usi
ng
this
Info
rmat
ion
to P
lan
for P
erm
anen
t Sup
port
ive
Ho
usin
g,”
Mar
ch 2
005,
by
Mar
tha
R. B
urt a
nd
Car
ol W
ilkin
s, s
pon
sore
d by
the
Co
rpo
ratio
n fo
r Sup
port
ive
Ho
usin
g.
Com
mitte
e: E
merg
ency
Pre
vention
Go
al S
tate
men
t: T
o s
top
ho
mel
essn
ess
befo
re it
sta
rts
by e
stab
lish
ing
and
inte
grat
ing
emer
gen
cy h
om
eles
s pr
even
tion
pro
gram
s in
Bro
war
d C
oun
ty
Co
mm
ittee
Ch
air:
Mat
t H
un
ter
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
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onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
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ision
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ers
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cted
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ces
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ates
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nty-w
ide
home
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ess p
reve
ntion
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stem
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entifi
es an
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ople
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k of
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ming
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efore
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st.
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stabli
sh an
Em
erge
ncy P
reve
ntion
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mmitte
e to c
ondu
ct stu
dies a
nd ov
erse
e the
“fr
ont d
oor”
proc
ess.
Th
is co
mmitte
e sho
uld
includ
e rep
rese
ntativ
es
from
the C
ontin
uum
of Ca
re, 2
11 F
irst C
all fo
r He
lp, an
d the
Cou
nty.
Stee
ring C
ommi
ttee
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reas
ed nu
mber
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evict
ions a
nd fo
reclo
sure
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mor
e peo
ple st
ay
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ed- D
ecre
ased
size
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aiting
lis
ts for
emer
genc
y she
lters
- Dec
reas
ed sp
endin
g as
Brow
ard C
ounty
and c
ities
save
mon
ey by
keep
ing
peop
le ou
t of th
e exp
ensiv
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ntinu
um of
care
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gible
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staff t
ime
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er 20
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ondu
ct a s
tudy o
f the
past
six m
onths
to
deter
mine
whic
h crite
ria
indica
te wh
ich ev
iction
s/ for
eclos
ures
will
lead t
o ho
meles
snes
s.
Emer
genc
y Pre
venti
on
Comm
ittee
- Inc
reas
ed co
oper
ation
be
twee
n fun
d pro
vider
s as
calls
come
thro
ugh t
he
“fron
t doo
r”
Hous
ing co
urts
data;
Cos
t: ne
gligib
le – i
n kind
staff
tim
e
Dece
mber
2005
3) D
evelo
p a sc
reen
ing
mech
anism
to de
termi
ne
which
evict
ions s
hould
be
intro
duce
d to
home
less s
ervic
es an
d the
appr
opria
te lev
el of
inter
venti
on.
Emer
genc
y Pre
venti
on
Comm
ittee
- Dec
reas
ed nu
mber
of
home
less p
eople
in
Brow
ard C
ounty
Cost:
negli
gible
– in k
ind
staff t
ime
May 2
006
4) Tr
ack a
nd as
sist fo
rmer
ly ho
meles
s fam
ilies w
ho fa
ll be
hind i
n ren
tal pa
ymen
ts to
the pu
blic h
ousin
g au
thority
or fa
il to r
ecer
tify
their S
ectio
n 8 vo
uche
rs in
a tim
ely m
anne
r.
211 F
irst C
all fo
r Help
; Ho
using
Auth
ority
- Dec
reas
ed nu
mber
of
home
less p
eople
in
Brow
ard C
ounty
Cost:
Low
to Me
dium
Dece
mber
2006
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
5) E
stabli
sh (o
r exp
and
exist
ing se
rvice
s of)
a “fr
ont d
oor”
phon
e num
ber
wher
e lan
dlord
s and
pe
ople
need
ing em
erge
ncy
prev
entio
n ser
vices
can c
all
for as
sistan
ce.
Emer
genc
y Pre
venti
on
Comm
ittee,
211 F
irst C
all
for H
elp
- Dec
reas
ed nu
mber
of
home
less p
eople
in
Brow
ard C
ounty
Cost:
poten
tially
high
– d
epen
ds up
on ad
dition
al sta
ff, ph
one,
and c
ompu
ter
need
s
July
2006
6) P
romo
te the
“fro
nt do
or”
numb
er to
land
lords
and
tenan
ts.
Emer
genc
y Pre
venti
on
Comm
ittee
Cost:
negli
gible
– in k
ind
staff t
ime a
nd so
me of
fice
supp
lies
July
2006
7) M
aintai
n at-r
isk fo
r ev
iction
/fore
closu
re da
ta on
CS
MS/H
MIS
syste
m. (S
ee
Data
Sys
tem
plan
for
furth
er d
etail
.)*
211 F
irst C
all fo
r Help
Cost:
Low
– data
entry
Dece
mber
2006
8) C
ondu
ct au
dit of
exist
ing
rent/
mortg
age a
ssist
ance
, ca
se w
orke
rs an
d “b
ridgin
g” fu
nd pr
ovide
rs,
includ
ing a
study
of th
e wait
tim
e for
acce
ssing
thes
e se
rvice
s.
Coali
tion t
o End
Ho
meles
snes
s, Em
erge
ncy
Prev
entio
n Com
mitte
e
Cost:
negli
gible
– in k
ind
staff t
ime
Dece
mber
2005
9) Im
pleme
nt ch
ange
s to
exist
ing re
nt/mo
rtgag
e as
sistan
ce, c
ase w
ork a
nd
“brid
ging”
fund
syste
m,
redu
cing s
ignific
antly
the
wait t
ime f
or re
ceivi
ng
prev
entio
n fun
ds.
Emer
genc
y Pre
venti
on
Comm
ittee;
rent/
mortg
age
assis
tance
and “
bridg
ing”
fund p
rovid
ers
Cost:
Med
ium hi
ghDe
cemb
er 20
06
10) D
eterm
ine ap
prop
riate
level
of co
unty,
state
and
feder
al re
nt/mo
rtgag
e as
sistan
ce; c
ounty
-wide
in-
hous
e cas
e wor
k; “b
ridgin
g” fu
nds,
and l
egal
assis
tance
.
Rent/
mortg
age a
ssist
ance
an
d “br
idging
” fun
d pr
ovide
rs; C
ounty
; Leg
al Ai
d
Cost:
negli
gible
– in k
ind
staff t
ime
July
2007
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
11) E
stabli
sh a
reso
urce
/ re
ferra
l netw
ork o
f exis
ting
and n
ew pr
ovide
rs.
Emer
genc
y Pre
venti
on
Comm
ittee,
rent/
mortg
age
assis
tance
and “
bridg
ing”
fund p
rovid
ers;
Coun
ty;
Lega
l Aid
Cost:
high
July
2008
12) P
rovid
e cou
nty-w
ide
rent/
mortg
age a
ssist
ance
.Re
nt/mo
rtgag
e ass
istan
ce
prov
iders,
Cou
ntyEF
AHP;
Cos
t: high
– d
epen
ding u
pon t
he
amou
nt of
finan
cial
assis
tance
need
ed
Dece
mber
2008
13) P
rovid
e cou
nty-w
ide,
in- ho
use c
ase w
ork
cente
red o
n pre
venti
on,
includ
ing a
reso
urce
/re
ferra
l netw
ork.
Lega
l Aid,
Offic
e of th
e Pu
blic D
efend
er, B
rowa
rd
Coun
ty Ba
r Low
Cos
t Le
gal, C
ounty
Cost:
high
– de
pend
ing
upon
the a
moun
t of le
gal
assis
tance
need
ed
Dece
mber
2008
14) P
rovid
e cou
nty-
wide
lega
l adv
ice an
d int
erve
ntion
in ev
iction
/ for
eclos
ure p
roce
eding
s.
Lega
l Aid,
Offic
e of th
e Pu
blic D
efend
er, B
rowa
rd
Coun
ty Ba
r Low
Cos
t Le
gal, C
ounty
Cost:
high
– de
pend
ing
upon
the a
moun
t of le
gal
assis
tance
need
ed
Dece
mber
2008
15) P
rovid
e cou
nty-
wide
“brid
ging t
he ga
p”
assis
tance
to th
ose
with
pend
ing be
nefit
appli
catio
ns to
help
maint
ain ho
using
until
rece
ipt of
bene
fits.
“Brid
ging”
fund
prov
iders,
Co
unty
Cost:
med
ium hi
gh
– dep
endin
g upo
n the
am
ount
of “b
ridgin
g” fu
nds
need
ed
Dece
mber
2008
II- E
stabli
sh co
unty-
wide
fin
ancia
l/tena
ncy e
duca
tion
prog
rams
for a
t-risk
ind
ividu
als an
d fam
ilies.
1) C
ondu
ct an
audit
of
exist
ing fin
ancia
l/tena
ncy
educ
ation
prog
rams
, inc
luding
publi
c edu
catio
n.
Coali
tion t
o End
Ho
meles
snes
s- D
ecre
ased
numb
er of
ev
iction
s and
fore
closu
res.
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e – in
kind
sta
ff tim
eDe
cemb
er 20
05
2) C
oord
inate
exist
ing
finan
cial e
duca
tion
prog
rams
.
Emer
genc
y Pre
venti
on
Comm
ittee;
finan
cial
educ
ation
prov
iders
Decre
ased
spen
ding a
s Br
owar
d Cou
nty an
d citie
s sa
ve m
oney
by ke
eping
pe
ople
out o
f the e
xpen
sive
conti
nuum
of ca
re
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e – in
kind
sta
ff tim
eFe
brua
ry 20
06
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
3) D
evelo
p an e
duca
tion
prog
ram
to pr
omote
re
spon
sible
finan
cial
mana
geme
nt/ten
ancy
in
colla
bora
tion w
ith
Brow
ard C
ommu
nity
Colle
ge, N
ova
South
easte
rn, a
nd ot
her
educ
ation
partn
ers.
Th
ese p
rogr
ams s
hould
be
acce
ssibl
e to h
igh-
need
neigh
borh
oods
.
Emer
genc
y Pre
venti
on
Comm
ittee,
Brow
ard
Comm
unity
Coll
ege,
Nova
So
uthea
stern
- Inc
reas
ed cl
ient s
elf-
suffic
iency
and fi
nanc
ial/
tenan
cy lit
erac
y,Inc
reas
ed co
oper
ation
am
ong e
duca
tion p
rovid
ers
Cost:
Low
– in k
ind st
aff
time,
curri
culum
reso
urce
de
velop
ment
Dece
mber
2006
4) P
rovid
e cou
nty-w
ide
finan
cial/te
nanc
y ed
ucati
on to
at-ri
sk
popu
lation
s.
Finan
cial e
duca
tion
prov
iders,
Bro
ward
Co
mmun
ity C
olleg
e, No
va
South
easte
rn
- Dec
reas
ed nu
mber
of
home
less p
eople
in
Brow
ard C
ounty
Cost:
High
– de
pend
ing
on ho
w pa
y for
curri
culum
re
sour
ces a
nd in
struc
tors
Dece
mber
2007
III. Im
prov
e ser
vices
to
perso
ns w
ith re
cent
crimi
nal b
ackg
roun
ds,
includ
ing ex
-offe
nder
s re
lease
d fro
m jai
l or p
rison
an
d othe
r offe
nder
s in
comm
unity
corre
ction
s pr
ogra
ms, to
ensu
re th
ey
do no
t bec
ome h
omele
ss.
SEE
PERM
ANEN
T AF
FORD
ABLE
HOU
SING
PL
AN F
OR F
URTH
ER
DETA
IL.
IV. Im
prov
e ser
vices
to
youn
g peo
ple ag
ing ou
t of
foster
care
to en
sure
a s
ucce
ssful
tran
sition
to
hous
ing an
d ind
epen
denc
e.
SEE
PERM
ANEN
T AF
FORD
ABLE
HOU
SING
PL
AN F
OR F
URTH
ER
DETA
IL.*
V. Im
prov
e ser
vices
to
peop
le be
ing di
scha
rged
fro
m ho
spita
ls/me
ntal
healt
h fac
ilities
to en
sure
the
y do n
ot be
come
ho
meles
s.
SEE
PERM
ANEN
T AF
FORD
ABLE
HOU
SING
PL
AN F
OR F
URTH
ER
DETA
IL.*
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Reso
urc
es
Consu
lted
1)
Baum
oh
l, J.
and
Shin
n, M
. “Re
thin
kin
g th
e Pr
even
tion
of
Ho
mel
essn
ess.
” Re
port
of
the
1998
Nat
ion
al S
ympo
sium
on
Ho
mel
essn
ess
Rese
arch
.
2)
Nat
ion
al A
llian
ce to
En
d H
om
eles
snes
s (N
AEH
). To
olk
it fo
r En
din
g H
om
eles
snes
s: F
eatu
ring
the
Ten
Ess
entia
ls fo
r En
din
g H
om
eles
snes
s in
Yo
ur C
om
mun
ity.
The
Too
lkit
can
be
foun
d at
the
NA
EH w
ebsi
te: w
ww
.nae
h.o
rg.
3)
The
Emer
gen
cy P
reve
ntio
n C
om
mitt
ee re
view
ed th
e fo
llow
ing
Ten
-Yea
r pla
ns:
An
oka
Co
unty
, MN
; Atla
nta
, GA
; Ch
atta
no
oga
, TN
; Co
lum
bus-
Fran
klin
Co
unty
, OH
; Eve
rett
, WA
, H
enn
epin
Co
unty
, MN
; In
dian
apo
lis, I
N; M
aric
opa
Co
unty
, AZ;
Mia
mi-D
ade
Co
unty
, FL;
New
Yo
rk C
ity, N
Y; O
klah
om
a C
ity, O
K; a
nd
Phila
delp
hia
, PA
. O
f th
ese
Ten
-Yea
r pla
ns,
the
Emer
gen
cy P
reve
ntio
n C
om
mitt
ee a
dapt
ed c
om
pon
ents
fro
m th
e fo
llow
ing
plan
s: A
no
ka C
oun
ty, M
N; C
olu
mbu
s-Fr
ankl
in C
oun
ty, O
H; H
enn
epin
Co
unty
, MN
; In
dian
apo
lis, I
N;
and
New
Yo
rk C
ity, N
Y.
Com
mitte
e: S
yste
ms
Chan
ge - M
ainst
ream
Reso
urc
es
/ D
isch
arge P
lannin
g
Go
al S
tate
men
t 1:
To in
sure
that
ho
mel
ess
indi
vidu
als
rece
ive
all b
enefi
ts fo
r wh
ich
they
are
elig
ible
an
d en
title
dG
oal
Sta
tem
ent 2
: To
elim
inat
e di
sch
arge
s to
ho
mel
essn
ess
fro
m in
stitu
tion
s in
clud
ing,
but
not
lim
ited
to, h
osp
itals
, co
rrec
tion
s fa
cilit
ies
and
fost
er c
are
Co
mm
ittee
Ch
air:
Dav
id F
reed
man
Objec
tives
: Ma
inst
ream
Re
sour
ces
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
l. Re
move
barri
ers t
o ob
tainin
g gov
ernm
ental
en
titlem
ents
- main
strea
m
reso
urce
s
1. En
list L
egal
Aid t
o de
fine t
he ob
ligati
on of
go
vern
ment
agen
cies
Lega
l Aid
Acqu
iring m
onito
ring
defin
ition o
f enti
tleme
ntLe
gal
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e.
Septe
mber
2006
2. C
ontac
t Gov
ernm
ental
Or
ganiz
ation
entiti
es to
pr
ovide
acce
ss to
bene
fits
Lega
l Aid
Coali
tion:
Bur
eauc
ratic
Advo
cacy
Estab
lish a
dialo
gue
with
mains
tream
bene
fit pr
ovide
rs an
d dev
elop
conta
cts
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e.Se
ptemb
er 20
06
3. D
evelo
p meth
od to
get
infor
matio
n to h
omele
ss
and a
t risk
All O
utrea
ch Te
ams -
Cas
e Ma
nage
rsInc
reas
ing in
forma
tion
reso
urce
s for
home
less/a
t-ris
k
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e.Ja
nuar
y 200
7
ll. E
xped
ite be
nefits
en
rollm
ent b
y Soc
ial
Secu
rity A
dmini
strati
on
- red
uce t
he av
erag
e tim
e for
indiv
iduals
to qu
alify
for an
d beg
in re
ceivi
ng
pres
umpti
ve di
sabil
ity, S
SI,
SSDI
/ Med
icaid.
1. S
tudy f
easib
ility o
f im
pleme
nting
SSI
proje
ct ba
sed o
n Balt
imor
e Mod
el
Prov
iders,
HSD
- HI
P ,
SSA
Reac
h ag
reem
ent
with
Socia
l Sec
urity
Ad
minis
tratio
n
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
eIn
prog
ress
; SSA
train
ing
held
March
10, 2
005;
April
2005
- No
vemb
er 20
05;
Dece
mber
2005
�0
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
: Ma
inst
ream
Re
sour
ces
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
2. R
esea
rch to
deter
mine
ba
selin
e ave
rage
time f
or
a clie
nt to
quali
fy for
and
begin
rece
iving
SSA
and
Medic
aid be
nefits
SSA
- HSD
- HI
PEs
tablis
h bas
eline
aver
age
timeli
ne.
