Agenda Packet 1-22-19 Joint Work Session

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Housing First (HF): a model of housing assistance that prioritizes rapid placement and stabilization in permanent housing that does not have service participation requirements or preconditions (such as sobriety or a minimum income threshold). Transitional housing and supportive services only projects can be considered to be using a Housing First model if they operate with low-barriers, work to quickly move people into permanent housing, do not require participation in supportive services, and, for transitional housing projects, do not require any preconditions for moving into the transitional housing (such as sobriety or minimum income threshold). Recovery housing can be a an important part of a Housing First system so long as people choose that type of sober environment as part of their personal goals/preferences and where recovery-oriented housing is not the only option for people seeking to obtain permanent housing. Housing Inventory Count (HIC): is produced by each CoC and provides an annual inventory of beds that assist people in the CoC who are experiencing homelessness or leaving homelessness, usually conducted the last week of January Outreach: involves moving outside the walls of the agency to engage people experiencing homelessness who may be disconnected and alienated not only from mainstream services and supports, but from the services targeting homeless persons as well. This is incredibly important work designed to help establish supportive relationships, give people advice and support, and provide access the services and supports that will help them move off the streets to permanent housing. Outreach is important in order to access hard- to-reach individuals, and should connected to an overt and concerted effort to end homelessness. Permanent Housing: community-based housing without a designated length of stay, and includes both permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing. To qualify as CoC Program permanent housing, the program participant must be the tenant on a lease for an initial term of at least one year, which is renewable for terms that are a minimum of one month long, and is terminable only for cause. Other permanent housing programs, such as SSVF and state/local funding sources, only require the minimum lease requirements for based on the state or local regulations. Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH): is a housing model designed to provide housing assistance (project- and tenant-based) and supportive services on a long-term basis to formerly homeless people. HUD’s Continuum of Care program, authorized by the McKinney-Vento Act, funds PSH and requires that the client have a disability for eligibility. Permitted Village/Encampment: offer outdoor, temporary accommodations for people who are living unsheltered in conditions that threaten their health and safety. Villages offer tiny house-like living structures, community kitchens, hygiene services and case management to clients that have lived outside for extended periods of time or for whom traditional shelter may not be a good fit. A person successfully exits a village when they leave the village to move to permanent housing. Point-in-Time Counts (PIT): are unduplicated 1-night estimates of both sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations. The 1-night counts are conducted by CoCs nationwide and occur during the last week in January of each year Homelessness Prevention (HP) Services: services used to assist people who are currently housed but face an imminent risk of becoming literally homeless. Homelessness Prevention programs help people remain in their homes, with the use of one-time financial assistance and/or time-limited case management. A person or household successfully exits a prevention program when they remain in their current housing or another permanent housing situation, without becoming homeless during the interim. Rapid Rehousing: an intervention, informed by a progressive assistance, Housing First approach that is a critical part of a community’s effective homeless crisis response system. Rapid re-housing rapidly connects families and individuals experiencing homelessness to permanent housing through a tailored package of assistance that may include the use of time-limited financial assistance and targeted supportive services. Rapid rehousing programs help families and individuals living on the streets or in emergency shelters solve the practical and immediate challenges to obtaining permanent housing while reducing the amount of time they experience homelessness, avoiding a near-term return to homelessness, and linking to community resources that enable them to achieve housing stability in the long-term. Sheltered Homelessness: refers to people who are staying in emergency shelters, transitional housing programs, or safe havens Supportive Services for Veteran Families: Veterans Affairs (VA) funded program that provides both rapid re-housing and homelessness prevention, depending on a household's current housing situation and need. SSVF's program regulations prioritize RRH interventions. It is expected that SSVF grantees (501C(3) non-profits) and community partners prioritize resources to meet the needs of all eligible, literally homeless Veteran households, while only offering HP services to the most vulnerable Veteran households. As part of the community plan for ending Veteran homelessness, this may require that HP services be offered only when an SSVF grantee or community is able to meet the needs of all eligible literally homeless Veterans. PAGE 35 January 22, 2019, Joint Work Session - Item 1