By Terry Allebaugh Ending Veteran Homelessness Coordinator NCDMVA They Deserve Better Ending Veteran Homelessness in North Carolina ensuring that individuals and families who become homeless return to permanent housing within 30 days ID: 643794
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A Presentation 2015 North Carolina Affordable Housing ConferenceBy Terry Allebaugh, Ending Veteran Homelessness Coordinator, NCDMVA
They Deserve Better:Ending Veteran Homelessness in North Carolina Slide2Slide3
“ensuring that individuals and families who become homeless return to permanent housing within 30 days.”
HEARTH Act Purposes – Sec. 1002(b)Ending Homelessness MeansSlide4
Achieving the Goal of Ending Veteran Homelessness 1. The community has identified all veterans experiencing homelessness.
2. The community provides shelter immediately to any veteran experiencing unsheltered homelessness who wants it
3. The community only provides service-intensive transitional housing in limited instances.
4.The
community has capacity to assist veterans to swiftly move into permanent housing
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5. The community has resources, plans, and system capacity in place should any veteran become homeless, or be at risk of homelessness in the future. Slide5
Mayors Challenge to Mayor Esther Manheimer Asheville
Mayor Dan Clodfelter Charlotte Mayor Bill Bell Durham Mayor
Nat Robertson
Fayetteville
Mayor
Nancy Vaughan
Greensboro
Mayor Dana Outlaw New Bern Mayor Bruce Rose Wilson Mayor Allen Joines Winston-Salem Mayor Nancy McFarlane Raleigh
End Veteran Homelessness by 2015Slide6
OPERATION HOME: Addressing and Ending Veteran Homelessness in North Carolina by 2016Task Force including representatives from the Veterans Administration, including HUD/VASH and SSVF Regional Coordinators; Dept. of Health and Human Services, Dept. of Military and Veteran Affairs; NC Coalition to End HomelessnessResources of the Rapid Results Institute Slide7
How You Can Help Ensure Success 1. Believe the mission can be successful2. Know your acronyms and contacts for Supportive Services for Veterans and their Families (SSVF); Continuums of Care (C0C); Housing and Urban Development/Veterans Administration Supportive Housing (HUD/VASH)3. Get involved with your local CoC’s work to end veteran homelessness4. Consider making housing for homeless veterans one
of the target populations for your housing developmentSlide8
Contact InformationTerry Allebaugh, Ending Veteran Homelessness CoordinatorNC Department of Military and Veteran Affairsterry.allebaugh@doa.nc.gov 919-812-4274