Veterans Boot Camp 3 Westchester County NY 100 Day Review 2 nd 100 day cycle Monday March 31 2014 updated 412014 0 Our Current 100 Day Goal Current 100Day Goal ID: 499560
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Rapid Results Veterans Boot Camp 3 - Westchester County, NY –100 Day Review (2nd 100 day cycle)
Monday, March 31, 2014 (updated 4/1/2014)
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Our Current 100 Day GoalCurrent 100-Day GoalProgress To Date (3/31/14 – Day 100)ID all homeless veterans in countyGOAL MET: ALL shelters & outreach programs participating
+ flyers posted in soup kitchens, food pantries, government offices, service providers, & churches: 18 homeless vets identified in last 58 daysHouse 75 vets + 75 in 1st 100 Days = 150(OR end veteran homelessness)SUCCESS IMMINENT: 65
vets housed this period, 150 since 8/8/
13 including 77 (51%) who were chronically homeless (1 for 21 years); (Yonkers has only 1 homeless vet left;
of vets ID’d 90 days ago,
NONE remain on the streets & ALL BUT 2 have been housed or moved to VA
programs: 1st is #1 on MH wait list & 2nd has unit being repaired
Identify 25 units affordable w/o Federal vouchers
GOAL EXCEEDED
: 37 vets housed in 97 days
without HUD-VASH, CoC or Section 8 subsidies, ALL turnover in Yonkers YMCA now going to vets w/o Federal vouchers
Find jobs for 45 rehoused vetsGOAL
EXCEEDED: 63 veterans employedProvide support services for
45 newly housed veteransGOAL EXCEEDED:
new peer services developed that can serve
200+
homeless or recently housed vets with 56 already enrolled; new privately-funded mobile ongoing case management begun with capacity to serve 10 vets + Medicaid-funded clinic-based case management for 20 more veterans; 3 college-based veterans groups with over 100 active members offering volunteer support as needed
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Top AccomplishmentsIntegrated county-funded services & shelter, VA, SSVF, CoC, USDoL One-Stop, county/local veteran agencies & new Patriot Housing/Patriot Employment networksBuilt community consensus that we will end homelessness for
ALL veterans, regardless of VA discharge statusBuilt sustainable framework to find and engage
homeless veterans with 24/7 hotlines, broad community outreach, & coordinated outreach & engagement through mobile outreach teams, drop-in centers & emergency food programs
Building sustainable framework to house homeless veterans with countywide use of HMIS and VI-SPDAT to prioritize access to all CoC- and county-funded PSH and an ongoing VI-SPDAT Housing Team to plan & manage highest-risk cases
Branded and publicized
Patriot Housing using press events & social media so property owners, businesses, donors & volunteers now offer us resources
Built shared commitment to: Do things we’ve never done, Work together in ways we never have, & Make change happen faster than we dreamed possible
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The New Normal3
Status Quo before the 1st 100 days
New Policies, Practices, Standards, or behaviors that have endured
Likelihood that this will “stick” over the long term
No one believed ending homelessness was possible
We’ve envisioned success and seen cities 1-3 vets away from our goal
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: We’ve tasted victory and like the flavor!
CoC, county shelters/services, 2 VAs & HUD-VASH, Federal/NYS/local employment services all worked in silos
New team created, reinforced by new cross-system collaborations, new personal relationships, greater knowledge of local resources
HIGH
: Patriot Housing team members bonded with shared vision, passion, & victories; will continue meeting biweekly
Agencies usually looked to 1 source for housing subsidies
We’ve braided HUD-VASH, CoC, local rent subsidies, NYS Medicaid redesign housing, adult homes, public housing
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: Everyone now sees the feasibility & value of “braiding” resources
No systematic county process to ID homeless vets or street homeless
Flyers widely distributed with 24/7 hotlines for homeless vets & street homeless; mobile teams f/u on calls
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: Workgroup formed to create protocols to coordinate all mobile & center-based outreach
648 CoC-funded PSH beds gave preference to CH
776 CoC-funded PSH beds now give preference to CH =
128
more beds
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: Ratified by CoC vote, CoC PSH Workgroup will monitor
Our 1
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100 Days focused on housing, our 2
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100 Days added focus on jobs
USDoL
One-Stop trains partners to enroll vets in state/county job banks, One-Stop hired 2 new Veterans Reps
HIGH
: One-Stop CEO now on our team, CoC Self-Sufficiency Comm. will maintain/extend linkages
No community consensus on urgency of rehousing vets
Patriot Housing unleashed a torrent of energy and excitement
HIGH
: PH focuses this energy on ending veteran homelessnessSlide5
Looking Ahead3rd 100 Day Challenge planned this year focused on housing remaining vets on streets & in shelters, vets graduating from VA Grant/Per Diem, and new homeless vets including the “hidden homeless”: couch-surfing vets with kids
New county-funded Homeless Services Unit now taking on 100 highest-need chronically homeless adults and families + linking with Adult Protective ServicesDSS planning to replicate Patriot Housing model with other high-need CHOUR GOALS FOR 2014NO veterans living on the streetsNO
veterans living in carsNO veterans living in places not meant for housingNO veterans living in overnight-only sheltersNO
veterans living in general-population sheltersSustain steady flow of exits to housing for VA Grant/Per Diem programsCreate sustainable county-wide process to find & engage homeless vets
Rehouse all newly identified vets
within 90 days
of VI-SPDAT completion
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Support Needed HUD waiver needed to enable us to use CoC sponsor-based rental assistance to fill gaps in rent that should have been paid by newly housed chronically homeless adults, particularly during first 1-2 years in housing and during periods of substance abuse relapse or psychiatric decompensation, which could otherwise lead to eviction. [We hope to submit this waiver by 4/30.]POSSIBLE HUD waiver needed to allow us to serve unstably housed chronically homeless adults who have not had a lease or ownership interest in a housing unit in the last 60 or more days, have had 2 or more moves in the last 60 days, and who are likely to continue to be unstably housed because of disability or multiple barriers to employment. [This need MAY be addressed by expected HUD change in homeless definition.]
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