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
eSe
ptemb
er 20
05
3. E
xpan
d exis
ting
Memo
rand
um of
Un
derst
andin
g (MO
U)
of Ap
ril 20
03 to
inclu
de
expe
dited
pres
umpti
ve
disab
ility d
eterm
inatio
ns fo
r all
eligi
ble ho
meles
s clie
nts
SSA
- HHO
PE Te
am -
HSD
- HIP
Incre
ase i
n the
numb
er
of eli
gible
indivi
duals
re
ceivi
ng S
SI/S
SDI in
a sh
orter
perio
d of ti
me.
SSA
- Stat
e Offic
e on
Hom
eless
ness
- Int
erag
ency
Cou
ncil o
n Ho
meles
snes
sCo
st: N
eglig
ible -
In-ki
nd
staff t
ime
Dece
mber
2006
4. M
onito
r age
ncy
adhe
renc
e to t
erms
of
MOU
and C
ounty
fund
ed
prov
ider c
ompli
ance
with
re
quire
ments
of S
tanda
rds
of Ca
re (S
OC) t
o obta
in Ma
instre
am R
esou
rces
Prov
iders
- HSD
- HI
P -
PDRE
DAb
ility t
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rmine
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mplia
nce w
ith M
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igible
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iduals
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ll con
tinue
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alify
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d beg
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ceivi
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bene
fits in
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expe
dited
time f
rame
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vider
s - H
SD -
HIP
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EDCS
MS /H
MIS
Cost:
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ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e
March
2007
- on
going
5. C
ondu
ct ad
dition
al tra
ining
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pedit
ing
disab
ility d
eterm
inatio
ns
HSD
- HIP,
via c
ontra
cted
prov
ider
Incre
ase i
n skil
l leve
l of
case
man
ager
s who
wor
k wi
th dis
abled
popu
lation
s
Cost:
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: Tra
ining
- $7
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gust
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ondu
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ta ma
tch
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termi
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portio
n of p
opula
tion
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r-ser
ved b
y Med
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S/HM
IS -
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ency
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ealth
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e Ad
minis
tratio
n (AH
CA)
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t Call
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elp -
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ther in
take p
oints
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n bas
eline
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rding
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exten
t of M
edica
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der-s
erve
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icaid
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t Call
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elp -
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ny ot
her
intak
e poin
tsCo
st: N
eglig
ible -
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nd
staff t
ime
Octob
er 20
06
7. U
tilize
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lts of
data
match
as
an ad
voca
cy
tool fo
r pro
vider
s
CoC
Incre
ase i
n the
numb
er
of eli
gible
indivi
duals
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ceivi
ng M
edica
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ligibl
e - in
-kind
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ff tim
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er 2
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ces
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ates
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erag
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duals
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alify
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egin
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iving
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bene
fits
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eview
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IS
data
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termi
ne ne
edVA
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IP -
CoC
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on sc
ale of
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ed (p
endin
g and
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be
subm
itted a
pplic
ation
s for
bene
fits)
CSMS
/HMI
S -
VACo
st: N
eglig
ible
March
2007
2. R
esea
rch to
deter
mine
ba
selin
e ave
rage
time f
or
a clie
nt to
quali
fy for
and
begin
rece
iving
VA
bene
fits
VA, H
SD-H
IPEs
tablis
h bas
eline
aver
age
timeli
neVA
, HSD
- HI
PCo
st: N
eglig
ible -
In-ki
nd
staff t
ime
June
2006
3. E
xpan
d on
exist
ing
HHOP
E MO
U wi
th VA
for
expe
diting
bene
fits,
for al
l elig
ible h
omele
ss
indivi
duals
VA -
HSD-
HIP
Redu
ction
in th
e amo
unt o
f tim
e a cl
ient m
ust w
ait to
be
quali
fied f
or an
d beg
in re
ceivi
ng V
A be
nefits
VA -
HSD
- HIP
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e
Augu
st 20
06
4. M
onito
r age
ncy
adhe
renc
e to t
erms
of
MOU
and C
ounty
fund
ed
prov
ider c
ompli
ance
with
re
quire
ments
of S
tanda
rds
of Ca
re (S
OC) t
o obta
in ma
instre
am re
sour
ces
Prov
iders
- HSD
- HI
P -
PDRE
DAb
ility t
o dete
rmine
co
mplia
nce w
ith M
OU &
SO
C; el
igible
indiv
iduals
wi
ll co
ntinu
e to q
ualify
for
and b
egin
rece
iving
VA
bene
fits in
an ex
pedit
ed
time f
rame
VA -
Prov
iders
- HSD
- HI
P - C
SMS
/ HMI
S - P
DRED
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e
Nove
mber
2006
- on
going
IV. E
xped
ite be
nefits
en
rollm
ent a
nd re
ceipt
of
any o
ther m
ainstr
eam
bene
fits fo
r whic
h clie
nt qu
alifie
s/ re
duce
aver
age
time f
or qu
alific
ation
an
d rec
eipt o
f ben
efits
: Foo
d Stam
ps,
Wor
kFor
ce In
vestm
ent,
Unem
ploym
ent, E
SG
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egin
a dial
ogue
with
ea
ch be
nefit
agen
cyCo
C P
rovid
ers,
HSD-
HIP
DCF,
Lega
l Aid,
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kFor
ce
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State
Offic
e on
Home
lessn
ess -
Re
spec
tive A
genc
ies
/ re
spon
sible
partie
s for
acti
on s
teps 1
& 3
pe
rtaini
ng to
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tive I
V
More
expe
ditiou
s rec
eipt o
f be
nefits
by el
igible
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tsVa
rious
main
strea
m pr
ogra
msCo
st: B
orne
by
mains
tream
syste
ms;
In-kin
d staf
f time
for e
ach
agen
cy.
Janu
ary 2
006 -
ongo
ing
2. R
esea
rch to
deter
mine
av
erag
e tim
e for
a cli
ent
to qu
alify
for an
d beg
in re
ceivi
ng be
nefits
from
va
rious
main
strea
m pr
ogra
ms.
Estab
lish b
aseli
ne av
erag
e tim
eline
CSMS
/HMI
S - S
SACo
st: N
eglig
ible -
In-ki
nd
staff t
ime
Begin
Janu
ary 2
006
��
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ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
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n Y
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n t
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me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
: Ma
inst
ream
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sour
ces
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n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
3. D
evelo
p and
ex
ecute
Mem
oran
da o
f Un
derst
andin
g whe
re no
ne
exist
s or e
xpan
d MOU
(if
one e
xists
for H
HOPE
) to
includ
e exp
edite
d ben
efits
for al
l elig
ible h
omele
ss
clien
ts
Incre
ase i
n num
ber
of cli
ents
rece
iving
ma
instre
am be
nefits
All re
levan
t age
ncies
and
prov
iders
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e
Dece
mber
2006
4. M
onito
r age
ncy
adhe
renc
e to t
erms
of
MOU
and C
ounty
fund
ed
prov
ider c
ompli
ance
with
re
quire
ments
of S
tanda
rds
of Ca
re (S
OC) t
o obta
in ma
instre
am re
sour
ces
CoC
Prov
iders
- HSD
- HI
P - P
DRED
Abilit
y to d
eterm
ine
comp
lianc
e with
MOU
&
SOC;
eligi
ble in
dividu
als
will c
ontin
ue to
quali
fy for
and b
egin
rece
iving
ma
instre
am be
nefits
in an
ex
pedit
ed tim
e fra
me
SSA
- CoC
Pro
vider
s -
HSD
- HIP
- C
SMS
/HMI
S - P
DRED
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e.
March
2007
V. E
xped
ite be
nefits
en
rollm
ent a
nd re
ceipt
of
any o
ther m
ainstr
eam
bene
fits fo
r whic
h fam
ily
quali
fies/
redu
ce av
erag
e tim
e for
quali
ficati
on an
d re
ceipt
of be
nefits
: C
hild
Care
, TAN
F, SC
HIP,
EFAH
P, Fa
mily
Cour
t, Sc
hooli
ng
1. B
egin
dialog
ue w
ith
each
bene
fit ag
ency
CoC
Pro
vider
s - H
SD
- HIP,
DCF
- DCA
- Br
owar
d Co
unty
Scho
ol Bo
ard -
Brow
ard C
ounty
Cou
rtsRe
spec
tive A
genc
ies
/ re
spon
sible
partie
s for
acti
on s
teps 1
& 3
pe
rtaini
ng to
objec
tive V
More
expe
ditiou
s rec
eipt o
f be
nefits
by el
igible
clien
tsVa
rious
main
strea
m pr
ogra
msCo
st: B
orne
by va
rious
ma
instre
am pr
ogra
ms p
lus
In-kin
d staf
f time
for e
ach
Agen
cy.
Appli
es to
Acti
on S
teps 1
-4.
Begin
Mar
ch 20
06 -
ongo
ing
2. R
esea
rch e
ach
agen
cy
to de
termi
ne av
erag
e tim
e for
clien
t to qu
alify
and
begin
rece
iving
bene
fits
HSD
- HIP
Estab
lish b
aseli
neHS
D - H
IPBe
gin M
arch
2006
3. D
evelo
p and
im
pleme
nt MO
U wi
th
each
main
strea
m be
nefits
pr
ogra
m
Mains
tream
Pro
vider
s -
HSD
- HIP
Incre
ase i
n num
ber o
f eli
gible
familie
s rec
eiving
ma
instre
am be
nefits
Vario
us m
ainstr
eam
prog
rams
March
2007
- on
going
4. M
onito
r age
ncy
adhe
renc
e to t
erms
of
MOU
and C
ounty
fund
ed
prov
ider c
ompli
ance
with
re
quire
ments
of S
tanda
rds
of Ca
re (S
OC)
to ob
tain
mains
tream
reso
urce
s
CoC
Prov
iders
- HSD
- HI
P - P
DRED
Abilit
y to d
eterm
ine M
OU
& SO
C; el
igible
indiv
iduals
wi
ll con
tinue
to qu
alify
for an
d beg
in re
ceivi
ng
mains
tream
bene
fits in
an
expe
dited
time f
rame
.
Mains
tream
Ben
efits
Prov
iders
- CoC
Pro
vider
s - H
SD -
HIP
- CSM
S/HM
IS
- PDR
ED
June
2007
- on
going
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ay H
om
e
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ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
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n Y
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n t
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me
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ne
ss
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tives
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scha
rge
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ning
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I.D. D
ecisi
on M
aker
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urce
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rget
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es
I. Im
prov
e ser
vices
to
perso
ns w
ith re
cent
crimi
nal b
ackg
roun
ds,
includ
ing ex
-offe
nder
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lease
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m jai
l or p
rison
an
d othe
r offe
nder
s in
comm
unity
corre
ction
s pr
ogra
ms to
prev
ent
disch
arge
to st
reet/
or
home
lessn
ess
1. R
esea
rch da
ta to
deter
mine
the n
umbe
r of
ex-o
ffend
ers b
eing
relea
sed f
orm
resp
ectiv
e co
rrecti
ons f
acilit
ies,
includ
ing da
ta on
sub-
popu
lation
s suc
h as
menta
lly ill
, med
ically
ne
edy,
phys
ically
disa
bled,
HIV/
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BSO
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Base
line i
nform
ation
on
numb
er of
relea
ses f
rom
each
facil
ity an
d for
whic
h su
b-po
pulat
ions i
n a gi
ven
time p
eriod
; enh
ance
d ab
ility t
o plan
BSO
- DOC
- HS
D - H
IPCo
st: N
eglig
ible -
In-ki
nd
staff t
ime
Septe
mber
2006
2. D
eterm
ine ho
w ma
ny ex
-offe
nder
s are
be
ing di
scha
rged
into
home
lessn
ess f
rom
the
resp
ectiv
e cor
recti
ons
facilit
ies an
d set
goal
to re
duce
/prev
ent d
ischa
rge
to ho
meles
snes
s
CSMS
/HMI
S/21
1 Firs
t Call
for
Help
- 79
2-BE
DS an
d an
y othe
r poin
ts of
intak
e
Base
line o
n disc
harg
es
to ho
meles
snes
s fro
m co
rrecti
ons
BSO
- DOC
CSM
S/HM
IS/21
1 Firs
t Call
for
Help
- 792
-BED
S an
d any
oth
er po
ints o
f intak
eCo
st: N
eglig
ible -
In-ki
nd
staff t
ime
Septe
mber
2006
3. S
ched
ule in
itial
discu
ssion
with
BSO
- DO
C re
gard
ing de
velop
ment
of a p
rotoc
ol to
prev
ent
disch
arge
to ho
meles
snes
s
BPHI
/BOC
- HS
D – H
IPDe
velop
infor
matio
n on
issu
es su
rroun
ding
disch
arge
s and
Disc
harg
e Pr
otoco
l
BSO-
DOC
- BPH
I - B
OCHS
D - H
IPCo
st: A
ction
Step
s 3-8
Negli
gible:
In-ki
nd st
aff
time e
xcep
t for o
fficial
Di
scha
rge P
lanne
r w/
BRHP
C/NB
B
June
2006
4. D
evelo
p Disc
harg
e Pr
otoco
l with
BSO
BPHI
/BOC
- BS
O - D
OC
HSD
- HIP
Writt
en do
cume
nt de
fining
ro
les an
d res
pons
ibiliti
es.
Note:
BRH
PC ha
s a po
licy
with
the N
orth
Brow
ard
Deten
tion (
NBB)
Cen
ter fo
r the
men
tal he
alth u
nit
BSO/
NBB
- DOC
- BR
HPC
- DCF
- HS
D - H
IPCo
st of
BRHP
C Di
scha
rge
Plan
ner w
/ NBB
- $5
5,000
an
nuall
y fun
ded v
ia DC
F
June
2007
��
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ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
: Di
scha
rge
Plan
ning
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
5. F
inaliz
e for
mal
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
with
each
corre
ction
s fac
ility
BSO
- DOC
- HS
D - H
IPFo
rmall
y acc
epted
, ap
prov
ed an
d exe
cuted
do
cume
nt de
fining
roles
an
d res
pons
ibiliti
es
BPHI
/BOC
- BS
O - D
OC
HSD
- HIP
June
2007
6. Im
pleme
nt for
mal
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
with
each
corre
ction
s fac
ility
BPHI
/BOC
- BS
O - D
OCHS
D - H
IPRe
ducti
on in
numb
er
of dis
char
ges t
o ho
meles
snes
s fro
m co
rrecti
ons f
acilit
ies
BPHI
/BOC
- BS
O - D
OCHS
D - H
IPCo
st: N
eglig
ible -
In-ki
nd
staff t
ime
Septe
mber
2007
7. M
onito
r com
plian
ce w
ith
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
by ea
ch
corre
ction
s fac
ility
Prov
iders
- HSD
-HIP
- 21
1 Fir
st Ca
ll for
Help
- 79
2-BE
DS an
d any
othe
r poin
ts of
intak
e
Abilit
y to f
oster
ac
coun
tabilit
y of c
orre
ction
s re
gard
ing di
scha
rges
Prov
iders
- CSM
S/HM
IS21
1 Firs
t Call
for H
elp -
HSD-
HIP
- 79
2-BE
DS an
d an
y othe
r poin
ts of
Intak
eCo
st: N
eglig
ible -
in-ki
nd
staff t
ime
March
2008
- on
going
8. E
xplor
e rep
licati
on
of pr
ogra
ms sh
own t
o be
effec
tive i
n pre
venti
ng
disch
arge
to ho
meles
snes
s of
ex- o
ffend
ers;
disse
mina
te inf
orma
tion t
o co
mmun
ity
HSD
- HIP
Enha
nced
abilit
y to m
ake
bette
r infor
med d
ecisi
ons
rega
rding
disc
harg
e pla
nning
; max
imiza
tion o
f re
sour
ces
HSD
- HIP
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e
Janu
ary 2
006
II. Im
prov
e coo
rdina
tion
of se
rvice
s to p
reve
nt dis
char
ge to
home
lessn
ess
of ind
ividu
als le
aving
me
ntal h
ealth
insti
tution
sor
facil
ities
1. R
esea
rch da
ta to
deter
mine
the n
umbe
r of
patie
nts be
ing di
scha
rged
fro
m loc
al, C
ounty
or S
tate
menta
l hea
lth in
stitut
ions o
r fac
ilities
HSD
- HIP
- BP
HI -
BRHP
CBa
selin
e info
rmati
on on
nu
mber
of re
lease
s fro
m ea
ch fa
cility
in a
given
time
perio
d.
