1. C ITY OF P ORTLAND B UREAU OF H OUSING AND C OMMUNITY D EVELOPMENT T RANSITIONS TO H OUSING P ILOT P ROJECT REPORT OF FINDINGS April 23, 2003 Herbert & Louis LLC

2. Tonya Parker Director City of Portland, Bureau of Housing and Community Development 421 SW 6th Ave., Suite 1100 Portland, OR 97204 503-823-2375 Heather Lyons Homeless Program Manager City of Portland, Bureau of Housing and Community Development 421 SW 6th Ave., Suite 1100 Portland, OR 97204 503-823-2396 Thomas L. Moore, PhD CEO Herbert & Louis, LLC PO Box 304 Wilsonville, OR 97070-0304 503-625-6100

3. P URPOSE …to provide a short-term financial bridge to individuals and their families to maintain them in safe, permanent housing (prevent homelessness) as well as to gain such housing for those that are homeless.

4. E LIGIBILITY  Homeless  At an immediate risk of being homeless  Living in unsafe conditions  Gross family income 20% or less than area median income

5. P ROJECT F EATURES  Nine diverse partnering agencies  Flexibility and timeliness of assistance  Standardized evaluation protocol  Extensive follow-up by agencies

6. P ARTNERING A GENCIES  Cascade AIDS Project  Cascadia Behavioral Health/Multnomah County Department of Community Justice  Central City Concern  Insights Teen Parent Program  JOIN: A Center for Involvement  Northwest Pilot Projects  Portland Impact  SE Works  Transition Projects, Inc.

7. E VALUATION P ROTOCOL  Common dataset across all agencies  Enrollment; Six and Twelve-Month Follow-Up; and Case Closing data collected by providers  Follow-up waves based on date of enrollment  Case closing based on expenditure of T T H funding

8. F INDINGS  771 enrollments – 19% more than projected  72.3% single heads of household; 27.7% with families  Broadest representation of age, gender, race and ethnicity, education, and enrollment reasons  Living situation at time of enrollment  52.1% street/shelter/transitional/double up  34.6% private market rental  13.3% public housing, institution, etc.

9. F INDINGS continued  31.0% entered project due to job loss  Remainder entered for variety of reasons  Average income at enrollment - $330/ month  Average income at completion - $628/ month

10. F INDINGS continued  74.2% living in permanent housing at 6 months  Another 13.3% with promising prospects of attaining permanent housing  62.0% living in permanent housing at 12 months  Another 9.3% with promising prospects of attaining permanent housing

11. F INDINGS continued  82.5% successfully completed T T H  Average expenditure per case - $1,173  Average length of enrollment - 135 days

12. L ESSONS L EARNED - BHCD  Data captured in evaluation points to reasons behind housing instability  Flexibility with Accountability is key  “Housing First” model is cost effective and works for multiple populations

13. E NDING H OMELESSNESS - P REVIEW  Transitions to Housing is one strategy  Other tools include:  Supportive Housing  Homeless prevention through discharge planning  Programs like “Fresh Start” to mitigate housing barriers

14. E NDING H OMELESSNESS - P REVIEW What will it take?  Unprecedented cooperation and collaboration among institutional, social service, health, and housing systems  Shift from housing “readiness” to housing “first”  Investment into programs that end homelessness without compromising safety net

15. E NDING H OMELESSNESS - P REVIEW What will it return?  More cost effective AND humane approaches to ending people’s homelessness  Maximized resources through coordination  Results based in mutual accountability

16. Thank You