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Rapid Re-housing Webinar Series:

Ramping Up Rapid Re-housing–

Hamilton Family Center, San Francisco and

Houston/Harris County

Today’s Speakers

• Jeff Kositksy, Hamilton Family Center, San

Francisco, CA

• Eva Thibaudeau, Coalition for the Homeless of

Houston/Harris County

• Jessica Preheim, Houston Housing Authority

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Core Components of Rapid Re-Housing

Housing Identification

Rent and Move-In Assistance (Financial)

Rapid Re-housing Case Management and Services

Webinar Series

• Core Components – Housing Identification Strategies (12/14) – Financial Assistance (1/14) – Rapid Re-housing Case Management and Services (2/14)

• Ramping Up Rapid Re-housing – Los Angeles, CA & Mercer County (3/14) – Virginia (4/14) – Houston, TX and Hamilton Family Center, San Francisco, CA

• Targeted Populations/Partnerships – Single Adults (6/16)

Scaling up Rapid Re-housing

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Jeff Kositsky – Executive Director

NAEH –May 19, 2015

Hamilton Family Center

• Temporary Shelter • Transitional Housing • Rapid Rehousing • Eviction Prevention

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Why Scale Rapid Re-housing

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2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

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Waitlist for Family Shelter in San Francisco

Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge

Researchers / Stakeholders • Liz Ancker, Compass Connecting Point • Peter Connery, Applied Survey Research • Dr. Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania • Katherine Gale, Focus Strategies • Kay Moshier McDivitt, National Alliance to End Homelessness • Megan Owens, Policy Analyst for City of San Francisco • Dr. Beth Shinn, Vanderbilt • Dr. Jamie Taylor, Cloudburst Group

• Megan Bolton, SF Home (San Francisco) • Michelle Flynn, The Road Home (Salt Lake City, UT) • Kris Freed, L.A. Family Housing (Los Angeles) • Anna Hurtado, Raphael House (San Francisco) • Debbie Michael, Transition House (Santa Barbara) • Beth Mitchell, Compass SF Home (San Francisco)

Analog organizations

Internal HFC Team All of you plus… • Kara Cooperrider, Case Manager – Hamilton Transitional • Anna Cresap, Case Manager – First Avenues • Ellen Frieboes, Case Manager – First Avenues • Veronica Leiva, Case Manager – First Avenues • Julie Millman, Case Manager Supervisor - First Avenues • Victor Pesina, Housing Educator – Hamilton Emergency Shelter

How to Scale Rapid Re-housing

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• Public Relations

• Government Relations

• Donor Relations

How to Scale Rapid Re-housing

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What changes were required to achieve scale

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What changes were required to achieve scale

• New Staffing Pattern – Intake – Housing Search – Case Management

• New Partnerships – SFUSD – TANF

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What changes were required to achieve scale

• Hired real estate professionals and set up an internal “brokerage”

• Began using our CRM system to improve

landlord relationships • Developed incentives for landlords

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Outcomes

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total First Avenues MediumTerm Rental Rapid RehousingEntries

Shelter Waitlist Average

Contact information

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Jeff Kositsky – Executive Director

jkositsky@hamiltonfamilycenter.org www.hamiltonfamilycenter.org

Changing the Path for Houston’s Homeless: Bringing Rapid Rehousing to Scale

Eva Thibaudeau, Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County and Jessica Preheim, Houston Housing Authority

Why take RRH to scale?

Maximize resources available to create

maximum efficiency

Protect sources to ensure predictable revenue

sources

Secure funding to achieve community needs

Shifting from Agency Centered Housing to Systems & Client Centered Housing

Simultaneous System Transformation

RRH Works! - Family Homelessness has decreased for PIT 2012 – 723 Families 2013 – 524 Families 2014 – 442 Families

Estimated* Annualized Homeless Families : 1,519 239 will need PSH 1,162 could benefit from RRH 191 will need ES only

Our Case: Ending Family Homelessness by 2020

Our Need: Ending Family Homelessness by 2020

National estimates: 25-30% of households will need RRH ~ 30,000 unduplicated enrollments in 2011/2012 program year ~ 900 enrollments in RRH Estimated gap of ~ 8100 RRH Slots Needed for Singles and Families

Our Plan: Ending Family Homelessness by 2020

Our Experience: Effectiveness of Rapid Re-housing

Our issue: inefficiency

Homeless household

RRH provider

RRH provider

RRH provider

RRH provider

Shelter

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Permanent Housing

Transitional Housing

Other

(Treatment, Hospital, Boarding

Homes, Jail)

Unknown

• 5 Public Funders • Multiple Private

funders • 4 Collaborative

Providers • Varied Regulations • Multiple target

populations • 5 Program Years • Different Outcome

Measures

Our solution: Single System

Coordinated Access

Permanent Housing

Triage: RRH (Families, low vulnerability, DV)

Financial Assistance

Intermediary

Public Funds

Case Management Intermediary

Public &

Private Funds

Housing Navigation and Placement

PSH

Homeless household

Case Managers

Federal/State Funding Local/Private Funders Collaborative

Financial Assistance Intermediary

Case Management Intermediary

Reporting Reporting Reporting

• Outcomes • Compliance • File Auditing • Contracting Case

Management

• Inspections • Rent

Reasonableness • Financial

Payments • Drawdowns

Allows Case Management Staff to be CASE MANAGERS

Our process: Intermediary Management

Housed

Our Leverage: Maximize Existing Resources

CoC

City ESG/HHSP

Harris County

ESG Fort Bend ESG/CDBG

TDHCA ESG

Financial Intermediary

About 4.5 Million Annual Assistance

Projected to serve 1000 household annually

At $4500 per/household

Housing Authority Involvement

Tenant Based Rental Assistance

is our specialty

We TRUST our Partners

PHA’s don’t End poverty, but can help to END HOMELESSNESS

We’re already embedded & committed to

systems change

President & CEO Thinks BIG

Homeless Preference

CoC Reallocation

Forward Thinking CoC

Our Process: Landlord Recruitment and Engagement

The Way Home is the collaborative model to prevent and end homelessness in Houston,

Harris County, and Fort Bend County.

For more information visit: www.thewayhomehouston.org

Or email:

info@thewayhomehouston.org

More information

Previous webinars: http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/rapid-re-housing-webinars

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