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>>> THE RESCHEDULES, THE
MEETING OF THE HUMAN SERVICES,
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
RENDERS RIGHT COMMITTE.
IT IS WILL NINTH, 2019.
I AM JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
WE WILL HEAR FROM JASON JOHNSON
AND TIFFANY WASHINGTON.
THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT
THEY HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST
YEAR.
WE HOLD QUARTERLY REPORTS
THREAT 2019 TO DISCUSS DATA AND
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST
OPPORTUNITY TO STEP BACK AND
SEE THE RESULTS OVERTIME.
BUT BEFORE WE BRING THE
PRESENTERS TO THE TABLE, WE
SHOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND
NICK JONES, WHO IS THE CLERK
WILL BE READING THE NAMES.
EVERY PERSON WHO SIGNED UP HAS
TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYE ON NICK TO
KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
>>> FIRST ON PUBLIC COMMENT WE
HAVE DAVID HAYNES.
>> PEOPLE ARE GETTING RICH OFF
OF THIS REPORT.
IT IS VERY SUGARCOATED IN
GENERAL.
ACCORDING TO THIS, WE NEED AN
INVESTIGATION AS TO WHO WAS
SKIMMING CONTRACTS AND WHO WAS
DOING WHAT.
THIS IS A MODERN THIRD WORLD
SLUMLORD, MANAGING THE
VILLAGES.
HELPING 255 AND THEN THEY ONLY
HELP LIKE 328 OR SOMETHING.
BUT COSTS 4.24 MILLION.
COMMITTEE CHAIR MUST INVESTIGATE
THE RACIST AGENDA THAT
PURPOSELY BYPASSES ALL OF THESE
INNOCENT CITIZENS WHILE
NONPROFITS ARE NOWHERE TO
ANSWER FOR THEIR EGREGIOUS
FAILURES, SKIMMING A SOCIAL
WELFARE SALARY, ACTING EXPERT,
POLITICKING RACIAL AND
OBSCURELY PERVERTED DATA TO
FURTHER DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE TREATED AS SECOND-
CLASS CITIZENS.
THE COMMITTEE CHAIR NEEDS TO
STOP USING PAID OPERATIVES TO
DO SUBHUMAN SHELTERS, PROVIDING
ACCOUNTABILITY AND SELF-
APPOINTED, POLITICALLY
COLLECTED NONPROFITS, RELYING
ON SIX FIGURE SALARIES WITH
LAZY, DO-NOTHING EMPLOYEES
PLAYING THE RACE CARD.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF CITY
COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
DISSOLVED ALL HOME.COM AND ALL
OF THE GOVERNMENT AND
NONGOVERNMENT AGENCIES
REGARDING THE REDTAPE
ADMINISTRATIVE THAT IS
SQUANDERING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IT HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS.
YOU COULD USE ALL THE MONEY TO
HIRE A 21st CENTURY GENERAL
CONTRACTOR AND ADVANCED
ARCHITECT AND USE THE CAPITAL
INVESTMENT AND OTHER MATCHING
FUNDS FOR A VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION FOR CARPENTERS UNION
QUALIFIED WORKERS TO BEGIN THE
GREAT AMERICAN HOUSING BUILDOUT
WITHOUT FRAUDULENT POWER
MONGERS AT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
CONSORTIUM AND ALL OF THE
PARTNERS IN CRIME.
I CAN GO DOWN THE LIST.
WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING EVERY
WEEK FOR THE HOMELESS HEARING
OF WHAT THE IS GOING ON.
HAVE ALL THESE GREAT PEOPLE
THAT ARE PARTICIPATING SHOW UP.
HOPEFULLY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
IT IS ONGOING.
>> AFTER DAVID WE HAVE ALEX
ZIMMERMAN AND MEGAN MURPHY.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
IS THIS YOUR PLAN FOR THE
HOMELESS?
I SEE THIS BS FOR 10 YEARS.
YOU ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU PRESENT YOUR SORRY
DEMOCRATIC MAFIA.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHO THEY WANT.
MY PURPOSE IS VERY SIMPLE.
I SPOKE ABOUT IT 100 TIMES.
EVERY TIME I SAY GO FOR THE
ELECTION.
SIX TIMES.
WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH IN THE
SYSTEM TO FIX IT WITH OUR
PROBLEMS.
IT IS NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, WE NEED SOMETHING
SO PEOPLE CAN COME.
NOBODY IS HERE BECAUSE
EVERYBODY THINKS WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT NOTHING.
OUR VOICE MATTERS.
DO YOU SEE THIS?
I GIVE THIS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
NO PEOPLE HERE.
GOVERNMENT AND CITY HALL, I
TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR MANY
YEARS.
100 TIMES.
YOU NEVER SUPPORTED.
IT IS INTERESTING.
IT IS NUMBER TWO.
NUMBER THREE.
WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT.
I GOT RIGHT NOW EVERY MONTH TO
THE CITY LIGHTS AND THE
DIRECTORS OF SATELLITE SO I CAN
SPAK TO HER.
I TALKED TO YOU MANY TIMES,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
YOU IGNORE THIS.
I TOLD YOU MANY TIMES WE NEED
OPEN CONVERSATION WITH EVERY
DIRECTOR IN CITY.
EVERY DIRECTOR CAN GO AND HAVE
EVERY MONTH, REPORT TO THE
PEOPLE.
HAVE Q AND DAY.
OR YOU CAN TALK OPENLY.
I DOING THIS RIGHT NOW.
WHY YOU NEVER SUPPORT THIS?
THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR
6 YEARS.
YOU NEVER SUPPORTED.
EVERY WEEK FOR PEOPLE.
ABOUT DIRECTOR, SUPPOSED TO BE
SPEAKING TO PEOPLE.
LIKE BUSINESSES DOING.
CLEAN THIS DIRTY GIMBAL FROM
THESE CROOKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
SPEAK.
I HEARD CHATEAU RESIDENTS ARE,
THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
GETTING $5000 EACH FOR RECOVERY
WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH.
I THINK IT IS CALLED THE
TRAILER PARK.
THEY HAVE TO START THE WHOLE
REGIMEN OF LIFE OVER AGAIN.
WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO GO TO
THE DOCTOR, HOW THEY WILL GET
TRANSPORTATION, THE THERAPY,
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE ELDERLY.
SOME OF THEM HAVE HAD TRAUMA.
I THINK SECTION 8 SHOULDN'T BE
SO CENTRALIZED.
A LOT OF LANDLORDS CANNOT
AFFORD TO TAKE SECTION 8 OR
WON'T.
OR THE RENT IS JUST TOO HIGH.
TO WHERE PEOPLE WITH SECTION 8
VOUCHERS HAVE TO BE IN ONE
BUILDING.
AND I THINK EVERYONE DESERVES A
RIGHT TO HOUSING AND TO NOT BE
DISPLACED, ESPECIALLY WHEN
THEY'RE OLDER.
I DON'T THINK, I HEARD THAT THE
COMPANY THAT OWNED CHATEAU IS
PROBABLY OFFSHORE AND SOME
OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY ARE AT.
BUT THERE OWNED WITH PEOPLE
WITH MONEY.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THE
RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE
DESERVE THE RIGHT TO PERMANENT
HOUSING, SAFE HOUSING.
AND THAT IS GOING TO GET
FUNDED.
THE LIGHT RAIL.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN
THAT IT IS PERMANENTLY FUNDING.
A LOT OF THE SHELTERS, SLEEPING
IN A BAD ON A FLOOR IS REALLY
HARD ON PEOPLE'S BODIES,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ELDERLY.
I AM A READING CALLED THE INNER
LEVEL, AND AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY
WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF
INEQUALITY, THE STANDARD OF
LIVING IS WAY LOWER.
THERE ARE HIGHER LEVELS OF
STRESS, BIPOLAR, OPPRESSION,
AND IN THE MORE EQUAL SOCIETY,
THE HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE BETTER
FOR EVERYBODY.
THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO BE
NARCISSISTIC AT THE TOP IN
ORDER TO SURVIVE.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY
COOL IF THE CHATEAU GET A
BETTER DEAL.
I AM HAPPY TO BE AT THE
CHCEAU.
IT IS A BETTER DEAL.
THANKS.
>> THING YOU, MEGAN.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, CADENCE
DEVELOPERS WHO OWNED THE
CHCEAU BUILDING IS NOT AN
OVERSEAS COMPANY.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS OWNED
BY A VERY RICH PERSON.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY BEING FORCED
BECAUSE THE TENANT ORGANIZING
BUT THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
CORPORATION TO FORCE THEM TO
MEET WITH THE TENANTS.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU.
$5000 IS NOT ENOUGH.
BUT IT IS VIRTUALLY UNHEARD OF,
THAT THE TENANTS HAVE WON.
IN TRANSFERRING TO SECTION 8.
THAT IS CRITICAL.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> SO IF WE COULD HAVE THE
PRESENTERS COME TO THE TABLE
AND WE WILL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
AND THEN AS YOU ALL ARE
SETTLING IN, I JUST WAS HOPING,
THAT WHEN YOU DO THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE
PRESENTATION, YOU ALSO GIVE US
AN OVERVIEW OF WHEN -- I'M
SORRY.
IF YOU COULD GIVE AN OVERVIEW
ON THE RFP PROCESS.
I AM ASSUMING, AS FAR AS I
KNOW, THE LAST ONE THAT WAS PUT
OUT IN 2017.
IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT
THE THINKING WAS FOR 2018.
IF THERE'S A PLAN FOR 2019.
AND ALSO, I WANTED TO THINK
TIFFANY FOR BEING HERE.
AND JASON.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS
YEAR WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO THAT
MR. JOHNSON HERE.
WE REALLY WELCOME THAT.
WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE IT
IN THE FUTURE MEETINGS AS WELL.
WE SHOULD START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> LLE, CENTRAL STUFF.
>> JASON JOHNSON, HUMAN
SERVICES DETERMINED.
>> TIFFANY WASHINGTON, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
SO WE WERE ASKED TO COME AND
RESENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER
DATA, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A FULL
YEAR, 2018 OF OUR HOMELESS
INVESTMENTS PERFORMANCE DATA.
THIS IS DATA WE LOOK AT EVERY
QUARTER.
AND REPORT BACK TO THE MAYOR,
TO THIS GOVERNING BODY AND TO
THE PUBLIC.
SO THAT WE CAN, IT IS A WAY OF
HELPING US STAY ACCOUNTABLE TO
THE INVESTMENTS WE ARE MAKING.
BUT ALSO HOW WE HELP SUPPORT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE
INVESTING IN, AND MAKING SURE
THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFULLY
EXITING INDIVIDUALS SPACING
HOMELESS THING, HOMELESSNESS
THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
TODAY WE WILL WALK THROUGH SOME
OF THE KEY MILESTONES.
WE ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME
OF THE 2018 PERFORMANCE AND
OVERALL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND
WE WANT TO FOCUS ON SOME KEY
PROGRAM AREAS AND TALK ABOUT
THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS PROGRAM
AREAS.
>> SO I THINK THIS IS, THIS
SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS A LITTLE BIT
OF WHAT YOU ARE ASKING IN YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT THE RFP.
WE DID NOT JUST LAND LAST YEAR
IN A SPACE WHERE WE HAD EXITS
TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
ARRIVING AT THE CONTRACTS
WITHOUT INTENTION.
IN FACT, THIS IS A MULTIYEAR
PROCESS THAT REALLY MOVED US IN
BOTH THE CIVIC INSTIGATION AND
THE TARGETING OF THE LEVEL OF
DATA AND THE KIND OF DATA THAT
WE WANT TO LOOK AT AND WIDE.
THIS REALLY IN 2014, WE WERE
VERY MUCH STILL KIND OF WIDGET
COUNTING.
WE WERE COUNTING INDIVIDUALS OR
HOURS OF SERVICE OR BAGS OF
FOOD, MEALS SERVED.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THOSE ARE STILL IMPORTANT ITEMS
TO COUNT.
BUT THROUGH THE RESULTS-BASED
ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK, IT
REALLY ASKS US TO LOOK DEEPER
AND TO LOOK AT THE OUTCOMES AND
RESULTS THAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE
AND FIND THE STRATEGY AND THE
BIRD FORMANTS MEASURES THAT WE
WILL PAY ATTENTION TO.
