homelessness in minneapolis and hennepin county lisa thornquist office to end homelessness
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Homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County
Lisa ThornquistOffice to End Homelessness
2000+ people in shelter each night in Hennepin County
Heading Home Hennepin
• 2006 - Commission did work in 100 days• Approved by Minneapolis City Council and
Hennepin County Board of Commissioners• Executive committee made up of
stakeholders• Small staff to implement the plan
Commission members
• Faith Community Leaders• Business Leaders• Elected Officials• Government Officials• Service Providers• Philanthropic Leaders• People Experiencing Homelessness
Heading Home Hennepin Plan
• Prevention• Outreach• Housing• Self-support• Service delivery• Systems improvement
Mission and Vision
• Our vision is that by the year 2016, all people facing homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County will have access to safe, decent, and affordable housing and the resources and supports needed to sustain it.
• Our mission is to effectively end homelessness over the next decade
Implementation of Heading Home Hennepin
ORGANIZATION OF HEADING HOME HENNEPINUpdated 6/18/2007
Executive Committee
Coordinator
Finance Cultural Competency Communications
Prevention Outreach Housing Service Delivery
Evaluation
Self Support
FHPAP
Youth Discharge
Adult Discharge
Stabilize Offenders
Conflict Resolution for Youth
Refugees
24/7 Outreach
ACT teams
Reducing Criminal Justice Involvement
Medical Respite
Mental Health
Native Outreach
Youth Outreach
Youth Housing
Adult Housing
Family Housing
Preservation
Housing Options
Risk Pool
Family-Faith Partnership
Youth Housing Case Management
Expand Rapid Exit
Housing Inventory
Zoning Codes
Opportunity Center
Services Map
System Navigators
Youth Drop-In
Access to CD Tx
Vets Services
Child Care for Parents w ith CD
Efficient Use of Shelters
Service Delivery in Shelters
Family Housing and Services Netw ork
Truancy Collaboration
Financial Assistance for Youth
Adult Employment
Youth Employment/Education
Budgeting/ Money Management
Transportation Subsidies
Funders HH Minnesota
Focus on models that are innovative and effective
• Focus on solutions that are sustainable with outcomes that are data driven
• Change business practice to add housing as an element
• Change language from managing to ending homelessness
Street Outreach
• Partner with Mpls police to respond to livability issues.
• Housing people who are unsheltered
• Reduction in street count 2010 temp - minus 1 2011 temp - 22 above 2012 temp - 24 above
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Unsheltered Count in January in Hennepin County
Frequent Users Service Enhancement (FUSE)
• Focus on highest users of shelter and jail
• Housing as a solution• Results: reductions in
both systems
There was a total reduction of 1,704 less shelter nights (a 43% reduction) and 700 less nights spend in the Hennepin County Jail (39% reduction) between the Pre and POST periods.
-Baiocchi and Whetstone, 2010
Downtown 100
• Focus on most arrests in downtown Mpls
• Social services part of solutions
• 78% reduction in new arrests Jan-Dec 2009 Jan-Dec 2011
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"Downtown 100" chronic offender recidivism
78% reduction in new cases
Source: City Attorney's OfficeSource: City Attorney's Office
Currie Avenue Partnership (CAP)
• Leveraged state funding
• Partnership with business and faith communities
• Moved 1000+ into housing
• Saw reduction in long term shelter stayers
Long-term Stayers in County-Contracted Single Adult Shelter
(> 150 days in last 3 years and > 365 from first to last date)
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Long-term stayers who didn't come back
Long-term stayers who were back the next year
Top 51
• Focus on highest shelter users.
• Not engaged in services
• Partnership btwn social services & county.
• Focus is housing
Find Out More
www.headinghomehennepin.orgwww.homelessconnectminneapoli
s.org
Lisa Thornquist612-879-3656