Faith Based Groups Important Partners in Ending Homelessness 2015 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness February 19-20. 2015 San Diego, California Kay Moshier McDivitt Technical Assistance Specialist National Alliance to End Homelessness [email protected]
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Faith Based Groups Important Partners in Ending
Homelessness
2015 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness
February 19-20. 2015 San Diego, California
Kay Moshier McDivitt Technical Assistance Specialist National Alliance to End Homelessness [email protected]
1.5 Faith Based Groups Important Partners in Ending Homelessness
Faith-based groups play a key role in ending family homelessness as they provide many resources including shelter and permanent housing assistance. This workshop will highlight strategies for Continuums of Care (CoC) to engage faith-based providers in their work, as well as strategies for faith-based groups to work with their CoCs in a more coordinated way
Our Speakers
Jim Amstutz, Lead Pastor of Akron Mennonite Church and Co-Chair of the Lancaster County Coalition to End Homelessness in Pennsylvania
Steve Brubaker, Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, Philadelphia, PA
Lisa Gustaveson, Director of the Faith & Family Homelessness Project, School of Theology & Ministry, Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Kay Moshier McDivitt, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Washington, DC (Moderator)
• Common Agenda
• Shared Measurement Systems
• Mutually Reinforcing Activities
• Continuous Communications
• Backbone Support Organizations
• Common Agenda
• Shared Measurement
Systems
• Mutually Reinforcing
Activities
• Continuous
Communication
• Backbone Support
Organizations
...individuals and families
who become homeless
return to permanent
housing within 30 days.
…homelessness will be
rare, brief, and non-
recurrent.
• Common Agenda
• Shared Measurement
Systems
• Mutually Reinforcing
Activities
• Continuous
Communication
• Backbone Support
Organizations
• Reduce the number who
become homeless
• Reduce length of
homelessness
• Reduce return to homelessness
Crisis Response System Systemic Approach
This takes work to include all homeless service providers,
including the faith based and non-federal funded providers
WHY?
1. Collective Impact
– Together we accomplish more
– Broader perspectives creates broader solutions
– Those we serve benefit
2. HEARTH Act requires systemic inclusion of all providers
3. Working together tells the bigger story; complete data is critical
4. Right thing to do
Getting Started
• Identify FBO’s in your continuum to be brought to the table
• Identify the right “convener”
– Negotiator vs. Champion (trusted by both secular and faith providers)
• Know circles of influence with that organization
– Who do you already know/work with
– Start with front line staff
– Persons of faith working in “secular” organization
• Develop the sell for each organization, do your research-a different plan for each one
Challenges
• Be prepared for bumps along the way
– Staff changes within organizations may mean starting
the process over/re-educating
– Philosophical shift from traditional models to “housing
first” or “rapid exit” system model
– Faith based providers reconciling local CoC strategies