TO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND IF WE
ARE ACHIEVING THE GOALS.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT THIS HAS BEEN A MULTIYEAR
CONTINUUM OF GETTING SOME OF
OUR OWN THINKING.
WE HAVE GREAT EXPERTS AND SAID
OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SOME DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH
PROVIDERS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH
THE ON SHELTERED TASK FORCE AND
THE STATE OF EMERGENCY OF
HOMELESS INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.
WE DID A LOT OF WORK WITH
PROVIDERS BUT WE ALSO HAD
OUTSIDE NATIONAL CONSULTANTS
HELP US TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE
COULD BOTH TRACK AND REPORT
BACK INFORMATION ABOUT OUR
HOMELESS INVESTMENTS AND
ULTIMATELY, WE LAUNCHED THE
PATHWAYS HOME RFP IN 2017.
WHERE WE WERE VERY EXPLICIT
ABOUT OUR EXPECTATIONS THAT
CERTAIN PROGRAMS WERE ABLE TO
SHOW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT
THEY WERE MOVING TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THAT IS HOW WE WOULD BE GAUGING
SUCCESS.
IT IS ALSO THROUGH THAT RFP
THAT WE MADE IT REALLY CLEAR
THAT DATA WAS GOING TO BE A KEY
COMPONENT OF OUR CONTRACT
ASPORTATION.
WE USED DATA IN DECISION-MAKING
IN THAT RFP.
LIKEWISE, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK
AT DATA IN OUR CONTRACTS.
THAT IS THE DATA WE WILL REPORT
BACK TO YOU TODAY.
SO I THINK THE KEY MESSAGES
HERE IS THAT WE ARE MAKING
PROGRESS.
MORE HOUSEHOLD HAVE MOVED FROM
HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING IN 2018
BEEN IN IT 2017.
WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE ARE ALSO ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
PUBLIC.
WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH
OUR PARTNERS, HUMAN SERVICE
AGENCIES, TO IMPROVE PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE AND POSITIVELY
IMPACT MORE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
LIKEWISE, WE ARE CHANGING HOW
WE ARE REPORTING RESULTS IN THE
COMING YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON THESE
RESULTS EACH QUARTER THROUGHOUT
2018.
AND THOSE RESULTS ARE THAT WE
HAVE MOVED A TOTAL OF 7428.
WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF 7428
EXITS.
AND THESE ARE, THIS IS AN
INCREASE OF 30% OVER THE NUMBER
OF EXITS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN
2017.
THESE ARE A COMBINATION OF
THOUSAND 627 HOUSEHOLD EXITS TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE, I'M
SORRY.
I AM GOING TO START OVER.
THIS NUMBER OF EXITS IS A TOTAL
INCREASE OF 30% OVER 2017.
THAT IS THAT 5627 NUMBER.
WE HAVE ALSO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO WE INVEST IN AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WE ALSO HAD 1801 HOUSEHOLDS
MAINTAINING THAT PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WE SORT OF CONSIDERED BOTH OF
THOSE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF
DATA IN UNDERSTANDING HOW
SUCCESSFUL EITHER ARE EMERGENCY
PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAM
INVESTMENTS, TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING, HOUSING DIVERSION ARE
PERFORMING BUT WE ALSO WANT TO
PAY ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS WE ARE MAKING AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO
SHOW HOW WE ARE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN HOUSING FOR THOSE
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND I WERE
AT AN OPENING OF A PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
OPENED BY THE ESC JUST TODAY.
WE TALK, I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL
PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF WRAPAROUND
SERVICES THAT EXIST IN THIS
HOUSING COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT IS REALLY THE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING
INTO THAT KIND OF PROGRAM AND
PROGRAMMING THAT HELPS
INDIVIDUALS MAINTAIN THE
HOUSING.
WITHOUT THAT IMPORTANT
WRAPAROUND SERVICE, WITHOUT THE
KIND OF IN BUILDING SERVICES
THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME OR HAVE
CONDITIONS THAT MAKE IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO WORK,
THESE SERVICES ARE CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO, WE
NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO CAPTURE
HOW WELL THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE
WORKING.
WE CAPTURED THAT AS SHOWING HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE MAINTAINING THE
HOUSING BECAUSE OF SERVICES.
>> I WANT TO ALSO TALK ABOUT,
THIS IS SOMEWHAT NEW
INFORMATION.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
JUST GOING BACK TO BEFORE.
I HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN, WHAT ARE THE
FACTORS THAT ENABLE THE
INCREASE OF EXIT HOUSING ON
SLIDE 4 FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN
PIECE.
I'M GUESSING THAT HAS TO DO
WITH THE FUNDING YOU ALL DID?
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
>> WE HAD 80% AND INCREASE IN
NATIVE AMERICANS WHO HAVE EXIT
HOUSING.
ALSO AN INCREASE IN BLACK AND
AFRICAN AMERICAN HOUSE WAS THAT
OF EXIT HOUSING.
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS BECAUSE
OF THE INTENTIONAL EFFORT IN
INVESTING IN PROGRAMS THAT
SERVE THAT POPULATION.
ALSO, BECAUSE OF OUR, AGAIN,
VERY INTENTIONAL EXPECTATION
THAT WE HAVE SET FOR ALL
PROGRAMS, TO HAVE A FOCUS ON
THIS POPULATION.
WE SEE THE GREATEST DISPARITIES
IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE NATIVE OR
ALASKAN NATIVE OR WHO ARE BLACK
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
IT IS THROUGH THAT RFP THAT WE
WANTED TO HAVE A VERY
INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO BOTH
INVEST IN CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ALREADY
SERVING THE POPULATION.
BUT ALSO WE WANTED TO MAKE IT
VERY CLEAR THAT OUR EXPECTATION
OF ALL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS,
EVEN IF THEY WERE WHITE LED
ORGANIZATIONS, THAT WE NEEDED
THEM TO HELP US REALLY MOVE THE
NEEDLE.
AND HELPING TO BETTER SERVE
THAT POPULATION.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
DATA FROM 2018.
AND TO SEE THIS INCREASE IN,
NOT JUST THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE BUT
THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE
SUCH AN INCREASED NUMBER OF
PEOPLE TO THESE PROGRAMS AND
INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
>> I WANT TO THANK HST.
YOU AS WELL AS CATHERINE
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHE IS
SEATTLE CLUB UNITED INDIANS.
THEY DID THE RFP TOGETHER.
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME ALL
THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION, THE
THEY PUSHED FORWARD TOGETHER TO
COMBINE IT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
EVER DONE IN THE PAST.
SOME OF THAT RESISTANCE WE GOT,
WE NEVER DID IT THAT WAY.
AND IT WAS LIKE YEAH, WE WILL
DO IT THAT WAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE RESULTS
PROVED POSITIVE AND WE DON'T DO
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
IT SHOWED VERY VALUABLE.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT COUNT AS THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING?
THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT?
>> YES.
WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH PROGRAM
AREA AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO
TALK SPECIFICALLY IN EACH
PROGRAM AREA.
WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EXIT.
WE WILL GO THROUGH AND DO THAT.
ONE BY ONE.
>> THAT MIGHT NOT ANSWER THE
THING THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET
TO.
SO FOR EACH OF THESE PROGRAM
AREAS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT
PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO.
AND SOME PROGRAM HAVE A VERY
SPECIFIC PLACE.
BUT OTHERS, IF IT WAS AN
ENHANCED SHELTER, PEOPLE COULD
GO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES AND IT
WOULD COUNT FOR THE PROMPT
HOUSING.
COULD YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT PLACES THAT PEOPLE
CAN GO?
>> IN GENERAL,?
>> AN EXIT TO PERMANENT HOUSING
IS WHEN SOMEONE MOVES FROM
SOMETHING THAT IS TIME-LIMITED.
IT IS TEMPORARY.
TO SOMETHING THAT IS PERMANENT.
SOMETHING THAT IS NON-TIME-
LIMITED.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR THEM TO
MOVE.
THAT COULD MEAN THEY MOVE INTO
HOUSING AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN
LEASE.
IT COULD MEAN THAT THERE IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WHERE THEY DO NOT HAVE TO MOVE
OUT.
THERE IS NO TIME REQUIREMENT.
IT COULD MEAN THAT THEY MOVE IN
WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY.
THOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY AGREED
THAT THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT TO
WHEN THEY HAVE TO EXIT.
SO THE KEY TERM HERE IS
PERMANENCE.
MEANING THERE WILL NOT BECOME
THIS PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THEY
HAVE TO LEAVE.
LIKE IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING,
THE MAXIMUM TIME THAT SOMEONE
COULD STAY IN TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING IS TWO YEARS.
THEREFORE, IT IS NOT PERMANENT.
WE KNOW GOING IN THAT THEY
CANNOT STAY THERE FOREVER.
AND SHELTERS, WE DO HAVE A
SHELTER STATE TARGET OF 30-90
DAYS.
WE KNOW THE SHELTER IS NOT
INTENDED TO BE PERMANENT
HOUSING BECAUSE THE EXPECTATION
IS THAT THEY LEAVE.
SO WHEN WE TALK EXIT TO
PERMANENT HOUSING, WE SAID THAT
THE EXIT TO A SITUATION AND
ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT IS NOT
TIME-LIMITED.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE.
>> THE REQUIREMENT IS, I THINK
MAYBE I AM ASSUMING WHERE YOU
GET ON THAT.
EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING, IT
IS NOT AN INTUITIVE WORD.
IT IS A CATCHALL PHRASE BY HUD
TO MEAN MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> YES.
THAT IS EXACTLY IT.
SOME OF HUD'S DEFINITIONS
DEFINITELY NEED TO BE DRAWN OUT
TO UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS.
LIKE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
BUT IF SOMEONE GETS A HOUSING
VOUCHER, IT COUNTS AS AN EXIT
TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
WHEN THE VOUCHER EXPIRES, AND
THAT ALSO COUNTS AS AN EXIT TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT COUNTS TWICE.
AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT?
>> YES.
THERE IS SOME DUPLICATION IN
THIS EXIT NUMBER.
AND SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DESCRIBE IS THAT
MAYBE SOMEONE IS IN SHELTER.
THEY GET A RAPID WE HOUSING
VOUCHER.
THAT SHELTER PROGRAM IS GOING
TO COUNT THAT PERSON AS EXITING
THE PROGRAM TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THEY'RE MOVING INTO A PLACE
WHERE THEY HAVE A LEASE.
AND THEN, THE RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAM MIGHT BE OFFERED BY
DIFFERENT PROGRAM.
THEY ARE AFTER THE SUBSIDY AND
SERVICES AND.
AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH
THAT INDIVIDUAL IS STILL IN
THAT HOUSING WITHOUT SUBSIDY OF
SERVICES, THAT RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAM WILL ALSO COUNT THAT AS
A SUCCESSFUL EXIT.
>> SO THESE EXIT NUMBERS, THERE
IS SOME DUPLICATION BUT WHAT WE
KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE
UNDUPLICATED GO I WILL GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> BEFORE YOU GO ON TO THE
SUBSEQUENCE SLIDES, AND I
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE MIGHT BE
DUPLICATION.
BUT EVEN WITHOUT THAT, OR EVEN
ASSUMING WHAT MARGIN OF ERROR
THAT PRESENTS, BUT OUTSIDE OF
THAT, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME I AM HAVING THIS QUESTION
AND HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP IN
COMMITTEE BEFORE.
I AM HAVING A BIT OF A
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM.
I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM.
THESE NUMBERS LOOK SO GOOD.
WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE?
IF THESE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY
WITHIN A VERY, THIS IS
STATISTICS.
IF THERE ARE WITHIN A
REASONABLE MARGIN OF ERROR, THE
ONLY THING, THE ONLY STORE THAT
TELLS ME IS THAT IF I AM TO
TAKE THESE NUMBERS AS
STATISTICALLY RELIABLE, AND THE
OLDIES THING THAT EXPLAINS THE
EVER-EXPANDING HOMELESSNESS
PROBLEM IS THAT NEW PEOPLE ARE
BECOMING HOMELESS.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT SO MANY
HOMELESS PEOPLE EXIST DUE TO
HOUSING?
IN THE SAME YEAR?
THE NEW, BRAND-NEW PEOPLE ENTER
HOMELESSNESS?
OR PEOPLE REENTERED
HOMELESSNESS?