CSMS
/HMI
S - B
PHI -
BR
HPC
Janu
ary 2
006
2. D
eterm
ine ho
w ma
ny pa
tients
are
being
disc
harg
ed in
to ho
meles
snes
s fro
m loc
al,
Coun
ty or
Stat
e men
tal
healt
h ins
titutio
ns or
fac
ilities
and s
et go
al to
prev
ent/r
educ
e disc
harg
e to
home
lessn
ess
DCF
- BRH
PC -
BSO
- HSD
- HI
P -
792-
BEDS
-2
11 F
irst C
all fo
r Help
Base
line o
n disc
harg
es to
ho
meles
snes
s fro
m loc
al,
Coun
ty or
Stat
e men
tal
healt
h ins
titutio
ns or
fac
ilities
792-
BEDS
- 21
1 Firs
t Call
for
Help
- CS
MS/H
MIS
Janu
ary 2
006
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ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
: Ma
inst
ream
Re
sour
ces
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
3. S
ched
ule in
itial
discu
ssion
with
loca
l, Co
unty
or S
tate m
ental
he
alth i
nstitu
tions
or
facilit
ies re
gard
ing
deve
lopme
nt of
a pro
tocol
to pr
even
t disc
harg
e to
home
lessn
ess
DCF
- BRH
PC -
BSO
Menta
l Hea
lth U
nit -
HSD
- HIP
- HM
HC, A
rchwa
ys
and a
ny re
siden
tial fa
cility
wi
th the
abilit
y to d
ischa
rge
to ho
meles
snes
s
Deve
lop in
forma
tion
on is
sues
surro
undin
g dis
char
ges a
nd D
ischa
rge
Proto
col
Comm
unity
Men
tal H
ealth
Pr
ovide
rs - H
SD -
HIP
Cost
on A
ction
Step
s 3-7
- N
eglig
ible:
In-ki
nd st
aff
time,
exce
pt DC
F fun
ded
Disc
harg
e Plan
ner f
or
Menta
l Hea
lth th
roug
h BR
HPC
June
2006
4. D
evelo
p Disc
harg
e Pr
otoco
l with
loca
l, Cou
nty
or S
tate m
ental
healt
h ins
titutio
ns or
facil
ities.
DCF
- BRH
PC -
BSO
Menta
l Hea
lth U
nit -
HSD
- HIP
- HM
HC, A
rchwa
ys
and a
ny re
siden
tial fa
cility
wi
th the
abilit
y to d
ischa
rge
to ho
meles
snes
s
Writt
en do
cume
nt de
fining
ro
les an
d res
pons
ibiliti
esCo
mmun
ity m
ental
healt
h Pr
ovide
rs - H
SD -
HIP
- BRH
PC
June
2007
5. F
inaliz
e for
mal
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
with
local,
Cou
nty or
Stat
e me
ntal h
ealth
insti
tution
s or
facilit
ies
See S
tep 6
re B
RHPC
.- DC
F - B
RHPC
- BS
O Me
ntal H
ealth
Unit
- HS
D - H
IP -
HMHC
, Arch
ways
an
d any
resid
entia
l facil
ity
with
the ab
ility t
o disc
harg
e to
home
lessn
ess.
Form
ally a
ccep
ted,
appr
oved
and e
xecu
ted
docu
ment
defin
ing ro
les
and r
espo
nsibi
lities
DCF
funde
d Disc
harg
e Pl
anne
r for
men
tal he
alth
Cost:
$55
,000 a
nnua
lly
- ano
ther d
ischa
rge p
lanne
r is
sche
duled
to be
hire
d
Septe
mber
2007
6. Im
pleme
nt for
mal
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
with
loc
al, C
ounty
or S
tate
menta
l hea
lth in
stitut
ions o
r fac
ilities
DCF
- BRH
PC -
BSO
- Note
: BRH
PC ha
s a
writte
n For
ensic
Poli
cy
and P
roce
dure
rega
rding
dis
char
ge of
inma
tes fr
om
NBB
Redu
ction
in nu
mber
of
disch
arge
s to
home
lessn
ess f
rom
local,
Co
unty
or S
tate m
ental
he
alth i
nstitu
tions
or
facilit
ies
DCF
- BRH
PC -
BSO
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e
Septe
mber
2007
7. M
onito
r com
plian
ce
with
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
by lo
cal, C
ounty
or S
tate
menta
l hea
lth in
stitut
ions o
r fac
ilities
.
Prov
iders
- HSD
-HIP
211 F
irst C
all fo
r Help
- 7
92-B
EDS
and a
ny ot
her
point
s of in
take.
Abilit
y to f
oster
ac
coun
tabilit
y of lo
cal,
Coun
ty or
Stat
e men
tal
healt
h ins
titutio
ns or
fac
ilities
Prov
iders,
CSM
S/HM
IS
211 F
irst C
all fo
r Help
- 7
92-B
EDS
and a
ny ot
her
point
s of in
take
Dece
mber
2007
- on
going
III. Im
prov
e ser
vices
to
prev
ent d
ischa
rge
to ho
meles
snes
s of
indivi
duals
leav
ing he
alth
care
insti
tution
s or f
acilit
ies
1. R
esea
rch da
ta to
deter
mine
the n
umbe
r of
patie
nts be
ing di
scha
rged
fro
m loc
al, C
ounty
or S
tate
healt
h car
e ins
titutio
ns or
fac
ilities
HSD
HIP
Base
line i
nform
ation
on
numb
er of
relea
ses f
rom
each
facil
ity in
a giv
en tim
e pe
riod.
CSMS
/HMI
SCo
st: N
eglig
ible -
In-ki
nd
staff t
ime
Janu
ary 2
006
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
: Di
scha
rge
Plan
ning
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
2. D
eterm
ine ho
w ma
ny pa
tients
are
being
disc
harg
ed in
to ho
meles
snes
s fro
m loc
al,
Coun
ty or
Stat
e hea
lth
care
insti
tution
s or f
acilit
ies
and s
et go
al to
prev
ent/
redu
ce di
scha
rges
to
home
lessn
ess
NBHD
- SB
HD -
HSD
HIP
- S
ame r
espo
nsibl
e par
ties
for ac
tion s
teps
2 - 6
of Ob
jectiv
e III f
or
Disc
harg
e Plan
ning
Base
line o
n disc
harg
es to
ho
meles
snes
s fro
m loc
al,
Coun
ty or
Stat
e hea
lth ca
re
institu
tions
or fa
cilitie
s.
NBHD
- SB
HD -
HSD
- HIP
Cost:
Acti
on S
teps 2
- 7
Negli
gible
- In-
kind s
taff
time
Janu
ary 2
006
3. S
ched
ule in
itial
discu
ssion
with
loca
l, Co
unty,
and S
tate h
ealth
ca
re in
stitut
ions o
r fac
ilities
re
gard
ing de
velop
ment
of a p
rotoc
ol to
prev
ent
disch
arge
to ho
meles
snes
s
Deve
lop in
forma
tion o
n iss
ues r
e: dis
char
ges a
nd
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
NBHD
- SB
HD -
HSD
- HIP
June
2006
4. D
evelo
p Disc
harg
e Pr
otoco
l with
loca
l, Cou
nty
and S
tate h
ealth
care
ins
titutio
ns or
facil
ities
Writt
en do
cume
nt de
fining
ro
les an
d res
pons
ibiliti
esNB
HD -
SBHD
- HS
D - H
IPJu
ne 20
07
5. F
inaliz
e for
mal
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
with
local,
Cou
nty an
d Stat
e he
alth c
are i
nstitu
tions
or
facilit
ies
Form
ally a
ccep
ted,
appr
oved
and e
xecu
ted
docu
ment
defin
ing ro
les
and r
espo
nsibi
lities
NBHD
- SB
HD -
HSD
- HIP
Septe
mber
2007
6. Im
pleme
nt for
mal
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
with
local,
Cou
nty an
d Stat
e he
alth c
are i
nstitu
tions
or
facilit
ies
Redu
ction
in nu
mber
of
disch
arge
s to
home
lessn
ess f
rom
local,
Co
unty
or S
tate h
ealth
care
ins
titutio
ns or
facil
ities
NBHD
- SB
HD -
HSD
- HIP
Septe
mber
2007
7. M
onito
r com
plian
ce
with
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
by lo
cal, C
ounty
and S
tate
healt
h car
e ins
titutio
ns or
fac
ilities
Prov
iders
- 792
-BED
S, 21
1 Fir
st Ca
ll for
Help
HSD
-HIP
Abilit
y to f
oster
ac
coun
tabilit
y of lo
cal,
Coun
ty an
d Stat
e hea
lth
care
insti
tution
s and
fac
ilities
.
Prov
iders
- CSM
S/HM
IS
- 211
Firs
t Call
for H
elp -
792-
BEDS
- HS
D - H
IP
Dece
mber
2007
- on
going
��
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ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
: Di
scha
rge
Plan
ning
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
IV. I
mpro
ve se
rvice
s to
prev
ent d
ischa
rge t
o ho
meles
snes
s of y
outh
aging
out o
f foste
r car
e
1. R
esea
rch da
ta to
deter
mine
the n
umbe
r of
youth
aging
out o
f foste
r ca
re
HSD
- HIP
Base
line i
nform
ation
on
numb
er of
relea
ses f
rom
each
facil
ity in
a giv
en tim
e pe
riod
HSD
- HIP,
Chil
dNet
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e - In
-kind
sta
ff tim
e
Janu
ary 2
005,
comp
leted
2. D
eterm
ine ho
w ma
ny
youth
are b
eing d
ischa
rged
int
o hom
eless
ness
from
the
foste
r car
e sys
tem an
d se
t goa
l to pr
even
t/red
uce
disch
arge
to ho
meles
snes
s
DCF
- Chil
dNet
- HSD
- HI
P - B
rowa
rd C
ounty
Sch
ools
Foste
r Car
e - C
SC -
CSAD
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rties a
re th
e sa
me fo
r acti
on st
eps 2
- 6
of Ob
jectiv
e IV
- Disc
harg
e Pl
annin
g
Base
line o
n disc
harg
es to
ho
meles
snes
s fro
m fos
ter
care
CSMS
/HMI
S - D
CF -
Child
Net -
Bro
ward
Cou
nty
Scho
ols F
oster
Car
e - C
SC
- CSA
DCo
st: N
eglig
ible -
In-ki
nd
staff t
ime
Septe
mber
2005
3. S
ched
ule in
itial
discu
ssion
with
offic
ials
from
foster
care
agen
cy
rega
rding
deve
lopme
nt of
a pro
tocol
to pr
even
t dis
char
ge to
home
lessn
ess
Deve
lop in
forma
tion
on is
sues
surro
undin
g dis
char
ges a
nd D
ischa
rge
Proto
col
DCF
- Chil
dNet
- HSD
- HI
P - B
rowa
rd C
ounty
Sch
ools
Foste
r Car
e - C
SC -
CSAD
. Re
sour
ces f
or A
ction
Step
s 3-
6 are
the s
ame.
Janu
ary 2
006
4. D
evelo
p Disc
harg
e Pr
otoco
l with
foste
r car
e ag
ency
Writt
en do
cume
nt de
fining
ro
les an
d res
pons
ibiliti
esAp
ril 20
06
5. F
inaliz
e for
mal
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
with
foster
care
agen
cy
Form
ally a
ccep
ted,
appr
oved
and e
xecu
ted
docu
ment
defin
ing ro
les
and r
espo
nsibi
lities
April
2007
6. Im
pleme
nt for
mal
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
with
foster
care
agen
cy
Redu
ce di
scha
rges
to
home
lessn
ess f
rom
foster
ca
re fa
cilitie
s
July
2007
7. M
onito
r com
plian
ce
with
Disc
harg
e Pro
tocol
by
foster
care
agen
cy
Prov
iders
- 792
-BED
S - 2
11 F
irst C
all fo
r Help
-HS
D - H
IP
Abilit
y to f
oster
ac
coun
tabilit
y of fo
ster c
are
facilit
ies
Prov
iders
- CSM
S/HM
ISHS
D - H
IPOc
tober
2007
- on
going
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
: Di
scha
rge
Plan
ning
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
8. R
eview
exist
ing
initia
tives
for a
ltern
ative
s to
home
lessn
ess f
or
youth
aging
out o
f foste
r ca
re an
d adv
ocate
for
addit
ional
fundin
g for
ex
isting
Inde
pend
ent L
iving
Pr
ogra
ms su
ch as
“The
Ro
ad to
Inde
pen-
denc
e Sch
olarsh
ip,”
“Tra
nsitio
nal S
ervic
es,”
and “
After
-Car
e”
HSD
- HIP
- Br
owar
d W
orks
hop -
Com
munit
y Fo
unda
tion
Reso
urce
max
imiza
tion
HSD
- HIP
April
2005
- on
going
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Syst
em
s Chan
ge: M
ainst
ream
Reso
urc
es
/ D
isch
arge P
lannin
g C
om
mitte
e R
eco
mm
endat
ions/
Com
ments
:
1.
In th
e ev
ent o
f a
cata
stro
phic
eve
nt s
uch
as
a te
rro
rist a
ttac
k, a
n e
con
om
ic d
epre
ssio
n, o
r eve
n a
ser
ious
nat
ural
dis
aste
r on
the
mag
nitu
de o
f H
urric
ane
An
drew
, th
e as
sum
ptio
ns
con
tain
ed in
the
Dat
a El
emen
t of
the
Plan
may
nee
d to
be
revi
site
d. W
e
be
lieve
this
cav
eat s
ho
uld
be a
pplic
able
to a
ll Pl
an e
lem
ents
.
2.
Wh
enev
er p
oss
ible
, th
e ta
rget
dat
es w
ill b
e ad
van
ced
com
men
sura
te w
ith a
vaila
ble
reso
urce
s.
3.
211
Firs
t Cal
l fo
r Hel
p da
ta a
re b
ased
on
sel
f-rep
ort
an
d se
lf-di
sclo
sure
s.
4.
Cro
ss-re
fere
nce
to T
reat
men
t an
d Se
rvic
es C
om
mitt
ee:
We
reco
gniz
e th
at m
ovem
ent b
y H
UD
, aw
ay f
rom
fun
din
g su
ppo
rt s
ervi
ces
an
d co
st-s
hif
ting
to o
ther
sta
keh
old
ers
may
hav
e an
impa
ct o
n th
e av
aila
bilit
y o
f se
rvic
es a
s w
ell a
s th
e av
aila
bilit
y
of
mai
nst
ream
reso
urce
s an
d th
e ab
ility
of
the
prov
ider
s to
acc
ess
thes
e re
sour
ces
on
beh
alf
of
the
clie
nt.
It w
ill b
e im
port
ant
fo
r th
e co
mm
unity
to m
ain
tain
an
on
goin
g di
alo
gue
to p
repa
re fo
r th
is e
ven
tual
ity a
nd
miti
gate
any
neg
ativ
e im
pact
s to
the
clie
nt.
Reso
urc
es C
on
sulte
d
Nat
ion
al A
llian
ce to
En
d H
om
eles
snes
s (N
AEH
) To
olk
it fo
r En
din
g H
om
eles
snes
s (in
clud
ing
Best
Pra
ctic
es f
rom
Mas
sach
uset
ts H
ous
ing
and
Shel
ter
Alli
ance
; Ph
ilade
lph
ia, P
A; S
poka
ne,
WA
an
d W
isco
nsi
n)
and
NA
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ebsi
te:
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w.n
aeh
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Revi
ew o
f th
e M
ain
stre
am R
eso
urce
s /
Dis
char
ge P
lan
nin
g E
lem
ents
of
the
follo
win
g Te
n Y
ear P
lan
s: A
tlan
ta, G
A; C
hat
tan
oo
ga, T
N; C
hic
ago
, IL;
C
olu
mbu
s-Fr
ankl
in C
oun
ty, O
H; C
on
tra
Co
sta
Co
unty
, CA
; D
uPag
e C
oun
ty, I
L; E
van
svill
e-Va
nde
rbur
gh C
oun
ty, I
N; I
ndi
anap
olis
, IN
; Nas
hvi
lle, T
N;
Okl
aho
ma
City
, OK;
Of
the
prev
ious
ly c
ited
Ten
Yea
r Pla
ns,
the
Syst
ems
Ch
ange
: M
ain
stre
am R
eso
urce
s /
Dis
char
ge P
lan
nin
g C
om
mitt
ee a
dapt
ed
com
pon
ents
fro
m th
e fo
llow
ing
Plan
s an
d gr
atef
ully
ack
no
wle
dges
sam
e: E
van
svill
e-Va
nde
rbur
g C
o.,
IN; C
hat
tan
oo
ga, T
N; C
olu
mbu
s-Fr
ankl
in
Co
unty
, OH
an
d O
klah
om
a C
ity, O
K.
The
Un
ited
Stat
es In
tera
gen
cy C
oun
cil o
n H
om
eles
snes
s (I
CH
) pu
blic
atio
n “
The
10-Y
ear P
lan
nin
g Pr
oce
ss to
En
d C
hro
nic
Ho
mel
essn
ess
in Y
our
C
om
mun
ity -
A S
tep-
by-S
tep
Gui
de,”
an
d IC
H w
ebsi
te:
ww
w.ic
h.g
ov;
Fo
cus
Gro
ups:
Ho
mel
ess
Fam
ilies
; Ho
mel
ess
Indi
vidu
als;
On
e In
divi
dual
Pro
vide
r; O
ne
Fam
ily P
rovi
der.
Be
st a
nd
Pro
mis
ing
Prac
tices
for H
om
eles
s Yo
uth
: N
atio
nal
Yo
uth
Em
ploy
men
t Co
aliti
on
Pro
mis
ing
and
Effe
ctiv
e Pr
actic
es N
etw
ork
(w
ww
.nye
c.o
rg/p
epn
et/a
war
dee
s/la
rkin
.htm
); Fa
gan
, Kev
in, T
he
San
Fra
nci
sco
Ch
ron
icle
, Apr
il 11
, 200
4, “
Savi
ng
Fost
er K
ids
fro
m th
e St
reet
s.”
