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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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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
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Contact information
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Jeff Kositsky – Executive Director
[email protected] 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:
More information
Previous webinars: http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/rapid-re-housing-webinars
