1. Arizona’s 3 CoCs. . . . . What is a CoC and why should you care?
AZ Housing Coalition Presentation
November 13, 2018

2. Introductions Anne Scott, MAG AZ502 COC
Pamela Moseley, Pima County AZ501 COC
Karia Lee Basta, ADOH AZ500 COC

3. What is a Continuum of Care (CoC)?
Housing First
HUD – HEARTH Interim Rule
Community - a collaborative and inclusive community-based process for planning and managing homeless assistance resources and services effectively and efficiently to end homelessness
Reduce Barriers
McKinney Act – 1987
Later renamed McKinney-Vento
COC Started in 1994 – single comprehensive application
HEARTH reauthorized McKinney Vento – May 2009
Amended and reauthorizes
Interim Rule 2012
Both a document and process and projects
Includes providers that don’t receive HUD monies
ESG, other federal partners,
§ Responsibilities of the Continuum of Care.
(a) Operate the Continuum of Care. The Continuum of Care must:
(8) In consultation with recipients of Emergency Solutions Grants program funds within the geographic area, establish and operate either a centralized or coordinated assessment system that provides an initial, comprehensive assessment of the needs of individuals and families for housing and services. The Continuum must develop a specific policy to guide the operation of the centralized or coordinated assessment system on how its system will address the needs of individuals and families who are fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, but who are seeking shelter or services from non-victim service providers. This system must comply with any requirements established by HUD by Notice.
Coordinated Entry

4. Arizona CoC’s

5. Arizona
Maricopa CoC
Pima CoC
Balance of
State CoC
(13 counties)

6. Goals of Today’s Presentations
Strategies in use to end homelessness
How everyone’s engagement can assist Arizona in ending homelessness
How data informs decisions

7. 7 Performance Measures 1. Length of Time Persons Remain Homeless
2. The Extent to which Persons who Exit Homelessness to PH Destinations Return to Homelessness w/in 6-12 months and 2 years
3. Number of Homeless Persons
4. Employment and Income Growth
5. Number of Persons who Become Homeless for the 1st Time
6. Homelessness Prevention and Housing Placement of Persons Defined under other Federal statutes
7. Successful Placement from Street Outreach
This is the third year that HUD is tracking this info.
Reported on these this year.
Measure 6a: Preventing Returns to Homelessness within 6 and 12 Months Among This Subset of Families and Youth
Measure 6b: Preventing Returns to Homelessness within 24 Months Among This Subset of Families and Youth
Measure 6c: Successful Housing Placement Among This Subset of Families and Youth
Measure 7b: Successful Placement in or Retention of Permanent Housing
Are we serving the most vulnerable and difficult to serve population?
Are we reducing the length of time someone is experiencing homelessness?
Are we increasing jobs, income, self-sufficiency?
Are we achieving the APR goals?
Are we effectively using federal monies?
Are we using HMIS effectively, analyzing the data, seeing patterns?
There’s a session on these giving this year’

8. CoC Program Funding Comparison FY 2016 vs FY 2017
AZ 502 Maricopa Regional $25,418,465 $25,888,759
AZ 501 Tucson/Pima $ 8,414,896 $ 8,640,835
AZ 500 BOSCOC $ 3,999,989 $ 3,996,879
$37,833,350 $38,526,473
BOSCOC bos loss $3110.
25 Contracts Overall gained 693,123
4 RRH
19 PH/7 all/12 partially chronic
1 Planning
Means 25.9 million goes to PSH
8.5 million to TH
1,070,734 TH
213,140 HMIS
36,846 RRH
2,895,649 PSH

10. The ESG Funds of Total

11. DATA Data is what informs planning, decisions, and funding
Data measures outcomes and performance
We use a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and so do our Federal partners for programs i.e. VASH, SSVF, PATH, ESG, RHY.
A web based program
All use Bowman Systems Service Point
Maricopa HMIS Lead Agency is C I & R
Pima HMIS Lead Agency is Pima County
Balance of State HMIS Lead Agency is ADOH

12. 2018 PIT Totals Total: 9,865 BOS TPCH MAG 1102 1017 3680 sheltered
unsheltered
Total: 9,865

13. 2018 Housing Inventory
This is what is available, doesn’t mean every bed is full. Add another pie showing people in beds from HIC.

