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HUD’s role in Ending Family and Youth
Homelessness by 2020Sarah Hunter
Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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HUD’s Policy Priorities:Using a Housing First Approach
• Remove barriers• Centralized or coordinated assessment
system• Client-centered service delivery • Prioritizing households with highest need• Inclusive decision-making
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Ending Family Homelessness by 2020
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HUD’s Policy Priorities:Ending Family Homelessness
• Most families experiencing homelessness need short- or medium-term rental assistance or affordable housing and connection to benefits and community-based supports
• Rapid Re-housing funding should be targeted to households with children living on the streets or in emergency shelters
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Emergency Solutions Grants 2015 increase of $20 million nationally to $270 Million Encouraging the use of funding for RRH over
homelessness prevention CoC Program
Reallocation to RRH for families Policy priorities and scoring support plans to end
family homelessness More opportunities for families and youth in 2015
since a cut scenario is not likely
What Resources Are Available from HUD?
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HUD Mainstream Housing:Supporting the goals of Opening Doors
• Housing Choice Vouchers for targeted homelessness assistance, including families experiencing homelessness, Veterans experiencing homelessness regardless of VA eligibility, and tribal homelessness
$177.5 million
• Tenant Protections Vouchers for Victims of Domestic Violence, including domestic and dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault – to be administered in line with the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization
$37.5 million
• Family Unification Program vouchers for eligible families and youth with interactions with the foster care system, including the expansion of the time frame for which youth can utilize the rental assistance to 5 years.
$20 million
The President’s FY2016 Budget Request demonstrates a strong commitment to the goals of Opening Doors, including targeted HUD mainstream rental
assistance…
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Ending Youth Homelessness by 2020
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HUD’s Policy Priorities:Ending Youth Homelessness
• Need to be able to identify and describe the needs of homeless youth within the geographic area
• Partner with schools, the child welfare system, and Runaway and Homeless Youth providers to implement a youth-informed system of care
• CoCs need to consider specific challenges faced by youth when setting local performance targets
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Framework to End Youth Homelessness
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Some Progress• A two-city pilot to help
communities develop and implement a comprehensive community-wide plan to prevent homelessness among LGBT youth
• Integrating Runaway and Homeless Youth program data with HUD’s Homeless Management Information Systems
• YouthCount!• (coming soon) Guidance for CoCs
and Local Education Agencies about models of collaboration
More to Do• There are more youth
experiencing homelessness than we have beds with which to serve them
• Many communities do not yet have a systems level orientation to preventing and ending youth homelessness
• We still do not have an accurate count of youth experiencing homelessness, nor an understanding of what that experience looks like across the country
• We are looking for a mechanism for effectively prioritizing limited resources to the most vulnerable homeless youth
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Key HUD Messages on Ending Youth Homelessness
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How is HUD Prioritizing Youth?
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Weblinks :
Framework for Ending Youth Homelessness2014 HMIS Data Standards2014 PIT Count Methodology Guide (Youth Section begins on page 60)Ask A Question on HUDExchangeFYSB’s RHY GranteesSNAPS In Focus: Youth HomelessnessSNAPS In Focus: A Discussion about the Point-in-Time CountChildren and Youth and HUD’s Homeless Definition
Contact Information:
Sarah HunterHUD-Office of the [email protected]
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