permanent supportive housing AWS
Lynne Brockmeier Riverside County
Leadership from the top county elected officials, and city government - Valor initiative
Valor initiative had multiple agencies, non-profits and government programs collaboration
Community Solutions / Mayors Initiative
Began in one community, Riverside City, › with all the teams from multiple agencies involved , › then we spread to the entire county
“Boots on the ground staff” lead the way
Strong community “boots on the ground”
Weekly navigation meetings
VA collaboration
Collaborative Housing Authority
Community priority for veterans
Landlord fairs- “Valor Landlord “ Awards
Used our BNL and Data to identify directions
Diversity of county geographically
Resistance to a Coordinated system
Momentum surges and wanes
Key volunteer CES / BNL staff ,as well as leadership, unable to continue to maintain commitment
Tragedy in our community affected momentum
Meets Regularly - weekly Designed to support those serving the homeless 30-40 people average, county programs, non-profits, VA, SSVF, law enforcement, behavioral health Develop case conferencing strategies to Support staff Engage clients creatively
Provide training , best practices
Regular- every week
No matching done in the meeting
BNL/CES focus
Mostly line staff – Boots on the ground
Positive case conferencing attitude around outreach/navigation
Each case is different
Trusting partners
No such thing as fail
Troubleshooting
Barriers - Patterns -Points of resistance - Points of acceptance Using these to brain storm resolutions ie if resistant to male, bring in a female staff, if resistant to county staff or a VA employee bring in non-profit, etc
Must assess the outreach service focus
It’s not a large group,
“the homeless” ,
with common factors, it is a individual household with a Housing Crisis
One veteran at a Time!
It’s an individual households’ crisis… in all its uniqueness.
Focusing on the homeless globally, limits the ability to address the individual.
Goals
Barriers Hope
Home Plans Needs Self Dignity
Being Homeless, for any reason … robs an individual of dignity … … of self worth. Day by day, time after time, it strips it away
Hope Soon they have No Hope things can be different Staff must Hold the Hope for them, that things can change
Outreach
› Coordinated and collaborative
Navigation – collaborative
Landlord
› Landlord sharing › Landlord coordinated events
Warm hand offs to housing providers
Ongoing data review and updates
Only local community reaching the goal
Hundreds of veterans in surrounding areas remain living on the streets
Point in time showed more homeless then BNL Multiple collaborative outreach events held Self reported veterans – many are Not veterans
Documenting those coming from other areas Developing local housing preference Continuing to house every veteran
Data Use data to show system strengths and weakness i Keep outreach/navigation teams actively involved Leadership needs someone with a fulltime focus Remember - don’t panic when numbers increase! › Its not about the numbers Numbers fluctuate, its part of the process. Identify why it is fluctuating, through review of data and discussion with field staff › Its about developing a process that houses veterans
Positive › System works - You know how to do this! CES BNL Challenges › Different Housing options › New partners Who do not know how to do this Who have differing opinions Who may not want a coordinated system Who may not believe in Housing First Hard conversations … still!! › But who may also have new vision, new focus, new energy! Hear their voice .
Leadership from the top county elected officials, and city government - Valor initiative
Valor initiative had multiple agencies, non-profits and government programs collaboration
Community Solutions / Mayors Initiative
Began in one community, Riverside City, › with all the teams from multiple agencies involved , › then we spread to the entire county
“Boots on the ground staff” lead the way
Strong community “boots on the ground”
Weekly navigation meetings
VA collaboration
Collaborative Housing Authority
Community priority for veterans
Landlord fairs- “Valor Landlord “ Awards
Used our BNL and Data to identify directions
Diversity of county geographically
Resistance to a Coordinated system
Momentum surges and wanes
Key volunteer CES / BNL staff ,as well as leadership, unable to continue to maintain commitment
Tragedy in our community affected momentum
Meets Regularly - weekly Designed to support those serving the homeless 30-40 people average, county programs, non-profits, VA, SSVF, law enforcement, behavioral health Develop case conferencing strategies to Support staff Engage clients creatively
Provide training , best practices
Regular- every week
No matching done in the meeting
BNL/CES focus
Mostly line staff – Boots on the ground
Positive case conferencing attitude around outreach/navigation
Each case is different
Trusting partners
No such thing as fail
Troubleshooting
Barriers - Patterns -Points of resistance - Points of acceptance Using these to brain storm resolutions ie if resistant to male, bring in a female staff, if resistant to county staff or a VA employee bring in non-profit, etc
Must assess the outreach service focus
It’s not a large group,
“the homeless” ,
with common factors, it is a individual household with a Housing Crisis
One veteran at a Time!
It’s an individual households’ crisis… in all its uniqueness.
Focusing on the homeless globally, limits the ability to address the individual.
Goals
Barriers Hope
Home Plans Needs Self Dignity
Being Homeless, for any reason … robs an individual of dignity … … of self worth. Day by day, time after time, it strips it away
Hope Soon they have No Hope things can be different Staff must Hold the Hope for them, that things can change
Outreach
› Coordinated and collaborative
Navigation – collaborative
Landlord
› Landlord sharing › Landlord coordinated events
Warm hand offs to housing providers
Ongoing data review and updates
Only local community reaching the goal
Hundreds of veterans in surrounding areas remain living on the streets
Point in time showed more homeless then BNL Multiple collaborative outreach events held Self reported veterans – many are Not veterans
Documenting those coming from other areas Developing local housing preference Continuing to house every veteran
Data Use data to show system strengths and weakness i Keep outreach/navigation teams actively involved Leadership needs someone with a fulltime focus Remember - don’t panic when numbers increase! › Its not about the numbers Numbers fluctuate, its part of the process. Identify why it is fluctuating, through review of data and discussion with field staff › Its about developing a process that houses veterans
Positive › System works - You know how to do this! CES BNL Challenges › Different Housing options › New partners Who do not know how to do this Who have differing opinions Who may not want a coordinated system Who may not believe in Housing First Hard conversations … still!! › But who may also have new vision, new focus, new energy! Hear their voice .
