Ending Veteran Homelessness in Indiana State Development Day
Trends and VA resources in Indiana aimed at ending veteran homelessness, including sheltered/unsheltered data, HUD-VASH programs, and GPD resources. Learn about VHA policies, coordinated entry participation, and GPD program models in the state
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ENDING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS IN THE IN THE INDIANA BALANCE OF STATE Development Day April 2019
TRENDS IN VETERAN HOMELESSNESS PIT DATA 406 352 287 256 283 243 278 242 54 40 36 31 2011 2016 2017 2018 Total Sheltered and Unsheltered Sheltered Veterans Unsheltered Veterans
VA RESOURCES SERVING THE INDIANA BALANCE OF STATE VA Program HUD-VASH Resources in IN Balance of State 694 Vouchers ( not including 445 Vouchers in Indianapolis) $13,527,425 SSVF catchment areas include multiple CoCs not all of these resources are in Indiana BoS 272 Beds - statewide 146 in 2018 SSVF GPD HIC Transitional Veteran Beds
VHA POLICY ON PARTICIPATION IN COORDINATED ENTRY 10/2017 VAs and VA Homeless Programs are required to: Engagement and active collaboration with CoC on their collective plans to end Veteran Homelessness Community Case Conferencing Participation By-Name-List Participation Utilization of Assessment Tool Dedication of VA Resources to CES Data Sharing
UNDERSTANDING GPD Consistent program from 1994 to 2017 Historical role Grantees required to adopt new program models and time limited awards Required to connect with coordinated entry systems Can serve all but Veterans with Dishonorable or Bed Conduct (General Court Martial) Discharges
GPD RESOURCES IN INDIANA GPD Program Model Bridge Housing (46 Indy VA) Clinical Treatment (58 Indy VA) Service Intensive (69 Indy VA) Transition in Place (25 Indy VA) Total GPD Beds (198 Indy VA) Number of Beds 68 86 93 25 272
GPD PROGRAM MODELS BRIDGE HOUSING Short Stay Veterans have been offered PH but not immediately able to enter Have to have been admitted into a PH program or Be admitted within 14 days of entry 68 Bridge Beds in CoC and Indianapolis Questions how does Bridge Housing help prepare Veterans for PH? What are the PH options, in addition to HUD-VASH? How connected are the Bridge Housing resources to coordinated entry?
GPD PROGRAM MODELS CLINICAL TREATMENT Veterans with Substance Use Disorder or Mental Health diagnosis Veteran chooses to engage in clinical services Not a phase of treatment program model is to provide residential treatment with exit to permanent housing Clinically focused treatment with licensed providers 86 Beds in Indiana Balance of State and Indianapolis Questions: What do we know about the demand for these services? What is the referral path to permanent housing?
GPD MODELS TRANSITION IN PLACE As name implies Unit is a unit leased with VA resources which transitions to direct lease by Veteran Permanent housing model Questions? Connection to coordinated entry?
GPD MODELS SERVICE INTENSIVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING Transitional housing model Focused on increasing income and obtaining permanent housing 93 beds in the CoC and Indianapolis Questions: How are these beds integrated into coordinated entry? What are the permanent housing referrals?
VA RESOURCES HUD VASH VA Northern Indiana - FT Wayne Campus Northern Indiana - Muncie CBOC Northern Indiana - Peru CBOC Jesse Brown -Adam Benjamin Clinic Marion, IL, Evansville OP Clinic Indianapolis VA, Bloomington CBOC Northern Indiana, Danville, West Lafayette CBOC Jesse Brown Northern Indiana, South Bend CBOC Northern Indiana, FT Wayne Cincinnati TOTAL PHA FT Wayne HA HA City of Muncie Kokomo HA HA City of Gary HA City of Evansville HA City of Bloomington HA City of Marion Lafayette HA IHCDA IHCDA IHCDA IHCDA UNITS 110 15 15 43 31 80 70 33 75 97 120 5 694
HUD-VASH Permanent supportive housing Housing First Chronic Homeless Questions: filled through the BNL? Serving highest need Veterans? Who is not being served through HUD-VASH? How to achieve HMIS participation? Turnover?
SSVF Rapid Rehousing linkage to permanent housing Placement services for permanent housing Financial assistance Navigation/housing location Short-medium term rental assistance Questions: How engaged are SSVF providers in the BNL process and case conferencing? Are SSVF providers engaging unsheltered homeless and speeding up housing placement?
COMMUNITY GOALS All Veterans experiencing homelessness are known in the CoC and persistent efforts are made to engage those homeless Veterans who decline service Crisis housing is immediately available to all unsheltered Veterans seeking safe accommodation. Veteran choice is the determining factor in housing decision There are sufficient permanent housing resources to meet the needs of all Veterans experiencing homelessness There are flexible plans to address future Veteran needs. Every Veteran serving organization be trained in suicide prevention.
CHALLENGES Incompatible data systems Inventory of Transitional Housing Serving Veterans who do not meet VA eligibility Maintaining momentum
