CoC Plan for Serving Unsheltered Individuals
CoC Plan focuses on reducing unsheltered homelessness, improving health outcomes, and housing stability through coordinated approaches and funding opportunities. It outlines specific initiatives and priorities for assisting unsheltered individuals in need. Leveraging housing resources is a key strategy, including developing new units and enhancing supportive services.
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CoC Plan for Serving Unsheltered Individuals and Families Experiencing Homelessness with Severe Service Needs 1
CoC Supplemental NOFO to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness Purpose is to reduce unsheltered homelessness using coordinated approaches to reduce the prevalence of unsheltered homelessness, and improve services engagement, health outcomes, and housing stability. $322,000,000 is available in this Special NOFO. $54,500,000 for projects that serve rural areas (Our CoC is not eligible) $267,500,000 for projects addressing Unsheltered Homelessness TX-601 is eligible for $13,204,789 (0ver 3 years/$4,401,596 annual). This funding can be used to support NEW projects: - Permanent Housing (PSH, RRH), Supportive services only grants, HMIS, Coordinated Entry and Planning Collaborative Application is due October 20 and will look like a typical collaborative application, including a local competition for funds. This NOFO will run at the same time as the regular CoC competition with a combined RFP/Allocations process. 2
TX- 601 Planning Process Deduplicated # Households Experiencing Homelessness in TX-601 (6/1/21-5/31/22) Plan based on community need and feedback, HUD s priorities/focus on unsheltered with severe needs. Community survey Needs identified: Affordable Housing MH/SA Supportive Services System-wide data 26% of unsheltered is aged 55+ 53% report a disability 38% self report chronicity # % of Total Households Household s Project Type Accessed Street Outreach Only (Unsheltered Only) Accessed Emergency Shelter Only (Sheltered Only) Accessed Both ES/SO throughout year (Household was both unsheltered and sheltered during time period) Total # Households Experiencing Homelessness 1971 42% 2500 53% 269 5% 4740 3
TX- 601 Plan and Funding Priorities Funding will be designated to assist families and individuals currently experiencing homelessness who are unsheltered. Focusing on Permanent Supportive Housing Encourage community partners to consider additional supportive services along with Case Management Coordinated Entry HMIS Planning 4
Leveraging Housing Resources Development of new units and creation of housing opportunities Tarrant County General APRA Funding- PSH, RRH ($32 million- 250 units). Ft Worth HOME ARPA- PSH ($20,250,000- 162 units). Additional Funding Requests- have requested $19.5 million (FT WORTH General) and $8 million (Arlington APRA). CoC will need PHA commitment letter to include in plan. Landlord Recruitment TCHC has 3 landlord engagement staff Specialized LL recruitment in Arlington. Padmission is a database utilized within CoC to show unit availability. Since March 2020, 116 properties added equaling 10,488 units. As of July 5th, 308 units remain unleased. Provides additional support to CMs and supportive staff. 5
Leveraging Healthcare Resources Must develop permanent housing projects that utilizes health care resources to help individuals and families experiencing homelessness. CoCs must demonstrate through a written commitment from a health care organization, including organizations that serve people with HIV/AIDS, that the value of assistance being provided by the healthcare organization is at least: In the case of a substance abuse treatment or recovery provider, it will provide access to treatment or recovery services for all program participants who qualify and choose those services Utilize services provide by healthcare providers to provide SA/MH services to participants who want assistance within a single project. 6
Current Strategy to Identify, Shelter, and House Individuals and Families Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness Current Street Outreach Strategy 52 current outreach staff providing outreach services- Monday-Friday, 7am to 7pm. Local agencies employ Outreach Workers with lived experience (11% - 6 out of 52 reported) Outreach Manager (TCHC) coordinates community-wide outreach services. Outreach enter notes into our database including GIS coordinates of location. Assists in finding individuals once they receive a housing match. Works closely with HOPE Team, hospital systems, citizens, and community partners. Referrals through helpline, email, and direct referrals. Organized response with City of Fort Worth for camp complaints Citizen reports > Code sends info to HOPE + Outreach > outreach attempts to contact campers before camp is cleaned 7
