1 Targeting Homelessness Prevention in High Risk Communities In New York City NAEH Conference, February 9, 2012
2.4 Preventing Family Homelessness
May 14, 2015
2.4 Preventing Family Homelessness
Speaker: Sara Zuiderveen
One of the keys to ending homelessness is to prevent it from happening in the first place. This workshop will examine the most effective strategies to prevent family homelessness, including using homelessness data to target interventions and partnering with providers serving high-risk families. Presenters will cover a wide array of services and solutions.
Speaker: Sara Zuiderveen
One of the keys to ending homelessness is to prevent it from happening in the first place. This workshop will examine the most effective strategies to prevent family homelessness, including using homelessness data to target interventions and partnering with providers serving high-risk families. Presenters will cover a wide array of services and solutions.
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Targeting Homelessness Prevention in High Risk
CommunitiesIn New York City
NAEH Conference, February 9, 2012
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What is Homebase?
Established in 2005, DHS’ community-based homelessness prevention program know as Homebase is firmly rooted in the communities with the highest shelter demand across the city.
The program works to stabilize families in their own homes through family and landlord mediation rental assistance Budgeting and financial counseling entitlements advocacy employment and training legal advice and referral short-term financial assistance
DHS partners with 8 non-profit organizations to run 10 Homebase programs that will serve over 9,000 households in 2012
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HomeBase Shelter Profile
Under 21yr
s
21yrs
to 2
9yrs
30yrs
to 4
4yrs
45yrs
and ove
r
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
37
213
131
40
Age of Head of Household
1 per
son
2 peo
ple
3 peo
ple
4 peo
ple
5 peo
ple
6 peo
ple
7 peo
ple
8 peo
ple
12 pe
ople
020406080
100120140160180200
Family Size (Number of Individuals)
Family Size
Nu
mb
er
of
Fa
mil
ies
1%
33%
51%
1%13%
Primary Tenant Reason for Home-lessness
Lockout
DV
Eviction
Crime Situation
Unlivable Conditions
8%
13%0%
10%
26%
37%
5%
Secondary Tenant Reason for Home-lessness
Domestic Violence
Eviction
Crime situation
Unlivable Conditions
Discord
Overcrowding
Financial Strain
PROFILE OF ELIGIBLE FAMILY SHELTER ENTRANTS
CD 203: Jan - Sep, 2006
Provide services to families who have similar characteristics to families who enter shelter.
How do we target services?
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Outreach to families who are most likely to end up in shelter.
How do we target services?
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Planning
• Public awareness campaign with placements in high-demand communities
• Developed screening and referral service through 311
• Calls transferred to Homebase doubled
How do we target services?
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How do we target services?
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Match households served against shelter entrants to determine client impact.
How do we target services?
8Sample CD 303 Foreclosure Filing Map
How do we target services?
In 2011, nearly two-thirds of family shelter entrants come from the highlighted communities
The Center for Urban Research CUNY Graduate Center, directed by Dr. John Mollenkopf, established that neighborhood homelessness correlates with demographics, family dynamics and rental costs. It is not strongly correlated with rising property values (neighborhood gentrification).
The communities identified by CUNY are the poorest in the city, have the highest concentration of single headed households and have severe rent burden.
What makes these communities so high-risk?
Within these communities, we zoomed in on actual blocks and buildings with the largest cluster of shelter entries
We estimated the cost of sheltering families who lived in this hot spot, drawing on the concept of “million dollar blocks” from the criminal justice field.
Our new neighborhood targeting campaign will focus on finding solutions.
How do we enhance community targeting?
Mollenkopf’s data revealed six census tracts in the Bronx that had the highest concentration of shelter entries
Over six years, over 600 families entered shelter from a two square miles.
Mollenkopf found that factors such as poverty, family form, marginality, and neighborhood characteristics were correlated with shelter entry.
Nearly 50% of households live below poverty
Nearly 50% receive public assistance
Represents 5% of the population in the Bronx and 11% of major crime
How do we enhance community targeting?
• Create real-time central tracking center at DHS
• Quickly deploy outreach workers to hot spots
• Launch grass-root prevention campaign to raise public awareness
• Set targeting goals to eliminate million dollar blocks by 2013
Million Dollar Block Campaign
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Planning
In 2008-2009, DHS commissioned a comprehensive set of studies to test the efficacy and effectiveness of two highly regarded homelessness prevention programs, Homebase and Housing Help. Among several others, the nation’s top researchers in the field examined the following question:
What makes a household high risk for shelter entry and can Homebase target services to these high risk individuals? MaryBeth Shinn and Andrew Greer, Vanderbilt University
How do we enhance consumer-level targeting
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