I AM NOT ABLE TO SQUARE SUCH
IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS WITH THE
PROBLEM THAT IS OUT THERE.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> I VERY MUCH SEE WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS
OCCURRING.
SO AS QUICKLY, AS OPPRESSIVE AS
THESE NUMBERS ARE.
AS QUICKLY AS WE ARE ABLE TO
MOVE PEOPLE OUT TO THESE
PROGRAMS AND INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING, I MEAN, OUR HUMAN
SERVICES PROGRAMS ARE DOING A
PHENOMENAL JOB SERVING
LITERALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN THE HOMELESS SERVICES
SYSTEM.
YET, THERE ARE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO FALL
INTO HOMELESSNESS EVERY YEAR.
AND SO THERE IS AN INFLOW THAT
FAR EXCEEDS THE OUTFLOW.
SO WE ARE, PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
USING OUR HOMELESS SYSTEM AT A
PACE THAT FAR EXCEEDS THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
SERVICE SYSTEM IS ABLE TO EXIT
INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
>> THESE ARE IMPRESSIVE
NUMBERS.
WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO
THESE NUMBERS.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
RATE AT WHICH OUR INVESTMENTS
ARE BEING USED, BUT IT IS
LITERALLY, THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS AS WELL AS ALL OF US
IN HSD.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SYSTEM
IS LITERALLY DRINKING FROM THE
FIRE HOSE.
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS EVERY
YEAR IN SEATTLE KING COUNTY
THAN THIS CURRENT SYSTEM, THESE
CURRENT INVESTMENTS CAN KEEP UP
WITH.
>> I WOULDN'T DISPLEASE THAT AT
ALL.
I HAVE NO, WITHOUT LOOKING AT
ANY NUMBERS, I THING WE COULD
ALL BE AN AGREEMENT THAT THE
PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE
BECAUSE OF OTHER THINGS.
NOT BECAUSE OF ANY LACK OF
DEDICATION ON THE PART OF
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU.
SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE DOING A
PHENOMENAL JOB.
IN FACT, THEY'RE DOING MORE
WITH THEIR DOLLARS THAN YOU
WOULD IMAGINE.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CHRONIC
PROBLEMS WITH FUNDING.
THAT IS ALL TRUE.
WHAT I AM WONDERING ABOUT IS
JUST THE SCALE OF WHAT YOU ARE
PRESENTING HERE.
I JUST WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT
MUCH.
I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THAT THE
HOMELESSNESS THAT WE CURRENTLY
SEE, THAT SO MUCH OF IT IS
EXPECTED BY NEW ENTRANTS THIS
YEAR.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF IT WOULD
BE.
ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS JUST THAT THESE NUMBERS
ARE SO STRIKING THAT IF THE
FUNDS ARE ENOUGH TO BRING ABOUT
THESE NUMBERS, THEN SOMETHING
IS WONDERFULLY RIGHT.
SO DO KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> IT IS A SCALE QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THE
NUMBERS.
>> AS WE MOVE THROUGH PROGRAM
AREA BY PROGRAM AREA, YOU WOULD
SEE THAT THERE ARE PROGRAM
AREAS THAT ARE BEING VERY
SUCCESSFUL IN HELPING PEOPLE
MOVE THROUGH PROGRAMS AND INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
YOU WILL SEE THAT ENHANCED
SHELTERS ARE FAR MORE
SUCCESSFUL THAN BASIC OVERNIGHT
SHELTERS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR
INVESTMENTS IN DIVERGENT HAVE
BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
YOU WILL SEE THAT RAPID
REHOUSING WORKS.
WE ARE FINDING THAT INDIVIDUALS
WHO USE RAPID REHOUSING ARE
ABLE TO ACCESS HOUSING AND
MAINTAINED THAT HOUSING.
AND SO YOU WILL SEE THAT THE
THINGS WE ARE INVESTING IN ARE
THE RIGHT THINGS.
THAT I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
THERE IS AN ISSUE OF SCALE
HERE.
>> OKAY.
SO CONTINUING ON THE NUMBER.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT EXITS.
THAT IS OUR LINGO.
THAT IS THE TERMINOLOGY THAT IS
VERY FAMILIAR IN THE FIELD AS
WE TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS.
BUT YOU KNOW, AND HUMAN
SERVICES EMMA WE FEEL IT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL
HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE MOVING
THROUGH SOME SORT OF CRISIS IN
THEIR LIVES.
LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE AND
HOPEFULLY THE ASSISTANCE THEY
ARE ABLE TO OFFER AND THAT
CRISIS AND PUT A ROOF OVER HEAD
IN A PERMANENT WAY.
>> THIS MIGHT SOUND BASIC.
I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED, WHEN THIS
SAYS 30%.
1321 MORE EXITS TO PERMANENT
HOUSING, AND THEN YOU SAY
HOUSEHOLDS.
YOU ARE SAYING 1300 PEOPLE
MOVED?
>> NOT, AS OPPOSED TO WHEN YOU
USE THE WORD HOUSEHOLD.
>> LET ME GO THROUGH IT.
LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH IT.
SO THIS IS, I GUESS, I LITTLE
BIT OF TERMINOLOGY.
WE TRY TO DEFINE EXIT 40.
THAT IS A PROGRAM EXIT.
SO SOMEONE IS EXITING A
HOUSEHOLD.
AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
>> IT IS A HOUSEHOLD.
THAT COULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL
FAMILY OF FOUR.
>> WE COUNT THAT EXIT AS, BY
HOUSEHOLD.
>> IT IS A HUD REQUIREMENT.
>> YES.
THAT IS HOW WE REPORT THE DATA.
>> THE CONFUSING TERMINOLOGY IS
US FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOLS THAT
WE RECEIVED FROM HUD.
>> THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> SO IN 2018, WE SERVED 25,420
HOUSEHOLDS.
SO THAT IS 7% MORE HOUSEHOLDS
SERVED THAN IN 2017.
THAT REPRESENTS 30,000 PEOPLE.
SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING
EXITS AND THEN WE ARE TRYING TO
BREAK THAT DOWN TO BE A NUMBER
OF UNIQUE HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THEN WE ARE TRYING TO BREAK
THAT DOWN TO PEOPLE SERVED.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT 25,000
NUMBER, THOSE ARE HOUSEHOLDS
THE INCREASE WHEN YOU COUNT
INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE I ABOUT 5000.
SO IT SHOWS THAT FOR THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE SERVICES THAT
WE INVEST IN, WE ARE SERVING
SINGLE INDIVIDUALS.
BUT NOT EVERY HOUSEHOLD IS A
SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.
SOME OF THE HOUSEHOLD THAT WE
ARE SERVING OUR FAMILIES.
>> CAN I ASK? PHYSICAL YOU ARE
ARE ABOUT TO GO TO?
HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN THE
FIRST CIRCLE ON THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE?
HOW IS, LIKE THE 5627 EXITS,
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING HERE.
HOW IS THAT?
THAT IS NOT THE SAME NUMBER IS
HERE.
>> IT IS NOT THE SAME NUMBER.
BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE IS EXITS.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS
HOUSEHOLDS.
AND SO A HOUSEHOLD MAY EXIT
FROM, WE JUST DISCUSSED, A
HOUSEHOLD MIGHT EXITS FROM TWO
PROGRAMS IN ONE YEAR.
SO THEY MIGHT USE A SHELTER AND
THEN GET EXITED TO A RAPID
REHOUSING PROGRAM.
AND THEN AN EXIT TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
>> ALL OF THOSE EXITS COUNT.
BUT IT IS ONE HOUSEHOLD.
>> CORRECT.
IT IS A NUMBER OF UNIQUE
HOUSEHOLDS WHO ACCOUNT FOR
THOSE.
>> HOW MANY OF THOSE BREAKDOWN?
MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS TO
HOUSING?
OR PREVENTED FROM BECOMING
HOMELESS?
HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE PREVENTED
FROM BECOMING HOMELESS?
HOW MANY ARE MOVED FROM
HOMELESSNESS?
>> WE HAD 2559 UNIQUE
HOUSEHOLDS THAT EXITED TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND WE HAD 704 UNIQUE
HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE OFFERED
PREVENTION ASSISTANCE IN ORDER
TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT
HOUSING.
SO WE HAD THAT.
DOWN.
THIS REPRESENTS, TO DIVE INTO
THE NUMBERS MORE, THAT THE
THOUSAND 559 UNIQUE HOUSEHOLDS
THAT EXITED TO EARN AN IT
HOUSING EQUATES TO 5792 PEOPLE.
AND THE 704 UNIQUE HOUSEHOLDS
THAT WERE PREVENTED FROM
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS EQUAL
1386 PEOPLE.
>> SO THIS IS THE GRANULE LEVEL
OF DETAIL WE GO INTO.
WE DO THIS TO HELP US
UNDERSTAND HOW OUR INVESTMENTS
ARE PERFORMING.
AGAIN, WE REALLY LOOK AT EXITS
BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT
PROGRAMS ARE MOVING PEOPLE
THROUGH THE PROGRAMS AND INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT IS HOW WE GAUGE WHETHER
THE PROGRAMS WE INVEST IN ARE
WORKING.
WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
UNDERSTAND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
ACTUALLY IMPACTED BY THE
INVESTMENT AND BY THE SERVICE
BEING PROVIDED.
THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THERE ARE
TWO WAYS WE WILL BE REPORTING
ON THESE NUMBERS.
RESENTING THE NUMBER OF
HOUSEHOLD AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
THIS IS NEW.
YOU WILL SEE US CONTINUE THIS
TRUE THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THIS LEVEL
OF INFORMATION HELPFUL.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO
START REPORTING ON.
AGAIN, THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL
úLIVES.
AND SO WE WANT TO GO BEYOND
JUST OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND
STEWARDSHIP ROLE BY ENSURING
THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE
SUCCESSFUL AND PERFORMING.
WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK
ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND AND SHARE
THAT FROM A PERSONAL LEVEL.
THE PEOPLE WE ARE SERVING WITH
THESE PROGRAMS.
>> NOW WE WILL GO BY PROGRAM
AREA.
THIS IS A LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT
WE HAVE WALKED YOU THROUGH.
IN PREVIOUS OTHER QUARTERS,,
AND WE WILL GO PROGRAM BY
PROGRAM AREA.
TIFFANY WILL TAKE US THROUGH
EACH OF THOSE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I JUST WANT TO COME BEFORE
WE GO INTO PROGRAM PERFORMANCE,
TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WELL
PROGRAMS WORK TO THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR FUNDING.
IT IS A TONGUE TWISTER FOR ME,
MY STAFF.
JASON WILL TELL ME, I AM NEW TO
THIS.
TWO YEARS MAYBE.
I AM ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS
YOU ARE.
SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND.
SO WHEN WE ANALYZED PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE OR HOW WELL THE
PROGRAMS WORK TO MOVE PEOPLE TO
PERMANENT HOUSING, WE LOOK AT
IN ROMANS.
THIS GOES TO WHAT YOU SAID.
EACH TIME SOMEONE ENTERS A
PROGRAM, WE WANT TO CAPTURE
THAT.
AND EVERY TIME THE EXIT, WE
WANT TO CAPTURE THAT.
IF THE SYSTEM IS WORKING
CORRECTLY, WE KNOW THAT ONE
PROGRAM CAN'T MEET THE NEEDS OF
SOMEONE.
SO SOMEONE IS ENROLLED INTO
SHELTER, AND THEN THEY GET
ENROLLED IN CASE MANAGEMENT OR
RAPID REHOUSING, THAT IS
SHOWING US INTERNALLY HOW ARE
GAMES WORK TOGETHER TO HELP
SOMEONE ULTIMATELY REACH
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN, THE
WAY IN WHICH WE HAVE BEEN
REPORTING TODAY.
WILL BE HEARD LOUDLY, WHICH
JASON TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE
GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND THIS.
THEY GET TRIPPED UP ON THE SAME
THING YOU ARE GETTING TRIPPED
UP ON.
IF IT IS PREVENTION HOUSING AND
EXIT, OR IF IT IS THIS HOUSING
AND EXIT, WHICH JASON JUST
SHOWED YOU ON THE SLIDE IS
REALLY OUR ATTEMPT AT LOOKING
AT SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS AND
ANSWERING THE QUESTION OF HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE BETTER OFF
BECAUSE OF OUR INVESTMENTS.
