Bringing Our Community Home
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BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY HOME: Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan To End Chronic Homelessness Table of Contents I. Plan Participants and Acknowledgments II. Introduction III. Executive Summary IV. Flow Charts Housing-Services-Treatment Nexus Chart Organization Chart (Linear) Staff Organization Chart (Free Flow) Functions to Implement V. Initial Timeline: Top Ten Steps for Years 1-3 VI. Plan Chapters Goal 1: Intervening in Chronic Homelessness Before it Repeats and in Homelessness Before it Becomes Chronic Goal 2: Reaching Out, Engaging, Serving, and Treating Chronically Homeless People Goal 3: Supportive Housing Ends Homelessness Goal 4: Ending Chronic Homelessness by Increasing Incomes to Sustain Housing and Reach Self-Sufficiency Goal 5: Financing a Comprehensive System of Housing, Services and Treatment Goal 6: Plan Administration, Coordination and Implementation VII. Plan Implementation Matrices Prevention Outreach Supportive Housing Incomes Financing Implementation VIII. Appendices Prevention Outreach Supportive Housing Incomes Financing Implementation IX. Glossary Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2006 Acknowledgments This Plan was created by a number of dedicated individuals representing all sectors of the community who came together with the shared goal of ending chronic homelessness. The Leadership Council began meeting in March with this vision, and helped steer the direction of the Plan. Beginning in April, the Prevention, Outreach, Housing, Increasing Incomes, Finance, and Implementation Committees began developing individual chapters of the Plan based on their intimate knowledge of the community and its needs, and their research into best practices and models. As a result of the Committees’ dedication and effort, we have a Plan that is both visionary and realistic. We would like to thank everyone who helped create this Plan for their commitment and input. We would also like to thank HomeBase for its assistance with the planning process. HomeBase can be contacted at (415)788-7961. Finally, I would like to thank the Santa Barbara County staff who provided logistical and website support for the Plan. If you have questions about the Plan, please contact Mike Sederholm from the Housing and Community Development Department at (805)560-1090. Sincerely, Helene Schneider Sylvia Barnard Leadership Committee Co-Chair Leadership Committee Co-Chair Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness August, 2006 Leadership Council Sue Adams - Casa Esperanza Michael Hackett, Mayor’s Office, City Vytautus Adomaitis - City of Goleta of Santa Barbara Sylvia Barnard – Good Samaritan Roger Heroux– 10-Year Plan Shelters, Inc. Staff/County Consultant Kathleen Baushke – Transition House Joyce Howerton – Former Mayor of Marty Blum - Mayor of Santa Barbara Lompoc, Fund for Santa Barbara Dr. Jim Broderick - Director of County Hans Kardel - Kardel Insurance Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Jim Laponis - Santa Barbara County Services Larry Lavagnino - Mayor of Santa Maria Cindy Burton - Work Training Program Nancy McCradie - Homes on Wheels John Buttny - Ten Year Plan Staff Michele Mickiewicz - Public Health Dept. Rebecca Carey – Santa Maria Cathy Murillo – KCSB Radio Community Don Olson - City of Santa Barbara Joe Centeno - 5th District Supervisor Bob Orach - United Way Ronald S. Cortez – Interim Director, Rob Pearson - City of Santa Barbara County Housing and Community Housing Authority Development Susan Rose - 2nd District Supervisor Dick DeWees - Mayor of Lompoc Bob Royster - 5th District Staff Paul Didier - United Way of Santa Chief CamSanchez - Santa Barbara Barbara Police Department Michael Foley - Casa Esperanza Helene Schneider - Santa Barbara City Ron Fox - Casa Esperanza Councilmember st Eric Friedman - 1 District Staff Dr. Eliot Schulman – Director, Public John Gabbert -Santa Barbara RescueMission Health Kathy Gallagher – Director, County Mike Siminski, City of Lompoc Social Services Chuck Slosser-Santa Barbara Foundation Geoff Green - The Fund for Santa Barbara Jonny Wallis – Mayor of Goleta Susan Warnstrom - 4th District Staff Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2006 Outreach, Engagement and Services Committee Jenny Benjamin - 211 HelpLine, Family Service Agency Isabel Blagborne - CADA John Buttny - Ten Year Plan Staff Jeanette Candau - County HCD/ADMHS Art Dossey - ADMHS - Lompoc Adult Clinic Michael Foley - Casa Esperanza Dana Gamble - Public Health, HealthCare for the Homeless Monica Gomez - Transition House Nancy Gottlieb - ADMHS - ADP Roger Heroux - Santa Barbara Linda Kerr - Telecare Corp. Nancy McCradie - Homes on Wheels Bernadette Murphy - Casa Esperanza Joseph Narkevitz - Vet Center (VA) Elodie Patarias - Santa Barbara COunty ADMHS Eric Talkin - Community Kitchen Mark Tompkins - Good Samaritan Grace Van Doren - Santa Barbara County Public Health Dept. Suzanne Welsh - Joe Allen Attorney, Santa Barbara County Homeless Court Lynnelle Williams - WillBridge of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2006 Prevention Committee Emily Allen - Joe Allen Legal Services, SBCHC Board Jenny Benjamin - 211 HelpLine, Family Service Agency Andrea Bifano - Rental Housing Mediation Task Force John Buttny - Ten Year Plan Staff Brian Clark - Catholic Charities Michael Foley - Casa Esperanza John Jamison - Santa Barbara Community Housing Samuel Leer - Cottage Health System Helen Wong - Public Health, County of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2006 Outreach, Engagement and Services Committee Jenny Benjamin - 211 HelpLine, Family Service Agency Isabel Blagborne - CADA John Buttny - Ten Year Plan Staff Jeanette Candau - County HCD/ADMHS Art Dossey - ADMHS - Lompoc Adult Clinic Michael Foley - Casa Esperanza Dana Gamble - Public Health, HealthCare for the Homeless Monica Gomez - Transition House Nancy Gottlieb - ADMHS - ADP Roger Heroux - Santa Barbara Linda Kerr - Telecare Corp. Nancy McCradie - Homes on Wheels Bernadette Murphy - Casa Esperanza Joseph Narkevitz - Vet Center (VA) Elodie Patarias - Santa Barbara COunty ADMHS Eric Talkin - Community Kitchen Mark Tompkins - Good Samaritan Grace Van Doren - Santa Barbara County Public Health Dept. Suzanne Welsh - Joe Allen Attorney, Santa Barbara County Homeless Court Lynnelle Williams - WillBridge of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2006 Supportive Housing Committee Members Kathleen Baushke - Transition House John Buttny - Ten Year Plan Staff Kathryn Byrne - SBCHC Jeanette Candau - County HCD/ADMHS Steven Faulstich - City Housing Programs Michael Foley - Casa Esperanza Rob Fredericks - Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara Al Gentle - People’s Self Help Housing Roger Heroux - Santa Barbara John Jamison - Santa Barbara Community Housing Simon Kiefer - City of Santa Barbara Frank Ricceri - Transitions Mental Health Michael Rylaut - Good Samaritan Services Lynnelle Williams - WillBridge of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2006 Increasing Incomes Committee Cindy Burton - Work Training Program John Buttny - Ten Year Plan Staff Michael Foley - Casa Esperanza Dana Gamble - Public Health, HealthCare for the Homeless Roger Heroux - Santa Barbara Irene Macias - City of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2006 Finance Committee John Buttny - Ten Year Plan Staff Jeanette Candau - County HCD/ADMHS Steven Faulstich – City Housing Programs Michael Foley - Casa Esperanza Rob Fredericks - Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara Patricia Gabel - County HCD Sue Gray - City of Santa Barbara Geoff Green - The Fund for Santa Barbara Roger Heroux - Santa Barbara Don Olson - City of Santa Barbara Helene Schneider - Santa Barbara City Councilmember Mike Sederholm – County HCD Susan Warnstrom - 4th District of Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2006 Oversight & Implementation Committee Kathleen Baushke - Transition House John Buttny - Ten Year Plan Staff Jeanette Candau - County HCD/ADMHS Michael Foley - Casa Esperanza Eric Friedman - Assistant to 1st District Supevisor Patricia Gabel - County HCD Dana Gamble - Public Health, HealthCare for the Homeless Heidi Garcia - Santa Barbara County ADMHS Sue Gray - City of Santa Barbara Roger Heroux - Santa Barbara Gabriel Morales - Santa Barbara County ADMHS Don Olson - City of Santa Barbara Mike Sederholm - County of Santa Barbara, Housing and Community Development Susan Warnstrom - 4th District of Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2006 Introduction Santa Barbara County-wide 10-Year Plan To End Chronic Homelessness Homelessness affects all Santa Barbara County residents; whether they are in danger of becoming homeless, are homeless, or are concerned for and support homeless family, friends, co-workers, and community members. Each year more than 6,300 people in Santa Barbara experience homelessness; on any given night, over 4,000 people are homeless. Of the people who are homeless, 10-15%, or as many as 945 people, are chronically homeless. Santa Barbara County’s chronically homeless population is composed of single adults and families with children who have either been continuously homeless for a year or more or have had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years, have a disabling conditioni and have been sleeping in a place