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10-Year Homeless Action Plan 2014 UPDATE. Why a Plan Update?. Great Recession reversed progress made under the 2007 Plan Depressed housing industry & loss of affordable housing funding rendered some strategies obsolete;
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Why a Plan Update? • Great Recession reversed progress made under the 2007 Plan • Depressed housing industry & loss of affordable housing funding rendered some strategies obsolete; • HEARTH Act of 2009 gave rise to the first Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness • Upstream and Health Action “collective impact” efforts
Homelessness in Sonoma County • 4,280 homeless people on any given night • Estimated 9,749 residents experience homelessness every year • Regional homelessness rate is almost four times the national rate.
3 Key Strategies Housing + Health + Income
4,128 units of Permanent Affordable Housing • 1,015 units affordable to 30% of Area Median Income (no services) • 2,154 Permanent Supportive Housing (long-term services) • 330 facility-based SROs via acquisition/conversion • 389 set-asides in affordable housing developments • 330 master-leased units in existing housing • 1,105 units in existing housing created with rental assistance
4,128 units of Permanent Affordable Housing • 959 units of Rapid Re-Housing (with short-to-medium term case management)—rental assistance in existing housing • Focus on what’s needed to END homelessness • Acknowledges short-term need for emergency measures • Recommends research, planning, & aligning these measures with the Plan • Suggests some shelters & transitional housing eventually be converted to permanent facilities
4,128 units of Permanent Affordable Housing • Existing housing (rental assistance & master-leasing): 2,394 units • New Construction (set-asides & conversions): 1,734 units • 1,404 new units @ $350,000 = $491.4 million • 330 acquisition/conversion @ $200,000 each = $66 million. • Total construction cost $557.4 million • Local investment needed = $167.2 million
Health • Enroll homeless persons in health coverage • Establish primary care • Ensure access to mental health and substance abuse treatment (parity)
Income Offsets Housing Costs • Economic Wellness: bundled benefits, financial education, asset-building • Disability Benefits Initiative for half of homeless adults presumed eligible • National best practices to increase first-time approval rates • Work-Readiness Initiative for half of homeless adults who are not disabled • At $9 min. wage + bundled benefits, a person can be self-sufficient in housing
Build the Capacity to Scale Up • Evidence-based practices • Put EBPs in use onto Upstream Portfolio, especially Housing First, Rapid Re-Housing • Use opportunities presented by Affordable Care Act • System-Wide Coordinated Intake • Match with street outreach & homeless prevention services
http://sonoma-county-continuum-of-care.wikispaces.com/Sonoma+County%E2%80%99s+10-Year+Homeless+Action+Planhttp://sonoma-county-continuum-of-care.wikispaces.com/Sonoma+County%E2%80%99s+10-Year+Homeless+Action+Plan Jenny Abramson, 565-7548, jenny.abramson@sonoma-county.org