Ending Veteran Homelessness Opportunities, Challenges and Emerging Issues.

May 21, 2014, 9:30 – 10:45 am Yakima, WA

Panel•Ann M. Oliva, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs, CPD, Wash DC•Bill Block,  Regional Administrator, HUD Seattle Regional Office•Jack Peters, Director. CPD, HUD Seattle Regional Office

Veteran Homelessness in WA

Continuum of Care Sheltered Unsheltered TotalCoC Veteran CoC Veteran CoC Veteran

Seattle/King County 6,370 589 9% 2,736 93 3% 9,106 682 7%Washington Balance of State 2,552 181 7% 1,556 90 6% 4,108 271 7%Spokane City & County 970 125 13% 60 7 12% 1,030 132 13%Tacoma/Lakewood/Pierce County 1,183 84 7% 120 9 8% 1,303 93 7%Everett/Snohomish County 603 33 5% 344 31 9% 947 64 7%Yakima City & County 516 26 5% 47 6 13% 563 32 6%Vancouver/Clark County 513 20 4% 190 24 13% 703 44 6%

Washington State 12,707 1,058 8% 5,053 260 5% 17,760 1,318 7%

2013 Point-in-Time (PIT) Results

https://www.onecpd.info/resource/3300/2013-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness/

Housing Inventory Count

Continuum of Care Emergency Shelter

Safe Haven

Transitional Housing

Permanent Housing

Total Beds (year-round)

Seattle/King County 2,645 45 4,158 4,365 11,213Washington Balance of State 1,879 0 4,999 1,763 8,641Spokane City & County 644 0 777 655 2,076Tacoma/Lakewood/Pierce County 446 0 817 673 1,936Everett/Snohomish County 392 0 343 893 1,628Yakima City & County 387 0 259 254 900Vancouver/Clark County 161 10 589 443 1203

Washington State 6,554 55 11,942 9,046 27,597

2013 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Results

https://www.onecpd.info/reports/CoC_HIC_State_WA_2013.pdf

Resources in WA HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (VASH)

Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration (VHDP) - $2,000,000

Joint Base Lewis-McChord - Tacoma/Lakewood/Pierce County CoC

HUD and the U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Labor (DOL)

WA State

FY 2008

FY 2009

FY 2010

FY 2011

PBV Set-Aside

Awards

FY 2012

FY 2013 Total

Total 245 420 345 175 95 325 260 1,865http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/hcv/vash

Qualitative and Subjective Aspects

Development of strategies based on need Pre-discharge planning Other Initiatives per Bill Block and Ann Oliva

Local Actions

Yakima, Spokane County, Renton, Shoreline, Seattle-King County, Pierce County

Security Deposits, One Month Rents, Utilities Connection with Service Providers, Homeless

Service Grants, Dental, Medical Peer Counselling and Communication

Coordination, Evaluation, Participation, Collaboration

Utilizing other HUD funding sources to address homelessness: CDBG ESG HOME Public Housing

Ending Veteran HomelessnessResources and Data

May 21, 2014

Opening Doors released in 2010 is a Federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness includes 4 goals:

End chronic homelessness by 2015 End veteran homelessness by 2015 End family homelessness by 2020 Set path to end all homelessness by 2020

Close collaboration between HUD, USICH, and VA puts us on target to meet veterans goal.

Ending Veterans Homelessness

57,849 in January 2013 represents 24% decline since 2009 60% sheltered 40% unsheltered

8% decline between 2012 and 2013 Where are they located?

46% major cities 40% smaller city, county, regional CoCs 14% in Balance of State or Statewide CoCs

(rural)

How many homeless veterans?

The typical sheltered homeless veteran in the United States in 2012 was: a man living alone in a one-person household 51 to 61 years old white and not Hispanic disabled located in a city already homeless before entering shelter in an emergency shelter for 19 nights

Profile

Common data and benchmarks, use of the most accurate data possible

Housing First as the model Using the resources appropriate to the need –

Permanent Supportive Housing is for the highest need veterans.

