SKID ROW HOUSING TRUST (SRHT)

• 501 (c) (3) nonprofit • Celebrating 25 years of rebuilding

lives for people experiencing homelessness on Skid Row

• 24 buildings in our portfolio • Including 2 under construction

• 1665 units

OUR MISSION We produce, preserve and operate supportive housing in and around

Skid Row, serving the poorest and most vulnerable people in Los Angeles, including the homeless and those who may become

homeless.

HOMES + SUPPORT= SUCCESS

T H E P R I O R I T I Z AT I O N P R O J E C T

• Housing the most vulnerable

• Critical time intervention

• The first 90 days

• The housing stabilization team

• Peer Advocate component

HOUSING PLACEMENTS

Program Year 2011

Program Year 2012

Program Year 2013

Cumulative

Total Individuals Provided Housing

86 110 51 247

DEMOGRAPHICS – GENDER

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Men Women Transgender

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DEMOGRAPHICS – RACE/ETHNICITY

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HOUSING RETENTION

• One year retention rate of 90% • Three year retention rate was 74%

Overarching themes of peer advocacy.

• Recovery • Support • Empowerment • Lived experience • Respect • Sense of Belonging

PRIMARY ROLE OF PEER ADVOCATES

1.Wellness checks 2.Community engagement 3.Group Facilitation 4.Leasing office

BENEFITS OF PEER ADVOCACY

Para- professional role: Peer advocacy have more flexible boundaries than providers. Their use of self to more prevalent and acts as a tool to engage and

connect with their peers. The power differentiation is not as great and most of time and peers

tend not to view them as authority figures but rather as equals.

Advocates serve as a way for us to strive to provide the most personal and nuanced services we can to our residents.

A peer advocate team has only enhanced our service delivery and

engagement with our clients.

Peer Advocate Film clip : “ I got you” – Peer Advocate Perspectives . . .