Heading Home Ramsey Logic Model

Homelessness

The inability to obtain or maintain a stable, safe, and affordable place to live

• Place to live - A space where one has desired autonomy and can return to without restriction

• Safe - Secure and free from harm, danger, or injury

• Stable - ?

• Affordable - less than or equal to one third of one's income

Ending Homelessness

Homelessness is prevented whenever possible or is otherwise a rare, brief, and non-recurring experience

http://usich.gov/action/what-it-means-to-end-homelessness/

Ending Homelessness (cont…)

Quickly identify and engage people at-risk of and experiencing homelessness

Intervene to prevent the loss of housing and divert people from entering the homelessness services system

Provide immediate access to shelter and crisis services, without barriers to entry, while permanent stable housing and appropriate supports are being secured

When homelessness does occur, quickly connect people to housing assistance and services—tailored to their unique needs and strengths—to help them achieve and maintain stable housing

Provide continuous services for those who need long-term support

Communal adoption of the goal to end homelessness

HHR Logic Model Summary from 10-6-2015Guiding Culture For HHR and Community

Equity, Efficient, Effective, Equality, Citizen Respect, Common Good

Equity, Efficient, Effective, Equality, Citizen Respect, Common Good

Last updated by MH 10/9/15 – duplications are intentional

Overarching Goals for Clients served by the

HHRHousing HomelessEnd HL --- don’t have a homeNot on streets, staying aliveHousing stability, Safe HsgVaried Hsg CapacityReduce chronic HLReduce Youth HLAbility to Flourish with choiceEnd warehouse as a solutionAcceptable standard of living

Overarching Goals for Advocacy to Society outside

of HHRComm engagement, Public WillBroader Comm helpInspire Comm how to be involvedRecognize Hsg needsReturn on Investment, cost of inaction

Money - Create hsg for whole commComm create capacityAvailability of affordable hsgIncrease housing stockVaried Hsg Capacity

Childhood developmentIncome, educationImprove healthPrevention

Philosophy of Service for HHR

Community ConnectednessUnderstanding all variety of client populations*Reduce-End racial/ cultural disparitiesPublic Will, HopeCivic PrideChoiceAcceptable standard of livingPrevention Hsg First ModelEffective response to low-income hsg needsHL is a symptom of society failures

Tools and Structures to reach goals

Reduce Geographic barriers/ gov’t jurisdictionRisk of HL Tool -- Educate CommOpen data systemCoordinated entry— easy access well publicized

Programs and Best Practices to Reach Goals

Landlord recruitment/for profitReduce Geographic barriers gov’t jurisdiction

Keep HsgWorking with HL to bring to hsgRecovery from trauma, legal issuesIncreased access to stability and success—tenant navigatorCrisis Response

*RefugeesTribal nationsAsianAfrican AmericanMental illnessChemical Health[Latinos, LGBTQ, disabled, unaccompanied youth]

HL = Homeless, Hsg = Housing, Comm = Community, HHR = Heading Home Ramsey[ ] = Not recorded at meeting but may have been mentioned or implied

End Homelessness In Ramsey County

Improve service provision to align

with goals

Provide services which meet client

needs

Increase Housing Capacity that is safe, stable and

affordable

Increase informed community support

of homeless initiatives

Prevent people from becoming

homeless

Increase funding for services

End Veteran Homelessness

End Chronic Homelessness

End Youth Homelessness

End Family Homelessness

End Single Adult

Homelessness

End Long Term Homelessness

End Mentally Ill

Homelessness

End Chemically Dependent

Homelessness

Goal

Objectives

Outcomes

Equity • Efficiency • Respect • Choice • Accountability

Interim OutcomesMake service

continuum more efficient/effective

Increase and enforce

accountability measures

Increase community

awareness of HHR and homeless

population

Increase community

engagement in homeless initiatives

Increase number of landlords renting

to homeless population

Increase affordable housing stock

Increase supportive housing

stock