AND SO THIS WILL BE WHAT WE
USED TO HELP THE GENERAL PUBLIC
UNDERSTAND.
HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY
UNIQUE HOUSEHOLDS ARE SERVED.
AND SO WE HAVE TO DO BOTH
BECAUSE WHEN WE REPORT TO, YOU
WANT TO KNOW HOW THE INVESTMENT
IS WORKING.
ALSO, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
BETTER OFF.
DOES THAT HELP A LITTLE BIT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO THIS IS JUST A PLACE CENTER.
ALSO THERE IS MORE IN HERE
BECAUSE I DREW THIS.
I PUT IT UP EVERY TIME FOR
BRAGGING RIGHTS.
>> THERE IS NOTHING HERE THAT
YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW.
THE FIRST SLIDE IS PREVENTION.
PREVENTION IS SUCCESSFUL WHEN
PEOPLE MAINTAIN HOUSING AND
DON'T BECOME HOMELESS.
I INTENTIONALLY DID NOT USE THE
WORD EXIT HERE BECAUSE IT IS
CONFUSING.
AND SO THIS PROGRAM IS
SUCCESSFUL WHEN PEOPLE MAINTAIN
HOUSING.
THEY DON'T BECOME HOMELESS.
WHAT THIS DATA SHOWS YOU IS
THAT IN 2018, WE FUNDED NEW
PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPORTING
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES
AND WE CONSISTENTLY SERVE
PEOPLE CLOSEST TO EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WITH THE USE OF
THE PREVENTION TOOL.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE ALSO IS THAT
WE SAW FEWER EXITS IN 2018 THAN
WE DID IN 2018.
WE FUNDED SIX NEW PREVENTION
PROGRAMS IN 2018.
THOSE PROGRAMS NEEDED A RAMP-UP
PERIOD.
AND SO WE EXPECT TO SEE THE
OUTCOMES FOR 2019 THIS YEAR.
IT WILL REFLECT THE FULL
PROGRAM YOUR OF OPERATIONS.
>> IT IS A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES
OF HOW, IN TERMS OF PREVENTION,
HOW DO WE REACH THE TARGET
HOUSEHOLDS IN IDENTIFYING THAT
THEY NEEDED?
I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THINGS LIKE IF THERE'S AN
EMERGENCY, FINANCIAL STRESS,
AND THEY WANT A TIED OVER FOR
PAYING THE RENT.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOW TO THE HOUSEHOLDS REACH OUT
TO YOU?
HOW DO WE FIND THEM?
>> I WILL TAKE THAT.
I AM PRETTY SURE I KNOW THE
ANSWER.
I WANT TO LEAVE IT OPEN IF I
MISS SOMETHING JASON WANTS TO
ADD.
I? FIND THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THE
PEOPLE GO TO THE AGENCIES THAT
PROVIDE WRAP AROUND SERVICES.
IF SOMEONE WALKS INTO THE Y OR
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND
SAY WE NEED HELP, WE WILL BE
HOMELESS IF WE DON'T GET HELP,
WE USE THE PREVENTION TOOL HERE
TO DETERMINE THE RISK OF
BECOMING HOMELESSNESS.
ARE THEY REALLY CLOSE?
IF THE FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL IS
IMMINENTLY, IF THEY WILL BE IN
IMMINENT RISK OF BECOMING
HOMELESS, WE USE PREVENTION
DOLLARS TO KEEP THEM HOUSED.
DID I MISS ANYTHING?
>> NO, I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY
RIGHT.
WE HAVE INVESTMENTS IN AGENCIES
THAT HAVE VERY SKILLED
CASEWORKERS.
AND IT IS USUALLY, FAMILIES AND
HOUSEHOLDS ARE DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO KEEP THE ROOF
OVERHEAD.
TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.
FOOD IN THE FRIDGE.
AND SO IT IS WHEN THEY ACCESS
PROGRAMS AND ARE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEIR
FINANCIAL SITUATION, ABOUT THE
REALITIES OF HOW THEY ARE
TRYING TO JUGGLE ALL OF THE
STUFF, THAT WE CAN HELP THEM
UNDERSTAND IF PREVENTION
DOLLARS CAN BE A TOOL TO KEEP
THEM HOUSED.
AND SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
AGENCIES THAT DO THIS W█ORK ON
OUR BEHALF.
THE USE A VERY TARGETED TOOL TO
SORT OF US HAS THAT, YOU KNOW,
IF THERE IS A IMMEDIATE
ASSISTANCE, RENT ASSISTANCE,
MADE AVAILABLE TO THIS
HOUSEHOLD, WOULD THEY THEN HAVE
TO USE OUR SHELTER SYSTEM?
YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE WHO
EXPERIENCES EXTREME POVERTY
FALLS INTO HOMELESSNESS.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE NATURAL
SUPPORT SERVICES.
THEY CAN STAY WITH A FRIEND OR
FAMILY.
THEY CAN ASK FRIENDS OR FAMILY
OR THEIR JOB FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF CASH TO HELP THEM CURRENT ON
RENT.
AND SO WHAT OUR PREVENTION
DOLLARS ARE REALLY TARGETED AT
IS THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WITHOUT
THIS ASSISTANCE, THEY MIGHT
WIND UP IN THE SHELTERS.
THEY WOULD WIND UP USING THE
MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE HOMELESS
SERVICE SYSTEM.
>> THIS, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE
ALSO COME BACK TO THIS A COUPLE
OF TIMES.
THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH
ANTI-POVERTY WORK OR EVICTION
PREVENTION.
THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT.
SO THIS POT OF MONEY ONLY
SERVES PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE
HIGHEST RISK OF EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
IT IS NOT ANTIPOVERTY WORK.
THAT IS THE OTHER PART OF HST'S
WORK IN THE YOUTH AND FAMILY
EMPOWERMENT VISION.
OFTENTIMES WE GO BACK AND
FORTH.
THIS IS TARGETED.
THAT IS WHY THE TOOL IS USED.
IT HAS TO BE IMMINENT RISK.
>> LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE ARE OTHER
PROGRAMS WHO COULD BE CONFUSED
WITH THIS PROGRAM.
I MENTIONED ANTIPOVERTY.
>> IT IS THE EXAMPLE THAT JASON
JUST USED.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE LIVING IN
EXTREME POVERTY WHO HAVE OTHER
RESOURCES OR WHO FIND
THEMSELVES LIVING PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK OR DOING PAYDAY LOANS
UNFORTUNATELY.
THEY WOULDN'T, AND THE TOOL
ASSESSES THEM, THEY AREN'T AT
IMMINENT RISK.
THEY DON'T HAVE AN EVICTION
NOTICE.
THAT WOULD BE ANTIPOVERTY WORK.
IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET THE
INDIVIDUAL OUT OF THE CYCLE OF
POVERTY.
LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
EXPERIENCING EXTREME HEALTH
ISSUES THAT COME WITH THAT
LEVEL OF STRESS.
THAT IS THE GREATER ANTIPOVERTY
WORK.
IT IS NOT THAT THIS PERSON WILL
FALL INTO THE HOMELESS SYSTEM
IMMINENTLY.
>> CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
TIFFANY AND JASON.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
EVEN SOMEBODY WHO RECEIVES AN
EVICTION NOTICE MIGHT NOT
ACTUALLY QUALIFY.
>> IT IS THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE
TOOL.
IT IS THE IMMINENT RISK, WHICH
I CAN GET YOU THE DEFINITION OF
THAT.
>> YES.
SO FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T
QUALIFY FOR THIS PREVENTION
DOLLARS, THEY WOULD BE TURNED
TO OTHER RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF
THE HOMELESSNESS PROFILE.
>> MOST AGENCIES WERE PEOPLE
WOULD GO HAVE THIS OTHER
RESOURCES.
THEY WOULD HAVE, WE NEED TO
CONNECT WITH THAT PROGRAM THIS
ONE.
NOBODY WANTS TO SEND SOMEONE
AWAY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SCORE
HIGH ENOUGH ON AN ASSESSMENT
TOOL.
NONE OF THE AGENCIES WANT TO DO
THAT.
THEY HAVE OTHER RESOURCES.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
YES.
WE WOULD HAVE AND REFERRED
THEM.
>> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
>> SO, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT
TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THE
ASTERIX THERE NOTES THE $2
MILLION FOR THE HOUSING
ASSISTANCE PILOT PROGRAM.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THE $2
MILLION CAME FROM THE ONE TIME
SALE OF THE CALM SHOP.
THAT WAS A UNIQUE PREVENTION
ROGRAM DESIGNED.
IT IS NEW.
IT TARGETS PEOPLE ON THE
SEATTLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE
WAITLIST.
IT TARGETS PEOPLE ON THAT LIST
WHO ARE AT RISK FOR
HOMELESSNESS.
I MIGHT SAY ON AVERAGE, IT IS
SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE PER
CLIENT THAN REGULAR PREVENTION
PROGRAMMING.
BUT WE SHOULD SEE A FIRST-YEAR
REPORT ON HOW THAT REPORT IS
DOING THIS YEAR.
>> I HAD TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS.
ONE IS, SOMETIMES STAFFING
PHONES IN THE OFFICE, I WILL
TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO IS IN THE
IMMINENT RISK OF BEING EVICTED
FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THE
RENT.
WHICH IS THE BEST PLACE TO SEND
THEM TO ACCESS THE MONEY?
>> I CAN GET YOU THAT
INFORMATION.
I DON'T HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT.
I THINK THAT THERE IS 211.
BUT THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION?
>> WE CAN GET THE FULL LIST TO
YOUR OFFICE.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> SOMEWHERE TO SEND THEM SO
THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE
SOURCE AND GET ASSISTANE.
>> 211 OBVIOUSLY IS KIND OF A
GO TO FOR EVERYTHING.
BUT SOMETIMES THAT CAN,
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE CALLED US
BECAUSE THEY WANT A
RECOMMENDATION.
IF WE COULD DO THAT DIRECTLY
THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
THAN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I
HAD ABOUT THE NUMBERS, IT IS,
IN TERMS OF EXITS FROM THE
PROGRAM AND EXITS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, IF
SOMEBODY GETS A VOUCHER AND
THEY ARE GOOD AND IN SIX MONTHS
THEY WIND UP NOT BEING ABLE TO
PAY THE RENT AND THEY ARE
EVICTED, HOW DOES THAT APPEAR
IN THESE NUMBERS?
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THESE
NUMBERS?
>> I HEARD TWO QUESTIONS THERE.
ONE IS TOTAL PROGRAM AT SIX.
THAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
PEOPLE EXITING THE PROGRAM.
THE EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING
BE THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
THAT EXITED TO PERMIT HOUSING.
THAT IS A MIX OF PEOPLE WHO
EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING OR
SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WE DON'T
KNOW I'VE.
THE SECOND QUESTION I HEARD
WAS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE
RECEIVES PREVENTION ASSISTANT
AND THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY IN
THEIR HOUSE AND THEN THEY ARE
NOT?
>> EXACTLY.
>> THEY CAN APPLY AGAIN.
THEY CAN THE BACK AND SAY I
NEED TO BE RUN THROUGH THE
ASSESSMENT TOOL.
I AM AT IMMINENT RISK OF
BECOMING HOMELESS.
THEY COULD POTENTIALLY GET
ASSISTANCE AGAIN.
>> THAT IS GOOD.
WHAT I WAS HOPING TO, WHAT I
WAS WONDERING ABOUT IS, HOW
NUMBERS. T APPEAR IN THE
WHAT IF THEY DON'T APPLY AGAIN?
THE END UP HOMELESS.
>> EXITS TO PERMIT HOUSING IS
NOT THE ONLY DATA WE LOOK AT.
TERE ARE FIVE PERFORMANCE
MEASURES THAT WE, THE CITY AND
THE COUNTY JOINTLY LOOK AT.
RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS IS ONE
OF THOSE DATA SETS.
SO WE COULD LOOK AT THAT DATA
SET TO GIVE YOU THAT
INFORMATION.
BUT IT IS, WE LOOK AT RETURNS
TO HOMELESSNESS.
WHAT THAT TELLS US IS THAT
SOMEONE USED A PROGRAM.
THEY WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE
HOMELESS SYSTEM.
AND THEN THEY RETURNED.
>> THE PERMANENT EXIT WAS NOT
PERMANENT.
>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
>> WE HAVE THE OTHER DATA SET.
