Title: Homeless Action Plan: Lets Get This Party Started
1Homeless Action PlanLets Get This Party
Started!
2Welcome
3Agenda
- Origins and Evolution of the Homeless Action Plan
- Qualities of Successful Plans national
perspective - Overview of Work Group Process
- Lunch and Work Group Orientation
- Work Group Meetings
- Closing and Next Steps
4Goals for the Day
- Meet the stakeholders
- Review a sample of Best Practices Plans
- Establish planning approach and work group
membership - Initiate Work Group tasks
- Review existing materials
- Schedule future work group meetings
- Start brainstorming!
5Coming soon
- New Website for the Homeless Action Plan planning
process - relevant data and background materials
- Agendas and minutes of Work Group meetings
- Schedule of Work Group meetings
- And more!
6Qualities of Successful Homeless Plans
7The Financial Benefits
- Closely considers areas where homelessness
creates cost - Identifies savings brought about by solutions to
homelessness
8Homeless Planning Common Principles
- End not manage homelessness
- Reduce reliance on shelter
- Open the back door
- Close front door
9Homeless Planning Common Principles (contd)
- Build on housing as primary solution
- Offer housing first
- Lower thresholds to services
- Tailor for chronic homelessness
10Homeless Planning Common Principles (contd)
- Create mainstream resource accountability
- Identify various financing options
- Use national research
- Integrate need for income
11Qualities of a Good Homeless Action Plan
- Exhausts possibilities
- Seeks to be both ambitious and feasible
- Echoes national themes
- Meets unique local needs
- Maintains an inherent flexibility
12Qualities of a Good Homeless Action Plan
- Identifies specific funding sources
- Specifies quantity and cost
- Has specifics on implementation (who, what,
where, when and how) - Identifies performance measures
- Specifies timeline
13Work Group Process and Leader Introductions
14Planning Groups
15Funders Group
- Mayor Frank Cownie
- City Council Person Christine Hensley
- City Council Person Chris Colman
- County Board Supervisor Robert Brownell
- County Board Supervisor Angela Connolly
- State Senator Jack Hatch
- State Senator Matt Mc Coy
- Ron Olson , Polk County Manager
- Sheila Lumley, Polk County Housing Trust Fund
- Shannon Cofield, United Way of Central Iowa
- Kristi Knous, Greater Des Moines Community
Foundation
16Overall Plan Concepts
- Has support from Funders Group
- For all of Polk County
- For all homeless subpopulations
- Not just chronically homeless
- BUT, cant be everything to everyone
- Build off of progress made in existing chronic
homeless plan - Leverage all available funding opportunities and
other planning processes
17Work Group Composition
- Staffed by City employees
- Guided by TAC
- Chaired by key community representatives with
experience and knowledge - Composed of housing and service providers,
advocacy groups, government agencies, funders and
other relevant community members
18Work Group Leaders
- Permanent Housing
- Kristin Saddoris, Conlin Properties
- Prevention and Emergency Services
- Deirdre Henriquez, Primary Health Care
- Behavioral Health and Support Services
- Lynn Ferrell, Polk County Health Services
- Economic Support and Income
- Jane Fogg, United Way of Central Iowa
19Permanent Housing - Scope
- Affordable housing
- Permanent supportive housing
- Transitional housing
20Behavioral Health and Support Services - Scope
- Housing stabilization
- Housing search
- Support services in housing
21Prevention and Emergency Services - Scope
- Discharge planning
- Homelessness Prevention
- Diversion from shelter
- Assessment and triage
- Emergency shelter
- Street and shelter outreach
- Food pantries, drop-in centers, soup kitchens,
etc.
22Economic Support and Income - Scope
- Employment
- Job training
- Supported employment
- Benefits
- Entitlements
- Vocational rehabilitation
23Overall Workgroup Tasks
- Understand problem
- Inventory resources and availability
- Review existing policies
- Review Best Practices
- Develop key strategies
- Prioritize recommendations
- Identify funding sources/policy changes
- Establish time line, accountable parties and
outcomes
24Planning Timeline
- Today 1st work group meeting
- April 2nd and 3rd work group meetings
- May 4th and 5th work group meetings
- June 6th work group meeting (if needed)
- June draft Plan available
- July Final Plan
25Goals for First Work Group Meeting Today
- Get to know members
- Appoint minute taker
- Review composition and identify missing members
- Establish any needed subgroups
- Review scope and make any needed changes
- Schedule next 5 meetings
26Goals (continued)
- Clarify overall goals establish strategies and
implementation action steps - Review local data
- Solidify guiding principles
- Brainstorm
- What is working
- What isnt working
- What additional information is needed
27- 1130 1200
- Lunch for
- Permanent Housing
- Behavioral Health/Support Svcs
- Orientation for
- Prevention/Emerg. Svcs.
- Economic Support/Income
- 1200 1230
- Lunch for
- Prevention/Emerg. Svcs.
- Economic Support/Income
- Orientation for
- Permanent Housing
- Behavioral Health/Support Svcs
28Next Steps
- Share information via the website
- Work group meetings 2-5
- Conference calls with TAC
- Work group leaders
- Regular work group meetings
29Contacts
- Merlie Crowley
- Polk County Housing Continuum Coordinator
- mcrowley_at_pchtf.org
- 515.282.3233 x 4
- Emily Cooper/Marie Herb
- Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
- ecooper_at_tacinc.org or mherb_at_tacinc.org
- 617.266.5657
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