Transcript The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study

Help! I Don’t Speak Housing!
Mattie Lord, UMOM New Day Centers
Jeremy Rosen, National Law Center
on Homelessness & Poverty
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What does the research say?
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Samuels, Shinn, & Buckner
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23 years of research; 2 primary waves
Continuum of risk – gap closing (M-V!)
Few longitudinal studies
Symptoms for children peak at 4 months in
shelter; then they adapt.
Performance drops while in shelter.
After 1 year, effects of homelessness fade.
MH & academic achievement improves.
Subsidized housing reduces repeat episodes of
homelessness.
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Culhane
• Homeless families are more similar to poor
families than to homeless individuals.
• Homeless families moved an average of 5
times during an 18 month study.
• Rental subsidies improve residential
stability.
• 80% housing retention vs. 18%
• Housing is an essential part of the remedy
for homelessness.
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Conclusion
• The single greatest intervention for the
children and youth is to move the family
into permanent housing.
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We have to help families move from temporary
situations to permanent housing.
Shelter
Housing
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What does HEARTH say?
• Reduce length of homelessness
– 20 days (ultimate goal); 10% reduction
• Reduce the rate of return to homelessness
to 5% or less
• Reduce the overall # of people
experiencing homelessness
• Reduce the # of people experiencing
homelessness for the first time;
(prevention)
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Continuum of Care
• HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC) system is
designed to address the critical problem of
homelessness through a coordinated
community-based process of identifying needs
and building a system to address those needs.
• A regional or local planning body that applies
for, distributes, & coordinates HUD homeless
assistance funds in a geographic area.
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Continuum of Care - Funding
• Competitive programs funded:
– Supportive Housing Program (SHP)
– Shelter + Care
– Single Resident Occupancy
• Formula-based programs funded:
– Emergency Solutions Grant
• Funded only through renewals:
– Transitional Housing
– Support services
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Continuum of Care - Involvement
• Continuum of Care plans must describe how they will collaborate
with LEAs to identify families, and how families and youth will be
informed of their eligibility for McKinney-Vento education services.
Sec. 427(a)(1)(B)(iii)
• Agencies must certify that programs that provide housing or services
to families will designate a staff person to ensure that children are
enrolled in school and connected to appropriate services in the
community, including early childhood programs such as Head Start,
part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and
McKinney-Vento education services. Sec. 304(b)(4)(D).
• Collaborative applicants for HUD Continuum of Care funding must
take the educational needs of children into account when families
are placed in emergency or transitional shelter and will, to the
maximum extent practicable, place families with children as close to
possible to their school of origin so as not to disrupt children’s
education. Sec. 304(b)(7).
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Continuum of Care
Emergency
Shelter
Transitional
Housing
Permanent
Supportive
Housing
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Housing Opportunities
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Emergency Shelter
• Shorter term
• Length of stay up
to 120 days
• No fees
• Case management
• Support services
• Typically single site
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Transitional Housing
• For families needing a longer-term
intervention than ES
• Length of stay up to 2 years
• Program fees up to 30% of income
• Case management
• Intensive support services
• Some single site, some scattered site
• HUD outcomes: 65% exit to permanent
housing, 20% employed at exit
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Housing First
• A philosophy
• End the homelessness by
moving them into housing
first.
• Work on other issues that
may jeopardize the stable
housing while they are in
housing.
• Support them in the
housing.
• Services are voluntary.
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Bridge Housing
• Provides temporary
housing until a housing
option is available
• Emergency shelter may
serve as the “bridge” until
a HUD VASH voucher is
assigned.
• A family might be moved
from the streets to a hotel
room until there is room
in an ES.
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HPRP
• Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing
Program (HPRP)
• Introduced as part of the ARRA
• Formula-based to local & state governments
• $ to keep families in their current housing and
prevent eviction
• $ to move homeless families back into housing
• Up to 18 months of assistance
• Transitioning to Emergency Solutions Grant
(ESG)
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HUD Rapid Re-Housing
• HUD
Demonstration
grants to nonprofit agencies
• Assistance with
move in costs
• Temporary rent
subsidies
• Basic case
management
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Affordable Housing
• Housing that a family
is able to afford
without exceeding
30% of their income
• No time limit
• No programs or
support services
• Lease = Landlord
Tenant Act applies
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Permanent Supportive Housing
• Typically funded by
HUD McKinney-Vento
as SHP or S+C
• Housing subsidies
• Program fees up to
30% of income
• Must have a
documented disability
• Includes case
management and
ongoing support services
• No time limit
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Tax Credit Housing
• An option for low income families
• Makes market rate housing “affordable” for
families at 30-60% AMI
• Rental rates are reduced due to local or
state tax credits
• Typically mixed income properties
• Must recertify annually; otherwise no time
limit
• Lease = Landlord Tenant Act applies
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Section 8 (subsidized) Housing
• HUD program with Public Housing Authorities or private
owners
• Rent = 30% of income
• Sex offenders & people with certain drug offenses are
ineligible
• Other eligibility criteria determined by local PHAs
• No time limit
• Lease = Landlord Tenant Act applies
• Project-Based
– Subsidy remains with the unit
• Housing Choice Voucher
– Subsidy remains with the family
– Family can select unit (based on FMR and inspection)
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HUD VASH (subsidized) Housing
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Collaboration with HUD, VA, and PHAs
Section 8 voucher
Available to families with veteran status
Referrals are made by the local VA
Must accept ongoing VA case management
Rent = 30% of income
Sex offenders and people with certain drug
offenses are ineligible
• Other eligibility criteria determined by local PHAs
or local VAMCs
• No time limit
• Lease = Landlord Tenant Act applies
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Public Housing
• HUD program - housing owned by Public
Housing Authorities (city or county)
• Rent = 30% of income
• Sex offenders and people with certain drug
offenses are ineligible
• Other eligibility criteria determined by local PHAs
• No time limit
• Lease with PHA = Landlord Tenant Act applies
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How can I find permanent
housing opportunities?
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www.hud.gov
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http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program
_offices/public_indian_housing/pha/contacts
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