WE ALSO LOOK AT LENGTH OF STAY.
HOW LONG DO PEOPLE STAY IN A
PROGRAM?
WE LOOK AT HOW FULL PROGRAMS
ARE.
DO THEY HAVE CAPACITY FOR NEW
INDIVIDUALS TO COME INTO THE
PROGRAM?
SO WE ARE REPORTING OUT A LOT
ON EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING
FOR THE CITY.
WE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS GOING
TO BE THE KEY MEASUREMENT THAT
WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT WAS
GOING TO BE THE PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENT THAT WE LOOKED AT
TO HELP US DETERMINE IF OUR
INVESTMENTS WERE SUCCESSFUL OR
NOT.
WE DO COLLECT OTHER DATA TO THE
HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEM THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PULL
AT THE PROGRAM LEVEL AS WELL.
>> SO I THINK YOUR FIRST
QUESTION IS, IF THEY RECEIVED
ASSISTANCE AND THEY STAY HOUSE,
WHERE THEY SHOP?
THEY WOULD SHOP AND EXITS TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT IS WHERE THEY WOULD SHOW
UP BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED
ASSISTANCE.
AND IT WORKED.
IF THEY COME BACK IN, THEY
WOULD SHOW UP IN THE RETURN
RATE.
>> AND EXES TO PERMANENT
HOUSING ALSO.
>> AS A REMINDER TO THE
COMMITTEE, THE DEPARTMENT
ACTUALLY SUPPLIES A FULL RANGE
ON ALL THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES
EACH TIME THEY REPORT HERE IN
COMMITTEE.
WE DO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE
EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THEY PROVIDE THE FULL CHART
WITH EACH OF THE REPORTING
PERIODS.
SO FOR THIS TIME AROUND, WE ARE
SLIGHTLY DELAYED.
WE WILL RECEIVE THE FULL CHART
I BELIEVE SOON.
>> THE EXIT RATE FOR PREVENTION
SITS AROUND 2%.
IT IS LOW.
IT WORKS.
>> RETURN RATE?
>> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
RECEIVED THAT FIRST SUBSIDY TO
STAY.
THE 2% RETURN RATE OF PEOPLE
WHO RETURNED.
>> SO NEXT IS BASIC EMERGENCY
SHELTER.
THIS PROVIDES A SAFE SPACE FOR
PEOPLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND IS
A CRITICAL PART OF THE CRISIS
RESPONSE SYSTEM.
IN 2008, YOU SEE WE DECREASED
THE AMOUNT BY 800,000.
AS A RESULT, WE DECREASED THE
NUMBER OF BASIC SHELTER BEDS BY
296.
WE THEN REINVESTED THE FUNDING
TO ENHANCE TO SHELTER, WHICH
HAS PROVEN TO BECOME MORE
EFFECTIVE IN EXITING PEOPLE TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
WITH THE FUNDING AND BED
REDUCTION, EVEN WITH THAT, WE
ONLY SAW 27 FEWER EXITS TO
PERMANENT HOUSING COMPARED TO
THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO I WILL SAY THAT, BECAUSE I
ASKED BECAUSE IT WAS PROFOUND,
WE REDUCED IT BY 296 AND
REINVESTED THAT IN BE ENHANCED
SHELTER.
EVEN WITH THE FUNDING AND BED
REDUCTION, WE ONLY SAW 27 LESS
EXITS IN THIS PROGRAM AREA THAN
THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
>> ENHANCED EMERGENCY SHELTERS,
THIS IS SUCCESSFUL WHEN PEOPLE
LEAVE A SHELTER PROGRAM AND
MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
IN 2018, WE WERE PROUD OF THE
ENHANCED SHELTER ACHIEVEMENTS.
WE SAW AN EXIT RATE THAT IS
FIVE TIMES THAT OF BASIC
SHELTER.
WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS SERVED
OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF EXITS TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
I THINK ADDITIONALLY, WHAT IS
EXCITING IS A RATE OF EXITS TO
PERMANENT HOUSING INCREASE FROM
13% TO 21%.
THAT INDICATES AN INCREASE IN
QUALITY, WHICH WAS A KEY FOCUS
OF THE RFP.
NEXT WE HAVE CITY PERMANENT
VILLAGES.
VILLAGES ARE SUCCESSFUL WHEN
PEOPLE MOVE FROM LIVING ON THE
STREET INTO A VILLAGE AND THEN
FROM A VILLAGE INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
IN 2018, WE EXPANDED
INVESTMENTS IN CASE MANAGEMENT
MIDYEAR FOR THE VILLAGES.
WE ALSO OPENED NEW, NEW
VILLAGES.
WE ADDED TO CAPACITY 2-3 AND
FOUR.
AND WOULD YOUR HEIGHT AND TRUE
HOPE.
WE ALSO ADDED CASE MANAGEMENT
CAPACITY AT THE EXISTING
VILLAGES WITH THE HYPOTHESIS
THAT IF WE INCREASE SERVICES
THAT WILL LEAD INTO AN
INCREASED RATE TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
WE SAW THAT IN QUARTER FOUR.
THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER SERVED IN VILLAGES AS
WELL AS AN INCREASE IN NUMBERS
OF EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING
OVER 2017.
>> ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, I AM
ASSUMING THIS IS IT, BUT I
WANTED TO CONFIRM.
úTHE TOTAL PROGRAM EXITS ARE
GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF
TOTAL SURF?
IS THAT EXPLAINED BY WHAT YOU
SAID EARLIER?
THAT EXITS COUNT?
IT IS SEPARATE FROM THE COUNT
OF HOUSEHOLDS SERVED?
>> HISTORY.
THE TOTAL EXITS WILL GREATLY
EXCEED THOSE EXITS TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
MOST PEOPLE USE SHELTER EXACTLY
HOW IT IS SET UP AND DESIGNED
TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS.
THEY COME THROUGH DURING A
CRISIS IN THEIR LIFE.
THEY STAY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME AND THEN THEY MOVE ON.
THE CONTINUE YOUR MAC LIFE.
FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, THE EXIT
DOOR THEY GO TO IS OFTEN
UNKNOWN.
BUT THESE EXITS, FOLKS COULD
EXIT THE SHELTER PROGRAM AND GO
TO A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
PROGRAM.
THEY COULD EXIT AND ENHANCE
PROGRAMS AND GO TO A BASIC
PROGRAM.
THEY COULD EXIT TO A NUMBER OF
PLACES THAT ARE NOT PERMANENT.
AND THEREFORE, WE STILL COUNT
THE EXITS.
WE STILL COUNTED THAT THEY LEFT
THE PROGRAM.
BUT WE DON'T COUNTED AS AN EXIT
TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
>> THE QUESTION SHE ASKED IS
COMPARING IT NOT TO PERMANENT
HOUSING AS ITS BUT INSTEAD TO
TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS SERVED.
>> A PERSON, THANK YOU.
THE TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS SERVED, AN
INDIVIDUAL COULD EXIT A PROGRAM
A COUPLE OF YEARS, MULTIPLE
TIMES IN A YEAR.
SO THEY COULD USE A PROGRAM,
LEAVE, COME BACK TO A PROGRAM.
>> OKAY.
>> TO THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
OR USE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS IN A
YEAR.
THEY COULD USE ONE PROGRAM AND
MOVED TO ANOTHER SHELTER AND
USE ANOTHER PROGRAM.
AND SO WE ARE STILL GOING TO
COUNT THEM EACH TIME THEY COME
AND GO.
>> THIS IS AN EXAMPLE AS TO WHY
IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT
PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND UNIQUE
HOUSEHOLDS.
>> THEY ANSWER DIFFERENT
QUESTIONS.
SO ENDING ON THE CITY PERMANENT
VILLAGES, I WANT TO CLOSE WITH,
WHILE THE RESULTS ARE
PROMISING, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ROLE OF
PERMANENT VILLAGES IN OUR
SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH THE
NUMBER AND RATE OF EXIT TO
PERMANENT HOUSING AND THE COST
ANALYSIS.
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT.
SO WE HAD THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE THAT CLOSED APRIL 1. I
USED TO KNOW THE NUMBERS OFF
THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HERE
THAT VILLAGES ARE SUCCESSFUL
WHEN PEOPLE MOVE FROM LIVING ON
THE STREET INTO A VILLAGE.
AND ULTIMATELY, THEY MOVE INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE DIDN'T GET REALLY GOOD
NUMBERS OUT OF THAT.
HOW MANY ACTUALLY MOVED TO, WE
HAD TO RESPOND TO TO THE
COMMUNITY.
WE HAD 84 PEOPLE AND SOME OF
THEM, DID YOU HAVE THEM?
GREAT.
>> I DON'T EXPECT, LIKE I HAVE
SAID BEFORE, IT PEOPLE EXPECT
úPERFECTION IN ANY PROGRAM, IT
IS A LITMUS TEST.
WE WOULD ALL FAIL.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WORKS.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT IT.
WHEN YOU WROTE THIS.
WHEN THEY ULTIMATELY MOVED INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE TIMELINE IS.
WE SET A PARTICULAR TIMELINE
BECAUSE WE HAD TO.
BUT WE HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT
WERE PERFECTLY HAPPY LIVING
THERE.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE
ELSE.
SO I AM WONDERING HOW WE GET
OVER THAT.
>> THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
TO LOOK AT THE RAIDS AND THE
NUMBER OF EXITS TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THAT IS WHY WE SET, WHILE THE
NUMBERS ARE PROMISING, SO SOME
A GOOD LOOK AND SAY WOW.
33 PERCENT RATE OF EXIT TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT IS 135 PEOPLE.
IT IS PROMISING HOUSEHOLDS.
THANK YOU.
I STILL DO IT.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH.
WE ARE GOING TO DIVE DOWN DEEP
INTO HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST IN
COMPARISON TO ENHANCED SHELTER.
BASIC SHELTER.
BECAUSE IT IS NOT UNTIL YOU
LOOK AT THE COST PER EXIT AT
THE RATE OF EXIT, AND THE
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT EXIT,
UNTIL YOU CAN ANSWER THE
QUESTION.
IS THIS AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM
AND PERTAINING TO LIPTON
SPRINGS.
WHAT I THINK I HEARD YOU ASK
WAS THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO
STATE A LONG TIME.
AND THEY WERE PERFECTLY HAPPY
STAYING THERE.
AND SO WHAT WE FOUND WAS WHEN
WE HAD A CLOSE DATE BE
INCREASED RESOURCES AND BROUGHT
HIM LIFELONG AIDS ALLIANCE IN
DIFFERENT PART IS TO DO
ASSESSMENTS AND WORK INTENSELY
WITH THE RESIDENTS, A HIGH
AMOUNT OF THEM DID EXIT TO
PERMANENT HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
WE HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN
TRANSITIONING TO CLOSE THAT
VILLAGE DOWN.
SO THE LESSON LEARNED IS, YOU
NEED NOT JUST A PLACE BUT YOU
NEED INTENSIVE SERVICES
COMBINED TO GET AN EXIT.
LIPTON WAS ONE OF THE VILLAGES
THAT DID NOT HAVE THAT LEVEL OF
INTENSIVE SERVICES.
>> I THINK WHAT WAS IMPORTANT
WAS THAT EVERYONE CAME IN WITH
THE EXPECTATION THAT IT WAS
GOING TO OPEN AND CLOSE.
THIS IS THE TIMELINE.
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE WORKING
WITH.
THIS IS YOUR END OF THE DEAL AS
WELL.
THAT YOU WILL NOT LIVE HERE
FOREVER.
>> THEY RESPONDED WELL.
>> IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
NICHOLASVILLE.
WE WILL PROVIDE SERVICES,
SOCIAL WORKERS AND SAFETY.
YES, IT WAS LOW BARRIER.
THERE WERE ISSUES THERE.
BUT AT SOME POINT, ARE WE GOING
TO GET FROM YOU FOLKS ON THE
VILLAGES.
WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD SCENARIO
OF WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SHOOT
FOR?
WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?
I STILL DON'T KNOW FOR
VILLAGES.
>> WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
>> GOOD.
>> THANK YOU, TIFFANY FOR
TALKING ABOUT THE REAL-LIFE
EXAMPLE OF, WHEN YOU PROVIDE
SERVICES THAT INDIVIDUALS NEED,
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THOSE
RESULTS.
