Catharine Hume CoExecutive Director RainCity Housing wwwraincityhousingorg Homelessness Poverty Lack of affordable housing Growing rates of homelessness Over representation wwwraincityhousingorg ID: 791896
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Housing First: A Key Part in Addressing Homelessness
Catharine Hume
Co-Executive Director
RainCity Housing
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Slide2Homelessness
Poverty
Lack
of affordable housingGrowing rates of homelessness
Over
representation
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Slide3People with Brain Injuries
Over
representation of people with brain injuries
Two recent studies – approximately 50% of homeless population with head injuries
Higher risk group
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Slide4At Home/Chez-
Soi
Background to study
National research project
Homelessness and mental illness
Comparing Housing First to ‘services and supports as usual’
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Slide5Housing First
Housing options
Outreach based services and supports
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Slide6Housing
First
Principles
Immediate access to housingChoice
Recovery orientation
Individualized and person drivenCommunity integration
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Slide7At Home Key Findings
C
an be implementedRapidly ends homelessnessSound investment
Housing first not housing only
Other positive outcomesGetting it ‘right’ makes a difference
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Slide8Reflections: Assumptions
People aren’t ready for housing
People in our community ‘too sick’
People won’t choose scatter site Landlords won’t get involvedP
eople won’t stay housedNGO can’t lead a clinical team
Housing options reflect people’s needs
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Slide9The
view from classroom
This
is what I see when I look out of my class room window. The biggest thing the At Home/Chez Soi project has given me is options. When you don't have a home you're just trying to survive, you wouldn't even think about going back to school. Now I'm getting my grade twelve. All I used to look at was dirty streets, shelters, and food kitchens.
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Focusing the Frame
A Participant Photography Project
Slide10Link to Videohttp://www.raincityhousing.org/hf-p-into-p/ (view the HF videos)
Slide11www.raincityhousing.org
http://athome.nfb.ca/#/athome
http://www.raincityhousing.org/what-we-do/news/
http://www.raincityhousing.org/hf-p-into-p/