Targeting chronically homeless veterans Support for additional resources to serve veterans

that do not need PSH – e.g. SSVF Performance (VAMC and PHA) Connection to Continuums of Care – using those

resources to target veterans ineligible for VA

National Priorities

Non-targeted: CoC Program Emergency Solutions Grants Program Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program (not

yet funded) Targeted:

Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration

HUD-VASH

HUD Resources for Homeless Veterans

Progress on Veteran Homelessness

Veteran Homelessness in Washington State

HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) combines: Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance

(HUD) Case management and clinical services (VA)

provided at VAMCS and community-based outreach clinics

Total Appropriated (2008-2013): 58,155 About 10,000 per year (except 2011) Lease-ups over 66,300 to date Over 48,000 vouchers currently in use

HUD-VASH

Map Continuum of Care (CoC) geographic areas to VA catchment areas and PHA jurisdictions

Determine relative need Uses Point in Time count and VA data, taking into

account unused HUD-VASH Vouchers Adjusted to give more weight to unsheltered veterans Apply performance criteria regarding voucher utilization

and chronic targeting Apply floor of 10 vouchers to ensure case management

staff will be available VA determines how vouchers will be distributed to VA

facilities in each CoC HUD identifies PHA that has jurisdiction and capacity

to administer vouchers within identified VA catchment area

Allocation of HUD-VASH vouchers

Washington State has been awarded 1,865 VASH vouchers

HUD-VASH in Washington State

Date VISN Parent FacilityVouchers Allocated

Current Veterans Under Lease

Vouchers Issued and Veteran is Seeking Housing

Vouchers Reserved for Veterans Undergoing PHA Validation

Actual Vouchers Currently in Use

Estimated Vouchers Currently Available for Use

2/28/2014 20 (V20) (663) VA Puget Sound, WA 1215 994 66 8 1068 1472/28/2014 20 (V20) (668) Spokane, WA 270 196 23 4 223 472/28/2014 20 (V20) (687) Walla Walla, WA 250 189 7 13 209 41

FY14 data thru April 2014 VISN 20*

Total Exits (Prevention) 681

Exits to PH (Prevention) 613

% Exits to PH (Prevention) 90%

Total Exits (RRH) 991

Exits to PH (RRH) 728

% Exits to PH (RRH) 73%

Persons exiting SSVF 1669

Total Exits to PH 1338

% Total Exits to PH 80%

* Includes VAMCs in Anchorage, Boise, Portland, Roseburg, Seattle, Spokane, Walla Walla, and White City.

SSVF in Washington State

$10 million joint demonstration program Joint effort between HUD, DOL, VA 5-sites selected to serve veterans and their

families Homelessness prevention Rapid re-housing

Veteran Homelessness Prevention Program (VHPD)

OneCPD Portal: https://www.onecpd.info/homelessness-assistance/resources-for-homeless-veterans/

HUD Resources: Homeless Veterans

HOUSING HOMELESS VETERANS

MAYORS CHALLENGE

THESE LEADERS HAVE SAID THEY’RE IN

GAP ANALYSIS

BEST PRACTICES:INCLUSIVE, COMMON

LIST

STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT

NAVIGATORS

TARGETED PLACEMENT

BEST PRACTICES: INCLUSIVE, COMMON LIST

BEST PRACTICES: STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENT

BEST PRACTICES:NAVIGATORS OR GUIDES

BEST PRACTICESCOORDINATED PLACEMENT

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVE OUTLIERS:

COMMUNICATION AND INTEGRATION OF SERVICES

COMMITMENT TO HOUSING FIRST

TARGETING

USE OF DATA

USE OF MAINSTREAM SERVICES

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVE OUTLIERS:

COMMUNICATION AND INTEGRATION OF SERVICES

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVE OUTLIERS:

COMMITMENT TO HOUSING FIRST

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVE OUTLIERS

TARGETING

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVE OUTLIERS:

USE OF DATA

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVE OUTLIERS:

USE OF MAINSTREAM RESOURCES

VETS HELP LINE

1-877-4AID-VET

1-877-424-3838

U.S. Department of HousingAnd Urban Development

William H. BlockRegional AdministratorHUD Region X

bill.block@hud.gov