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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-10-2024; 7-a - Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness – Data Report 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 10, 2024 Action Agenda Item No. 7-a SUBJECT: Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness — Data Report DEPARTMENT: Housing ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Data Update Presentation Blake Rosser, Director, 919-245-2490 2023 OCPEH Annual Report Danielle Butler, OCPEH Manager, 919- 2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count 245-2490 Infographic PURPOSE: To provide an overview of the work of the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH), including updated system level data about homelessness in Orange County submitted to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) earlier this year, as well as obstacles and successes. BACKGROUND: The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) was created in 2005 to coordinate funding and activities to end homelessness in Orange County. OCPEH is jointly funded by Orange County (39.5%) and the Towns of Carrboro (14.3%), Chapel Hill (39.7%), and Hillsborough (6.5%). Overview This year has seen a series of transitions as the community recovered from the COVID 19 pandemic in several ways. COVID-era relief funding has been exhausted. Community partners have experienced reductions in grant and small donor revenue which has resulted in diminished program capacity at a time when community need remains high. This period has also highlighted the importance of local and regional collaboration to address the rise of homelessness. The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) uses a variety of funding sources to support community-level planning, coordination and evaluation efforts. Funders include federal and local government, foundations, and private partners. Challenges Orange County has seen a significant increase in Fair Market Rents leading to over half of the rental households in this community being cost-burdened. Compounding the rental pressures are the expiration of COVID-era Emergency Housing Assistance (EHA) funds. New eligibility criteria and benefit caps have increased demand on the homeless system and increases in first-time homelessness. While emergency shelter capacity has increased in 2023 and served more people than ever before, the need for emergency shelter during inclement weather outstripped shelter capacity. Like many communities, Orange County has also seen the loss of institutional 2 knowledge through staff turnover both internally and with local partners, as well loss of non-local and non-HUD funding, such as the Victims of Crime Act which supported domestic violence and sexual assault programming. Successes As a small Continuum of Care, OCPEH expanded its impact by partnering with other local homeless systems on federal funding opportunities. County government has increased its commitment to address system needs and prioritized funding for two (2) main drivers of inequity in the current system by investing in Permanent Supportive Housing expansion and funding for Bridge Housing for this current year. County and local governments have also supported the expansion of life-saving inclement weather sheltering with plans for greater collaboration and capacity in 2024 and 2025. OCPEH has also leveraged Managed Care Organization (Alliance Health) funding to address a homeless system gap. OCPEH continues to perform well during federal funding competitions, increasing the funding that is available for homeless system services. The Road Ahead North Carolina's decision to expand Medicaid opens new opportunities to provide housing and related supports to more people experiencing homelessness in this community. Homeless system partners will need training and support to be able to utilize these funds (e.g. with Alliance Health's various housing-related programs). OCPEH continues to work with regional partners to identify and recruit providers to Orange County to address system gaps. OCPEH has been increasing engagement with people with direct knowledge of the local homeless system in system design, planning, and assessment, and will continue this focus in the year to come. This includes the recently initiated Technical Assistance through the local HUD office, as well as a collaborative Youth Homeless Systems Initiative grant that is being coordinated by Central Pines Regional Council. This overview of the Partnership's efforts serves as a basis for more in-depth discussion of OCPEH planned for a spring 2025 Board of Commissioners' work session. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with receiving this report. ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports: • GOAL 3: HOUSING FOR ALL OBJECTIVE 2. Address need and any policy barriers to increase access to emergency shelter beds and other low-barrier housing including eviction diversion. OBJECTIVE 3. Invest in permanent supportive housing. OBJECTIVE 4. Prioritize and select County-owned land and/or facilities as part of an overall plan of facilities to create crisis, bridge, low barrier, affordable, and permanent housing. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report and provide any comments or questions to Housing staff. More in-depth discussion of OCPEH is planned for a spring 2025 Board of Commissioners' work session. ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING DEPARTMENT Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) Data Report December 10, 2024 4 A year of transitions COVID-Era funding is exhausted Reduced programming capacity in both OCPEH and local partners Personnel Need remains as high as ever New program (Bridge Housing ) , and hopes for more in the near future (Permanent Supportive Housing ) ORANGE COUNTY � HOUSING DEPARTMENT 5 OCPEH has multiple fundingstreams US Housing and Urban Development FTE through Orange (HUD) O{PEH Carrboro Chapel Hill Hillsborough County Homeless Other Cost-sharing (143%) (39,7%) (6,5%) (39,5:n) funds source Continuum of Care staff 2,65 $33,935 $94,212 $15,425 $93,737 $21,749 Continuum of Care operations n/a $12,507 $34,722 $5,685 $34,547 $2,150 SDH PAD staff 4,0 $40,829 $113,349 $18,558 $112,778 SOHRAD operations n/a $5,774 $16,031 $2,625 $15,950 $5,000 Rapid Rehousing staff 0.5 $4,648 $12,902 $2,113 $12,838 $202,650 $84,506 'Rapid Rehousing rental assistance n/a $28,600 $79,400 $13,000 $79,000 $226,082 *'Housing Help staff 0,5 $112,849 $191,620 $35,000 Overflow Cold Weather shelter $20,000 Housing Location staff $35,000 $35,000 TOTAL $126,293 $350,616 $57,406 $516,699 $ 144,251 $75,000 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING DEPARTMENT 6 Emergency Solutions brant (ESG) continuum of Carie (CoC) ,eoopoo frui�d4ng�rxr�se Sfl 7A13 ZmA 317d5 Ms mt7 2018 Zoi9 220 2021 323 ORANGE COUNTY � HOUSING DEPARTMENT Arm VULNERABLE HOUSED HOUSEHOLDS SINCE 8 I N � :7 761 209 I NMEASED NUMBER 178 Asa HOUSED 145141 }g 87 51 so 7 8 8 19 18 21 a 2012 2013 2014 2015 saib 2017 2018 2019 2030 2021 2022 2023 ORANGE COUNTY � HOUSING DEPARTMENT 8 DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS Coo rd Inated entry, 9,174 HDiiseWds Income-Based Rental Univ point for people sorted X41 HOUS[N Housing Locator Housing Helpline seeping housing and homeless Furniture and Household goods homeless sm i ce s assessme nts Rapid Re-Housing Working with Landlord Incentives Housing access landlords to ma ke 57 Land lords added;. Youth Housing Coordinator units available for 62 Units added Permanent Supportive Housing people at very low incomes Short-term rental 61 Households Accessible,housing-focused shelter Rapid Re-housing assistance and serwdr 41 obtalned SERVICES— Medical Respite Beds seri kes permanent housing TEMP. HOUSING Bridge Housing SOAR (SSI' SuppDrts to help SSD I Outreach penple experiencing ppl (obtained n and Access to homelessness apply, �ertlficatl�n In eft Housing Helpline staffing Recovery) for S S l/SSDl SERVICES — Integrated Service Center Street OutreachF ONNECTIONS Crisis/Diversion Facility Harrn Reduction& Connections to 00 Defied on housing and �1 per�pleser��edr�9� r arMerW,p w ith se r�r pp ices for e oI e Ilc]llsil7�epi ted t� p e rrr�anerrt SERVICES 24 h our bathrooms 0((r1mrinaI1ustce luring unsheltered DIGNITY Memorial Service Funding Resiource pa([M e t n ORANGECOUNTY HOUSING DEPARTMENT 9 Point In Time PIT Count from January 2024 hadpositiveg and negative indicators POINT-IN-TIME UNT DATA 200 0 - 4 jj� -d& ISO SPECIAL , POPULATIONS 40 30 — .so — %!5o7 2 f!Iehranlcallk Homeless 2 f Famllles o Vrans Eperlendng 2020 2021 20221 2023 2024 15 HUile�e33f� Sheltered