IT IS ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT
GUIDELINE TO UNDERSTAND.
WHY IT IS THAT IN SOME CASES IT
WORKS AND SOME CASES IT MIGHT
NOT WORK.
>> I THINK WHAT WE FOUND IS
THAT IT WASN'T, YES IT WAS THE
ABOUT PEOPLE NOT BEING SHELTER
THERE WERE CERTAIN PEOPLE BEING
DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITALS AND
LITERALLY BEING DROPPED OFF
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
WHERE THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS WERE
NOT BEING MET.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT
QUALIFIED.
>> THERE IS A SHELTER ON THIRD
AND MAIN.
>> IT HAPPENS IN PROGRAMS HERE
DOWNTOWN.
WHERE IT IS A BRICK AND MORTAR
PROGRAM.
AND YES, IT ALSO HAPPENS AT
SOME OF THE ENCAMPMENTS.
IT ALSO HAPPENS FOR OUR
OUTREACH TEAMS.
THE OUTREACH TEAMS ARE THERE.
SO THEY CAN HELP SEARCH AND
FIND THE MOST VULNERABLE AND
BRING THEM INTO A PLACE THAT IS
MUCH MORE SAFE.
>> IT IS HAPPENING IN OTHER
CITIES AS WELL.
THE I'M SURE YOU HAVE SEEN
THIS, THE UN REPRESENTATIVE
VISITED SKID ROW IN LA.
IT IS VERY COMMON FOR PEOPLE
WHO HAVE JUST HAD SURGERY AND
ARE TWO, THERE ARE TWO WEEK TO
MOVE.
THEY ARE LITERALLY DUMPED ON
THE SIDEWALK.
IT WAS A QUITE DAMNING
INDICTMENT OF THE HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM.
ALL OF THIS IS FEEDING INTO THE
HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
PROGRAMS AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE
TO DO.
BUT WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?
>> DISCHARGING PEOPLE TO THE
STREETS.
>> A QUICK QUESTION.
DO THE INVESTMENT AMOUNTS
INCLUDE CAPITAL COSTS FOR
VILLAGES?
>> I AM NOT SURE.
I CAN FIND OUT.
>> THAT'LL BE GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> WE OPENED NEW ONES.
SO IT IS FINDING OUT IF THAT IS
IN THERE OR NOT.
>> WHEN WE DO THAT, CAN WE ALSO
INCLUDE THAT THE CITY DIDN'T
WANT TO PAY FOR SOME THINGS?
I REMEMBER SHARON LEE HAD TO
GET A PRIVATE DONOR TO PAY FOR
THE SHOWERS AND THE SINKS.
THAT SEEMED REALLY UNFAIR AND
INHUMANE.
>> THROUGH REIMBURSEMENT, WE
HAVE PAID FOR SOME OF THE
HYGIENE TRAILERS FOR THE
VILLAGES.
>> WE DID?
>> OKAY GOOD.
>> TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
SO THIS PROGRAM AREA IS
SUCCESSFUL WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE
WITHIN TWO YEARS AND MOVE TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
2018, WE SAW AN INCREASED RATE
OF EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
BUT SERVED FEWER PEOPLE.
SO WHILE THERE WAS A CHANGE IN
THE QUANTITY OF PEOPLE SERVED,
WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN THE
QUALITY.
THAT GOES BACK AGAIN TO THE
RATE AND NUMBER.
WE EXITED 359 IN 2018 AS
OPPOSED TO 433 IN 2017.
BUT THE RATE IN 2017 IS HIGHER.
THAT SPEAKS TO QUALITY.
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HAS BEEN
REPORTED PREVIOUSLY, HST
DECREASE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
TRANSITIONAL UNITS FUNDED AND
INCREASED THE NUMBER OF UNITS
THAT WERE SERVING YOUTH AND
YOUNG ADULT AS A MORE
APPROPRIATE INTERVENTION FOR
THIS POPULATION.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
DIVERSION.
DIVERSION IS AN AREA WHERE WE
ARE SEEING A LOT OF SUCCESS.
THIS IS A ONE TIME FUNDING FOR
SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE
DIRECTLY TO HOUSING, EITHER
AFTER A VERY SHORT STAY IN
SHELTER OR BY BYPASSING THE
SHELTER SYSTEM LATELY.
IN 2018, DIVERSIONS SERVED MORE
HOUSEHOLD AND INCREASE THE RATE
OF EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
SO ONE OF THE COUNCIL STAFF
ASKED ABOUT, GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE
OF DIVERSION.
THAT IS THE PERSON THAT SAYS I
CAN MOVE IN WITH MY AUNT BUT I
NEED $500 TO HELP PAY FOR RENT.
THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF
DIVERSION.
IN THIS AREA, AND EXIT TO
PERMANENT HOUSING MEANS SOMEONE
HAS LEFT HOMELESSNESS TO A
STABLE PLACE.
EITHER A PERMANENT HOUSING
DESTINATION OR TEMPORARY LIVING
WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.
SOMETHING THAT IS EXCITING IS
THAT HST PARTNERED WITH KING
COUNTY HOME AND BUILDING
CHANGES FOR THE DIVERSION
PROJECT.
IT IS TRAINING WERE THE 300
PROVIDERS ACROSS THE COUNTY TO
USE DIVERSION.
THEY HAVE DEDICATED TO $50,000
IN A PEARL JAM HOME SHOWS AND
INVESTIGATED FOR ADDITIONAL
FUNDS.
THE FLEXIBLE FUND POOL IS
MANAGED BY AFRICA TOWN AND CAN
BE ACCESSED BY ANY OF THE
PROGRAMS.
OUTREACH AND VILLAGES.
WE SHOULD SEE AN UPTICK IN
THIS, GIVEN THIS INCREASED
AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
I AM EXCITED TO SEE IT POURING
THIS MUCH MONEY AND THIS
INVESTMENT WILL RESULT IN MORE
SUCCESSES.
>> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, OFTEN
WITH THINK ABOUT DIVERSION AS
THE CASH ASSISTANCE THAT
SOMEONE RECEIVES TO MOVE THEM
FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A
SHELTER TO A PERMANENT OR MORE
STABLE ENVIRONMENT.
BUT DIVERSION IS REALLY A
STRATEGY.
IT IS A WAY OF HAVING A
CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE.
A WAY OF HELPING AN INDIVIDUAL
BE CREATIVE ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS
THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO IT IS BOTH THE ENGAGEMENT,
THE ONE-ON-ONE ENGAGEMENT WHERE
I CAN EXPLORE WITH YOU, ARE YOU
ABLE TO, WHERE DID YOU STAY
LAST NIGHT?
YOU WERE ON YOUR BROTHER'S
COUCH.
WHY CAN'T YOU STAY THERE
TONIGHT?
SO HE GOT MAD BECAUSE HE ATE
MY'S.
HOW ABOUT WE BUY GROCERIES, PAY
ELECTRIC BILL OR RENT?
IF THAT WERE THE CASE, COULD
YOU STAY THERE LONGER?
YES.
SO MAKE A CALL TO THE BROTHER.
SORT OF HELP THAT PERSON
EXPLORE OPTIONS.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE FACED,
ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE
FACED WITH HOMELESSNESS, THERE
ARE ABSOLUTELY PARALYZED.
AND SOMETIMES UNABLE TO DO THAT
CREATIVE THINKING ON THEIR OWN.
SO THESE REALLY IMPORTANT
PROMPTS THAT CASE MANAGERS CAN
OFFER AN INDIVIDUAL WITH THE
CASH ASSISTANCE TO HELP OUT.
IT CAN BE A POWERFUL TOOL.
WE ARE SEEING GREAT SUCCESS IN
THE DIVERSION STRATEGY.
>> SO DIVERSION WOULDN'T BE
LIKE EVICTION PREVENTION.
EVICTION INVENTION IS MORE
EMERGENT.
>>> YOU'RE NOT TECHNICALLY
HOMELESS YET.
>> OKAY.
>> WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF
TERMINOLOGIES.
THIS IS HOW SYSTEMS CLASH AND
COLLIDE WITH EACH OTHER TO
PERPETUATE POVERTY AND
HOMELESSNESS.
SO JUST TO ANSWER THAT, AS A
CASE MANAGER, FOR ME, WHEN I
CASE MANAGED YOUNG PEOPLE
COMING OUT OF THE JUVENILE
DETENTION SYSTEM.
WHAT WAS AMAZING WAS TO BE ABLE
TO SAY TO A YOUNG PERSON, I WAS
WORKING IN A SYSTEM THAT
REQUIRED IT WAS CERTIFICATE,
SOCIAL SECURITY CARD.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET
THAT.
I SAY I CAN PAY FOR ALL THAT, I
CAN PAY FOR YOUR GED TEST.
I CAN PAY FOR YOUR FIRST AND
LAST MONTHS RENT.
THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF
DIVERSION.
IT IS QUICKLY GETTING THOSE
BARRIERS OUT OF THE WAY.
NOT MAKING THEM GO THROUGH A
WHOLE BUNCH OF SYSTEM
ENROLLMENT STEPS JUST TO GET
$50.
TO GET IT TO GET HOME.
>> HOW ABOUT GIVING SOMEONE AN
ADDRESS.
THAT IS A PROBLEM WE HAD.
YOU CAN'T HAVE AN IDEA BECAUSE
YOU DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS.
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE AN ID SO YOU
CAN GET SERVICES.
IT IS AROUND AND AROUND.
>> DIVERS AND CAN BE USED
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
THERE IS NOT LIKE, YOU CAN ONLY
USE IT WHEN YOU'RE IN A
SHELTER.
IT CAN BE USED ANYTIME SOMEONE
SAYS I CAN GET OUT OF THE
SYSTEM IF I JUST HAD THIS.
>> I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT I
THOUGHT THE POSTMASTER WAS ONE.
HE WOULDN'T LET A PARTICULAR
GROUP USE THEIR ADDRESS FOR
ANYTHING.
THAT IS WHY I MISSED BEING A
LAWYER.
>> I AM A LAWYER IN MY HEART.
RAPID REHOUSING IS THE NEXT
PROGRAM AREA.
THIS WAS SUCCESSFUL WHEN PEOPLE
LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOUSING
WITHOUT ONGOING SUBSIDY.
RAPID REHOUSING IMPROVED THE
RATES TO 78% UP FROM 72.
GREASED NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD
SERVED AND HAD 618 EXITS TO
PERMANENT HOUSING WHICH IS UP
FROM 476 IN 2017.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS
WHERE YOU ALL ARE ASKING ABOUT
WHAT WORKS.
THIS WORKS.
>> I THINK YOU FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF TED, HE
INFORMED ME THAT WE HAD A
CONSTITUENT CALL WHO HAD A
RAPID REHOUSING VOUCHER.
HE FACED EVICTION, MAYBE YOU
SHOULD CLARIFY WHETHER IT IS
RELEVANT ORNETTE --
>> I FREQUENTLY WIND UP TALKING
TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE RAPID
REHOUSING VOUCHERS THAT DON'T
WORK FOR THEM.
WHEN THE VOUCHER EXPIRES THEY
CANNOT PAY THE RENT.
OR ANY NUMBER OF PROBLEMS THAT
HAVE TO DO WITH HAVING A
PRIVATE LANDLORD RATHER THAN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
AND THAT SORT OF THING.
>> SAID THIS SPECIFIC CASE THAT
IS SOMEBODY WHO WAS EVICTED BY
THEIR LANDLORD.
IT SOUNDED VERY STRANGE FOR
THEM TO BE EVICTED.
THE EVICTION SYSTEM IS MESSED
UP, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE MONEY
FOR A LAWYER AND THEY WOUND UP
NOT RESPONDING TO THE
CONVICTION IN TIME.
WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT A PRO
BONO LAWYER WHO AGREED THEY
SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EVICTED,
THEN IT WAS TOO LATE AND THE
JUDGE, RATHER THAN RENT ON THE
MERITS, THEY SAID SORRY, YOU
MR. DEADLINE.
THAT IS HOW IT GOES.
AND SAID THEM THEY WERE FACING
EVICTION.
SO I CONTACTED HST TO SAY THIS
WAS A FACTOR THAT CAME FROM THE
CITY.
THROUGH DSC.
THE QUESTION WAS, HERE IS A
PERSON WHO IS ABOUT TO BECOME
HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY WERE
GETTING KICKED OUT OF THE HOME.
