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Continuum of Care in Rural Nebraska January 26, 2010 NIFA Conference Omaha, NE Rural Continuum of Care Regions North Central Panhandle Region 1 Region 2 11 counties 22 counties Northeast Region 5 15 counties Southwest Southeast Region 3 Region 4 23 counties 22 counties Southeast NE Continuum of Care Organized in 1998 22 counties Meet 9-10 times/year – Face-to-face – WebEx 17 entities; 20-25 attendees Strategic Planning Achievements Provides framework to bring funding into rural area – Supportive Housing Program o o o o o Funding through US Housing & Urban Development Transitional Housing programs (5) Supportive Services Only Programs (1) Homeless Management Information Systems Total of $1,306,761 Achievements – NE Homeless Assistance Grants o o Totaling $2,801,812 Operations, Client Services & Prevention – Homelessness Prevention & Rapid ReHousing Program o o Totaling $5,128,578 Goal: With this assistance, households become stably housed Achievements Statewide Client Data System – All CoC’s on same data program – Statewide homeless & near homeless data Awareness of homelessness – Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week – the third week in November Achievements Inventory of Services Updated yearly – Supportive services Employment, education, transportation, health, case management, child care, etc. – Housing units available Emergency shelter Transitional housing programs Permanent supportive housing Collaborations/Partnerships established Planning & Goals Strategic Planning – Housing – Service Coordination & Collaboration – Sustainability – Public Education & Awareness – Data Collection & Analysis Connection to Nebraska’s 10-year Plan 1. Create housing options – Discuss the feasibility of Housing First 2. Increase access to mainstream resources – Identify barriers & gaps of services – Explore methods to address gaps 3. Establish data collection system – Implement & conduct point-in-time count Challenges Large geographic area – Travel time to meetings – Collaboration o o Building relationships Frequent communication – Having diverse representation from all geographic areas Leadership Challenges Representation of certain groups – Housing developers – Local government – Business – Consumers, i.e. homeless or formerly homeless individuals Getting current information from all areas Success Believe in the mission Dedication of those involved Support of the State Foresight to develop statewide data Willingness of HUD to provide technical assistance Creative in order to be efficient