Current Strategy to Provide Immediate Access to Low- Barrier Shelter and Temporary Housing for Individuals and Families Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness. Emergency shelter for all who want it January 2022- 1799 beds/1645 people experiencing homelessness Variety of temporary housing for families, women, persons experiencing domestic violence/trafficking, Veterans and general population YHDP- Crisis Transitional Housing, Joint TH-RRH Hotel Vouchers available when/if shelters are full. Policies and Procedures to ensure easier access to services Housing First Seasonal overflow procedures Designated access points for families- Start at Salvation Army and overflow into PNS. 8
Current Strategy to Provide Immediate Access to Low Barrier Permanent Housing for Individuals and Families Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness. Intentional funding of projects that create less barriers Master-leasing Spaces that are more welcoming to those who were previously unsheltered- smaller units (hotel conversions), rural. Project-based housing is more successful for people with experience with the criminal justice system or mental health concerns. Prioritizing LOT (length of time) homeless has naturally prioritized unsheltered population PNS Safe Haven expansion- Substance use/Mental Health Used ESG funding to open PSH for residents with severe needs Agreement with the City of Fort Worth regarding tax credit 9
Updating the CoCs Strategy to Identify, Shelter, and House Individuals Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness with Data and Performance. Updating the Strategy Using Data and Performance. Mapping within HMIS for unsheltered population Further develop processes using data to track unsheltered individuals across the entire geographical area Data Collection for Outreach contacts and referrals Use data collected for contacts and referrals by team to develop community-specific best practices Evaluate sheltered verses unsheltered LOT (length of time) homeless to develop county- wide process improvement measures. Use monthly LOT homeless and program occupancy rates to develop county-wide best practices and process improvement measures. 10
Identify and Prioritize Households Experiencing or with Histories of Unsheltered Homelessness Prioritize Households Experiencing or with Histories of Unsheltered Homelessness Prioritizing LOT (length of time) homeless has naturally prioritized unsheltered population 63% of unsheltered individuals self report experiencing homelessness for 12+ months compared to 24% of sheltered individuals. Site-based housing, Quail Trail and Casa De Esperanza, have housed predominately unsheltered residents with low barrier, immediate access. Greatly expanded housing navigation services. New processes for assisting residents with critical documents DMV and Social Security access Eligibility Flexibility Some housing programs do not require a housing assessment. Some do not require all critical documents at intake for placement. Ensure continued collaborations for healthcare services with JPS Street Medicine, True Worth Place, UGM- Healing Shepard Clinic, and MHMR. 11
Involving Individuals with Lived Experience of Homelessness in Decision Making Surveys and focus groups Advisory Council 13 individuals with lived experience. Reviews policies and procedures. Provides feedback on new initiatives, existing services, and provides quality checks. Youth Action Board 5 individuals under the age of 25 with lived experience. Collaborators for YHDP. Quality Improvement for programs for youth and young adults. People with Lived Experience on ICT, CoC Board 12
Supporting Underserved Communities and Supporting Equitable Community Development. Conducts annual needs and gaps analysis that includes compiling and reviewing racial equity data Reviews system performance measures based on various demographics Race, Ethnicity, and Sub-populations (Youth, VA, Families) YHDP for youth and young adults under the age of 25 Crisis TH, TH-RRH, RRH, and PSH. Thoughtful/purposeful funding of projects that reduce barriers for unsheltered or difficult to serve. Master-leasing, site-based housing. 13
Presentation Recap Purpose is to reduce unsheltered homelessness using coordinated approaches to reduce the prevalence of unsheltered homelessness, and improve services engagement, health outcomes, and housing stability. $322,000,000 is available in this Special NOFO. TX-601 is eligible for $13,204,789 (0ver 3 years/$4,401,596 annual). Funding will prioritize currently unsheltered Permanent Supportive Housing HMIS Coordinated Entry Planning Collaborative Application is due October 20 and will look like a typical collaborative application, including a local competition for funds. This NOFO will run at the same time as the regular CoC competition with a combined RFP/Allocations process. 14
