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Presentation to Berkeley Homelessness Taskforce

Explore USICH's mission, federal plan, national trends & California's challenges. Learn about targeting populations and state initiatives to end homelessness.

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Presentation to Berkeley Homelessness Taskforce

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  1. Presentation to Berkeley Homelessness Taskforce August 15, 2013 Katharine Gale, Policy Director United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

  2. Overview • Mission of USICH • Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness • National Trends • California Snapshot • Efforts and Initiatives

  3. Mission of USICH To coordinate the Federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government in contributing to the end of homelessness. 

  4. Vision of Opening Doors • No one should experience homelessness • No one should be without a safe, stable place to call home

  5. Four Goals of Opening Doors • Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness by 2015 • Prevent and end homelessness among Veterans by 2015 • Prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and children by 2020 • Set a path to ending all types of homelessness

  6. National Trends Source: HUD’s Annual Point-in-Time Count, http://www.hudhre.info

  7. National Trends

  8. National Trends

  9. State by State Source: HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report 2012 http://www.hudhre.info

  10. Community by Community Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness’ 2013 Homeless Counts Map, http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/2013-homeless-counts-map1

  11. California • 12.1 percent of the nation’s total population (38.04 million of 313.9 million) • 21.4 percent of the nation’s total homeless population (136,108 of 636,017 according to 2011 data) Sources: HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report 2012, U.S. Census Bureau

  12. California Highest Percentages of Unsheltered Homelessness, 2012 Wyoming 73.8% California 64.9% Florida 64.1% Arkansas 62.0% Nevada 60.0% Georgia 59.4% Oregon 58.6% Mississippi 56.8% Colorado 56.7% Louisiana 51.0% Source: HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report 2012 http://www.hudhre.info

  13. California Target Populations • 31.8percent of nation’s chronically homeless population (34,040 of 107,148 individuals) • 27.6percent of nation’s homeless veterans (18,629 of 67,495 individuals) • 11.6percent of nation’s homeless families (27,397 of 236,181 families) Sources: HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report 2012

  14. California Target Populations Source: HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report 2012

  15. Efforts and Initiatives California Policy Academy to address chronic homelessness Rapid Results Boot Camps for reducing chronic and Veteran Homelessness New awards for serving Veterans including VASH vouchers and Support Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Opportunities to reallocate and target HUD funding Technical Assistance, Tools and Information

  16. Commitment “Nobody in America, and certainly no Veteran, should be left to live on the streets.” - President ObamaAugust 6, 2013 Source: whitehouse.gov

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