; Nat
ion
al
Alli
ance
to E
nd
Ho
mel
essn
ess:
ww
w.e
nd
ho
mel
essn
ess.
org
/bes
t/lig
hth
ou
se.h
tm; w
ww
.Kn
ow
led
geP
lex.
org
/new
s: G
rippi
, Tam
ara,
Tri-
Valle
y H
eral
d, “
Fost
er te
ens
reac
h g
oal
s: C
on
tra
Co
sta
pro
gram
gui
des
yout
h to
war
d in
depe
nde
nt l
ivin
g,”
Jun
e 19
, 200
4; w
ww
.en
dh
om
eles
snes
s.o
rg/
bes
t/Pr
oje
ctSA
FE.h
tm; h
ttp
://w
ww
.co
lora
do
.ed
u.c
spv/
blu
epri
nts
/mo
del
/cri
teri
a.h
tml.
50
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Com
mitte
e: S
treet
Outr
eac
h
Go
al S
tate
men
t: T
o e
nd
ho
mel
essn
ess
by ta
kin
g ch
ron
ic a
nd
cris
is h
om
eles
s pe
opl
e o
ff th
e st
reet
s an
d pl
acin
g th
em in
to th
e m
ost
app
ropr
iate
pro
gram
wh
ich
will
mee
t th
eir n
eeds
an
d pr
ovid
e th
em w
ith th
e sk
ills
and
abili
ties
to b
eco
me
inde
pen
den
t an
d se
lf-su
ffici
ent
Co
mm
ittee
Ch
air:
Co
urt
ney
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
I. Ex
pand
upon
the
conc
ept o
f the c
urre
nt Ho
meles
s Outr
each
Team
Pr
ogra
m
1. Es
tablis
h a H
omele
ss
Outre
ach T
eam
in the
no
rth an
d sou
th pa
rt of
the
coun
ty mo
deled
after
the
centr
al Ho
meles
s Outr
each
Te
am.
HIP
Boar
d BC
Hum
an S
ervic
es D
ept.
Home
less i
ndivi
duals
will
be in
tegra
ted in
to the
sy
stem
quick
ly an
d few
er
will r
emain
on th
e stre
et.
• La
w En
force
ment
in-kin
d•
Reas
sign B
rowa
rd
Coun
ty Hu
man
Reso
urce
s outr
each
mo
nies f
rom
BARC
, He
nder
son,
Brow
ard
Hous
e & V
etera
ns
Admi
nistra
tion.
(Doe
s no
t inclu
de ch
ildre
n/Co
vena
nt Ho
use)
• St
ate &
Fed
eral
Gove
rnme
nt.•
Priva
te fun
ding.
Janu
ary 2
006
2. P
rovid
e a 24
/7 ho
tline
for ho
meles
s ind
ividu
als
and f
amilie
s. P
rovid
e cas
e ma
nage
ment
for ho
meles
s fam
ilies.
For
indiv
iduals
pr
ovide
infor
matio
n & th
en
refer
ral to
Outr
each
.
Home
less i
ndivi
duals
will
be ab
le to
acce
ss em
pty
beds
mor
e effic
iently
and
effec
tively
.
• Br
owar
d Cou
nty H
uman
Se
rvice
s Dep
artm
ent
• St
ate &
Fed
eral
Gove
rnme
nt.•
Priv
ate fu
nding
Janu
ary 2
006
3. De
sign,
deve
lop an
d im
pleme
nt an
inten
sive
traini
ng pr
ogra
m foc
used
on
chro
nic ho
meles
s int
erve
ntion
for a
ll outr
each
tea
m me
mber
s.
Home
less i
ndivi
duals
will
be pl
aced
appr
opria
tely
and r
eceiv
e the
corre
ct se
rvice
s.
Home
less O
utrea
ch Te
ams
March
2006
5�
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ay H
om
e
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Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
4. Im
prov
e com
munic
ation
an
d coll
abor
ation
amon
g ag
encie
s reg
ardin
g ap
prop
riate
place
ment
by
utiliz
ing C
SMS
– adv
ocac
y be
ing th
e moti
vatio
n &
objec
tive v
ersu
s pro
tectin
g tur
f/terri
tory.
BC H
uman
Ser
vices
Im
media
tely
II. D
esign
, dev
elop a
nd
imple
ment
a Hom
eless
As
sess
ment
Cente
r(s) in
Br
owar
d Cou
nty.
1. Es
tablis
h an i
ndep
ende
nt no
n-pr
ofit a
genc
y to r
un
a cen
traliz
ed as
sess
ment
cente
r.OR Es
tablis
h thr
ee A
sses
smen
t Ce
nters
co-lo
cated
and
oper
ated b
y the
thre
e HA
C’s.
HIP
Boar
dBC
Hum
an S
ervic
es D
ept.
CHAC
, NHA
C &
SHAC
Home
less i
ndivi
duals
will
be in
tegra
ted in
to the
sy
stem
quick
ly an
d few
er
will r
emain
on th
e stre
et.
Home
less i
ndivi
duals
will
be ab
le to
acce
ss em
pty
beds
mor
e effic
iently
and
effec
tively
.
Home
less i
ndivi
duals
will
be pl
aced
appr
opria
tely
and r
eceiv
e the
corre
ct se
rvice
s.
HIP
Boar
dBC
Hum
an S
ervic
es D
ept.
State
& F
eder
al Go
vern
ment
Priva
te Fu
nding
Janu
ary 2
007
5�
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Com
mitte
e: Sh
ort
enin
g t
he T
ime P
eople
Spend H
om
ele
ss
Go
al S
tate
men
t: S
ho
rten
ing
the
time
peo
ple
spen
d h
om
eles
sC
om
mitt
ee C
hai
r: D
ebbi
e Pe
rry
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
I- Pr
ovide
rs ad
opt a
ph
iloso
phy s
tatem
ent
ackn
owled
ging t
hat
peop
le do
not h
ave t
o mo
ve fr
om em
erge
ncy
to tra
nsitio
nal a
nd th
en
into p
erma
nent
hous
ing.
Rathe
r, tha
t a pe
rson,
upon
beco
ming
home
less
can m
ove d
irectl
y into
pe
rman
ent h
ousin
g, or
the
most
appr
opria
te lev
el of
care
, whe
neve
r pos
sible.
1. De
velop
ment
of ph
iloso
phy s
tatem
ent
2. Pr
esen
tation
of
philo
soph
y stat
emen
t at
Conti
nuum
of C
are
meeti
ng. R
evise
as
need
ed.
3. Ad
opt /
appr
ove
statem
ent d
iscus
sed i
n ste
ering
comm
ittee.
Deve
lopme
nt of
philo
soph
y stat
emen
t– E
xec.
Comm
ittee
Appr
oval
of sta
temen
t – 1
0 yea
r plan
Exe
c. Co
mmitte
e.
Endo
rseme
nt of
statem
ent
by pr
ovide
rs an
d fun
ders.
Chan
ge fr
om lin
ear
conti
nuum
appli
ed to
ev
eryo
ne to
a mo
re
indivi
duali
zed a
ppro
ach.
Supp
ort fr
om se
rvice
pr
ovide
rs
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e
Philo
soph
y stat
emen
t de
velop
ment
– 3/05
Appr
oval
by E
xec C
ommi
ttee 4
/05
Pres
entat
ion/en
dorse
ment
done
co
ncur
rentl
y with
adop
tion o
f 10
-year
plan
. 9/05
II- R
educ
e bar
riers
to sh
elter
admi
ssion
and
reten
tion
1. Pr
omote
flexib
le tim
e lim
its, b
ased
upon
ind
ividu
al ne
ed.
2. En
cour
age s
helte
rs to
modif
y adm
ission
crite
ria
to be
as in
clusiv
e as
poss
ible.
3. Pr
omote
team
revie
ws
at sh
elter
s, wh
en
cons
iderin
g disc
harg
es4.
Build
capa
city w
ithin
conti
nuum
to se
rve al
l su
b-po
pulat
ions
Over
sight
by fu
nding
so
urce
s.
Imple
menta
tion b
y she
lter
prov
iders
Maxim
ized b
ed us
age
Shelt
er ad
miss
ion cr
iteria
sh
ould
be pu
blish
ed in
Co
alitio
n Res
ource
Guid
e.
Enha
nced
shelt
er ac
cess
for
peop
le on
the s
treets
More
peop
le be
ing se
rved
by ex
isting
reso
urce
s
Maxim
ized b
ed us
age
Shelt
er ad
miss
ion cr
iteria
wi
ll be p
ublis
hed i
n the
Co
alitio
n Res
ource
Guid
e.
HIP
Conti
nuum
of C
are
Comm
ittee,
Fami
ly Tr
ansit
ional
Hous
ing
Sub-
comm
ittee
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
e.
Chan
ges i
n adm
ission
/reten
tion
criter
ia tie
d into
prov
ider c
ontra
ct da
tes 12
/07
5�
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ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
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un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
III- A
ssist
perso
ns to
exit
home
lessn
ess a
s quic
kly
as po
ssibl
e
1. As
sess
ment
upon
ad
miss
ion to
iden
tify
those
who
can b
e rap
idly
re-h
ouse
d
2. Es
tablis
h a ce
ntral
asse
ssme
nt ce
nter o
r a s
ystem
of ce
ntrali
zed
asse
ssme
nt to
prov
ide
cons
isten
t intak
e inf
orma
tion a
nd co
nsist
ent
analy
sis of
the i
nform
ation
3. Al
l hom
eless
tra
nsitio
nal s
helte
rs sh
ould
offer
life s
kills
traini
ng so
perso
ns
serve
d will
be be
tter a
ble
to su
stain
thems
elves
in
an in
depe
nden
t livin
g en
viron
ment.
Bes
t and
pr
omisi
ng pr
actic
es
shou
ld be
cons
idere
d wh
en de
velop
ing
curri
culum
Shelt
er pr
ovide
rs
All tr
ansit
ional
shelt
er
prov
iders
Aver
age s
helte
r LOS
is
redu
ced
Peop
le wi
ll tra
nsitio
n to
perm
anen
t hou
sing m
ore
quick
ly
Asse
ssme
nt too
l
Deve
lop a
stand
ardiz
ed
asse
ssme
nt pr
oces
s
Cost:
Med
ium
2006
2006
2007
IV- R
efocu
s outc
ome
meas
ures
to su
ppor
t ob
jectiv
e of s
horte
ning
time p
eople
spen
t ho
meles
s
1. W
hen a
ppro
priat
e, all
fun
ded s
helte
rs wi
ll hav
e ou
tcome
mea
sure
s tha
t ad
dres
s:- #
of pe
rsons
plac
ed in
pe
rman
ent h
ousin
g- #
of pe
rsons
acce
ssing
ma
instre
am re
sour
ces
Fund
ing so
urce
sSh
elter
prov
iders
Incre
ased
numb
er of
pe
ople
disch
arge
d into
pe
rman
ent h
ousin
g
Incre
ased
numb
er of
pe
rsons
acce
ssing
ma
instre
am re
sour
ces
Decre
ased
home
less
recid
ivism
rate
Quar
terly
outco
me re
ports
Data
colle
cted f
rom
CSMS
syste
m Co
st: N
eglig
ible
12/06
5�
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ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
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un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
V- R
educ
e adm
ission
ba
rrier
s to S
ectio
n 8.
1. El
imina
te ba
rrier
s ofte
n fac
ed by
the h
omele
ss;
poor
cred
it hist
ory,
crimi
nal c
onvic
tions
for
non-
violen
t crim
es, e
tc.
2. Inv
ite H
ousin
g Au
thority
/Sec
tion 8
Ad
minis
trator
s to t
ake p
art
in de
velop
ment
of 10
year
pla
n. 3.
Hous
ing A
uthor
ities
shou
ld es
tablis
h a
local
prefe
renc
e for
the
home
less.
Loca
l Hou
sing A
uthor
ities
Exec
utive
Com
mitte
e
Incre
ased
acce
ss to
Se
ction
8 ho
using
by th
e ho
meles
s
Meeti
ngs w
ith P
HA’s
Cost:
Low
2006
2006
2006
Reso
urc
es
Consu
lted
1.
Nat
ion
al A
llian
ce to
En
d H
om
eles
snes
s (N
AEH
) To
olk
it fo
r En
din
g H
om
eles
snes
s. W
ebsi
te: w
ww
.nae
h.o
rg2.
Te
n Y
ear P
lan
to E
nd
Ho
mel
essn
ess
for t
he
follo
win
g ci
ties/
stat
es/c
om
mun
ities
: Ph
ilade
lph
ia, N
ew Y
ork
City
, Co
ntr
a C
ost
a C
oun
ty, C
A, S
anta
Cla
ra C
oun
ty, C
A, R
ho
de Is
lan
d.
Web
site
: ww
w.e
ndh
om
eles
snes
s.o
rg/lo
calp
lan
s/3.
H
ous
ing
Firs
t fo
r Fam
ilies
repo
rt, M
arch
200
5. C
on
duct
ed b
y La
Fran
ce A
sso
ciat
es, f
or t
he
Nat
ion
al C
oal
itio
n to
En
d H
om
eles
snes
s.
Web
site
: ww
w.e
ndh
om
eles
snes
s.o
rg/p
ub/H
ous
ingF
irstR
esea
rch
4.
Focu
s G
roup
s: H
om
eles
s Fa
mili
es, H
om
eles
s In
divi
dual
s an
d Se
rvic
e Pr
ovid
ers
5.
The
Gov
ern
ors
Rep
ort
on
Ho
mel
essn
ess,
200
4
55
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Com
mitte
e: R
apid
Re-H
ousi
ng
Go
al S
tate
men
t: R
apid
an
d su
cces
sful
re-h
ous
ing
of
indi
vidu
als
and
fam
ilies
to re
duce
the
neg
ativ
e sh
ort
an
d lo
ng
term
eff
ects
of
Ho
mel
essn
ess
and
to re
duce
the
cost
s to
the
com
mun
ity a
sso
ciat
ed w
ith lo
nge
r epi
sode
s o
f h
om
eles
snes
s.
Co
mm
ittee
Ch
air:
Ro
ber
t H
igd
on
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
I. Quic
kly id
entify
ca
ndida
tes fo
r rap
id re
-ho
using
. Can
didate
s will
be in
dividu
als an
d fam
ilies
who o
nly re
centl
y bec
ame
home
less a
nd ha
ve th
e ca
pacit
y, inc
luding
inco
me,
to re
turn t
o hou
sing
imme
diatel
y or a
fter
minim
al se
rvice
s.
1. Cr
eate
up fr
ont
asse
ssme
nt fun
ction
. Co
ordin
ate w
ith ot
her
subc
ommi
ttees
to
ensu
re th
at up
fron
t as
sess
ment
includ
es
plan t
o ide
ntify
and r
efer
cand
idates
at fir
st po
int
of co
ntact.
2.
Identi
fy eli
gible
refer
ral s
ource
s, i.e
., se
lf refe
rral, B
EDS
only,
Con
tinuu
m of
Care
agen
cies,
or an
y lim
itatio
ns?
Stee
ring C
ommi
ttee
Fund
ers
Colla
bora
ting P
artne
rs
• Ide
ntific
ation
of in
dividu
als
and f
amilie
s who
on
ly re
centl
y bec
ame
home
less a
nd ha
ve
capa
city t
o retu
rn to
ho
using
imme
diatel
y or
after
mini
mal s
ervic
es
(crisi
s res
olutio
n, sit
uatio
nal re
solut
ion).
• Re
ducti
on of
nega
tive
effec
ts of
longe
r-ter
m ho
meles
snes
s.•
Othe
r res
ource
s sav
ed
for ho
meles
s per
sons
an
d fam
ilies w
ho ne
ed
them.
• Fa
mily
Succ
ess H
ousin
g Fir
st fun
ding (
as m
odel
or in
terim
fund
ing)
• BE
DS lin
e fun
ding
• FA
C as
sess
ment
fundin
g•
Reall
ocati
on of
some
HA
C fun
ding
(dep
ende
nt up
on ot
her
plans
)
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ty, Flo
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n t
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me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
II. Cr
eate
the po
sition
of
Hous
ing S
pecia
list in
ea
ch of
the t
hree
HAC
S to
prov
ide pr
ofess
ional
hous
ing se
rvice
s to
indivi
duals
iden
tified
as
hous
ing re
ady.
Thes
e po
sition
s wou
ld pr
ovide
sh
ort te
rm as
sistan
ce w
hile
a bro
ader
conti
nuum
-wide
ho
using
mec
hanis
m is
being
addr
esse
d.
1. D
efine
posit
ion
requ
ireme
nts
and d
evelo
p job
de
scrip
tion.
2. Am
end H
AC op
erati
ng
contr
acts
to re
quire
dir
ect h
ousin
g se
rvice
s and
posit
ion.
3. De
velop
colla
bora
tive
mode
l for s
hare
d ho
using
reso
urce
s am
ong H
ACs.
