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Bl Blue ueprint f for Chan Change:

Aligning R Resources w with Res esults

(the Ohio Plan to End Homelessness)

PLANNING SESSION #3 OCTOBER 27, 2017

Welcome

BARBARA POPPE

Purpose for Today and Tomorrow

Finalize the Plan by reviewing feedback from the OHHC Identify 8-12 “actions” that should be prioritized for implementation during the first six months of 2018

Framing and Flow

BARBARA POPPE

Steps in Planning Process

Planning session 1: One day, August 2 (summary notes in center of table) Planning session 2: Two days, September 11-12 OHHC presentation: October 12 Planning session 3: One day, October 27

Our agenda

• Welcome
• Review and respond to feedback from OHHC
• Develop early implementation priorities
• Decisions: Steering Committee
• Closing and next steps

Our asks of you….SHARED WORK

Thanks for reading advance materials! Please participate. Share your perspective and expertise. Be positive and keep an open mind. Together, we can find solutions within our constraints. Respect the expertise that others bring to the table. Listen with intent to understand others’ perspectives. Bring your “whole” self to the conversation and decisions

Our commitments to you…

Fair, open, inclusive, and responsive process. Capture the conversation and recommendations as accurately as possible. Listening with intention to understand your perspectives. Begin and end each session on time.

Introductions

Who am I and what are my key take-away’s from Planning Session 1 and 2?

FEEDBACK

Received by DSA from OHHC Members

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Reminder on how plan is organized…

5 Cross Cutting Priorities

• Housing that’s affordable
• Employment/Earnings
• Streamlined and Accessible

Systems and Services

• Supporting Effective Local Crisis

Response Systems

• Using data and analysis to inform

planning, tracking, and resource allocation

5 Populations

• Veterans
• Chronic
• Families
• Youth
• Singles

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Planning council input

• Answer questions
• Consider alternative language, leads, etc.
• Recommend action to Steering Committee

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Guiding Principles

• P. 2. Last bullet needs to have ‘and American Indians’ removed from the

disproportionality statement.

• P. 3, persons with disabilities. What is definition of persons with disabilities?

Federal definitions often exclude some people so if there is a definition included that definition should be made clear. We have consistently indicated that a person is considered to have a disability if he or she has a disability that: is expected to be long-continuing or of indefinite duration; substantially impedes the individual’s ability to live independently; could be improved by the provision of more suitable housing conditions; and is a physical, mental, or emotional impairment, including an impairment caused by alcohol or drug abuse, post- traumatic stress disorder, or brain injury, a developmental disability

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Homelessness in Ohio (research)

FYI questions – not action needed

• Figure 1. Uses data from American Community Survey for 2014…is that the latest

data available? Yes

• Page 5. Middle paragraph cites Baggett, et al “The Unmet Healthcare Needs of

Homeless Adults (2010)”. Was that information national data or state of Ohio? The data preceding the recitation was specific to Ohio. No. There is no data from Ohio specific about pre-ACA and the homeless population so that is a national data point.

• Page 5. Last paragraph states “This group makes up the majority of the state’s

homeless population and very little resources are currently deployed to address their needs.” This latter part of this statement is not true. Maybe should be “not enough resources to meet current need”? The non-chronic, non-veteran single adult population is the largest and there very little RRH, diversion and PSH available compared to other populations. Generally only ES is available.

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Cross-cutting Priority 1: Housing that’s Affordable

• Action #1
• Alternative language and lead suggestion: Identify and pursue resources that will enable the preservation and

expansion of affordable rental housing options statewide. – OHFA as lead

• Should be an OHFA item, ODSA is lead for increasing OHTF later in document (Action 26)
• Action #2
• This is too vague and unsustainable as written. Not sure OHFA is the best to spearhead this as their work with

subsidies is relatively limited.

• Why would there be a need for a certificate program if there are jobs available as a peer specialist (as OMHAS

currently supports)? OMHAS contracts with agencies who already do this so they would be interested to know which barriers currently exist?

• Action #4. Would want to know more information about what “promoting partnerships” looks like to

know if OHFA is right for this as well. When should OHAC perhaps be looped into this discussion?

• Action #5. Not sure what this means? Would OHFA provide operational dollars to PHAs? There

may be push-back if OHFA were to divert gap funding from the projects themselves, which is where the biggest need is.

• Action #6. Create two pilots. What would the pilots be? Instead of committing to pilots, should we

let the best practices dictate the next move?

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Cross-cutting Priority 2: Employment and Earnings

• Action #10. It would make sense for the Action Step to be to create one or two

pilots

• Action #11. What are the contract provisions that need removed to hire

persons with lived experience of homelessness or criminal histories?

• Action #12. Develop Encourage peer specialist certificate

employment opportunities for people with lived experience for homelessness to fill vacant jobs within CoC’s.

