HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-18-2012 pc capsloMEETING
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CAPSLOHomeless ServicesMeasurable Outcomes 201 2
Safe Parking
In June 2012 our county's first safe parking program for the homeless began offering services to 5 households, occupyin g
vehicles at the Prado Day Center. Almost immediately, after its inception and with the support of case management services ,
we began seeing tremendous successes :
•By October, case managers helped two participants move from their vehicles and into permanent housing and thre e
more (one couple and a single) are currently right behind them, with move in dates scheduled for January an d
February respectively .
•A chronically homeless, disabled, senior citizen female has saved $1,900 and is on a waiting list for low—incom e
housing . While in our program she has also begun addressing severe physical and mental health issues for the firs t
time .
•All clients in the program have developed their own financial plan, which includes a budget and are making progres s
in their savings goals .
SLO Case Management
•From 1/1/12 through 11/30/12, SLO Case Management worked to get housing for 69 clients . This includes,
permanent housing, transitional housing, or reconnecting clients with family who they could stay with . Currently ,
there are 78 clients active in case management . The case managers are working to help them to increase theft
income, secure housing, address physical and mental health issues, enrolling children in school and/or childcare ,
etc.
South County Case Managemen t
•From 1/1/12 through 11/30/12, SC Case management worked to get housing for 57 clients (of which 25 wer e
children). Currently, there are 96 clients active in case management and the case managers are working to hel p
them to increase their income, secure housing, etc .
Permanent/Supportive Housing units in the North and South Count y
•Seven individual units serving the chronically disabled homeless many of which had been living on our streets for 20 +
years before engaging with our case managers .
•South County Units have served 5 people since the program started, and all of them are still in the program .
•North County Units served a total of 10 clients during the last program year .
Maxine Lewis Memorial Shelter
• In the first 3 quarters of 2012, a total of 713 unduplicated clients have used shelte r
services, of which 76 were children and 396 reported some type of disability .
Prado Dav Cente r
Helps Client meet goal of self- sufficiency day center provides space for CHC to provide
medical care, mental health, and medical case management, which has provided 2,58 9
service contacts from 1/1/12 through 11/30/12 . The Dambly Fund ensures no homeles s
child in our services goes without necessities such as shoes, warm clothes, and backpacks . It has provided more than $5,000 in
assistance over the last two years . This fund is unique as it lets children shop for their clothes like all other kids rather tha n
having to go through the donation tables .