| COMPONENT |
RESPONSIBLE COMMITTEE |
| 1. Needs Assessment Data - The DuPage
Homeless Continuum is using Service Point by Bowman for its
Client Management Information System (CMIS). The focus will
be on 100% participation by all homeless providers, agreeing
on the type of data needed, setting up the reports needed
to analyze the data, what information has to be input to obtain
these reports, and obtaining needs assessment data. |
Needs Assessment Committee
and CMIS Users Group |
| 2. Emergency Prevention - The DuPage
County Homeless Continuum will have in place an Emergency
Prevention system that assists the maximum number of persons
possible and operates efficiently. The focus will be on obtaining
more funds from private sources, supporting the staff costs
for these programs, maximizing the use of public funding to
help more persons, streamlining procedures, identifying means
for increasing timely access to prevention resources, identifying
requirements that are a barrier for obtaining help now, and
using other mainstream programs as a part of an overall homeless
prevention effort. |
Homeless Prevention Providers
Network |
| 3. Systems Prevention - The DuPage
Homeless Continuum will work with local and state governments
to ensure that discharge policies for persons leaving public
systems such as jails, hospitals, mental health facilities,
and the child welfare system are being implemented to prevent
them from becoming homeless. The DuPage Homeless Providers
will ensure that all eligible persons will be enrolled and
benefit from all mainstream programs (mental health, substance
abuse, TANF, child welfare, SSI, VA, Medicaid, Kidcare, etc.
) for which they are eligible that can assist in meeting their
housing needs. |
Community Outreach Committee
and DuPage Federation |
| 4. Outreach to Unsheltered - The
DuPage Homeless Continuum will have an outreach and engagement
system in place that reduces barriers to housing homeless
persons who are not sheltered. A key focus will the development
of low demand housing which will provide housing for unsheltered
persons with mental illness and substance abuse treatment
needs. A system of communication among human service providers
will be developed and utilized to provide outreach services
to the unsheltered homeless so that they can be rapidly placed.
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Community Outreach Committee
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| 5. Shorten Homelessness -The shelter
and transitional housing providers will have procedures in
place to minimize the length of time persons remain homeless
and the number of times they become homeless. There will be
incentives for all providers to get persons into permanent
housing as quickly as possible. |
Needs Assessment Committee |
| 6. Timely Re-housing - The DuPage
Continuum has in place skilled housing placement services
available to facilitate the rapid re-housing of persons losing
their housing and persons who are homeless and need permanent
housing. |
Needs Assessment Committee |
| 7. Support Services - When persons
are housed, they will have timely access to funded services
that will provide health care, mental health services, substance
abuse treatment services, etc. necessary for maintaining housing
stability. All funding streams for support services will be
fully utilized to maximize the services available. |
Grants Funding Committee and
DuPage Federation |
| 8. Increasing Income
- In order to support housing costs, the DuPage Homeless Continuum
providers will maximize the number of homeless persons who
secure enough income to afford rent by rapidly and effectively
linking them with employment and/or benefits. |
Community Outreach Committee
and DuPage Federation |
| 9. Creating Permanent Housing -
In the last five years, the DuPage Continuum has funded 54
permanent supportive housing individual beds with the DuPage
Health Department and 23 Shelter plus Care beds. They have
also funded permanent supportive housing units for 5 families
through Catholic Charities. Another 23 permanent housing units
for families and individuals with Catholic Charities and DuPage
P.A.D.S. have been funded. The DuPage Continuum will identify
and develop an adequate supply of all types of permanent housing.
To achieve this goal, the Continuum will work to expand the
number of permanent supportive housing units, increase the
number of Community Housing Development Organizations, and
expand the supply of community affordable housing units, increase
the number of rent subsidies for market rate housing units,
and explore the opportunities for developing safe haven, shelter
plus care, and single room occupancy housing . The DuPage
Continuum will communicate and participate with housing groups
such as the DuPage Housing Authority and the DuPage Housing
Action Coalition. It will establish relationships with housing
developers, government housing programs, county government
and municipal government regarding housing needs for the homeless
and those at risk of homelessness.
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Chairpersons Forum
DuPage Housing Action Coalition |