THEY WERE PROVIDED A LETTER.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
AND THAT QUESTION STILL EXISTS.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
>> I THINK YOU ARE SPEAKING
ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CASE
MANAGEMENT.
THAT IS A TRICKY SCENARIO,
WHICH IS THE JOB OF THE CASE
MANAGER TO ENSURE WHERE THE
HOUSEHOLD OR INDIVIDUAL IS
MOVING TO.
IT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN AFFORD
IN THE LONG RUN.
SO AS A CASE MANAGER, PEOPLE
OFTEN SAY I WANT TO LIVE HERE.
BUT THE QUESTION REALLY FROM
CASE MANAGEMENT IS, CAN YOU
AFFORD THAT WHEN THE SUBSIDY
RUNS OUT?
ALSO, IT IS THE JOB OF CASE
MANAGEMENT TO HELP THAT
INDIVIDUAL GET JOB TRAINING OR
SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS THEM TO
PROVIDE AND LIVE A LIVABLE
WAGE.
THAT IS ONE STORY OF MANY.
IF YOU UNPACK THEM AT THE END.
IT IS A SERIES OF MULTIPLE
ISSUES THAT CASE MANAGEMENT IS
DESIGNED TO WEED THROUGH.
SO THE INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT END
UP ON THE STREETS.
>> I'M SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO
THAT INDIVIDUAL.
BUT I LOVE ABOUT RAPID
REHOUSING IS IT IS COMPLETELY
CLIENT-CENTERED.
MEANING THAT IT IS NOT A
VOUCHER.
LIKE HERE IS HER VOUCHER FOR 6
MONTHS.
IT IS AGAIN, LIKE DIVERSION, IT
IS BASED ON THE CONVERSATION
THAT A CASEWORKER HAS A AN
INDIVIDUAL THAT THE VOUCHER
MIGHT BE IN PLACE FOR ONE YEAR.
IT MIGHT BE IN PLACE FOR 3
MONTHS.
IT REALLY IS INDIVIDUALIZED TO
THE PERSON WHO NEEDS SOME SORT
OF SHORT TIME OR TEMPORARY RENT
ASSISTANCE.
WHILE THEY GET BACK ON THEIR
FEET AND ARE ABLE TO PAY RENT
ON THEIR OWN.
IT ALSO, RAPID REHOUSING AGAIN,
WE TOOK ABOUT THE MONEY, RAPID
REHOUSING IS ALSO SERVICES THAT
COME WITH THE VOUCHER.
SO IT IS THE ENGAGEMENT.
THE CASE MANAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT
THAT TIFFANY WAS DESCRIBING.
IT IS SOME THAT GOES ALONG WITH
THAT RAPID REHOUSING VOUCHER.
SO THE WAY THE MODEL IS
DESIGNED TO WORK IS THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL, IF THEY FALL INTO
TROUBLE, THERE IS SOMEONE FOR
THEM TO CALL.
AND THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF
SERVICE THAT THE PERSON CAN
LEAN ON TO AND SURE STABILITY
OF THEIR HOUSING.
IT ISN'T SUCCESSFUL FOR
EVERYONE BUT IT IS SUCCESSFUL
FOR MOST.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE RETURN
RATE BUT IT WAS SINGLE-DIGIT
LAST TIME I LOOKED.
AND SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT
HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE VERY
EFFECTIVE FOR SOME HOUSEHOLDS.
IT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE.
IT IS NOT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
HAS ZERO INCOME.
IT IS NOT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE LIKELY TO BE PERMANENTLY
DISABLED AND THEREFORE ON A
VERY REDUCED, LIMITED AND SET
INCOME.
THIS IS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES WHO HAVE A VERY, ONE-
TIME CRISIS THAT OCCURS.
WHETHER THAT IS A CRISIS THAT
IMPACT THEIR HEALTH OR THEIR
JOB.
OR THEIR HOUSING.
AND THIS HELPS THEM GET BACK ON
THEIR FEET.
SO AGAIN, NOT FOR EVERYONE.
BUT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN
QUALIFIED FOR AND DEEMED A GOOD
FIT FOR RAPID REHOUSING, THIS
HAS BEEN A GOOD RESPONSE.
>> HOW LONG HAS THE PROGRAM
BEEN AROUND?
>> IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR, I
SHOULD SAY HST HAS FUNDED IT
FOR YEARS.
WE FUNDED IT INITIALLY AS A
PILOT.
WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT RAPID
REHOUSING PARTICIPATING IN
OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT,
MAYBE NOT CALLING IT RAPID
REHOUSING BUT DOING THIS MODEL
WHERE THERE IS TEMPORARY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PACKAGED WITH CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN THE
COMMITTEE.
>> THE ACTUAL RAPID REHOUSING.
FIVE YEARS?
A BALLPARK?
>> I COULD FIND OUT.
>> BALLPARK, I WOULD SAY LESS
THAN ONE DECADE.
>> AND THANK YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE RETURN RATE
WAS 3% IN 2018.
>> I HAVE TO SAY PRELIMINARY.
>> THE DATA PEOPLE WILL GET ME.
>> SO ON THIS INDIVIDUAL, I GET
THAT IS THE INDIVIDUAL.
I WANT TO BE WILL TO RESPOND TO
THEM SUCCESSFULLY.
THE COURT ORDERED EVICTION, THE
SHERIFF HAS NOT KICKED THEM OUT
YET.
HE IS HOUSED AT THIS MOMENT.
PENDING HOMELESSNESS.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM.
IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE CONNECT WITH THE CASE
MANAGER.
IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY.
>> THAT IS WHAT MEG SUGGESTED
WHEN I CONTACTED THEM.
WHO CAN I CALL?
MAC --
>> WE ARE DEALING WITH
CONFIDENTIALITY.
UNLESS YOU CAN SAY JOHN ASK, I
CAN CALL DSC.
BECAUSE THAT PERSON CALLED YOU,
YOU CAN CALL DSC AND SAY THIS
IS TED AND I AM FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S OFFICE.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO SOMEONE
WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL IN YOUR
PROGRAM WHO WE HAVE PROVIDE
SERVICES FOR.
IF YOU DO NOT GET AN ADEQUATE
SPOTS FROM DSC, LET ME KNOW.
THAT IS A CONTRACTING ISSUE.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT PERSON'S
NAME, I AM ASSUMING THEY FELT
SAFE GIVING YOU THEIR NAME.
YOU CAN TELL THAT TO DSC.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO NEXT IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
THIS IS SUCCESSFUL AS JASON
TALKED ABOUT AND BEGINNING WHEN
PEOPLE REMAIN HOUSED IN A
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
UNIT AND THERE MOVE TO OTHER
PERMANENT HOUSING.
WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE
SLIDE IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO
SEE THAT THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE
PROGRAM.
TO HELP CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
PEOPLE TO FIND AND MAINTAIN
HOUSING.
>> DO HAVE A QUESTION?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE NEXT
SLIDE, I NOTICED THAT IF WE GO
BACK TO THE BEGINNING, TO THE
GREAT GRAPHIC ON PAGE 7, THAT
IS RIGHT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS A
QUESTION ABOUT THE INTERVENTION
NOT AVAILABLE IN THE
PRESENTATION.
SPECIFICALLY, BASED ON HYGIENE
AND, IT IS NOT IN THE GRAPHIC.
IT IS AT THE TOP THERE.
BUT I AM WONDERING, FRANKLY
WHAT PERFORMANCE WAS LIKE IF
YOU COULD SPEAK GENERALLY TO
THOSE INTERVENTION TYPES?
>> YES.
SO EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING,
WE DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT GOAL
THAT HOLDS OUTREACH WORKERS TO
EXIT PEOPLE TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
THAT IS WHY IT IS NOT INCLUDED
IN THE PRESENTATION.
OUTREACH PER GRAMS PROVIDE
REFERRALS TO PERMANENT SHELTERS
OR VILLAGES.
AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON
PERFORMANCE IN 2018.
I DON'T THE GUY HAVE THE
NUMBERS.
THE HYGIENE CENTERS, AGAIN,
THOSE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF
THE SYSTEM.
IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT, I FEEL
LIKE THE MIDDLE PART IS ALL
ABOUT THE SUPPORT.
SO DAY AND HYGIENE CENTERS
OUTREACH, WE DON'T PUT THEM IN
THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING
ENDEMIC PERFORMANCE PAY.
BUT THEY ARE A CRITICAL PART OF
THE SYSTEM.
SO I DO HAVE HYGIENE NUMBERS
FOR 2018.
JUST IN TERMS OF, WE HAVE 15
SHELTERED DAY CENTERS THAT
RECEIVED CITY FUNDING.
AND IN 2018, THESE DAY CENTERS
SERVED OVER 12,300 UNIQUE
HOUSEHOLDS.
>> JUST ONE PLUG HERE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL THIS YEAR THAT
D5 GOT ONE FINALLY.
AND I AM GOING TO PUSH AGAIN
FOR THAT.
> DAY HYGIENE CENTER.
AND WE HAVE MOTHERS AND
CHILDREN AND THE MINUTE I GOT
THE FOCUS FOR THE MEN.
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE.
I WILL BE BACK AT BUDGET
BUGGING YOU GUYS.
A LITTLE HEADS UP.
THANK YOU.
>> SO I THINK THIS IS THE LAST
SLIDE.
BUT NOT THE LEAST IMPORTANT.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR 2019 EQUITY
GOALS.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT HERE IS, AS
JASON SAID EARLIER, WE SAW AN
INCREASE IN BOTH THE NUMBER AND
RATE AT WHICH NATIVE AMERICAN,
ALASKAN NATIVE AND BLACK OR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS
ENTERED HOUSING.
THE AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKAN
NATIVE HOUSEHOLDS EXITS
INCREASED BY 87% BETWEEN 2017-
2018.
BLACK, AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXITS
INCREASED BY 27%.
AND THIS INCREASE IS LARGELY
DUE TO THE NEW FUNDED AGENCIES
THAT PROVIDE CULTURALLY
RELEVANT SERVICES TO SUPPORT
GOALS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
AGAIN, THIS IS A FULL YEAR AND
THE FIRST FULL YEAR THAT WE
HAVE HAD THIS LEVEL OF DATA BY
PROGRAM AREA, FOCUSED ON EXITS
TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE HAVE BEEN SHARING THIS
QUARTER BY QUARTER.
BUT I THINK WE ALL HAVE BEEN
LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDING TO
THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A FULL
12 MONTH, FULL YEAR OF THIS
DATA.
AGAIN, WE ARE REALLY PLEASED.
WE ARE SEEING AGAIN THAT THE
INVESTMENT HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENT.
30% MORE PEOPLE EXITING TO
PERMANENT HOUSING AND COMPARED
TO THE YEAR PRIOR.
WE HAVE SEEN A 7% INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS
SYSTEM.
AND THAT REALLY POINTS TO A
LEVEL OF BOTH NEW OPPORTUNITIES
TO COME INSIDE.
WE HAVE OPENED NEW SHELTERS TO
CAPACITY.
IT SIGNALS, THERE ARE OPENINGS
OF PROGRAMS THAT EXISTED
BEFORE.
IMPACT FULLY, AND MOST
IMPORTANT TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS BEING ABLE TO
MOVE THE DIAL.
SOME OF THE RACIAL INEQUITIES
THAT EXIST.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY PLEASED TO
SEE THE NUMBER OF NATIVE INDIAN
AND NATIVE ALASKAN AS WELL AS
BLACK AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN
NUBERS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING GO
UP SO MUCH.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BOTH
COMING HERE AND SHARING ALL OF
THIS.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU
SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK OUT FOR
THE INDIVIDUAL.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN
TOUCH WITH YOU IN REGARDS TO
THINKING MORE ABOUT THESE
NUMBERS AND IF THERE ARE
QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT THEY
ACTUALLY INDICATE, AS HE SAID,
THERE'S A LOT OF TERMINOLOGY TO
ENSURE WE ARE CORRECTLY
UNDERSTANDING.
BUT BEFORE YOU GO, I BELIEVE
TED HAD ONE QUESTION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO IT IN
DEPTH.
IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER IT OFF-
LINE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GO
AHEAD AND ASK THAT.
>> SO ONE OF THE LARGEST AREAS
OF HOMELESS SPENDING IS THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
THAT IS --
>> IT IS NOT IN THE
PRESENTATION.