Unsheltered 1 5 20M 2021 2022 20B 2024 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING DEPARTMENT 10 Black residents men disproportionately represented in those livingunsheltered p DACE 2020 11 8% HOUEHOLDTYHE 2021 2022 ■Adults Only r Families 2023 ' 2024 0 20 40 60 80 100 �lrwx 10 3% 96ofPeople inOrangeCountyOverall L " Tia ENDER AGE 1 ' .. White SMa orAtrican-tmerian ■Asian ■MuRipleRaog 25 and Older Nati„eHawaiianorOther Pacific Islander ■AmeriaMalenIndianorAlaskaNative 17 and Uinger Female IL 679/u �, ETHNICITY ■Transgerder& 018-24 Gender %of People Experiencing Homelessness In grange County 4,; A Nan-Conformi ng Nun-Latina Latins: ■NotPrrnged of People in grange County Clverall ORANGECOUNTY HOUSING DEPARTMENT 11 Overall we are seeing more homelessness, but less time homeless 35D 329 340 . 340 lele entering sloe orer and 30D �$ housing programs 250 258 274 Of those, people 2 274 experiencing homelessness for 1 the fi rst ti me 2M 3A.7, 25", 'C73: 2a24 People served in one year ■People experien ging homelessness for the first tim e Length of time homeless(days) Length of time in shelter or transitional housing(days) 656 ICU) - nc 231 Average days 753 785--�� r 82 1IV 41 132 121 288 4W 354 344 326 10r 83 222 11 - 64 68 56 Median days 200 2070 a®ai 2022 zap 2024 5C :M12 Y1 1L2: 2].2} =3 ■Average Median ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING DEPARTMENT 12 OCPEH maldn inroads on housing and recidivism Returned to 7 homelessness " % within 2 years I N REA ED NUMBER 17 ML AHORSED 145 141 Committee meets From -- monthly to Street Qutread 87 discuss every From 78 household sheft+er 11% 43% 6% 14% 6%. 1-SIX1:, From 11! 5 1experienang, Transibonal �% 2646 259% 30% 2Y77. 1 11% s� melessness Housing 19 18 21 in Orange From 7 8 + Permanent s Housing 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2-017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2423 Tut.all 6% t 1496 9% 1]-. Retums ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING DEPARTMENT 13 Questions? Blake Rosser, Housing Director 919 - 245 - 2492 brosser@orangecountVnc . gov ORANGE COUNTY � HOUSING DEPARTMENT 14 2023 Annual ReportOrange� County JPartnership to Executive Summary fl` End Homelessness Overview This year has seen a series of transitions as the community recovered from the COVID 19 pandemic in several ways.COVID-era relief funding has been exhausted.Community partners have experienced reductions in grant and small donor revenue which has resulted in diminished program capacity at a time when community need remains high. This period has also highlighted the importance of local and regional collaboration to address the rise of homelessness. Budget Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness(OCPEH)uses a variety of funding sources to support community-level planning, coordination and evaluation efforts.Funders include federal and local government,foundations,and private partners. US Housing and Urban Development FTE through Orange (HUD) OCPEH Carrboro Chapel Hill Hillsborough County Homeless Other Cost-sharing (14.3%) (39.7%) (6.5%) (39.5%) funds sources Continuum of Care staff 2.65 $33,935 $94,212 $15,425 $93,737 $21,749 Continuum of Care operations n/a $12,507 $34,722 $5,685 $34,547 $2,150 SOHRAD staff 4.0 $40,829 $113,349 $18,558 $112,778 SOHRAD operations n/a $5,774 $16,031 $2,625 $15,950 $5,000 Rapid Rehousing staff 0.5 $4,648 $12,902 $2,113 $12,838 $202,650 $84,506 *Rapid Rehousing rental assistance n/a $28,600 $79,400 $13,000 $79,000 $226,082 **Housing Help staff 0.5 $112,849 $191,620 $35,000 Overflow Cold Weather shelter $20,000 Housing Location staff $35,000 $35,000 TOTAL $126,293 $350,616 $57,406 $516,699 $644,251 $75,000 *Rental Assistance included in the XPEH FY22-23 Expansion budget and utilized in FY23-24 **Housing Help has been included in the XPEH FY24-25 Expansion Request budget 15 2023 Annual ReportOrange� County JPartnership to Executive Summary fl` End Homelessness Challenges ' Orange County has seen a significant increase in Fair Market Rents leading to over half of the rental households in this community being cost-burdened. Compounding the rental pressures are the expiration of COVID-era Emergency Housing Assistance(EHA)funds.New eligibility criteria Av and benefit caps have increased demand on the homeless system and increases in first-time homelessness. While