Deve
lop H
ousin
g Co
unse
ling m
odel
and
curri
cula
to ed
ucate
ho
meles
s con
sume
rs on
hous
ing co
ncer
ns
and p
roble
ms (r
e: re
nts, r
ights,
fair
hous
ing la
ws, le
ases
, cre
dit, k
eys t
o re
maini
ng ho
used
, “g
ood n
eighb
oring
”)
• Co
alitio
n to E
nd
Home
lessn
ess B
oard
re
comm
enda
tion
• Br
owar
d Cou
nty H
IP
Admi
nistra
tion
• HI
P Bo
ard
• Ra
pid m
ovem
ent
from
early
shelt
er to
pe
rman
ent (
trans
itiona
l) ho
using
.•
Begin
ning s
teps i
n a
hous
ing da
ta ba
se•
Deve
lopme
nt of
spec
ific
owne
rs or
prop
erty
mana
gers
who h
ave
avail
able
prop
ertie
s
• Co
unty
HAC
Contr
acts
• Ad
dition
al Co
unty
funds
• Co
rpor
ate gi
ving
prog
rams
, •
Hous
ing D
evelo
pers
• Re
al Es
tate i
ndus
try•
Priva
te Fo
unda
tions
• H.
O.P.E
.•
Lega
l Aid
• FA
U Ce
nter f
or U
rban
Pl
annin
g•
Unde
rutili
zed H
UD fu
nds
• Co
mmun
ity D
evelo
pmen
t Co
rpor
ation
s•
Urba
n Lea
gue
• Ot
her c
ommu
nity
orga
nizati
ons
• Ca
lenda
r yea
r 200
6 (for
de
velop
ment)
• Fu
nding
FY
2007
III. C
reati
on of
a co
ntinu
um
wide
hous
ing in
forma
tion
and r
eferra
l mec
hanis
m to
assis
t pro
vider
s in e
ffecti
ng
rapid
tran
sition
to ho
using
for
indiv
iduals
iden
tified
as
suita
ble ca
ndida
tes.
1. Re
view
exist
ing
hous
ing in
forma
tion
and r
eferra
l pro
vider
s, or
prov
iders
that
have
well
-dev
elope
d pr
ogra
ms in
that
aren
a.2.
Deter
mine
if mi
ssion
re
quire
s age
ncy o
r as
signm
ent to
exist
ing
agen
cy or
gove
rnme
nt en
tity on
a co
ntrac
tual
basis
.3.
Selec
t pre
ferre
d me
chan
ism (a
genc
y)Ex
pand
hous
ing
coun
selin
g refe
renc
ed
abov
e.
• Co
ntinu
um of
Car
e•
Prov
ider s
enior
staff
• HI
P Ad
minis
tratio
n C
ounty
Com
miss
ion
• Ne
w ho
using
reso
urce
s an
d hou
sing e
xper
tise
• Ce
ntrali
zed a
ssist
ance
• Mo
ves h
ousin
g ser
vices
for
the h
omele
ss fr
om
a clin
ical to
a bu
sines
s mo
del.
• Ex
pans
ion of
hous
ing
coun
selin
g for
home
less
and n
ewly
hous
ed
indivi
duals
Fede
ral, S
tate p
ass
throu
gh, C
ounty
• Be
gin de
velop
ment
Dece
mber
2005
Co
mplet
ed 20
09
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n t
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Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
4. Cr
eate
and m
aintai
n inv
entor
y of a
vaila
ble
affor
dable
hous
ing
(usin
g com
merci
al da
tabas
es)
Selec
ted ho
using
inf
orma
tion p
rovid
er•
Reso
urce
for d
ischa
rge
plann
ers.
• Up
dated
and a
ccur
ate
infor
matio
n.•
Infor
matio
n will
be
avail
able
for fu
ture n
eed
asse
ssme
nts.
5. Ide
ntify
and a
ssist
in
elimi
natio
n/red
uctio
n of
barri
ers t
o hou
sing
(cred
it pro
blems
, dis
crimi
natio
n, cri
mina
l his
tory,
etc.)
• Co
ntinu
um of
Car
e•
HIP
Admi
nistra
tion
• Co
unty
Comm
ission
• HU
D•
Publi
c Hou
sing A
uthor
ities
• Im
prov
ed cl
ient a
cces
s to
hous
ing.
6. Pr
ovide
fund
s/ ac
cess
to fun
ds fo
r ass
istan
ce
with
move
-in co
sts
(secu
rity/ut
ility
depo
sits,
etc.)
• Fa
mily
Succ
ess C
enter
s•
HIP
Boar
d•
BCEV
SD•
Othe
r cur
rent
prov
ider
agen
cies
• Im
prov
e clie
nt ab
ility t
o qu
ickly
take a
dvan
tage
of ide
ntifie
d affo
rdab
le va
canc
ies
7. Pr
ovide
liaiso
n for
dis
char
ge pl
anne
rs (h
ospit
als, A
LFs,
foster
care
, jails
, pr
isons
, tran
sition
al sh
elter
s, etc
.) wh
o will
assis
t with
infor
matio
n ab
out h
ousin
g opti
ons
and a
vaila
bility
and
will p
rovid
e per
iodic
traini
ng in
acce
ssing
ho
using
.
• Co
ntinu
um of
Car
e•
HIP
Admi
nistra
tion
• Ot
her c
urre
nt pr
ovide
r ag
encie
s
Redu
ction
in di
scha
rges
to
home
lessn
ess.
8. Lin
k with
appr
opria
te se
rvice
and f
ollow
-up
prov
iders.
Link
with
em
ploym
ent a
nd
voca
tiona
l ser
vices
.
• Se
e Main
strea
m Re
sour
ces a
nd
Trea
tmen
t and
Ser
vices
pla
ns
• Inc
reas
ed su
cces
s in
new
hous
ing; r
educ
tion
in re
cidivi
sm.
• St
able,
recu
rring
sour
ces
of inc
ome.
5�
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ay H
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ward
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un
ty, Flo
rid
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n t
o E
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Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
9. Lin
k with
appr
opria
te se
rvice
and f
ollow
-up
prov
iders.
Link
with
em
ploym
ent a
nd
voca
tiona
l ser
vices
.
• Se
e Main
strea
m Re
sour
ces a
nd
Trea
tmen
t and
Ser
vices
pla
ns
• Inc
reas
ed su
cces
s in
new
hous
ing; r
educ
tion
in re
cidivi
sm.
• St
able,
recu
rring
sour
ces
of inc
ome.
See M
ainstr
eam
Reso
urce
s and
Trea
tmen
t an
d Ser
vices
plan
s
See M
ainstr
eam
Reso
urce
s and
Trea
tmen
t an
d Ser
vices
plan
s
IV. C
reati
on of
a pe
rman
ent
hous
ing su
ppor
t sys
tem
(follo
w-up
servi
ces)
Prov
ide fo
llow-
up se
rvice
s as
need
ed.
See T
reatm
ent a
nd
Servi
ces s
ubco
mmitte
e ac
tion p
lan
Prev
entio
n of a
dditio
nal
episo
des o
f hom
eless
ness
See T
reatm
ent a
nd
Servi
ces s
ubco
mmitte
e ac
tion p
lan
See T
reatm
ent a
nd
Servi
ces s
ubco
mmitte
e ac
tion p
lan
Com
mitte
e: Tr
eat
ment
and S
erv
ices
Go
al S
tate
men
t: T
o p
rovi
de th
e h
igh
est l
evel
of
trea
tmen
t an
d su
ppo
rtiv
e se
rvic
es in
the
Bro
war
d C
oun
ty C
on
tinuu
m o
f C
are
area
, util
izin
g un
prec
eden
ted
leve
ls o
f pu
blic
/priv
ate
colla
bora
tion
an
d ad
opt
ing
inn
ovat
ive
“bes
t pra
ctic
e” m
ode
ls o
f se
rvic
e de
liver
y
Co
mm
ittee
Co
-Ch
airs
: Sa
rah
Cu
rtis
an
d M
ich
ael W
rig
ht
Keys
: (F)
Fun
ders
; (1)
Impl
emen
ters
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
I. Inc
reas
e sup
port
to pe
ople
hous
ed in
pe
rman
ent s
etting
s afte
r tra
nsfer
from
shelt
ers.
1. Em
phas
is on
after
care
for
18 m
onths
or m
ore a
fter
disch
arge
from
Eme
rgen
cy
or Tr
ansit
ional
Shelt
ers.
Ide
ntify
sub-
popu
lation
s tha
t may
requ
ire op
en
ende
d cas
e man
agem
ent.
(F) F
aith B
ased
Co
mmun
ity; M
unici
paliti
es;
Coun
ty; S
tate;
Fede
ral &
Pu
blic/P
rivate
Fou
ndati
ons
(I) A
ll Eme
rgen
cy,
Tran
sition
al &
Perm
anen
t Ho
using
Cas
e Man
ager
s or
centr
alize
d cas
e ma
nage
ment
servi
ces.
Decre
ased
recid
ivism
thr
ough
iden
tifying
pr
oblem
s ear
ly an
d su
ppor
ting t
he tr
ansit
ion to
pe
rman
ent h
ousin
g to h
elp
reten
tion o
f hou
sing.
Cost:
Med
ium to
High
Incre
ased
case
load
s an
d utili
zatio
n of s
helte
r re
sour
ces.
Exist
ing ca
se m
anag
ers
06/06
2. Pr
ovide
men
toring
pr
ogra
m for
peop
le ne
wly
trans
itione
d fro
m sh
elter
s.
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Faith
Bas
ed
Comm
unity
; Mun
icipa
lities
; Co
unty;
Stat
e; &
Publi
c/Pr
ivate
Foun
datio
ns
(I) A
ll she
lters
or ce
ntrali
zed
case
man
agem
ent
to de
velop
volun
teer
mento
ring p
rogr
am.
Decre
ased
isola
tion o
f pe
ople
in pe
rman
ent
hous
ing an
d ear
ly ide
ntific
ation
of pr
oblem
s thr
eaten
ing ho
using
re
tentio
n.
Cost:
negli
gible
to low
.
Comm
unity
Volu
nteer
s /
Past
Prog
ram
Partic
ipants
:
06/06
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Pla
n t
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Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
3. De
velop
Pee
r Men
toring
pr
ogra
ms w
ith fo
rmer
ly ho
meles
s staf
f.
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Faith
Bas
ed
Comm
unity
; Mun
icipa
lities
; Co
unty;
Stat
e; &
Publi
c/Pr
ivate
Foun
datio
ns
(I) A
ll she
lters
and F
aith
Base
d Org
aniza
tions
an
d/or c
entra
lized
case
ma
nage
ment
servi
ces.
Decre
ased
isola
tion o
f pe
ople
in pe
rman
ent
hous
ing an
d ear
ly ide
ntific
ation
of pr
oblem
s thr
eaten
ing ho
using
re
tentio
n.
Costs
: Med
ium
Mento
r Coo
rdina
tor; P
ast
Prog
ram
Partic
ipants
. St
aff sa
laries
, train
ing an
d tra
nspo
rtatio
n cos
ts, et
c.
06/06
II. As
sist w
ith co
ntinu
ity
of ca
re in
the p
erma
nent
hous
ing se
tting f
or pe
rsons
re
ceivi
ng su
bstan
ce ab
use
or m
ental
healt
h ser
vices
1. Inc
reas
e cas
e ma
nage
ment
follow
up fo
r pe
ople
rece
iving
servi
ces.
Co
nsen
t to ca
re pr
ovide
rs so
notifi
catio
n is g
iven t
o ca
se m
anag
er if
clien
ts be
gin m
issing
follo
w up
ap
point
ments
. Iden
tify su
b-po
pulat
ions r
equir
ing m
ore
string
ent a
dher
ence
to
reco
mmen
ded t
reatm
ent.
(F) M
unici
paliti
es; C
ounty
; St
ate; F
eder
al &
Publi
c/Pr
ivate
Foun
datio
ns
(I) C
are p
rovid
ers a
nd ca
se
mang
ers
Decre
ased
recid
ivism
thr
ough
conti
nued
stab
ility
of me
ntal h
ealth
or
subs
tance
abus
e pro
blems
to
prev
ent d
ecom
pens
ation
tha
t cou
ld thr
eaten
a pe
rson’s
abilit
y to r
etain
hous
ing.
Cost:
Low
to m
edium
in
incre
ased
case
load
s.
Note:
Som
e cas
e ma
nage
ment
servi
ces m
ay
be el
igible
for M
edica
id bil
ling t
o off s
et co
sts.
01/06
Incre
ased
emph
asis
on
disch
arge
plan
ning f
or
shelt
er re
siden
tsIn
clude
d in
Sys
tem
s Ch
ange
/Main
stre
am
Serv
ices
III. P
rovid
e add
itiona
l op
portu
nities
for e
duca
tion,
socia
lizati
on an
d pee
r su
ppor
t
1 .De
velop
ment
of Al
umni
prog
rams
, train
ing,
educ
ation
at al
l tran
sition
al sh
elter
s.
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Faith
Bas
ed
Comm
unity
; Mun
icipa
lities
; Co
unty
& Pu
blic/P
rivate
Fo
unda
tions
(I) A
ll She
lters
and/
or ce
ntrali
zed c
ase
mana
geme
nt se
rvice
s.
Decre
ased
isola
tion a
nd
an on
going
lear
ning
proc
ess u
tilizin
g “re
al life
” ex
perie
nces
.
Costs
: Low
to M
edium
Some
prog
rams
could
be
prov
ided b
y exis
ting
staff o
r volu
nteer
s with
ex
pertis
e in fi
nanc
es,
home
main
tenan
ce, a
uto
maint
enan
ce, e
tc.
01/06
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ay H
om
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ward
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un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
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ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
IV. P
rovid
e add
itiona
l soc
ial
outle
ts for
clien
ts1.
Picn
ics, A
rt Fa
irs, S
wap
Shop
s, an
d othe
r low
or no
co
st ev
ents.
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Faith
Bas
ed
Comm
unity
; Mun
icipa
lities
; Co
unty
& Pu
blic/P
rivate
Fo
unda
tions
(I) A
ll She
lters,
Con
tinuu
m of
Care
prov
iders,
Cou
nty
parks
Incre
ased
sens
e of
comm
unity
. Fun
ac
tivitie
s for
peop
le wh
o hav
e exp
erien
ced
home
lessn
ess.
Ass
isting
wi
th de
velop
ment
of ne
w su
ppor
t sys
tems a
nd
prom
ote lif
estyl
e cha
nge.
Costs
: Low
to M
edium
Utiliz
e exis
ting s
taff fo
r pla
nning
; enc
oura
ge
comm
unity
contr
ibutio
ns to
dim
inish
costs
of ac
tivitie
s.
01/06
Incre
ased
emplo
ymen
t ne
twor
king,
traini
ng an
d su
ppor
t for c
lients
in th
eir
resid
entia
l sett
ingIn
clude
d in
Inco
me
Subc
omm
ittee
V. E
nhan
ce sh
elter
se
rvice
s or e
xpan
d acc
ess
to co
mmun
ity se
rvice
s thr
ough
Mem
oran
da an
d co
ntrac
ts.
1. Al
l exis
ting s
helte
rs wi
ll pro
vide t
reatm
ent
and s
ervic
es or
linka
ge
for ps
ychia
tric, a
nd
medic
al as
sess
ment
and s
tabiliz
ation
with
co
mmun
ity pr
ovide
rs.
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Faith
Bas
ed
Comm
unity
; Mun
icipa
lities
; Co
unty;
Stat
e; &
Publi
c/Pr
ivate
Foun
datio
ns
(I) D
CF, N
BHD,
Hen
derso
n MH
, Nov
a Univ
ersit
y, Ar
chwa
ys
Addr
ess a
nd st
abiliz
e all
mod
erate
or m
ild
symp
toms n
ot re
quirin
g ho
spita
lizati
on th
at ma
y pr
even
t re-
integ
ratio
n into
wo
rkfor
ce or
main
tenan
ce
of ho
using
Cost
: High
*
Addr
essin
g iss
ues a
t the
shelt
er le
vel m
ay re
duce
str
ain on
emer
genc
y an
d cris
is int
erve
ntion
re
sour
ces
07/06
2 .Ed
ucati
onal
asse
ssme
nts co
nduc
ted on
all
shelt
er re
siden
ts.
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Munic
ipaliti
es; C
ounty
; St
ate; &
Pub
lic/P
rivate
Fo
unda
tions
(I) A
ll she
lters,
Sch
ool
Boar
d, Un
iversi
ties
Identi
fy ed
ucati
onal
need
s an
d pro
vide l
inkag
e to
comm
unity
reso
urce
s for
liter
acy,
reme
dial a
nd
ESL n
eeds
pres
entin
g as
barri
ers t
o emp
loyme
nt an
d ho
using
reten
tion
Costs
: Mod
erate
After
initia
l scre
ening
av
ailab
le co
mmun
ity
reso
urce
s may
be ut
ilized
.
07/06
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less
ne
ss
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tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
VI. T
reatm
ent s
ervic
es
at sh
elter
s and
/or cl
inics
av
ailab
le to
forme
rly
home
less f
or a
reas
onab
le tim
e afte
r disc
harg
e or
linka
ge to
comm
unity
tre
atmen
t and
servi
ces
would
be in
itiated
at th
e sh
elter
leve
l.