>> WHAT IS THE NAVIGATION TEAMS
EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING?
>> THE NAVIGATION TEAM, MY
PRIMARY GOAL IS NOT EXITS TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO DEFINE WHAT
WE SAY NAVIGATION TEAM, WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BECAUSE THE COMPONENTS OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM ARE SPD,
SPECIALLY TRAINED OFFICERS.
IT IS BREACH.
THAT IS THE OUTREACH.
THEN IT IS THE FIELD
COORDINATORS, WHICH ARE HSD
STAFF.
AND THEN JACKIE ST. LOUIS IN
AUGUST, WHO MANAGES THE
ADMINISTERED SIDE OF IT.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EXITS
TO PERMANENT HOUSING, THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, THROUGH
OUTREACH, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION
IS TO MAKE SURE THAT AREAS THAT
ARE GETTING READY TO BE
CLEANED, THAT OUTREACH THOSE
AND HAS A PLACE FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS TO GO TO.
SO THE REACH IS EVALUATED ON
THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS MADE.
AND THEY ARE ALSO EVALUATED ON
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO GO TO
SHELTERS WHO THEY REFER TO A
SHELTER.
AND WHO GO TO A SHELTER.
THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
YOU WON'T FIND THEM A ONCE A
PERSON HAS HANDED OFF TO THE
SHELTER, THE PROGRAM
RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING THAT
PERSON INTO EMINENT HOUSING IS
A SHELTER.
SO OUTREACH IS LIKE A BATON.
THAT PERSON IS ON SHELTERED, I
AM GOING TO AND SURE THIS
PERSON GETS INSIDE AND
CONNECTED TO A RESOURCE SO THEY
CAN MOVE TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
>> OUR NAVIGATION TEAM IS ONE
OF EIGHT OUTREACH CONTRACTS WE
HAVE.
AS TIFFANY STATED EARLIER, IT
IS NOT AN EXPECTATION OF THOSE
OUTREACH CONTRACTS THAT THEY
EXIT PEOPLE TO PERMANENT
HOUSING.
WE TRACK SOME OF THAT DATA.
BUT IT IS NOT A CONTRACT
EXPECTATION THAT THEY SHOW US
OR ME A TARGET OF RATE TO EXIT
TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THEY ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
ELEMENTS OF THE SERVICE SYSTEM.
IT IS THOSE OUTREACH TEAMS WHO
ARE ENGAGED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
LIVING ON SHELTERED.
AND TRYING TO CONNECT THEM TO
SERVICES THAT PROVIDE A ROOF
OVERHEAD.
TRYING TO PROVIDE THEM A
CONNECTION TO MEALS, TO
SHOWERS, TO THOSE LIFE-SAVING
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
BUT EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING
IS NOT ONE OF THOSE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT MAKES OF
ANY OF THE OUTREACH CONTRACTS.
>> WHEN WE TALK TO THE HOMELESS
RIGHTS ADVOCATES, WHO DESCRIB
WORKING WITH THE NAVIGATION
TEAM AS SWEEPS.
I SAID THAT IN REALITY IT IS
JUST MOVING PEOPLE FROM ONE
STREETCORNER TO ANOTHER.
NOT GETTING THEM INTO HOUSING.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY,
YOU'RE SAYING THAT, WHEN THE
NAVIGATION TEAM IS BEING
PROMOTED, IT IS PROMOTED AS
SOMETHING TO GET PEOPLE INTO
HOUSING.
BUT I AM HEARING FROM YOU THAT
IT IS IN REALITY, THOSE
HOMELESS ADVOCATES ARE CORRECT.
IT IS MOVING PEOPLE FROM ONE
PLACE TO ANOTHER.
IT IS NOT GETTING THEM.
>> NO.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I WOULD
CHANGE THE WORD HOUSING TO
SHELTER.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM, THEY LEAVE
EVERY MORNING WITH A LIST OF
AVAILABLE SHELTER BEDS.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE ST.
MARTIN HAS THIS MANY BEDS.
A TINY HOUSE VILLAGE MAYBE HAS
THIS MANY BEDS.
AT THE NAVIGATION CENTER HAS
THIS MANY BEDS.
>> THEY ARE AIMED AT PEOPLE WHO
ARE GETTING PEOPLE INTO A
PROGRAM WHERE THERE IS A ROOF
OVERHEAD.
THOSE ARE SHELTER PROGRAMS.
WE REQUIRE THAT THE SHELTER
PROGRAMS GET FOLKS INTO
HOUSING.
SO OUTREACH IS DEFINITELY PART
OF THE CONTINUUM.
BUT IT IS NOT, IT IS AN
UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION FOR US
TO CONSIDER THAT I COULD BE OUT
ON THE STREET, HAVE A SHORT
INTERACTION WITH ALLEN AND BE
ABLE TO GET HIM INTO HOUSING.
BUT GETTING HIM INTO A SHELTER
RESOURCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE
EXPECT OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM
WE ARE PRESENTING PEOPLE WHO
ARE SWEPT BY THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
JUST A BACKUP, THERE IS GENERAL
OUTRAGE, WHICH IS WE FUNDED A
LOT OF AGENCIES FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN 2018 TO DO GENERAL
OUTREACH.
THE JOB OF THAT IS TO BE WHERE
ON SHELTERED PEOPLE ARE ALL THE
TIME AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS.
REACHED IS THAT AS WELL.
THE JOB OF REACH AS IT PERTAINS
TO THE NAVIGATION TEAM, I JUST
WANT TO CHANGE.
THINK OF IT AS A GOOD THING.
IT IS OUR PROMISE TO PEOPLE.
IF YOU ARE LIVING WITH
SOMEWHERE THAT WILL BE CLEANED,
WE WILL NOT CLEAN THAT AREA
UNTIL WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO
ENSURE YOU HAVE A PLACE TO GO
INSIDE.
IT IS NOT, THOSE ARE TWO
DIFFERENT ONES.
ONE IS JUST ABOUT MAKING SURE
THE NAVIGATION CLEANUP SIDE
DOESN'T CLEANUP UNTIL PEOPLE
HAVE SHELTER.
THE LARGER OUTREACH IS ABOUT
GOING TO THE SAME PLACE ALL THE
TIME EVERY DAY KNOWING THE
PERSON.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT.
I KNOW A LOT OF THE
COORDINATORS WITH REACH DO A
LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK.
THEY DEVELOP THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS.
WE WANT TO MAKE A DISTINCTION.
THERE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT POINTS
OF VIEW ABOUT WHETHER THAT
SHOULD CONTINUE.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THAT AND OF
THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE REACH PROGRAM IS PART OF
THAT.
WE BELIEVE IT HAS VALUE.
WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE COUPLED
WITH THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE
CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS IT.
BECAUSE FOR MANY HOMELESS
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP
IN SWEEPS.
WHAT IS PROVIDED TO THEM IS NOT
WHAT WORKS FOR THEM.
THAT IS WHY THEY JUST KEEP
COMING BACK.
NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE ADAMANT IN
ANY WAY.
THEY WOULD LIKE PERMANENT
HOUSING.
AND MAYBE THEY NEED MORE
SUPPORT SERVICES.
BUT IT IS NOT WORKING OUT FOR
THEM.
JUST SOME TEMPORARY SERVICE.
IT IS NOT WORKING OUT FOR
WHATEVER REASON.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A
DISTINCTION.
>> I WILL GET YOU THOSE
NUMBERS.
WE DON'T HAVE THEM PAIR.
I WILL AND WITH THIS.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM WENT
THROUGH DIVERSION TRAINING.
THAT ONE-TIME MONEY THAT THEY
WILL OFFER FOLKS, THEY NOW HAVE
ACCESS TO SAY TO SOMEONE, THIS
AREA IS GOING TO BE CLEANED.
HOW CAN I HELP?
WHAT DO I NEED?
THEY CAN PROVIDE IMMEDIATE
ASSISTANCE IN THE SAME WAY THAT
OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM
CAN DO.
>> I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH
JACKIE SINCLAIR.
WE MET WITH HER LAST WEEK.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PARTICULAR
ISSUES.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY
NEEDS TO BE SHARED.
IN ONE AREA, WE HAD 20 7/10.
WE WALKED THE AREA.
UNFORTUNATELY, OF THE 20 7/10,
NOT ONE PERSON WANTED OUR
SERVICES.
OR WANTED SHELTER.
NOT ONE PERSON.
>> THAT IS THE OTHER SIDE OF
IT.
THEY DIDN'T WANT IT.
SO THEY LITERALLY WENT OUT
THERE EIGHT TIMES.
WE WERE OUT THERE TWICE.
AND SOMETIMES, LIKE YOU SAID,
WE HAVE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OTHER
AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN MY
DISTRICT, WE HAVE GONE OUT
THERE PHYSICAL.
I CAN NAME IT OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD.
WHERE THE REAL KEY TO SUCCESS
IS THAT INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY
IN THE DISTRICT ARE WORKING
WITH THOSE GROUPS.
LIKE WE HAVE KELLY AT THE NORTH
HELPLINE.
WE HAD THE MENNONITES AND WE
ALSO HAVE OUR FOLKS, THE PEOPLE
AT THE LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE USE THESE ON THE GROUND
PEOPLE TO WORK WITH THE TEAM
BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, IT TAKES
TWO, THREE, FOUR TIMES TO BUILD
THE TRUST.
DOES THAT MAKE A STORY ON ANY
PARTICULAR CHANNEL?
NO.
SO IT IS DISHEARTENING WHEN YOU
WORK HARD AND WE ARE OUT THERE
A LOT.
AND TO BE COUNTED UP TO 10
TIMES, NOT ONE PERSON WANTED
ANY OF THE SERVICES.
>> THE END OF GOING OTHER
PLACES.
THEN WE SEE THEM AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
AND SO MY FRUSTRATION IS, I
LIKE HOW YOU TEED IT UP AND
RESPONDED.
IT IS NOT THE NAVIGATION'S JOB
TO FIND PERMANENT HOUSING.
IT IS THE CONTINUUM OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, FINDING THOSE
HUMAN BEINGS AND FINDING WHAT
THEIR NEEDS ARE.
úBUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND
THEN ON TO SHELTER.
AND MOVING ON HOPEFULLY TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
GETTING THEM SHELTERED AND
ADDRESSING ADDITION ISSUES AND
ANY OF THOSE ISSUES.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
HARD WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
I AM MEETING WITH JACKIE FOR A
COUPLE OF HOURS.
IT WAS VERY EYE-OPENING.
HE IS A WONDERFUL PERSON.
I APPRECIATE HIS ENTHUSIASM AND
HUMANITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS DO WE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE
DISCUSSIONS.
I WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE THE
SUCCESS STORIES DON'T MAKE IT
ONTO TV.
YOU SEE THE POINT OF YOU.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AT
LEAST I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD NOT
PLAY INTO THE NARRATIVE THAT
HOMELESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE
REFUSING SERVICES.
CLEARLY, SOCIETY IS FAILING
THEM.
IT IS A SOCIAL PROBLEM.
I DECLARE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE
THAT LENS AND THIS IS NOT
WORKING.
SOMETHING ELSE HAS TO BE DONE.
AND THE MAIN REASON IS, I HAVE
SAID THIS BEFORE.
JUST TO REITERATE, THIS CAME
OUT TODAY.
THE MAIN REASON MY OFFICE IS
AGAINST THE SWEEPS, WE ARE NOT
ALONE.
AS TED WAS SAYING, THERE ARE A
WHOLE RANGE OF HOMELESS AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
ADVOCATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
DON'T EXCEPT THIS.
IT IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT
ARE BEING SPENT ON SOMETHING
THAT IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE
ARE NOT COMPONENTS OF THIS LIKE
THE REACH COMPONENT WHICH
ACTUALLY NEED TO BE PART OF A
CONFERENCE OF APPROACH TO
HOMELESS SERVICES.
BUT CLEARLY THE SWEEPS ARE NOT
WORKING.
BECAUSE IT IS EVIDENCE.
WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR AFTER
YEAR.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE BEING
SPENT.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT
WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT
ULTIMATELY, IT IS POLITICAL,
ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE DECIDING
POLICIES.
IT IS NOT ALL ON HSD SHOULDERS.
WE APPRECIATE THE CONSTRUCTIVE
WORK BEING DONE BY THE STAFF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
ALSO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
MEETING ADJOURNED.