Real 2850 week 4 Flashcards
What Is Housing First?
A recovery oriented approach to ending homelessness that focuses on putting people experiencing homeless in to homes asap then providing additional support and service
Housing Fist 5 Core Principles
1)Immediate access to permanent housing with no housing readiness requirements.
2)Consumer choice and self-determination.
3)Recovery orientation.
4)Individualized and client-driven supports.
5)Social and community integration.
Housing First: Housing Suppport
- Helping participant search for and identifyappropriate housing
- Building and maintaining relationships withlandlords, including mediating during times of conflict
Housing First: Clinical Support
- Life skills for maintaining housing,
establishing and maintaining
relationships and engaging in
meaningful activities. - Income support
- Vocational assistance
- Managing addictions
- Community engagement
At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) Approach
used the Housing First (HF) approach to help people experiencing homelessness and mental health problems
At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) methods
- Determine if Housing First is more effective than treatment as usual (TAU)
- Examine the cost-effectiveness of Housing First
- Identify the critical components of the Housing First model
At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) Outcomes
HF unequivocally more effective than TAU for
finding housing and staying housed.
Data and Policy changes 1980’s
- Canadian Council on Social Development 1987
- Concept of Core Housing Need introduced
Policy: Federal government begins
cutting back on social housing
(1984)
* Late 1980s Fed Gov begin
withdrawing funding social and
affordable housing
Data and Policy changes 1990-2000s
- Core Housing Need measured and
reported - HMIS
- Shelter Capacity Report
Policy: Feds offload responsibility of social
housing to provinces
- National Homelessness Initiative
(1999)
* Homelessness Partnering Strategy
(2006)
National Homelessness Initiative
(1999-2006)
Foster effective partnerships and investment that contribute to addressing the immediate and multifaceted needs of people experiencing homelessness and reducing homelessness in Canada; and
* Increase awareness and understanding of homelessness in Canada.
Homelessness Partnering Strategy
(2006 – 2019)
Investments in transitional and supportive housing through a housing-first
approach;
* Support to community-based efforts to prevent and reduce homelessness;
* Partnerships between the federal government, provinces, and territories;
and
* Collaboration with other federal departments and agencies.
Data and Policy changes 2010s
- Point in Time Counts
Policy:Homelessness Partnering Strategy
renewed (2013)
* National Housing Strategy (2017)
Point In TIME COUNT
a one-day snapshot of homelessness in each
community that contributes to a national picture and advance the
knowledge on homelessness. It provides a community-wide measure of
homelessness, identifying service needs and informing plans to prevent
and reduce homelessness.
Point in time benefits vs limitations
Benefits:
Measuring progress toward ending homelessness
* Increasing public awareness about homelessness
Limitations:
- Misses hidden homelessness
* Misses those cycling in and out of homelessness
* Seasonal variations
Data and Policy changes 2020s
- Registry Weeks
- By-Name List
Policy:
- Reaching Home (2019
Reaching Home Strategy
This program provides funding to
urban, Indigenous, rural and remote communities to help them address their local homelessness needs.
reduce chronic homelessness nationally by 50% by fiscal year 2027 to 2028
Outcomes based approach / Removal of Housing First requirements
* Coordinated Access System
* Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS) (HMIS
By name List
a comprehensive list of every person in a community experiencing homelessness, updated in real time. Using information collected and shared with their consent, each person on the list has a file that includes their name, homeless history, health, and housing needs.
- includes returned from housing, actively homeless, moved to housing
Coordinated Access
A Coordinated Access system is the process by which individuals and families who are experiencing or at-risk of homelessness are:
- Assessment:Trained workers use a common tool to evaluate the individual or family’s needs
- Prioritization:Workers prioritize the individual or family for housing support services
