Welcome & Introductions

  • Introduce yourself
  • Name
  • Organization
  • Highlight: Deputy Director, OPEH Kylon Hooks

Agenda

  1. Goals of the Subcommittee
  2. Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness (CACH)
  3. Recap of Data Conversations
  4. Aligning Subcommittee Goals with Service Provision
  5. Questions
  6. Public Comment
  7. Adjourn

Community Advisory Council Development of Recommendations for the Task Force

Presentation to the IL Youth Homelessness Prevention Subcommittee

10.5.2023

Background

  • Illinois Bill 2831, signed 7/26/2023, included a new requirement for the CAC to submit recommendations to the Interagency Task Force by November 15, 2023 and annually thereafter.
  • Lots of flexibility around the recommendations, the CAC can determine the focus.
    • Most important that recommendations are implementable at the state level and meaningful rather than lengthy.

Report Development Timeline

  • 9.19 -1st working group meeting
  • 9.28 - 2nd working group meeting
  • Week of 10.9 - 3rd working group meeting
  • 10.19 - 10.22 - Report draft reviewing and revisions
  • 10.23 - 11.10 - Report design
  • 11.15 - Final report delivered to Task Force, deadline identified in Bill 2831

Recommendations development

  • The CAC is focusing recommendations around several themes, such as:
    • Developing relationships between the Interagency Task Force and the CAC.
    • Increasing interaction between people with lived experience of homelessness and the Task Force.
    • Promoting collaboration between agencies and communication with the larger community.
    • Supporting state staff in serving people experiencing homelessness and understanding the structural forces that drive homelessness

Discussion

  • CAC members are also interested in making recommendations related to youth homelessness and youth exiting systems of care, therefore wanted to invite the Subcommittee's perspective
  • Are there 1-2 specific recommendations you would like to see to support the Subcommittee's work?
    • We can think both about recommendations focused on the work of the Task Force or its member agencies and on HOW their work is done.

Discussion

  • For example, recommendations could touch on:
    • A need for legal and data systems work to facilitate increased data and information sharing among Subcommittee agencies around youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness
    • A recommendation to increase funding for a specific housing model to prevent homelessness for youth at critical junctures
    • Increasing collaboration between the Task Force, CAC, and Subcommittee
    • A landscape gaps analysis to understand the range of supports available to youth connected to Subcommittee agencies and where investments could have the highest impact to prevent and end youth homelessness
  • What resonates with you? What would you add?

Thank you!

Recap of Data Conversations

IDOC 8.14.23
  • Uses a management system called 360
  • Utilize internal spreadsheets
  • Working on data clean up with vendors and specifics in questions asked in housing placement
JJ 8.14.23
  • Uses a variation of 360
  • AMS for aftercare specialist notes and progress notes
  • Working with vendors on map for housing placement
DMH 8.24.23
  • Mainframe (Crystal software) and CICS clinical impatient collection
  • "Large old database that functions on the DOS system"
  • Discharge summary entered in the Mainframe
  • Aftercare supports are not contracted vendors; no data requirements
DCFS 9.12.23
  • CYIS old system
  • Utilize internal spreadsheets via Excel
  • Working on new platform called Illinois Connect
Office of Community & Positive Youth Development 8.14.23
  • Working with at risk youth
  • One homeless youth program serving 14-24
  • System of Care interaction via contracted service providers
  • Changes to intake to see if youth are interfacing with Systems of Care

Takeaways

  • IL is without a consistent data platform for all Systems of Care
  • Infrastructure and system design focuses on in-care services
  • Primary responsibility of discharge and aftercare is on the youth
  • Internal data collection, inconsistent data field source, antiquated systems
  • New uniformed approach to meet legislative mandate goals
  • Questions?

Aligning Committee Goal and Service Provision

  1. Review the discharge planning, service plans, and discharge procedures for youth leaving the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health, and the Department of Corrections to determine whether such discharge planning and procedures ensure housing stability for youth leaving State systems of care.
  2. Collect data on the housing stability of youth for one year after they are released from the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health, or the Department of Corrections.
  3. Based on data collected under paragraph (2) regarding youth experiencing homelessness after leaving State systems of care, create a plan to improve discharge policies and procedures to ensure housing stability for youth leaving State systems of care.
  4. Provide recommendations on community plans for sustainable housing; create education and employment plans for homeless youth; and create strategic collaborations between the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health, and the Department of Corrections with respect to youth leaving State systems of care.

Aligning Committee Goal and Service Provision

  1. What changes can be done within the systems of care to meet the goals?
  2. How does service provision and discharge look different?
  3. Are infrastructure/admin changes needed?
  4. Does the change happen with the vendors?
  5. Are there internal data supports required?
  1. Review the discharge planning, service plans, and discharge procedures for youth leaving the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health, and the Department of Corrections to determine whether such discharge planning and procedures ensure housing stability for youth leaving State systems of care.
  2. Collect data on the housing stability of youth for one year after they are released from the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health, or the Department of Corrections.
  3. Based on data collected under paragraph (2) regarding youth experiencing homelessness after leaving State systems of care, create a plan to improve discharge policies and procedures to ensure housing stability for youth leaving State systems of care.
  4. Provide recommendations on community plans for sustainable housing; create education and employment plans for homeless youth; and create strategic collaborations between the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health, and the Department of Corrections with respect to youth leaving State systems of care.

Update from Kevin Roth

  • OPEH working with University of Illinois Chicago's Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRPP)
  • Looking to identify an evaluator
  • Previous conversations about building out internal systems or creating a new one

Public Comment

Next Steps

  • Follow up on securing technical assistance in data collection
  • Ask of Systems of Care in service provision and discharge changes
  • Next meeting December 7th @ 10:00 a.m.
  • Clarity on meeting frequency. Legislation says meet 6 times.

Thank you!

johnna.lowe@csh.org