1. Sh
elter
s wou
ld ac
cess
on
going
trea
tmen
t and
se
rvice
s for
resid
ents
throu
gh m
emor
anda
and
contr
acts
with
exist
ing
servi
ce pr
ovide
rs. T
hose
tra
nsitio
ned i
nto pe
rman
ent
hous
ing w
ould
maint
ain
linka
ge to
avail
able
comm
unity
servi
ces.
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Faith
Bas
ed
Comm
unity
; Mun
icipa
lities
; Co
unty;
Stat
e; &
Publi
c/Pr
ivate
Foun
datio
ns
(I) A
ll Con
tinuu
m of
Care
an
d Cou
nty pr
ovide
rs an
d se
rvice
s.Ex
isting
Sup
portiv
e Se
rvice
s Staf
f.
Decre
ased
recid
ivism
thr
ough
ensu
ring c
ontin
uity
of ca
re fo
r all f
orme
rly
home
less.
Costs
: Med
ium to
High
Poten
tial fo
r larg
e num
bers
of pe
rsons
who
may
have
dif
ficult
y pay
ing fu
ll or
adjus
ted co
sts fo
r med
ical
or be
havio
ral h
ealth
se
rvice
s and
trea
tmen
t.
07/06
VII. I
ncre
ased
linka
ge to
ex
isting
comm
unity
supp
ort
servi
ces
1. Ind
ividu
als an
d fam
ilies
linke
d to s
uppo
rtive
prog
rams
by sh
elter
s//
hosp
itals/
jails
upon
ad
miss
ion an
d/or d
ischa
rge
(F)P
rovid
ers;
Faith
Bas
ed
Comm
unity
; Mun
icipa
lities
; Co
unty;
Stat
e; &
Publi
c/Pr
ivate
Foun
datio
ns
(I) B
SO R
e-Int
egra
tion
Prog
ram,
Fam
ily S
ucce
ss
Admi
nistra
tion,
Elde
rly an
d Ve
teran
s Adm
inistr
ation
. Fo
ster C
are
Ongo
ing ca
se m
anag
emen
t to
assis
t with
fami
ly bu
ilding
, cris
is pr
even
tion
and c
risis
inter
venti
on.
Costs
: High
.
Sign
ifican
t fund
ing an
d sta
ffing i
ncre
ases
to
exist
ing pr
ogra
ms an
d im
pleme
ntatio
n of “
Best
Prac
tice”
mod
els.
ASAP
Incre
ased
linka
ge to
aff
orda
ble ho
using
and
affor
dable
hous
ing
reso
urce
sIn
clude
d wi
th R
apid
Re-
Hous
ing
VI
II. Inc
reas
e ac
cess
to
detox
ificati
on
and
menta
l he
alth
crisis
stab
ilizati
on fo
r pe
ople
who a
re ho
meles
s
1. Inc
reas
e co
ntrac
ted
servi
ces f
or h
omele
ss b
eds
at de
toxific
ation
fac
ilities
an
d men
tal he
alth f
acilit
ies.
(I) D
CF, N
BHD,
Hen
derso
n MH
, Nov
a Univ
ersit
y, Ar
chwa
ys, B
ARC
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Munic
ipaliti
es;
Coun
ty; S
tate;
Fede
ral
& Pu
blic/P
rivate
Fou
ndati
ons
Elim
inate
barri
ers f
or
acce
ssing
stab
ilizati
on
servi
ces.
With
out
stabil
izatio
n mos
t she
lter
prog
rams
are i
nacc
essib
le.
Costs
: High
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/06
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less
ne
ss
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tives
Actio
n St
eps
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onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
2. Es
tablis
h vou
cher
pr
ogra
m tha
t cou
ld be
used
at
a var
iety o
f pro
gram
s
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Munic
ipaliti
es; C
ounty
; St
ate &
Pub
lic/P
rivate
Fo
unda
tions
(I) A
ll Con
tinuu
m of
Care
an
d Cou
nty pr
ovide
rs an
d se
rvice
s.
Prov
ide op
tions
to
home
less a
nd in
creas
e co
mpeti
tion a
mong
pr
ovide
rs to
impr
ove q
uality
of
care
.
Costs
: Med
ium to
High
2007
IX. I
ncre
ase s
uppo
rt to
feedin
g pro
gram
s and
food
ba
nks f
or ho
meles
s, ne
wly
hous
ed an
d at r
isk.
1. C
oord
inate
surp
lus
foods
distr
ibutio
n and
inc
reas
e con
venie
nce
distrib
ution
sites
.
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Faith
Bas
ed
Comm
unity
; Mun
icipa
lities
; Co
unty;
Stat
e; Fe
dera
l &
Publi
c/Priv
ate F
ound
ation
s (D
epar
tmen
t of A
gricu
lture
, De
partm
ent o
f Hea
lth,
local
food d
istrib
utors,
re
staur
ants,
mar
kets.
Ex
isting
feed
ing
prog
rams
and n
onpr
ofit
orga
nizati
ons)
Incre
ase a
cces
s to f
ood.
Costs
: Med
ium to
High
07/06
2. In
creas
e foo
d vou
cher
s fro
m loc
al ma
rkets
for
emer
genc
y foo
d and
hy
giene
prod
ucts.
(F)
Faith
Bas
ed
Comm
unity
; Mun
icipa
lities
; Co
unty;
Stat
e; Pu
blic/
Priva
te Fo
unda
tions
(W
IC, T
ANF,
DCF,
Fami
ly Su
cces
s Adm
inistr
ation
, Ch
ildre
n Ser
vices
Divi
sion)
07/06
X. Le
gal A
id Se
rvice
s inc
reas
ed fo
r hom
eless
and
forme
rly ho
meles
s.
1. As
sistan
ce w
ith
home
less r
elated
offen
ses
focus
ing on
misd
emea
nor
offen
ses t
hat r
esult
in
incar
cera
tion.
(F) C
ounty
; Stat
e; Fe
dera
l & P
ublic
/Priv
ate
Foun
datio
ns
(I) Le
gal A
id
Addr
ess l
egal
issue
s for
mi
sdem
eano
r offe
nses
tha
t thre
aten h
ousin
g an
d acc
ess t
o hou
sing
prog
rams
. Red
uce
incar
cera
tion o
f non
violen
t off
ende
rs.
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: Med
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tives
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n St
eps
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onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
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ers
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cted
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esRe
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ces
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ates
XI. I
ncre
ased
tra
nspo
rtatio
n ass
istan
ce1.
Mor
e acc
ess t
o 7 an
d 31
day b
us pa
sses
, one
way
pa
sses
, and
tran
spor
tation
sh
uttles
to ho
meles
s tar
geted
activ
ities.
(I) &
(F) M
ass T
rans
it and
Co
nting
ency
Fun
ds (F
SAD,
DC
F, CS
A, H
MHC,
NBH
D,
NBPC
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) Pro
vider
s; Mu
nicipa
lities
; Cou
nty;
State
; Fed
eral
& Pu
blic/
Priva
te Fo
unda
tions
Assis
t with
acce
ss to
pr
ogra
ms, s
ervic
es an
d ac
tivitie
s.
Cost:
Low
to Me
dium
07/06
XII. D
evelo
p wet/
damp
sh
elter
1. Pr
ovide
low
dema
nd
shelt
ers f
or ch
ronic
ho
meles
s res
istan
t to
shelt
er ru
les on
sobr
iety.
(F) P
rovid
ers;
Munic
ipaliti
es; C
ounty
; St
ate; F
eder
al &
Publi
c/Pr
ivate
Foun
datio
ns
Prov
ide al
terna
tive s
etting
to
repla
ce “T
ent C
ity”
conc
ept o
f low
dema
nd
shelt
er. O
ffere
d ser
vices
no
t con
tinge
nt on
conti
nued
sta
y
Cost:
Med
ium to
High
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tmen
t an
d S
ervi
ces
Co
mm
ittee
No
tes:
If
utili
zin
g th
e ex
istin
g de
liver
y o
f ca
re b
ased
prim
arily
with
in th
e Em
erge
ncy
an
d Tr
ansi
tion
al s
hel
ter s
ites,
ser
vice
s w
oul
d be
exp
ande
d to
mai
nta
in c
lien
t st
abili
ty fo
llow
ing
disc
har
ge u
ntil
lin
ked
with
suf
ficie
nt s
uppo
rts
in th
e co
mm
unity
. If
the
HU
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end
for s
epar
atio
n o
f se
rvic
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rom
ho
usin
g co
ntin
ues,
lin
kage
to c
om
mun
ity s
ervi
ces
and
trea
tmen
t,
wh
ile s
till r
esid
ing
in th
e h
ous
ing
site
s, is
ess
entia
l fo
r sta
biliz
atio
n a
nd
con
tinui
ty o
f ca
re fo
r ho
mel
ess
and
form
erly
ho
mel
ess
indi
vidu
als
and
fam
ilies
.
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phy
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erm
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tate
men
t: In
crea
se o
f pe
rman
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ffo
rdab
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ous
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avai
labl
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ho
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Ma
kers
Expe
cted
Ou
tcom
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
I. Pro
duce
units
of
affor
dable
hous
ing in
the
Cou
nty re
lative
to
the ne
ed.
1. De
velop
1,20
0 (ne
t incre
ase)
units
of su
ppor
tive a
fford
able
hous
ing, ta
rgeti
ng ap
prox
imate
ly 2/3
to th
e chr
onica
lly ho
meles
s ba
sed u
pon c
urre
nt ne
eds a
sses
smen
t. The
amou
nt of
unme
t ne
ed fo
r 1,20
0 unit
s of p
erma
nent
supp
ortiv
e hou
sing w
as ba
sed
upon
quan
titativ
e and
quali
tative
data,
inclu
ding r
eview
of th
e 20
05 po
int in
time c
ount
resu
lts, a
nd w
as fin
alize
d by c
onse
nsus
thr
ough
a co
mmun
ity pr
oces
s inc
luding
disc
ussio
n at m
onthl
y Co
ntinu
um of
Car
e com
mitte
e mee
tings
and t
wo (2
) Plan
ning
Days
cond
ucted
on A
pril 8
th an
d 27th
, 200
5. On
e hun
dred
fou
r (10
4) in
dividu
als fr
om fif
ty-tw
o (52
) diffe
rent
agen
cies
atten
ded o
ne or
both
works
hops
. Affil
iation
s inc
luded
state
an
d loc
al go
vern
ment,
Pub
lic H
ousin
g Auth
oritie
s, co
mmun
ity
and f
aith-
base
d org
aniza
tions
, bus
iness
es, h
omele
ss an
d/or
forme
rly ho
meles
s per
sons
, law
enfor
ceme
nt, ho
spita
ls, fu
nder
s an
d othe
r stak
ehold
ers i
nclud
ing su
b-po
pulat
ions o
f ser
iously
me
ntally
ill, v
etera
ns, y
outh,
and p
erso
ns ex
perie
ncing
and/o
r re
cove
ring f
rom
subs
tance
abus
e or d
omes
tic vi
olenc
e.
Coun
ty, C
ities
1,200
addit
ional
hous
ing un
itsFo
r all i
tems
reso
urce
s inc
lude:
-For
profi
t de
velop
ers
-Non
-pro
fit de
velop
ers
- Hou
sing
Autho
rities
-City
hous
ing,
gran
ts sta
ff
-Loc
al ec
onom
ic,
stake
holde
rs
10%
/10 yr
s.
2. In
addit
ion to
achie
ving c
onse
nsus
at th
e Plan
ning D
ay
sess
ions,
the P
erma
nent
Supp
ortiv
e Hou
sing u
nmet
need
figur
es
were
valid
ated t
hrou
gh th
ree i
ndep
ende
nt stu
dies c
ondu
cted
by: F
L Dep
t. of C
hildr
en &
Fam
ilies (
DCF)
, Flor
ida S
uppo
rtive
Hous
ing C
oaliti
on, a
nd a
study
comm
ission
ed fo
r Bro
ward
Co
unty
by H
ousin
g & S
ervic
es, In
c. (H
SI -
base
d in N
ew Yo
rk Ci
ty).
Coun
ty, C
ities
�5
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Ma
kers
Expe
cted
Ou
tcom
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
Perm
anen
t sup
portiv
e hou
sing r
emain
s the
Con
tinuu
m’s g
reate
st ne
ed an
d exp
erien
ce fr
om B
rowa
rd C
ounty
’s Ch
ronic
Hom
eless
Ini
tiativ
e, HH
OPE,
indic
ates t
hat th
e chr
onic
popu
lation
will
need
perm
anen
t sup
portiv
e hou
sing.
Add
itiona
lly, w
e kno
w fro
m the
surve
y tha
t we m
ust a
lso pl
ace e
mpha
sis on
shelt
ered
an
d uns
helte
red f
amilie
s with
at le
ast o
ne fa
mily
memb
er w
ith a
disab
ility,
who a
lso ne
ed pe
rman
ent s
uppo
rtive h
ousin
g.
*Esti
mates
of ac
quisi
tion a
nd re
hab c
ost fo
r 30%
of th
ese u
nits
are:
$43.2
milli
on in
one t
ime C
apita
l ($12
0,000
per u
nit x
360
units
) Ann
ual o
pera
ting e
xpen
ses w
ill be
appr
oxim
ately
$6,00
0 x
360 u
nits o
r $2.1
6 milli
on.
Tena
nt Ba
sed R
ental
Ass
istan
ce w
ill co
mpris
e the
rema
ining
84
0 unit
s, w
ith an
nual
inves
tmen
t calc
ulated
as fo
llows
: 840
x $7
,700 =
$6.46
8 milli
on (b
ased
upon
curre
nt av
erag
e bed
cost
for 5
exist
ing S
helte
r Plus
Car
e Con
tracts
in B
rowa
rd).
We
will i
nsur
e the
acc
urac
y of
the n
eeds
esti
mate
by e
mploy
ing
the m
ethod
ology
dev
elope
d by
Dr.
Marth
a Bu
rt an
d pu
blish
ed in
Ma
rch o
f 200
5 in
the d
ocum
ent e
ntitle
d, “E
stima
ting
the N
eed:
Proje
cting
from
Poin
t-in-T
ime
to An
nual
Estim
ates o
f the
Num
ber
of Ho
meles
s Peo
ple in
a Co
mmun
ity an
d Usin
g this
Infor
matio
n to
Plan
for P
erma
nent
Supp
ortiv
e Hou
sing.”
$12 m
illion
annu
ally i
n rec
urrin
g sup
port
servi
ces (
$10,0
00 pe
r cli
ent x
1200
clien
ts – b
ased
upon
aver
age o
f cos
ts cit
ed in
ww
w.m
enta
lhea
lth.sa
mhs
a.gov
/cmhs
/com
mun
itysu
ppor
t/to
olkit
s, “E
viden
ce-B
ased
Pra
ctice
s: S
hapin
g Men
tal H
ealth
Se
rvice
s Tow
ard R
ecov
ery”.
) (R
efer t
o fun
ding o
bjecti
ves)
Coun
ty, C
ities
3. De
velop
52,00
0 (ne
t incre
ase)
of re
ntal u
nits o
f hou
sing
affor
dable
to lo
w, ve
ry low
/extre
mely
low-in
come
hous
ehold
s. *E
stima
tes of
cost
are:
$150
,000/
unit o
r the
y may
be de
velop
ed
via ot
her s
trateg
ies su
ch as
inclu
siona
ry zo
ning.
Nee
ds S
ource
: Th
e Affo
rdab
le Ho
using
Stud
y Com
miss
ion (2
001)
base
d on
1998
figur
es, B
rowa
rd C
ount
Plan
ning D
ivisio
n; co
st bu
rden
inf
orma
tion f
rom
the S
himbe
rg C
enter
for A
fford
able
Hous
ing.
Coun
ty, C
ities
52,00
0 add
itiona
l ho
using
units
.10
%yr.
/ 10 y
rs.
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Ma
kers
Expe
cted
Ou
tcom
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
4. Do
nate
all de
velop
able
publi
cly ow
ned v
acan
t land
(with
cle
ar tit
le an
d waiv
er of
liens
whe
re ne
cess
ary,
and e
xped
ited
rezo
ning)
to no
n-pr
ofit d
evelo
pers
for af
forda
ble ho
using
with
30
% se
t asid
e for
home
less.
Coun
ty, C
ities
Incre
ased
numb
er
of aff
orda
ble
hous
ing un
its
2 yrs.
5. Cr
eate
mand
atory
inclus
ionar
y zon
ing w
ith su
fficien
t inc
entiv
es to
prom
ote, d
evelo
per p
artic
ipatio
n.Co
unty,
Citie
sInc
reas
ed nu
mber
of
affor
dable
ho
using
units
co
nsist
ent w
ith
demo
grap
hics
2 yrs.
II. Re
duce
de
velop
ment
cost
of ho
using
/inc
reas
e fun
ding
for de
velop
ment
of aff
orda
ble ho
using
.
1. Cr
eate
tax in
centi
ve fo
r affo
rdab
le ho
using
renta
l pro
pertie
s. Co
unty,
Citie
sInc
entiv
e use
of
renta
l pro
pertie
s as
affor
dable
ho
using
.