emergency shelter capacity has increased in 2023 and served more people than ever before,the need for emergency shelter during inclement weather outstripped shelter capacity. Like many communities,Orange County has also seen the loss of institutional knowledge through staff turnover with local partners and loss of non-local and non-HUD funding,such as the Victims of Crime Act which supports domestic violence and sexual assault programming. Successes As a small Continuum of Care,OCPEH expanded its impact by partnering with other local homeless systems on federal funding opportunities. County government has increased its commitment to address system needs and prioritized funding for two main drivers of inequity in the current system by investing in Permanent Supportive Housing A expansion and funding for Bridge Housing for this current year. County and local governments have also supported the expansion of life-saving inclement weather sheltering with plans for greater collaboration and capacity in 2024. OCPEH has also leveraged Managed Care Organization funding to , address a homeless system gap.OCPEH continues to perform well ` during federal funding competitions,increasing the funding that is available for homeless system services. The Road Ahead North Carolina's decision to expand Medicaid opens new opportunities to provide housing and related supports to more people experiencing homelessness in this community.Homeless system partners will need training and support to be able to utilize these funds. OCPEH continues to work with regional partners to identify and recruit providers to Orange County to address system gaps. OCPEH has been increasing engagement with people with direct knowledge of the local homeless system in system design,planning, and assessment,and will continue this focus in the year to come. 16 2023 Annual Report ^kjr Orange County Partnership to Executive Summary JP$` End Homelessness Post-Covid Increases In People Experiencing Homelessness � 1 • 1 1 0 al N I I •1 1 141 POINT-IN-TIME COUNT DATA ' t t Chronically Homeless 200 2018-2023 1 1 40 f Families t r t 35 Homeless Veterans iso t 30 1 t 25 100 ' t 20 15 50 10 5 0 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 ■Sheltered ■Unsheltered I I I I n 11 1 • 1 I1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I %of People Experiencing Homelessness in Orange County 2% %of People in Orange County Overall 2.6% .6% .1% 12% 77% = :'r PEOPLESEMack■ orAfrlcan-American ■White ■Mulcple Races■American Indian ar Alaska Native ■Aslan 0Naive NmilanorOtherPadfKblander SHELTER& i TRANSITIONAL 358HOUSING VULNERABLE 1 1 HOUSEHOLDS j1781 1 1 / �_ 9 7 RAPID 200 INCREASED NUMBER 178 RE-HOUSING Iso HOUSED 145141 100 87 78 HOUSEHOLDS it 51 74 SERVED 5° 7 8 8 19 18 21 F �i IF _11[ 1,711-1 JE11 I!_ *FY202 tem Performanceo 111 and I Housing Helpline 1 internal data aa 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 For more information about homelessness in Orange County,contact Rachel Waltz,rwaltz@orangecountync.gov,(919)245-2496. l 17 2023 Annual Report ^`.)�� Orange County JPartnership to Executive Summary fl` End Homelessness ■Emergency Solutions Grant(ESG) 1 1 1,800 ,00 0 ■Continuum of Care(CoQ 1,600,000 1 1 1,00,000 2 � . 1 1,000,000 (OVID-related 800,000 funding increase � 600,000 400,000 - - - - e Income-Based Rental Units 200,000 HOUSING Housing Locator 2 13 2 14 215 2 16 z 17 2 18 219 z 2 z 21 2 22 2 23 Furniture and Household goods Rapid Re-Housing _ Landlord Incentives Youth Housing $1 ,096,729' Permanent Supportive Housing nFl Accessible,housing-focused shelter $14.1 MILLION SERVICES— Medical Respite Beds No TEMP.HOUSING Bridge Housing got— DIRECT SERVICE rESC, ,TION �23 K Housing Helpline staffing PROGRAMSIMPACT IN SERVICES — Integrated Service Center Coordinated entry 9,174 Households CONNECTIONS Crisis/Diversion Facility Housing Helpline point for people served;641 seeking housing and homeless �r I homeless services assessments v SERVICES — 24 hour bathrooms Working with DIGNITY Memorial Service Funding ai landlords to make 0 0 Housing Access units available for 57 Landlords added; &A Coordinator people ai very low 62 Units added incomes Short-term rental 61 Households Rapid Re-housing assistance and served;41 obtained services permanent housing SOAR(SSI/ Supports to help NEED• 8 ppl(obtained SSDI Outreach people experiencing certification in Sept and Access to homelessness apply 2023) Contact Recovery) forSSl/SSDI ilk 919-245-2655 11 Street Outreach, Harm Reduction& Connections to 71 people served;29 orangecountync.gov or visit the online •• Deflection housing and exited to permanent prr 9102 Partnership with services for people housing resource database: OC Criminal Justice living unsheltered Resource Department For more information about homelessness in Orange County,contact Rachel Waltz,rwaltz@orangecountync.gov,(919)245-2496. 