Metro Detroit’s Community Summit on Ending

Homelessness

YOUTHS

INMATES

PATIENTS

DISCHARGING

A primary component of facilitating a successful transition from public system care into the community.

Discharge Planning

Who Needs Discharge Planning?

Patients

Youths out of Foster Care

Ex-offenders

Homeless individuals occupy space in our prison system, which cost taxpayers approximately $20,000 annually.

Most ex-offenders lack educational skills to compete in today’s job market.

FACTS

Assist individuals with re-entry to the community.

Prevent vulnerable populations from becoming homeless or criminalized.

Connect individuals to permanent supported housing and other main stream resources.

Goals

Objective:

To establish programs that would eliminate “direct homelessness” of individuals being released from public care.

Shareholders

SheriffWayne County

City of DetroitPolice Department

DischargePlanning

Michigan Dept.Of

Corrections

MichiganFamily

IndependenceAgency

Hospitals andMental Health

Institutions

Wayne County Department Of

Community Justice

Local Judicial System

Community

Youths face social and economic conditions that leads to increase in the homelessness populations.

Youths returning to the community are confronted with housing barriers.

FACTS

Statistics

On Youths

400 of Michigan’s 19,500 Foster Care kids age out of the system each year.

One in three are in the criminal system within one year of aging out

Fewer than 15% go to College

“Tim Martin

Lansing State

Journal”, 12/17/03

They are 3 times likely to be unemployed

Twice as likely to lack insurance

Seven times likely to be on Public Assistance

Statistics On Youths

“Tim Martin

Lansing State

Journal”, 12/17/03

In Michigan, an estimate of 12,000 inmates are expected to be paroled during 2004.

20% are released to the streets or shelters.

Statistics

Recommendations

Assessed for efficiency, expediency and quality.

Formation of a Working Group to refine the current system of discharge planning from public systems.