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Several speakers Unidentified A: Oh no, I was referring exclusively to outreach efforts, people that are on the streets with notebooks, PCs. uh meeting with uh the homeless whether they be in the woods or on the streets.
Several speakers Mike Moore: Yeah. So we say when we say homeless, are we saying these people are homeless today or they ha are they're possibly at risk of being homeless?
Several speakers So the COC's uh mission is to make homelessness rare, brief, and non recurring in the county. Uh we do that with a systematic approach, very data driven to ending homelessness. And today we're going to explain the system to you and tell you about the successes that we've had the past two years, Don.
Several speakers Jack Mariano: and state Unidentified A: funding.
Several speakers Okay. We do have uh and you will see this in the future, uh, we've gotten about four and a half million dollars of home American rescue plan money, which is specifically for housing the homeless, and that will come to you, uh, as well as a coordinated entry study. The slide says since 10-1, 49 households have been housed, but it's actually 59 households, so it's it's been updated. I do want to just mention the key findings of our gaps analysis, and I said to note those circles. Families represent under 20% of our homeless population, but 49% of our beds are dedicated to families. Half the beds of the COC are dedicated to veterans and survivors of domestic violence. And remember you saw 80% of our homeless are single adults. And while overflow congregate non-congregate shelter beds were 100% filled, remaining shelter beds were utilized at 50%.
Several speakers So there are some recommendations that have come out of our gaps analysis and uh I I want to mention those uh for individual homelessness to increase the uh resources. For individuals, for housing single adults. For chronic homelessness, dedicate permanent supportive housing to individuals and ensure that there are supportive services and deeply affordable housing. Decrease the number, the length of time for people that are experiencing homelessness, and especially. Uh the study found that the longest path to housing was for those that were in shelters. So we want to make sure that our shelters become housing focused and housing first. And then going on to domestic violence, it's increasing around the country to make sure that there's resources. And we did just receive a grant. for over three hundred thousand dollars for domestic violence programs and um affordable housing we will be using the home ARP funding for uh affordable housing initiatives for the homeless. So that does conclude the presentation and Don and I are happy to answer any questions.
Several speakers I've been the chair for going into my third year. And as part of the COC, we have three areas that we work very closely on, and they involve our outreach to our homeless neighbors, our coordinated entry to get people into our system of care, and different special projects that we have. In addition to how the COC is set up with, we have a lead agency and this is all designated by HUD and the Coalition for the Homeless is our lead agency and Tom and Don, if you could talk about how that's organized.
Several speakers Kathryn Starkey: Well Unidentified A: hopefully someone's applying over there.
Several speakers Kathryn Starkey: I think we need men.
Several speakers Unidentified A: No, uh a developer came in with a better offer.
Christina Fitzpatrick Okay. Also I know we're doubled w compared to Saint Pete, Penellas County, for our percent for homeless population unsheltered. So I like to see what we can do and what are they doing differently and I know they have a ground zero. So if we can get them into a facility instead of just putting them right into a hotel. And we can bring them to a ground zero. A a base location.
Several speakers So m this is not for low income seniors, these are for people that are experiencing homelessness. And we have noticed a trend trend that more and more of our homeless are are growing in age. Right. So so uh certainly the most vulnerable people will be taken off the streets and put into housing.