Agenda Packet 5-13-19 Joint Work Session

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Homeless System Transformation 2 | Page Making an Immediate Difference • Establishment of a year-round navigation center at the Dusk to Dawn site providing expanded supportive navigation services as a bridge strategy until a new Emergency Shelter/Navigation Center opens. • Design and siting work toward a new 75-bed, Low-Barrier Emergency Shelter/Navigation Center. • Develop and implement mobile street outreach teams to deliver services to people where they are. • 51 units of Permanent Supportive Housing, the Commons on MLK, beginning construction Fall 2019 • Strengthening system coordination for diversion, coordinated entry, navigation and move on strategies. • Flexible Funding to respond to people’s immediate needs. • Collective impact process led by a Strategic Initiatives Manager. Links to Existing Efforts TAC implementation will complement and link to existing homeless and supportive housing and service programs and initiatives sponsored by the City of Eugene and Lane County to address homelessness. The following are some examples of existing initiatives that have added capacity in recent years: Dusk to Dawn: Established by Lane County and the City of Eugene in December 2015, Dusk to Dawn provides sites for people to sleep overnight. A St. Vincent de Paul site for individuals in northwest Eugene has been expanded over the past three years from 80 beds, to 115, and this year to 215 beds. St. Vincent de Paul also operates a site that serves families with children in southeast Eugene that has a capacity to serve 20 families. Car Camping and Safe Parking Programs: Car Camping and Safe Parking programs, run in partnership with St. Vincent de Paul, currently host over 90 single spaces and 8 family spaces at over 43 addresses, both public and private. The Cities of Eugene and Springfield, and Lane County, sponsor these programs. St. Vincent de Paul administers the program, providing sanitary facilities as well as camper screening and placement. Rest Stops: Rest stops provide approved sites where people experiencing homelessness can sleep in tents or Conestoga huts, keep their belongings, and receive assistance connecting with social services. Currently, 5rest stops managed by local non-profits are in operation, serving up to 92 people at any one time. Community Outreach and Response Team (CORT): A partnership between the Downtown Eugene Police Team and CAHOOTS, this team identifies top users of police resources in the downtown area and spends two days a week working with individuals to help them address underlying needs and barriers. CORT has helped 31% of their clients enter housing. Frequent User System Engagement (FUSE): Lane County’s FUSE, is a supportive housing program for the top 100 homeless individuals who have been the most “frequent utilizers” of Lane County’s public services including law enforcement, jails, and emergency medical services. A partnership between Lane County, Laurel Hill, ShelterCare, Willamette Family Treatment, Senior & Disabled Services, local jails and law enforcement, FUSE engages people with outreach, case management, housing search, housing units and/or rental assistance, care coordination and ongoing support. In its pilot year, participants experienced an 82% drop in arrests, a 75% drop in citations, a 26% decrease in emergency room visits, a 53% drop in healthcare costs, and a 50% decline in jail intakes. Veterans BY-Name List (VBNL): VBLN is used by veteran advocates, veteran-specific services, and housing projects with dedicated beds for veterans to link housing and related services to homeless veterans. Since March 2016, 529 homeless veterans on the VBNL have been housed and 1,804 individuals have been assessed for the VBNL. Timing: The County Administrator and Eugene City Manager will bring their recommendation for financing the first year of the implementation plan to the Lane County Board of Commissioners and the Eugene City Council for approval. Additional service capacity will be phased in during year one. May 13, 2019, Joint Work Session – Item 1