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Texas Balance of State CoC Abilene

Texas Balance of State CoC Abilene. Functional Zero for Veteran Homelessness November 2018. Texas Balance of State CoC - Abilene. Community Leads: John Meier and Katherine Bisson Community Organizer: Michelle Parish, Community Foundation of Abilene CoC Lead: Sophia Checa

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Texas Balance of State CoC Abilene

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  1. TexasBalanceofStateCoC Abilene Functional Zero for VeteranHomelessness November2018

  2. TexasBalanceofStateCoC-Abilene CommunityLeads:JohnMeierandKatherineBisson Community Organizer: MichelleParish, Community Foundation ofAbilene CoCLead:SophiaCheca JurisdictionalExecutive:MayorAnthonyWilliams VARepresentative: Nicki Starkey PHALead:AbileneHousingAuthority Built for Zero Coach: DawnMoskowitz BFZ Onsite Coach: Eddie Turner/CaitlinBayer AttendedBFZLearningSessions:February,June,October2018

  3. TexasBalanceofStateCoC-Abilene

  4. Built for ZeroCommunities *Chittenden County *Placer &Nevada Counties *FairfaxCounty *WesternVA *VABOS-Waynesboro *VABOS-Petersburg *ElPaso ★ WelcometoourNewestCommunities!

  5. Progress toDate TexasBoSCoCAbilenewillmake9! 8 3 COMMUNITIES ENDEDCHRONIC HOMELESSNESS COMMUNITIES ENDEDVETERAN HOMELESSNESS 33COMMUNITIES HAVE ACHIEVEDA MEASURABLEREDUCTION 64DATA ON HOMELESSNESS COMMUNITIES HAVEACHIEVEDQUALITYREAL-TIME 60%98,200 FUNCTIONALZERO PROOF POINTS SUSTAININGGOAL TOTAL PEOPLE HOUSED *BuiltforZerocommunitiesusetheBuiltforZerostandardforendingveteranhomelessness,asinglemeasurethatprovidesahigher,moremeasurablebar thanthefederalcriteriaandbenchmarks.WeeagerlysupportcommunitiesinmeetingthecriteriaandbenchmarksontheirwaytotheBfZstandard.

  6. Functional Zerofor Veterans TexasBalanceofState-Abilenehasmettheirfunctionalzerothresholdoflessthan9! < # Actively HomelessVeterans 6-Mth Avg.Housing PlacementRate

  7. TEXAS BOS-ABILENE BY-NAME, REAL-TIMEDATA

  8. DefiningaQualityBy-NameList TexasBalanceofState-Abilenehasmetallofthequalityandreliabilitythresholds. • Allagenciesandprogramsarerepresented • Listincludespeoplesleepinginsheltersandonthe streets FULLCOVERAGE • Eachpersonhasanentrythatincludestheirname, history, health and housingneeds • Eachpersoncanbefollowedthroughthesystem PERSON- LEVELDATA • Databalancesmonthovermonth,justlikeyour checkbook RELIABILITY • Listisupdatedmonthly,ataminimum • Aspeople’shousingstatuschanges,sodotheirlist entries REGULARUPDATES

  9. Qualitatively Assessingyour list Texas Balance of State - Abilene reached a perfect score on the veterans scorecardinApril2018successfullymeetingtheframeworkbelowtoproducetheir veterans by-name list. This ensures that Abilene has reached quality data to measure improvements overtime. POLICIES &PROCEDURES 2. Inactivepolicy 8. Tracking withoutfull assessment

  10. Key DataPoints TexasBalanceofState-Abileneisconsistentlyreportingthesekeydatapointsforveteransmonthly. INFLOW OUTFLOW ACTIVELYHOMELESS OUTFLOW: NOLONGER MEETS POP CRITERIA INFLOW: NEWLY IDENTIFIED INFLOW: RETURNED FROMHOUSING OUTFLOW: OUTFLOW: HOUSING MOVEDTO PLACEMENTS INACTIVE INFLOW: RETURNED FROMINACTIVE

  11. DataReliability Data for Texas BoS Abilene is perfectly balanced (0% data reliability) meaning that changes in actively homeless numbers are accounted for in inflow and outflow. Thissignals that data management practices are robustand efficient and that data is being tracked in a consistentmanner.