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Cross-cutting Priority 3: Streamlined and Accessible Systems and Services

• Action #15. Need a better rationale other than another state having experience with

the action

• Action #16. Require Encourage Medicaid providers and Managed Care Plans (MCPs)

to assess for housing status; make provision of housing stabilization services an eligible Medicaid service for homeless households.

• Action #16. Comment #1: May want to explore the use of z codes (ICD10) z59.9

Comment #2: Problem related to housing and economic circumstances. Feasibility of action would be greatly increased if Medicaid providers not targeted. There is a payment relationship here. Perhaps during enrollment it would be more appropriate.

• Action #20. Unclear as to what ODSA’s role in this action would be, as it currently has

no relationship with the SOAR program. COHHIO would be the contact.

• Action #22. Ohio Legal Assistance Fund may also be a point of contact on this

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Cross-cutting Priority 4: Supporting effective local crisis response systems

• Actions #26. alternative language and lead suggestion: Identify and pursue

resources that will enable the preservation and expansion of Homeless Crisis Response services statewide. – ODSA as lead

• Action #28. Needs to refer to Homeless Planning Regions since ODSA doesn’t

work directly with the local CoC’s in the Balance of State.

• Action #32. Need more details on these models and how it would work with

the systems in place in Ohio. Given description, perhaps ODJFS and OMHAS are co-leads?

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Cross-cutting Priority 5: Using data and analysis to inform planning, tracking, and resource allocation

• Action #36. Replace ‘Dedicate’ with ‘Secure long term sustainable funding’. Better

define: “Participating state agencies will also need additional resources to prepare and submit data to the warehouse.” Perhaps “Secure funding resources to expand…” The current wording makes it sound like OHFA is going to shoulder the entire cost of the warehouse, which was not the intent of the workgroups.

• Action #37. As we move forward, we may want to narrow or clarify what type of data

we’re looking for (individual-level data, not necessarily constrained to housing… we’d also want the accompanying health, institutionalization, income, benefits, etc. records). Why is ODSA the lead on this; wouldn’t the Executive need to mandate?

• Action #39. TA is available from HUD for this activity. If the activity specified is related

to state-specific programs and requirements, should specify in the Plan.

• Action #40. Will process identify the items to be included in the Dashboard report?

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Population Goals (overarching)

• Action #42. Unsure if OMHAS should be lead. Perhaps ODH?

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Resolve and prevent homelessness among Veterans by 2018

• Action #45. What is ODSA’s responsibility as co-lead on this action?

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Resolve and prevent chronic homelessness by 2018

• Actions #50-52. This is a CoC responsibility…access to national TA
• pportunities

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Prevent and end homelessness among families with children by 2020

• Action #56. Should be any parent or caregiver with an infant.

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Prevent and end homelessness among youth and young adults by 2020

• Action #63. Also ODJFS as co-lead.
• Action #64. Maybe not realistic, but would be great if we could place-base

rental vouchers for transitioning youth.

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Reduce homelessness among single adults by one- quarter by 2020

• Action #66. OHFA may be added to this list, particularly in regards to the Ohio

Housing Locator.

• Action #67. Programs can do this now. Why is it an action step?
• Action #69. Comment #1. This action step has been in place for several years,

needs to be deleted. Comment #2. It would be helpful for clarification to be provided as to why this action step proceeded to its place in the current draft.

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Framework for Action and Accountability

• Page 21. Middle of page state each strategy has a lead or co-lead identified.

Is that accurate?

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INPUT FOR INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION

Final Planning Council direction

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Reflection What one thing do I most hope changes as a result of this plan?

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Working Lunch and Dialogue

• Pick up lunch
• Return to sit in small groups of 4-5

people each

Rank k strategi egic a action

• ns: Top priorities for

early implementation

Small Group

• Working in small groups at each table, discuss the draft working

list.

• Each person then creates a personal list of Top Ten and Next Five

(can be made up of any #’d item from the draft plan).

• Share your personal lists with others in your group, then create a

single list for the table of Top Ten and Next Five. Large Group: Each table present and using large group process, create single list

Report Out

PRIORITIES F FOR EA EARLY I Y IMPLEM EMEN ENTATION

Steering Committee

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISIONS

Action Items

Adopt/modify working draft plan:

• Approve any changes to Guiding Principles
• Approve any changes to priority actions and strategies for the 5 Population Goals
• Approve any changes to priority actions and strategies for the 5 Cross Cutting Priorities
• Approve any changes to Data and Accountability plan

Discuss and adopt priorities for early implementation next steps

• Determine priorities
• Determine if included in Plan document or transmitted separately to OHHC

Provide any final instructions to consultants to prepare Final Plan for the OHHC

Next Steps

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“ending homelessness not only is the

right thing to do, it makes economic sense.”