Christine Haley, State Homelessness Chief

Today's discussion

  • Annual Report - 12/1/22
  • State Budget Preparation
  • Asylum Seekers/Internationally Displaced Households Response
  • Youth Homelessness Awareness Month & Subcommittee
  • Medical Respite Capacity Building Initiative
  • Homeless Prevention & Rapid ReHousing Accelerator
  • June Home Illinois Summit
  • Statewide Shelter and Housing Projections

Annual report

  • Due December 1, 2022
  • Reporting Period: 07/01/22-10/31/22
  • No new PIT data available
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Update on activity progress

State budget preparation

  • Agencies beginning recommendations on state budget for FY24 (July 2023-June 2024)
  • Meetings with advocates beginning

Asylum seeker response

  • Over 3000 people have arrived since August
  • Asylum seeking process has changed for Venezuelans to sponsorship model
  • Arrivals via buses from Texas have slowed down

Youth homelessness

  • November Youth Homelessness Awareness Month
    • Planning for interagency promotion for youth homelessness awareness month with IL Board of Higher Education, IL State Board of Education, IL Department of Human Services & IL Department of Children & Family Services
  • Illinois Board of Higher Education: Launch of Housing and Opportunities that are Useful for Students' Excellence (HOUSE) Liaisons
    • https://www.ibhe.org/HOUSE_Liaisons.html
    • 116 universities have designated their HOUSE liaisons, 17 have yet to do so
    • IBHE worked with IL Community College Board and the Chicago Coalition on Homelessness (CCH) to finalize CCH's training for HOUSE liaisons
    • IBHE released an RFP for a grant to support public and private 4-year institutions of higher education in establishing the role of the HOUSE liaisons and supporting them in their efforts to address the unique needs of homeless students and students in care at their institutions. The due date for proposals is 11/21/22 and estimated grant period is 1/1/23 - 6/30/23. Approximately 36 grants of a maximum of $50,000 will be awarded.
  • Planning for Homeless Youth Subcommittee
    • ICOY stated existing recommendations on discharge planning
    • DCFS MSW intern assigned to work with IOPEH on subcommittee
    • CSH will staff subcommittee
    • Awaiting appointments for additional open slots
      • Chief Haley on panel at DCFS Summit (November 1, 2022) where requested volunteers to apply for subcommittee

Medical respite capacity building Initiative

  • Presentation on medical respite at Housing Action Illinois Conference
    • Dr. Chuck Bareis, MacNeal Hospital
    • Christine Haley, IOPEH
    • Dr. Keiki Hinami, Cook County Health
    • Lynda Schueler, Housing Forward
  • NOFO-Deviation approved for Medical Respite Capacity Building Initiative
    • Technical assistance and planning grants for creation/expansion of medical respite programs
    • Support for creation of Medicaid benefit/support for medical respite services

Homelessness Prevention & Rehousing Accelerator

  • Harvard Kennedy School launching a homeless prevention & rehousing accelerator
  • Learning collaborative + full time fellow
  • Area of focus: Targeted Rental Assistance Programs
  • Application due in November, program starts in June 2023

June home Illinois summit

  • Launch of Evicted Exhibit
  • Ability to share on progress/trainings towards plan activities
  • Ability to share promising practices & research track

Statewide shelter & housing projections

  • IOPEH requested HUD Technical Assistance to support development of projections for reaching functional zero for literally homeless households
  • HomeBase assigned to be HUD TA Provider; Gathered data from all 19 CoCs to complete base projections on unmet need for emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing
  • 11/3 - Community meeting to discuss draft of projections
  • HomeBase meeting with CoCs this week to discuss their data
  • Presentation at next week's SHPA conference
  • Final projections expected for Home Illinois Annual Report

Draft Model 1: Current Capacity v. Projected Need

(Original slide -bar graph)

ES:

  • Current Capacity 6,769
  • No LOTH Estimate Change 11,217
  • LOTH Estimate Change 3,307

TH

  • Current Capacity 2,663
  • No LOTH Estimate Change 1,927
  • LOTH Estimate Change 1,927

RRH

  • Current Capacity 3,664
  • No LOTH Estimate Change 13,066
  • LOTH Estimate Change 12,699

PSH

  • Current Capacity 15,072
  • No LOTH Estimate Change 21,512
  • LOTH Estimate Change 21,490

*LOTH="Length of Time Homelessness"

Draft Model 1: Current Capacity v. Projected Need (Table Version)

ES TH RRH PSH Total Change (Across)
No LOTH Change +4,448 - 736* +9,402 +6,445 +19,559
LOTH Estimate Change -3,462 -736* +9,035 +6,418 +11,255

Draft Model 1 Over Time (Households)

15,166 = 23,333  (total need) - 7,167 (50% of outflow)

2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 Total Need
No Change/worst case scenario and current trends continue: 14,465 18,399 22,333 26,267 30,201 34,135 38,069 42,003 45,937 49,871 58,805 57,739 NA
Functional Zero Next Year: 15,166 3,934 3,934 3,934 3,934 3,934 3,934 3,934 3,934 3,934 15,166
Functional Zero in 5 years 3,000 6,000 8,000 8,000 5,900 3,934 3,934 3,934 3,934 3,934 30,900
Functional Zero in 10 years 1,500 3,000 4,500 5,500 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 5,941 50,441