  12. TexasBOS-Abilene:ActivelyHomeless-MonthlyVeteranData • June2018:Communityachievedqualitydata • Perfectscoreonveteranscorecard • 0%data reliability for 3+ months • Quality improvementcontinues... • Piloted new diversionscript • Community-wide caseconferencing • Prevention • Housing Authority LandlordOutreach • September2018:Diptofunctionalzero • EndoftheSSVFfiscalyear • Increased HUD-VASHplacements • BFZOnsite-Abileneteamdevelops “Command Center” andbegins • bi-weekly collaborationcalls Nov 2018:FZ Achieved 2018

  13. TexasBOS-Abilene:ActivelyHomeless-MonthlyVeteranCount Nov2018: Achieved FunctionalZero Current Actively Homelessdownto3 2018

  14. TexasBOS-Abilene:UpstreamStrategies: • Implementedanewscriptandprocessfor diversion • 2-1-1includedaspartofCoordinatedEntry • ImprovedoutreachcoveragefortheBNL byintegratingwithCEoutreachefforts • Exploring preventionprogram • Analyzing returns fromhoused 2018 TexasBOS-Abilene:Downstream Strategies: • BroughtBNLtoCEcase conferencingmeetings • Landlordoutreach/unit coordination withPHA • PHAimplemented a homeless preference • “Command Center”bi-weekly collaborationcalls 2018

  15. Notes oninactivity policy/orother outflow: • Often there isa significant lag between • HUD-VASH • issuanceand leaseup 2018 Notes onhousing placements: • Coordination with PHAand landlord outreachwith ADRC 2018

  16. TexasBOS-Abilene:TimelineinBrief 2015 • BegankeepingaBNL, ChangedwiththeUSICHformat(1stformatreleased). 2017 • NewCoCProgram-fundedRRHgrantinoperation,increasedfocusonhousinginthecommunity • Oct-Beganplanningfor100-DayChallengetoimplementCoordinatedEntry 2018 • Jan-May-Abilenehelda100-Daychallengetohouse50oftheirmostvulnerableneighbors • Implemented CoordinatedEntry • Feb-TexasBalanceofStateCoC-AbilenejoinedBuiltforZero,Setbaselinescoreforveteranscorecard, implemented Inactivepolicy • April-Reachedperfectscoreonscorecard! • June-Reached3-monthdatareliability! • July-BuiltforZero-Lastmileconferencecall-leadershipteambegantargetingFZ • Aug-Reachedfunctionalzerothresholdforthefirsttime! • Sept-BuiltforZeroOnsitemeetingtobuildwillandprioritizeprojects. • Oct23-Launch100-dayMayor’sChallengetoreachFunctionalZeroby1/31/19 • Nov-Confirmedasreachingfunctionalzero,appliedforUSICHrecognition 2019 • Jan-May- Began enforced Diversion (Rapid Resolution efforts) • May- Started organized outreach Efforts • June- began coached focus towards chronic homelessness and initiated Youth Steering Committee to begin establishing efforts for youth homelessness 2020 • Hire WTHN Coordinator • Funding for Youth Initiative • Funding for Diversion and Prevention

  17. Texas BOS - Abilene: Sustaining FunctionalZero

  18. TexasBOS-Abilene: PossibleBarriers to Sustaining • RelianceonPHAvoucherdedicationandmaintainingSSVFfundingatlevel • HUD-VASHstaffturnoverandhousingretention(preventingreturns) • Interimstaffandtimingforfillingpositions(PHA+HUD-VASH) • Maintaining“CommandCenter”multi-agencyleadershipandmomentumtosustainonce certified for FZ+ USICH • Increasing fundingforpreventionandcontinuousimprovementofrapid resolution (diversion)to reducereturnsfromhousedandmonthlyinflow • NeedtoensureaccurateandtimelystatusupdatesonBNLtorespondquicklytoany changesin inflow or outflow. • Balancingcontinuedfocusonveterans,whileincreasingfocusonchronic and building youth capacity

  19. TexasBOS-Abilene:CommunityStrengths • Communitypersistence,focusandcommitment-asreflectedinthetwo100-dayVeteran sprintcampaignscompletedwithintheyear. • Active, engagedPHA • Driven,committedleadershipthatwereallowedtimetopursuecommunity-widedirectives • Community-wideinvolvementandexperienceinpursuingcommongoals • Veteran-mindedcommunity • High BfZinvolvement • High CoCSupport • Laser-focus ondata • Bias towardaction • Deepunderstandingofcommunitysystems

  20. Keymilestonestowardendinghomelessness! TexasBalanceofState-AbilenehasmetthekeymilestonestoachieveFunctionalZerofor Veterans,andisreadytosustainandexpandtoChronic! ✅ Buildthewillamongcommunityleadersanddevelopasharedaim ✅ Achieveareal-time,by-namelistofpeopleexperiencinghomelessness ✅ Drivemonthlyreductionsinyouractivelyhomelessnumber ✅ Achieveameasurablezeroinyourcommunity Solidifyasystemtosustainzeroandexpand to otherpopulations

  21. TexasBOS-Abilene:MediaCoverage • Abilene officially ninth city in US to end veteran homelessness. 7/30/19 (Concho Valley) • After achieving functional zero for homeless veterans, efforts now moving to chronic homelessness. 7/18/19 (Big Country Homepage) • Abilene found a way to house all its homeless veterans. Other cities want to know the secret.3/5/19 (CNN) • Abilene’sTop10PositiveStoriesof201812/28/18(BigCountry) • #AbilanthropyStory:JamesandHisNewHome11/26/18(CommunityFoundationofAbilene) • MorecoverageonWestTexasHomelessNetworkFacebook

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