3-4 y
rs.
2. Pr
omote
zonin
g cha
nges
in su
ppor
t of m
ixed u
se
(Com
merci
al/Re
siden
tial) t
o cut
down
on tr
ansp
ortat
ion
requ
ireme
nts fo
r low-
incom
e hou
seho
lds.
Coun
ty, C
ities
Redu
ced t
raffic
; mo
re in
come
to
spen
d on h
ousin
g; mo
re liv
able
comm
unitie
s
1 yr.
3. Ba
sed u
pon 2
005 p
oint in
time c
ount,
apply
the f
ormu
la fro
m Ma
rch 20
05, C
orpo
ratio
n for
Sup
portiv
e Hou
sing,
Estim
ating
the
Nee
d doc
umen
t, rea
sses
s nee
d eve
ry 24
mon
ths w
ith
re-a
sses
smen
t also
in th
e eve
nt of
natur
al dis
aster
such
as a
hurri
cane
.
Coun
ty, C
ities
Accu
rate
asse
ssme
nt of
need
for
supp
ortiv
e ho
using
.
1 yr.
4. Re
view
fundin
g stre
ams t
o ide
ntify
new/
exist
ing fu
nds t
o tar
get
hous
ing fo
r extr
emely
low
incom
e, ve
ry low
inco
me an
d othe
r ha
rd to
hous
e pop
ulatio
ns.
-Sup
portiv
e Hou
sing G
rant
-Hom
e-C
DBG
Coun
ty, C
ities
Incre
ased
fund
s for
deve
lopme
nt of
affor
dable
ho
using
.
2 yrs.
5. Gi
ve pr
efere
nces
in C
DBG
fundin
g pro
cess
to ci
ties w
ith
affor
dable
hous
ing ap
plica
tions
Coun
tyInc
reas
ed fu
nds
for de
velop
ment
of aff
orda
ble
hous
ing.
1yr.
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Ma
kers
Expe
cted
Ou
tcom
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
6. Cr
eate
a fun
ding s
tream
desig
nated
for a
fford
able
hous
ing(i.e
., sur
tax)
Coun
ty, C
ities
Incre
ased
fund
s for
deve
lopme
nt of
affor
dable
hous
ing
Legis
lation
Pro
pose
d/Pe
nding
7. Fu
nd op
erati
ng su
bsidy
for v
ery l
ow an
d extr
emely
low
incom
e; po
ssibl
y re-
direc
t fund
s thr
ough
use o
f sur
tax
Coun
ty Co
mmiss
ionInc
reas
ed fu
nds
for de
velop
ment
of aff
orda
ble ho
using
2-4 y
rs
8. Cr
eate
an em
ploye
e link
age f
ee fo
r affo
rdab
le ho
using
Co
unty
Incre
ased
fund
s for
deve
lopme
nt of
affor
dable
hous
ing
1 yr.
9. Cr
eate
a pro
gram
for a
ccep
ting d
onati
ons f
or af
forda
ble
hous
ing fu
nd by
chec
k off o
n a pa
ymen
t suc
h as c
ar re
gistra
tion,
prop
erty
taxes
and c
ity w
aste
bills
Coun
tyInc
reas
ed fu
nds
for de
velop
ment
of aff
orda
ble ho
using
1 yr.
10. C
reate
a bo
nd is
sue f
or fu
nding
of af
forda
ble ho
using
Co
unty
Incre
ased
fund
s for
deve
lopme
nt of
affor
dable
hous
ing
1 yr.
11. S
et up
matc
hing f
und p
rogr
am fo
r emp
loyer
s, bu
sines
s ma
tches
for d
onati
ons m
ade f
or af
forda
ble ho
using
fund
Co
unty
Incre
ased
fund
s for
deve
lopme
nt of
affor
dable
hous
ing
1 yr.
12. In
creas
e affo
rdab
ility p
eriod
requ
ired w
hen p
ublic
fund
s ar
e use
d, su
ch as
first
time h
ome b
uyer
prog
ram,
and g
ive
city/c
ounty
right
of firs
t refu
sal a
nd al
low fo
r doll
ars u
pon s
ale
to co
me ba
ck to
city/
coun
ty; i.e
., sha
red e
quity
if so
ld du
ring
affor
dabil
ity pe
riod.
Coun
ty Co
mmiss
ion; C
ities
Pres
erva
tion
of aff
orda
ble
hous
ing.
2 yrs.
13. C
reate
pres
erva
tion o
rdina
nce f
or pr
eser
vatio
n of p
rope
rties
as af
forda
ble ho
using
whe
n affo
rdab
ility r
equir
emen
ts ex
pire.
1. L
ength
of no
tice.
2.
Righ
ts of
first r
efusa
l for t
enan
ts, no
n-pr
ofits,
hou
sing a
uthor
ities.
3.
Dev
elop f
undin
g sou
rce fo
r and
crea
te str
ategy
for
Pre
serva
tion.
Zone
and f
und m
ixed i
ncom
e dev
elopm
ents
with
highe
r pric
e un
its su
bsidi
zing t
he lo
wer p
rice u
nits
Coun
ty Co
mmiss
ion; C
ities
Coun
ty Co
mmiss
ion; C
ities
Pres
erva
tion
of aff
orda
ble
hous
ing.
Addit
ional
units
of
affor
dable
ho
using
; mo
re liv
able
comm
unitie
s
2 yrs.
2 yrs.
��
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ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Ma
kers
Expe
cted
Ou
tcom
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
14. R
eview
and d
evelo
p stra
tegy t
o add
ress
gap b
etwee
n hom
e pr
ice an
d inc
ome i
n hou
sing p
rogr
ams
Incre
ased
and
more
balan
ced
utiliz
ation
of
hous
ing pr
ogra
m fun
ds
2 yrs.
15. S
tanda
rdize
amou
nt pe
r hou
seho
ld su
bsidy
allow
ed un
der
first-t
ime h
omeb
uyer
prog
rams
amon
g citie
s and
Cou
nty or
have
Co
unty
stand
ardiz
e amo
unt b
y use
of su
rtax (
see i
tem ab
ove)
More
balan
ced
utiliz
ation
of fir
st-tim
e hom
ebuy
ers
funds
thro
ugho
ut the
Cou
nty.
2 yrs
III. In
creas
e amo
unt
and a
vaila
bility
of
affor
dable
hous
ing
in or
der t
o pre
vent
home
lessn
ess
by st
ream
lining
de
velop
ment
syste
m an
d inc
reas
ing
worki
ng pa
rtner
ships
1. Ap
point
a pe
rson o
r per
sons
with
in the
Cou
nty O
ffice o
f Ho
using
to do
the f
ollow
ing:
Coun
ty Of
fice o
f Ho
using
1 yr.
1. P
rovid
e a lo
cal a
fford
able
hous
ing in
forma
tion
Clea
ringh
ouse
.Inf
orma
tion
gathe
red a
nd
disse
mina
ted2.
Wor
k with
loca
l dev
elope
rs of
affor
dable
hous
ing an
d
act a
s liai
son/c
oord
inator
for t
he C
ounty
on pa
rticula
r
proje
cts.
Make
deve
lopme
nt of
affor
dable
ho
using
attra
ctive
an
d the
reby
inc
reas
e amo
unt
of aff
orda
ble
hous
ing.
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Ma
kers
Expe
cted
Ou
tcom
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
3. C
ollec
t, ana
lyze a
nd co
ordin
ate in
forma
tion o
n CDB
G,
S
HIP,
HOME
and o
ther a
fford
able
hous
ing do
llars
th
roug
hout
the C
ounty
and d
issem
inate
that
in
forma
tion p
ublic
ly.
-
How
muc
h doe
s eac
h enti
tleme
nt jur
isdict
ion
rece
ive?
-
Wha
t is be
ing do
ne w
ith th
e fun
ds re
ceive
d?
Infor
matio
n dis
semi
nated
4. C
oord
inate
proje
ct fun
ding a
mong
fund
ing st
ream
s. 5.
Sim
plify
RFP
proc
ess t
o max
imize
mee
ting o
f
spec
ific ne
eds
6. In
creas
e staf
f skil
l leve
ls re
: ana
lysis
of pr
opos
ed
pro
jects.
7.
Set
aside
30%
of ho
using
fund
s adm
iniste
red b
y the
Cou
nty fo
r ben
efit o
f hou
seho
lds w
ith in
come
s of
30
% A
MI or
less
.
More
hous
ing
deve
loped
aff
orda
ble to
thos
e at
30%
AMI
and
less.
8. R
eview
exist
ing re
sour
ces f
or de
velop
ment
of
affor
dable
hous
ing to
disc
over
any f
unds
whic
h are
no
t bein
g full
y utili
zed.
Incre
ased
fund
ing
for af
forda
ble
hous
ing.
9. F
oster
partn
ersh
ip an
d coo
rdina
tion a
mong
Cou
nty,
C
ities a
nd ot
her s
takeh
older
s with
rega
rd to
af
forda
ble ho
using
.
Incre
ased
pa
rtner
ships
am
ong a
ll sta
keho
lders.
10
. Edu
cate
Citie
s and
othe
r par
tners
rega
rding
a
fford
able
hous
ing, in
cludin
g ren
t and
reha
b Inc
reas
ed pu
blic
awar
enes
s; de
creas
ed
NIMB
Yism
11
. Sim
plify
entire
deve
lopme
nt pr
oces
s by u
tiliza
tion
o
f wor
king o
ne st
op sh
op; to
inclu
de ex
pedit
ing of
p
roce
ss fo
r affo
rdab
le ho
using
, inclu
ding p
lan
rev
iew; a
ppro
val a
nd in
spec
tion p
roce
ss; o
btaini
ng
of v
arian
ces w
here
need
ed an
d use
of fle
x unit
s.
Coun
ty Co
mmiss
ion, C
ities
More
timely
an
d inc
reas
ed
prod
uctio
n of
affor
dable
ho
using
.
�0
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ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Ma
kers
Expe
cted
Ou
tcom
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
IV. R
emov
e bar
riers
to fai
r hou
sing f
or al
l pr
otecte
d
1. Ad
voca
te for
remo
val o
f bar
riers
to co
ndo
owne
rship.
1. E
xces
s esc
row
requ
ireme
nt.2.
Unr
ealis
tic fin
ancia
l requ
ireme
nts.
Brow
ard L
egisl
ative
De
legati
onInc
reas
ed co
ndo
owne
rship.
State
hous
ing
agen
cies,
fair
hous
ing gr
oups
, Re
altor
s -
HOPE
, Inc.
5 yrs.
V. E
xpan
d pro
ven
affor
dable
hous
ing
prog
rams
1. Pu
bliciz
e H2H
(Hom
eless
to H
omeo
wner
)
spon
sore
d by B
ankA
tlanti
c, to
cons
umer
s and
ge
nera
l pub
lic.
Bank
Atlan
ticAd
dition
al ho
meow
nersh
ip op
portu
nities
for
low-
incom
e ho
useh
olds (
for
Actio
n Step
s 1
and 2
)
Negli
gible:
In-ki
nd
staff t
ime.
Ongo
ing
2. E
ngag
e othe
r lend
ers t
o init
iate a
n H2H
mod
elIn-
kind s
taff ti
me
and p
ossib
le ca
sh
contr
ibutio
ns by
oth
er le
nder
s.
Janu
ary 2
006
BIB
LIO
GRAPH
Y
Reth
inki
ng L
ocal
Aff
orda
ble
Hou
sing
Str
ateg
ies:
Les
sons
from
70
year
s of
Pra
ctic
e Ex
ecut
ive
Sum
mar
y, Th
e Br
oo
kin
gs In
stitu
te R
esea
rch
Brie
f (
Dec
embe
r, 20
03)
Ove
rvie
w o
f Fi
nan
cin
g M
ech
anis
ms
for A
ffo
rdab
le H
ous
ing,
Th
e En
terp
rise
Foun
datio
n (
1995
)
Thin
kin
g O
utsi
de th
e Tr
aditi
on
al A
ffo
rdab
le H
ous
ing
“Box
”; A
ffo
rdab
le H
ous
ing
Focu
s G
roup
Rep
ort
an
d Be
st P
ract
ice
Rese
arch
Fin
din
g (D
raft
), Br
ow
ard
Co
unty
Hum
an S
ervi
ces
Dep
artm
ent (
Sept
embe
r, 20
04)
Too
lkit
for E
ndi
ng
Ho
mel
essn
ess,
Nat
ion
al A
llian
ce to
En
d H
om
eles
snes
s h
ttp
://w
ww
.en
dh
om
eles
snes
s.o
rg/p
ub
/to
olk
it
The
Co
mm
ittee
revi
ewed
the
follo
win
g pl
ans
to e
nd
ho
mel
essn
ess:
*
A H
om
e f
or
Every
one, (
Cla
rk C
oun
ty, W
ash
ingt
on
), H
om
es
for
the H
om
ele
ss:
10-Y
ear P
lan
to C
reat
e La
stin
g So
lutio
ns
(Okl
aho
ma
City
, OK)
, Endin
g H
om
ele
ssness
in
Ten Y
ear
s: A
Co
unty
wid
e Pl
an (
Co
ntr
a C
ost
a C
oun
ty, C
A),
Hom
ele
ssness
in S
anta
Cla
ra C
ounty
, (S
anta
Cla
ra C
oun
ty, C
A)
, Openin
g t
he D
oor,
Ph
ilade
lph
ia C
om
mitt
ee to
En
d H
om
eles
snes
s, H
om
ele
ssness
in M
ontg
om
ery
County
: B
egin
nin
g t
o E
nd
, (M
on
tgo
mer
y C
oun
ty, M
D) 10
-Year
Pla
n t
o E
nd C
hro
nic
Hom
ele
ssness
, (C
olu
mbu
s an
d Fr
ankl
in
Co
unty
, OH
) *(
Thes
e pl
ans
and
oth
ers
can
be
acce
ssed
at h
ttp
://w
ww
.en
dh
om
eles
snes
s.o
rg/l
oca
lpla
ns/
)
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Com
mitte
e: Inco
me t
o P
ay f
or
Aff
ord
able
Housi
ng
Go
al S
tate
men
t: P
rovi
de a
ssis
tan
ce a
nd
opp
ort
uniti
es to
ho
mel
ess/
low
-wag
e pe
rso
ns
in s
ecur
ing
inco
me,
inco
me
assi
stan
ce a
nd/
or
empl
oym
ent o
ppo
rtun
ities
to in
crea
se o
r ass
ure
an in
divi
dual
’s a
bilit
y to
mai
nta
in h
ous
ing
and
live
inde
pen
den
tly
Co
mm
ittee
Ch
air:
Vic
tor
Big
gs
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
I. Su
ppor
t the e
xpan
sion
of Liv
ing W
age
1. W
ork w
ith Li
ving W
age
Over
sight
Boar
d to e
xpan
d cu
rrent
ordin
ance
to co
ver
more
emplo
yees
.
Coor
dinati
ng C
ounc
il, Liv
ing W
age O
versi
ght
Boar
d, Flo
rida C
oaliti
on fo
r the
Hom
eless
, Cha
mber
of
Comm
erce
, loca
l unio
ns
and l
abor
grou
ps, C
oaliti
on
to En
d Hom
eless
ness
, AC
ORN,
Labo
r and
othe
rs
1. Ex
pand
Livin
g Wag
e Or
dinan
ce to
bene
fit mo
re
emplo
yees
.
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
eBe
gin S
eptem
ber 2
006
2. W
ork w
ith st
akeh
older
s to
get o
ther e
ntitie
s (go
vern
ment,
pr
ivate,
faith
-bas
ed, n
onpr
ofit)
to vo
luntar
ily ad
opt L
iving
W
age O
rdina
nces
.
2. Al
l targ
eted s
takeh
older
s wi
ll be m
ade a
ware
of th
e Liv
ing W
age O
rdina
nce
and
enco
urag
ed to
adop
t a l
iving
wag
e stra
tegy.
3. ID
, sup
port
and d
evelo
p a
living
wag
e tas
k for
ce.
3. A
living
wag
e tas
k for
ce
will b
e esta
blish
ed w
ith th
e su
ppor
t of lo
cal c
hamb
ers
of co
mmer
ce.
4. P
rovid
e tra
ining
wor
ksho
ps
to em
ploye
rs ex
plaini
ng th
e be
nefits
they
rece
ive by
payin
g a l
iving
wag
e.
4. Pr
ovide
4 wo
rksho
ps
annu
ally,
10%
of
emplo
yers
atten
ding
works
hops
will
volun
tarily
ad
opt a
living
wag
e poli
cy.
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
II. Ide
ntify
and/o
r des
ign
and i
mplem
ent a
mod
el ed
ucati
on, jo
b rea
dines
s an
d tra
ining
prog
ram
1. Es
tablis
h stra
tegic
allian
ces
with
the bu
sines
s and
ed
ucati
onal
comm
unitie
s
Wor
kFor
ce O
ne; a
nd/or
vo
luntee
rs fro
m LE
A (lo
cal
educ
ation
al ag
encie
s) ie.
