1. Safety off the Streets (SOS) Workgroup recommendations

2. The Charge By March 2015, deliver prioritized strategies for increasing options for safety and a good night’s sleep, such that no woman, child, or disabled adult has to sleep on the streets of Multnomah County by January 2017.

3. What is SOS? A site provides safety off the streets if: It is legal to sleep there There is access to a bathroom The facilities are kept clean People trained to assist in creating physical safety are on site Lighting ensures adequate visibility for safety purposes It is dry/there is overhead shelter There is heat/warmth

4. Strategies Decrease demand (inflow) for SOS options Increase successful transitions out of existing SOS options (outflow) Expand SOS options

5. Decrease Demand (Inflow) Shelters develop and implement diversion strategies to support people in currently safe situations from getting on waiting lists: $500,000 in flexible client/rent assistance to divert 100 HH a year from shelter.

6. Decrease Demand (Inflow) Create collaborative interdisciplinary street team with necessary resources to permanently house and retain highest barrier homeless individuals. $945,000 to permanently house 50 highest barrier households directly from the street

7. Increase Successful Transitions (Outflow) Expand outreach through libraries and a mobile outreach team that goes to SOS sites not currently receiving housing placement, benefits, mental health, addiction services. $415,000 in staffing to offer placement and support services, leverages short and long- term rental subsidies

8. SOS Options - Youth Support Youth System recommendation to expand permanent housing placement capacity, provided that this leads to no turn- aways from shelter.

9. SOS Options - Families Current Family Winter shelter capacity allows for “no turn- away.” Meeting the charge requires maintaining this capacity year around. $250,000 in addition investment will keep 100+ beds open all year

10. SOS Options – Women Extending current winter shelter capacity for women without children to 12 months will add 115 beds in non-winter months. $493,550 - $987,250 to annualize current 115 beds of women’s winter shelter

11. Unmet SOS Need: Women & Disabled Men If (a) current winter shelter capacity for women is made year around and (b) we are successful in reducing unmet demand for permanent housing by 50%, unmet need for year-around SOS options is still at least: Women: 225 spaces Disabled Men: 400 spaces

12. SOS Expansion Options Facility-based shelter with light services: 100 beds: $657,000 - $1,095,000 per year To meet entire need: $4 - $6.5 million annually Transitional Campground/Rest Area: 100 beds: $45,000 - $70,000 per year To meet entire need: Approx. $500,000 annually Safe Haven (for severely disabled individuals): 25 beds: $730,000 per year. * Costs of site acquisition, capital improvements etc. not included

13. SOS – Key Policy Recommendations Equity: Facility based adult shelters serve 35%-38% people of color; continue to increase access to and outcomes for people of color in all SOS sites Siting Priorities: Recognize need for geographic distribution (e.g. Gresham); critical importance of access to transportation, services, other amenities Siting Barriers: Urgent need to overcome legal and political barriers to siting SOS options Coordinate Access: Ease access to shelter and facilitate coordination across systems (DV, anti-poverty, etc.) Improve Data: Shared data, evaluation, and increased transparency and accountability.