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Homeless System Response

Homeless System Response. Christa Valles, Sr. Policy Analyst, SCA January 9, 2019. King County Auditor report released May 2018. Auditor finds regional homeless response is fragmented, making it difficult to enact necessary changes:

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Homeless System Response

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  1. Homeless System Response Christa Valles, Sr. Policy Analyst, SCA January 9, 2019

  2. King County Auditor report released May 2018 • Auditor finds regional homeless response is fragmented, making it difficult to enact necessary changes: • Seattle & King County separately manage funding and contracting processes • Having many large organizations working independently reduces region’s ability to respond collectively to community needs & creates roadblocks to change • Despite role as coordinating body, All Home lacks authority to unify local funders into efficient & nimble crisis response system

  3. King County Auditor Finds system fragmentation

  4. Following audit report, Seattle & KC sign MOU • MOU calls for recommendations to change governance structure • Seattle, King County, All Home, & business partners retain several consultants to advise • SCA staff participate in on-going weekly meetings with Seattle & County staff & other stakeholder groups • Executive Leadership Group (ELG) has met 3x since October to receive progress reports and provide feedback

  5. Future Laboratory Recommendations • Create joint powers authority b/w Seattle & King County, consolidating homeless investments, staffing, oversight • Keep governance board small with clear decision-making structures & real expertise • Redesign intake processes to better connect clients to services, eliminate duplication, redundancy, & service navigation maze • Institute comprehensive data transformation

  6. Future Laboratory Recommendations • Improve client connections to jobs & other economic supports • Develop new behavioral & physical support services • Form a funders collaborative to align investments across public & private sectors • Increase access to housing for 0-30% AMI & alignment with other sectors, e.g. housing authorities

  7. Recommendations recognize need for sub-regional plans Sub-regional coordination is a particularly critical function of a new regional authority... The new regional authority should identify mechanisms…that enable sub-regional areas to identify their own priorities and plans and funding streams around homelessness in alignment with system-wide policies and goals.

  8. Stakeholder Response • Mayor Durkan, Executive Constantine, business & philanthropic partners endorse recommendations: tackling governance issues necessary pre-condition but acknowledge will not address “root causes” • SCA ELG representatives have communicated more details needed before SCA can endorse & SCA will need meaningful role on any new governance board

  9. Many Outstanding Policy Issues Remain TBD • Type of legal entity of consolidated agency • Number of seats allocated to stakeholder groups on governing board • Numerous operational details about board’s oversight authority & decision-making powers • Staffing & labor issues • Specific funding streams to be appropriated • How local differences will be balanced against larger system needs

  10. Next Steps in 2019 • Implementation • A lot of moving pieces… process & timing will be somewhat fluid as more stakeholders are engaged, including King County and Seattle City Councils. • ElG will continue to meet, schedule TBD • All Home Board will make decision in Q1 about how its COC role might fold into new governance structure • Consultant work will continue: Focus Strategies investment analysis; CSH “Regional Action Plan” & COC support, Future Laboratories may help with project management

  11. 2017 Regional funding for homelessness

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