1`� 2024 HOMELESSNESS IN ORANGE COUNTY On one night... The Point-in-Time(PIT)Count is a nationwide,annual count of people experiencing sheltered homelessness(emergency shelter and transitional housing)and unsheltered homelessness(places not meant for human habitation like vehicles,sheds,or outside)on one night.PIT data track demographic information and trends over time. POINT-IN-TIME COUNT DATA RACE 2020-2024 200 2020 iso 2021 100 , 2022 50 2023 0 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Sheltered Unsheltered 0 20 40 60 80 100 .6°% 2.6% 1 o %of People in Orange County Overall SPECIAL 49,r POPULATIONS r r r ■White ■Black orAfrican-American ■Asian ■Multiple Races 40 r ■Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ■American Indian or Alaska Native 35 30 ETHNICITY 25 —F Chronically Homeless %of People Experiencing Homelessness in Orange County 20 f Families Veterans 1 5 Experiencing Homelessness Non-Latinx Latinx ■Not Answered 10 of People in Orange County Overall 5 0 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 ' 1%O GENDER - AGE HOUSEHOLDTYPE Male 25 and Older ■Adults Only Female 17 and Younger ■Families ■Transgender& ■18-24 Gender Non-Conforming The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness conducted the latest Point-in-Time(PIT)Count on January 24,2024 and submitted 1014 PIT data to the Dept.of t�ln� 9 p P p 9 P p p experiencing 9 n.J � e Co(_O U n t Housin &Urban Development(HUD)in A ri11014.The Point-in-Time Caunt rovides a high-level snapshot eo le ex eriencin homelessness on one night, t� Partnership to usually the last Wednesday in January. J�-1 End Homelessness For more in formation about homelessness in Orange County,(on tact Rachel Waltz,rwaltz@orangecountync.gov,(919)245-2496. 1`� 2024 HOMELESSNESS IN ORANGE COUNTY How we are doing overall. . . The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness,aligned with the U.S.Interagency Council on Homelessness strategic plan,A1111 works for a future when everyone has a safe,stable,accessible,and affordable home.System Performance Measure data inform our progress on these goals. 350 329 340 • People entering , /274 34U shelter and 300 28 housing programs Z58 266 Of those,people ° 222 1 274 exiencing- homelessness for 200 16 ' I the first time 150 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 People served in one year ■People experiencing homelessness for the first time BRIEF Length of time homeless(days) Length of time in shelter or transitional housing(days) 656 1000 250 231 785 810 _ `_ Average days 800 753 200 82 656 170 600 56 150 121 141 132 288 400 354 384 27� � 326 288 00 64 .�— 68 56 Median days 20050 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 ■Average Median —71 ONETIME O Returned to homelessness 200 7 O within 2ears y INCREASED NUMBER 178 000000 Iso HOUSED 145141 From Street — — — — — — 13% Outreach � 100 87 From 78 Shelter 11% 43% 6% 14% 6% 16% 4% From 51 Transitional 0% 26% 25% 30% 20% 11% 11% so ' Housing19 18 21 ' From 7 8 8 ' Permanent 3% 3% 10% 3% 9% 0% 0% 0 Housing 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total 6% 18% 14% 9% 11% 8% 7% Returns Allow O range County Data from FY2023 System Performance Measures covers outcomes from October 2022-September 2023 recorded in the Homeless Management Information System ^� r Partnership n e rs h i to (HMIS)database.The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness submitted FY2023 SysPM data to the Dept.of Housing&Urban Development(HUD)in March V P 2024.System Performance Measures track homeless system-level outcomes over a 12-month period.HOME Committee housed data from OCPEH record-keeping from End Homelessness 2012-2027 and OC Connect database from 2022 through present. For more information about homelessness in Orange County,contact Rachel Waltz,rwaltz@orangecountync.gov,(919)245-2496.