Ending Veteran Homelessness Opportunities, Challenges and Emerging Issues. May 21, 2014, 9:30 – 10:45 am Yakima, WA. Panel Ann M. Oliva, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs, CPD, Wash DC Bill Block, Regional Administrator, HUD Seattle Regional Office - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Ending Veteran Homelessness Opportunities, Challenges and Emerging Issues.
May 21, 2014, 9:30 – 10:45 am Yakima, WA
Panel•Ann M. Oliva, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs, CPD, Wash DC•Bill Block, Regional Administrator, HUD Seattle Regional Office•Jack Peters, Director. CPD, HUD Seattle Regional Office
Veteran Homelessness in WA
Continuum of Care Sheltered Unsheltered TotalCoC Veteran CoC Veteran CoC Veteran
Seattle/King County 6,370 589 9% 2,736 93 3% 9,106 682 7%Washington Balance of State 2,552 181 7% 1,556 90 6% 4,108 271 7%Spokane City & County 970 125 13% 60 7 12% 1,030 132 13%Tacoma/Lakewood/Pierce County 1,183 84 7% 120 9 8% 1,303 93 7%Everett/Snohomish County 603 33 5% 344 31 9% 947 64 7%Yakima City & County 516 26 5% 47 6 13% 563 32 6%Vancouver/Clark County 513 20 4% 190 24 13% 703 44 6%
Washington State 12,707 1,058 8% 5,053 260 5% 17,760 1,318 7%
Seattle/King County 2,645 45 4,158 4,365 11,213Washington Balance of State 1,879 0 4,999 1,763 8,641Spokane City & County 644 0 777 655 2,076Tacoma/Lakewood/Pierce County 446 0 817 673 1,936Everett/Snohomish County 392 0 343 893 1,628Yakima City & County 387 0 259 254 900Vancouver/Clark County 161 10 589 443 1203
Utilizing other HUD funding sources to address homelessness: CDBG ESG HOME Public Housing
Ending Veteran HomelessnessResources and Data
May 21, 2014
Opening Doors released in 2010 is a Federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness includes 4 goals:
End chronic homelessness by 2015 End veteran homelessness by 2015 End family homelessness by 2020 Set path to end all homelessness by 2020
Close collaboration between HUD, USICH, and VA puts us on target to meet veterans goal.
Ending Veterans Homelessness
57,849 in January 2013 represents 24% decline since 2009 60% sheltered 40% unsheltered
8% decline between 2012 and 2013 Where are they located?
46% major cities 40% smaller city, county, regional CoCs 14% in Balance of State or Statewide CoCs
(rural)
How many homeless veterans?
The typical sheltered homeless veteran in the United States in 2012 was: a man living alone in a one-person household 51 to 61 years old white and not Hispanic disabled located in a city already homeless before entering shelter in an emergency shelter for 19 nights
Profile
Common data and benchmarks, use of the most accurate data possible
Housing First as the model Using the resources appropriate to the need –
Permanent Supportive Housing is for the highest need veterans.
Targeting chronically homeless veterans Support for additional resources to serve veterans
that do not need PSH – e.g. SSVF Performance (VAMC and PHA) Connection to Continuums of Care – using those
resources to target veterans ineligible for VA
National Priorities
Non-targeted: CoC Program Emergency Solutions Grants Program Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program (not