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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/17/2019 - STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES ANDSeptember 17, 2019 Long-term Homelessness Entries and Exits Beth Sowder, Social Sustainability Department Director STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS Strategic Alignment 2 City Plan & SSD Strategic Plan City Strategic Plan Neighborhood Livability & Social Health 1.2 Homeward 2020 Plan to make Homelessness Rare, Short-lived, and Non- recurring STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS Community Dashboard Metric: Long-term Homelessness Entries/Exits 3 • Quarterly Metric from HFI • Target: Number of exits exceeds entries • Metric does not account for inactive category STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS HFI – System Data Dashboard 4 STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS HFI – Population Data Dashboard 5 STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS Many Faces of Housing Solutions 6 Efforts from the City and community partners have helped transition 140 people out of long-term homelessness STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS City’s Investments Homelessness Initiatives: • Seasonal Overflow Shelter • Homeward 2020 • Murphy Center • Outreach Fort Collins • Housing First Initiative • Evening Hours at Murphy Center 7 STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS Human Service Program Funding 2019 8 STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS Affordable Housing Funds 9 City’s 2019 investments: • Mason Place – Permanent Supportive Housing • Myrtle Street Single Room Occupancy units • Habitat for Humanity • Volunteers of America Senior Housing Of these 131 units in the pipeline, 75 will specifically assist people exiting homelessness STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS Moving Forward • February 11 work session Annual Homelessness Update • Continued partnerships 10 STAFF REPORT: LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ENTRIES AND EXITS