Co
llege
s or U
niver
sities
(in
cl. N
ova S
outhe
aster
n)
1. Em
ploym
ent C
oaliti
on of
Flo
rida L
ocal
busin
ess
2. Ch
ambe
r of C
omme
rce3.
Wor
kFor
ce O
ne4.
Unite
d Way
5. Ce
nter f
or In
depe
nden
t Liv
ing6.
Coali
tion t
o End
Ho
meles
snes
s7.
Florid
a Coa
lition
for t
he
Home
less
8. Ho
meles
s pro
vider
s9.
Dept.
of V
ocati
onal
Reha
b.10
. V.
A.
11.
Curre
nt W
orkF
orce
On
e Kios
ks12
. Le
gal A
id13
. Me
ntal H
ealth
As
socia
tion
14. T
icket
to W
ork
1. 10
0 Key
busin
ess
leade
rs wi
ll be i
denti
fied
and r
ecru
ited t
o par
ticipa
te in
deve
loping
mod
els.
Costs
: Med
ium -
High
2.Des
ign an
d pro
vide
educ
ation
, job r
eadin
ess,
and t
raini
ng op
portu
nities
for
indiv
iduals
and f
amily
me
mber
s who
are h
omele
ss,
rece
ntly h
omele
ss, o
r at-r
isk of
ho
meles
snes
s
2. 10
0 Bus
iness
lead
ers
will h
old in
itial p
lannin
g se
ssion
to id
entify
/cre
ate po
sition
s in a
rea
indus
tries.
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
3. Re
cruit a
nd or
ganiz
e pr
ovide
rs, em
ploye
rs, an
d loc
al bu
sines
s org
aniza
tions
, suc
h as
the c
hamb
er of
comm
erce
, to
create
mod
els
for tr
aining
, hirin
g, an
d su
ppor
ting p
eople
who
are
home
less,
rece
ntly h
omele
ss,
or at
risk o
f hom
eless
ness
. (P
erha
ps ca
lled “
Busin
ess
Lead
ers I
n Acti
on”)
3. 20
busin
ess l
eade
rs co
mmit t
o hirin
g peo
ple
who a
re ho
meles
s, for
merly
home
less,
or at
ris
k of h
omele
ssne
ss.
4. Ma
intain
a re
sour
ce ce
nter
and/o
r web
site l
isting
of
avail
able
job tr
aining
and
educ
ation
oppo
rtunit
ies.
4. Inc
reas
ed em
ploym
ent
oppo
rtunit
ies. E
asily
na
vigate
d site
kept
up to
da
te wi
th ed
ucati
on an
d tra
ining
oppo
rtunit
ies.
Posti
ngs:
Jobs
scre
ened
for
legit
imac
y wou
ld be
po
sted t
o the
web
site
easil
y acc
esse
d by
forme
rly ho
meles
s peo
ple.
5. W
ork w
ith T
he C
enter
for
Indep
ende
nt Liv
ing to
iden
tify
spec
ialize
d fun
ding t
o pro
vide
traini
ng an
d emp
loyme
nt se
rvice
s for
very
low in
come
pe
ople
with
disab
ilities
5. De
velop
spec
ialize
d job
tra
ining
and e
mploy
ment
servi
ces f
or pe
ople
who
are h
omele
ss an
d hav
e me
ntal il
lness
es an
d/or
subs
tance
use d
isord
ers.
III. E
stabli
sh an
“E
mploy
ment
First”
pr
ogra
m.
1.Esta
blish
an “e
mploy
ment
first”
mode
l for r
eside
nts of
pe
rman
ent s
uppo
rtive h
ousin
g.
Emplo
ymen
t Firs
t Wor
k Te
am C
ontin
uum
of Ca
re
Agen
cies,
Coali
tion t
o End
Ho
meles
snes
s, De
pt. of
Vo
catio
nal R
ehab
. Lo
ve T
hy N
eighb
orAB
LE Tr
ust ,
Emplo
ymen
t Co
alitio
n of F
lorida
Loca
l bu
sines
s, Ch
ambe
r of
comm
erce
Wor
kFor
ce O
neUn
ited W
ay, C
enter
for
Indep
ende
nt Liv
ing
1. An
“emp
loyme
nt firs
t” mo
del is
deve
loped
and
adop
ted.
Cost:
High
��
A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
2. Ide
ntify
and p
lan st
rateg
ies
to lin
k emp
loyme
nt to
perm
anen
t sup
portiv
e hou
sing,
with
an “e
mploy
ment
first”
appr
oach
.
2. A
plan t
o link
em
ploym
ent w
ith
perm
anen
t sup
portiv
e ho
using
is de
velop
ed an
d ad
opted
.
3. En
gage
agen
cies t
hat
serve
perm
anen
t sup
portiv
e ho
using
resid
ents
(e.g.
, ser
vice
agen
cies,
hous
ing ag
encie
s) to
adop
t “Em
ploym
ent F
irst”
mode
l.
3. Em
ploym
ent
oppo
rtunit
ies ar
e eas
ily
acce
ssibl
e at d
esign
ated
agen
cies (
hous
ing
and s
ervic
e) fo
r cas
e ma
nage
rs an
d for
clien
ts.
4. En
gage
the b
usine
ss
comm
unity
, by s
ector
, to cr
eate
posit
ions a
nd pr
ovide
men
tors
for ta
rgete
d res
idents
. Firs
t ph
ase c
ould
be bu
sines
ses
in the
servi
ce in
dustr
ies (f
ast
food,
hosp
itality
, etc.
)
4. A
minim
um of
100
posit
ions a
re de
signe
d for
tar
geted
resid
ents
in ar
ea
servi
ce in
dustr
ies an
d ar
e ava
ilable
in th
e first
ph
ase o
f the i
nitiat
ive; n
ew
benc
hmar
ks ar
e set.
IV. In
creas
e coo
rdina
tion
of ed
ucati
on, tr
aining
, job
read
iness
and e
mploy
ment
servi
ces.
1. O
rgan
ize st
akeh
older
s, pr
ovide
rs to
petiti
on
mains
tream
servi
ces/f
unde
rs/go
vern
menta
l enti
ties t
o re
move
iden
tified
barri
ers
and m
ake i
denti
fied s
ervic
es
avail
able
to ho
meles
s/nea
r ho
meles
s con
sume
rs.
Publi
c Tra
nspo
rtatio
n Wor
k Te
am: B
rowa
rd Tr
ansit
; Tr
i-Rail
, Metr
o Tra
nsit
Autho
rity; B
rowa
rd C
ounty
Hu
man S
ervic
es; F
aith
Comm
unity
; Fam
ily C
entra
l
1. 60
% of
home
less/n
ear
home
less c
onsu
mers
will
utiliz
e ide
ntifie
d ser
vices
.
Cost:
Neg
ligibl
eBe
gin S
eptem
ber 2
006
2. A
dvoc
ate/E
duca
te ma
instre
am pr
ovide
rs/fun
ders
abou
t the b
arrie
rs tha
t pre
vent
home
less p
eople
from
utiliz
ing
their s
ervic
es to
obtai
n em
ploym
ent.
2. 80
% of
home
less/
near
home
less w
ill us
e ma
instre
am se
rvice
s to
obtai
n and
retai
n em
ploym
ent.
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A W
ay H
om
e
Bro
ward
Co
un
ty, Flo
rid
a’s
Te
n Y
ear
Pla
n t
o E
nd
Ho
me
less
ne
ss
Objec
tives
Actio
n St
eps
Resp
onsib
le Pa
rtyI.D
. Dec
ision
Mak
ers
Expe
cted
Out
com
esRe
sour
ces
Targ
et D
ates
3. E
xpan
d pub
lic
trans
porta
tion t
o ind
ividu
als
retur
ning t
o wor
k, inc
luding
pr
ovidi
ng su
bsidi
es,
incre
asing
avail
abilit
y of p
ublic
tra
nspo
rtatio
n on n
ights
and
week
ends
, and
tri-c
ounty
co
mmute
rides
(fro
m Br
owar
d to
eithe
r Miam
i-Dad
e or P
alm
Beac
h and
vice
-versa
).
3. Af
forda
ble pu
blic
trans
porta
tion i
s ava
ilable
to
75%
of ho
meles
s pe
ople
who n
eed s
uch
assis
tance
to se
cure
and
maint
ain em
ploym
ent.
4. A
ctive
ly so
licit f
undin
g to
prov
ide ID
, telep
hone
numb
er
and a
ddre
ss.
ABLE
Trus
t4.
85%
of ho
meles
s/nea
r ho
meles
s will
have
acce
ss
to ob
tainin
g a w
orkin
g tel
epho
ne nu
mber
and
addr
esse
s.5.
Petiti
on fo
r Stat
e leg
islatu
re
for w
aiving
fees
for I
D /bi
rth
certifi
cates
State
of F
lorida
5. 90
% of
home
less/n
ear
home
less c
onsu
mers
who d
on’t h
ave I
D/bir
th ce
rtifica
tes w
ill ob
tain I
D/bir
th ce
rtifica
tes at
no co
st.
Draft
Note
s: 1)
Und
efine
d exp
ected
outco
me w
ill be
quan
tified
once
base
line d
ata ar
e obta
ined.
2) W
hene
ver p
ossib
le, th
e tar
get d
ates w
ill be
adva
nced
comm
ensu
rate
with
avail
able
reso
urce
s.
Bib
liogra
phy
Endin
g Ho
mele
ssne
ss, T
he 1
0-Ye
ar A
ction
Plan
, A P
artn
ersh
ip of
the
City
of R
aleigh
, Wak
e Co
unty,
Wak
e Co
ntinu
um o
f Car
e an
d Tria
ngle
Unite
d W
ay
A Te
n Yea
r Jou
rney
to E
nd H
omele
ssne
ss in
Eva
nsvil
le an
d Va
nder
burg
Cou
nty,
Evan
sville
, IN
(200
4)
Toolk
it for
End
ing H
omele
ssne
ss, N
ation
al Al
lianc
e to
End
Hom
eless
ness
http
://ww
w.en
dhom
eless
ness
.org
/pub
/tool
kit
The C
omm
ittee
revie
wed
and/
or ad
opte
d re
sour
ces f
rom
the f
ollo
wing
10-Y
ear p
lans t
o en
d ho
mele
ssne
ss:
10 Ye
ar P
lan to
Cre
ate
Lasti
ng S
olutio
ns: T
he C
ity o
f Okla
hom
a Ci
ty (J
uly 2
004)
, The
Blue
to E
nd C
hron
ic Ho
mele
ssne
ss in
the
Chat
tano
oga
Regio
n in
Ten Y
ears
: City
of C
hatta
noog
a,
10-y
ear P
lan to
End
Chr
onic
Hom
eless
ness
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Baumohl, J. and Shinn M., Rethinking the Prevention of Homelessness, Report of the 1998 National Symposium on Homeless Research.
Burt, Martha R. and Carol Wilkins, Estimating the Need – Projecting from Point-in-Time Annual Estimates of the Number of Homeless People in a Community and Using This Information to Plan for Permanent Supportive Housing, March, 2005, sponsored by the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
Bushhouse, Kathy, www.sun-sentinel.com, “Home buyers stretched thin as prices soar far beyond incomes,” June 29, 2005.
The Coalition to End Homelessness Focus Groups 2004 and 2005.
Colorado Blueprints for Violence Prevention, http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints
Culhane, Dennis P. and Stephen Metraux, Where to From Here? A Policy Research Agenda Based on the Analysis of Administrative Data, University of Pennsylvania, 1997, funded by the Fannie Mae Foundation.
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Ten Year Plans from the following cities, counties, regions, and states: Anoka Co., MN; Atlanta, GA; Clark Co., WA; Chattanooga, TN; Columbus – Franklin Co., OH; Contra Costa Co., CA; DuPage Co., IL; Evansville-Vanderburg Co., IL; Everett, WA;
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Hennepin Co., MN; Indianapolis, IN; Maricopa Co., AZ; Miami-Dade Co., FL; Montgomery Co., MD; State of New Jersey; New York, NY; Oklahoma City, OK; Philadelphia, PA; Portland, OR; State of Rhode Island; Santa Clara Co., CA; Triangle Area, NC.
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Glossary of Acronyms
ACORN Association of Community Organizations for Reform NowAHCA State of Florida Agency for Health Care AdministrationALFs Adult Living FacilitiesAMI Area Median IncomeBARC Broward Addiction Recovery Center BCEVSD Broward County Elderly and Veteran’s Services BIN Broward Information NetworkBOC Broward Outreach Center, Inc.BPHI Broward Partnership for the Homeless,Inc. BRHPC Broward Regional Health Planning CouncilBSO Broward Sheriff’s OfficeCCB Coordinating Council of BrowardCDBG Community Development Block GrantCMHSBG Community Mental Health Services Block Grant CRI Community Resource InventoryCSAD Children’s Services Administration DivisionCSBG Community Services Block GrantCSC Children’s Services CouncilCSMS/HMIS Client Services Management System/Homeless Management Information SystemCTEH Coalition to End Homelessness,Inc.CoC Continuum of CareDCA State of Florida Department of Community AffairsDCF State of Florida Department of Children and FamiliesDOC State of Florida Department of CorrectionsEFAHP Emergency Financial Assistance for Housing ProgramESG Emergency Shelter GrantFAC Family Assessment CenterFAU Florida Atlantic UniversityFEMA Federal Emergency Management AgencyFMR Fair Market Rent FSAD Family Success Administration DivisionH�H Homeless to Homeowner Program of BankAtlantic HAC Homeless Assistance Center HIP Homeless Initiative Partnership AdministrationHMHC Henderson Mental Health Center, Inc.HHOPE Team Housing and Health Options Provide Empowerment TeamHOME Home Investment Partnerships ProgramHSD Broward County, FL Human Services DepartmentHUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentICH Interagency Council on HomelessnessLEA Local Educational AgencyMOU Memorandum of UnderstandingNAEH National Alliance to End HomelessnessNBB North Broward Detention Center
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NBHD North Broward Hospital DistrictNIMBY Not in My BackyardPDRED Broward County Program Development, Research and Evaluation DivisionPHAs Public Housing AuthoritiesSAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAPTBG Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block GrantSBHD South Broward Hospital DistrictSCHIP State Children’s Health Insurance ProgramSHIP State Housing Incentive Partnership Program SOC Standards of CareSSA Social Security AdministrationSSBG Social Service Block Grant SSI Supplemental Security IncomeSSDI Social Security Disability InsuranceTANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families TFEH Task Force Fore Ending HomelessnessVA Veteran’s Administration���-BEDS Central Intake Phone Lines operated by CTEH
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Broward County, Florida’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness
ORGANIZATIONAL ENDORSEMENT OF SUPPORT
Broward County’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness is a comprehensive, community-developed Plan that rejects the conventional “wisdom” that there will always be homelessness in our community.
We believe that the Plan offers a better approach and an opportunity to confront homelessness in more effective ways. Implementation will require the energy and resources of the whole community; however, by working together, we will eliminate homelessness in Broward County, Florida, as we know it today.
By signing this endorsement, we are committing to the spirit and philosophy of Broward County’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. Our organization will support efforts to prevent homelessness and the development of permanent solutions to the many issues that lead to homelessness of individuals and families.
We understand that this Plan is only the starting point, and that the road to ending homelessness in our community will be lengthy and challenging. We may, at times, want to turn back, but despite all obstacles, we will continue to move forward, recognizing that the destination will be well worth the trials of the journey. We are committed to making the vision of ending homelessness in our community a reality.
Signed this __________________ day of the month of ________________________, 200_.
By:_________________________________________________________________________
Signature Title
Print Name:__________________________________________________________________
Representing: _______________________________________________________________
Name of group or organization
Please name a liaison to the ongoing implementation of the Plan:
____________________________________________________________________________
Name Title Phone or Email
Please submit completed forms to:
Dianne L. Sepielli, ChairTen Year Plan Steering Committeec/o Homeless Initiative Partnership AdministrationSuite 516 – 115 South Andrews Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
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Broward County, Florida’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness
INDIVIDUAL ENDORSEMENT OF SUPPORT
Broward County’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness is a comprehensive, community-developed Plan that rejects the conventional “wisdom” that there will always be homelessness in our community.
I believe that the Plan offers a better approach and an opportunity to confront homelessness in more effective ways. Implementation will require the energy and resources of the whole community; however, by working together, we will eliminate homelessness in Broward County, Florida, as we know it today.
By signing this endorsement, I am committing to the spirit and philosophy of Broward County’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. I will support efforts to prevent homelessness and the development of permanent solutions to the many issues that lead to homelessness of individuals and families.
I understand that this Plan is only the starting point, and that the road to ending homelessness in our community will be lengthy and challenging. I may, at times, want to turn back, but despite all obstacles, I will continue to move forward, recognizing that the destination will be well worth the trials of the journey. I am committed to making the vision of ending homelessness in our community a reality.
Signed this __________________ day of the month of ________________________, 200_.
By:_________________________________________________________________________
Signature Title
Print Name:__________________________________________________________________
Please submit completed forms to: Dianne L. Sepielli, ChairTen Year Plan Steering Committeec/o Homeless Initiative Partnership AdministrationSuite 516 – 115 South Andrews AvenueFort Lauderdale, FL 33301
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