14. CoC’S Sheltered & Unsheltered

15. COC Sheltered and Unsheltered 3 Year Review
Year ES TH Str Total

16. HEARTH - Coordinated ENTRY
From the HUD Interim Rule:
Centralized or coordinated entry system is defined to mean a centralized or coordinated process designed to coordinate program participant intake, assessment, and provision of referrals.
A centralized or coordinated entry system:
covers the geographic area,
is easily accessed by individuals and families seeking housing or services,
is well advertised, and
includes a comprehensive and standardized assessment tool.
Is a common process for accessing homeless assistance services, including prevention, diversion, emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, support services and permanent housing.
This definition establishes basic minimum requirements for the Continuum’s centralized or coordinated assessment system.

17. Homeless Population – Not Homogeneous
Assessment determines
NEED
From the HUD Interim Rule:
Centralized or coordinated entry system is defined to mean a centralized or coordinated process designed to coordinate program participant intake, assessment, and provision of referrals.
A centralized or coordinated assessment system
covers the geographic area,
is easily accessed by individuals and families seeking housing or services,
is well advertised, and
includes a comprehensive and standardized assessment tool.
Shelter/
Housing Help
Permanent Supportive Housing
Transitional Housing
Rapid
Re-housing

18. Common Coordinated Entry Factors
All are using VI-SPDAT for standard assessment
AZ using No Wrong Door
AZ502 – Specific Points of Entry
AZ500 – a combination depending on County
All are using HMIS whole or in part
All are still learning and improving process

19. Governance
The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.” Thomas Jefferson
At the core of the COC responsibilities is the mission of leading the community in finding solutions for preventing and ending homelessness.
The COC needs to create a structure to fulfill this and the other duties outlined in HEARTH. While each community may bring different players to the table to participate in and lead the COC, representatives from all relevant organizations need to be involved and each COC must establish a board, and additional committees or workgroups to help carry out planning and operation responsibilities.

20. Committees: HMIS, Veterans, PIT, Evaluation, CE
Structure of BOSCOC.
Local COC’s/Networks
Committees: HMIS, Veterans, PIT, Evaluation, CE
ADOH
GOVERNANCE ADVISORY BOARD
So we’re moving forward doing things a bit differently than we have. Local networks such as this one, will be working to end homelessness and reporting those efforts, outcomes etc to ADOH through an appointed representative. We use planning monies from HUD to enter into contracts with the appointed representative’s agency in order to offset some costs such as travel and conducting the meetings. We have 10 LCEH’s under contract.

21. Coordinated Entry Committee
Collaborative Applicant
HMIS Lead
TPCH BOARD
Continuum of Services
Committee
Gaps Analysis
Employment
Discharge Planning
Youth Advisory Committee
Governance & Planning
Committee
CoC Application
Nominating
Communication
Membership
Fundraising
Conference
HEARTH Regulations
Strategic Plan Update
Performance Evaluation and Monitoring Committee
Rating & Ranking
Internal /External Monitoring
Coordinated Entry Committee
HMIS Committee
Data
Users Group
Emergency Solutions
Subcommittee
Community Outreach Subcommittee
Street Count Work Group
Homeless Youth Subcommittee
Case Conferencing

22. Maricopa Regional Continuum of Care
Continuum of Care (CoC) Board
CoC Committee
Coordinated Entry
Subcommittee
Data
ESG
Rank and Review
Continuum of Care (CoC) Bard
*CoC Workgroups

23. WHAT DOES A CONTINUUM OF CARE/HMIS PLAN DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
Assess capacity and identify gaps
Develop proactive solutions
Identify common goals for which to advocate
Increase community “buy-in” and access to mainstream resources
Community Level Integrated Case Management
Service Referrals & Access
END HOMELESSNESS
Is to seek funding for projects
That will fill gaps in developed CoC systems,
That will assist homeless persons
To move to self-sufficiency and permanent housing
And administer an HMIS because all is driven by data

24. Where are we? All 3 COC’s are undergoing a paradigm shift
Decisions and strategies are data driven
We all agree it is not easy
We all agree it is worth doing

25. Housing is a Human Right.
Homeless people are
the sum total of
our dreams
policies
intentions
errors
omissions
cruelties
and kindnesses
as a society.
Peter Marin, sociologist
We’re all bound together. Our futures are bound together. Those who are homeless, those who are poor, those who work with them, you, me. We’re connected.
The test of our progress
Is not whether we add to the
abundance of those
who have much
It is whether we provide enough
to those who have little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Housing is one vital piece of the solution to ending homelessness.
Housing is a Human Right.

26. Create Hope End Homelessness
The Point for asking questions.

27. 771-1085 karia.basta@azhousing.gov
Karia Lee Basta
Pam Moseley
Anne Scott