Strength in Numbers: The power of investing in people and places.

Presentation By: Darla Belflower LCSW, Associate Director of Supportive Housing, Behavioral Health/Truman Medical Center
Heather Bradley-Geary, Director of Supportive Housing/Vecino Group
March 18, 2019

By 2022, we will:
· Create an additional 500 units of permanent supportive housing

The Vecino Group is a company devoted to housing for the greater good.
“Affordable & supportive housing, student housing, and public private partnership; every project we touch has to address a broader community issue, set an example, give back and inspire the people working on it with a greater sense of purpose.”

TMCBH clients access 24.5% of the $12,834,032 homeless assistance for Jackson County
- 306 homeless TMCBH clients served with $3,148,363 in HUD funds
· TMCBH is the third largest housing provider in Kansas City
- Administers four HUD awards totaling over $1.1M annually anticipated to serve over 100 clients
- Administers $1.5M annually in state rental assistance
· Referral source to over 20 housing programs

Transcript

1. Strength in numbers The power of investing in people and places. A Joint Partnership Between Truman Behavioral Health and Vecino Group
2. Hello. We’re the Vecino Group, and it’s nice to meet you. 28 Active Projects 12 States 68 Team Members
3. The Vecino Group is a company devoted to housing for the greater good. “Affordable & supportive housing, student housing, and public private partnership; every project we touch has to address a broader community issue, set an example, give back and inspire the people working on it with a greater sense of purpose.”
5. Who we serve · TMCBH clients access 24.5% of the $12,834,032 homeless assistance for Jackson County - 306 homeless TMCBH clients served with $3,148,363 in HUD funds · TMCBH is the third largest housing provider in Kansas City - Administers four HUD awards totaling over $1.1M annually anticipated to serve over 100 clients - Administers $1.5M annually in state rental assistance · Referral source to over 20 housing programs
6. What we do. · Homeless Outreach · Mainstream Benefit Assistance · Housing Support · Employment Support · Intensive Case Management · Child and Youth Outpatient Services · Medical Detox · Group Therapy and Classes · Psychiatric Services · Occupational Therapy · Drop-In Center · Substance Abuse Treatment · Primary Care · Inpatient Psychiatric Care
7. The partnership
8. OUR MISSION By 2022, we will: · Create an additional 500 units of permanent supportive housing
9. Action Steps Improve the housing and health outcomes of Truman’s consumers by: · Increasing PSH stock · Immediate access to services and TMC clinics · Increase cost savings, generate new sources of revenue and positive returns on investment which can be re-invested in health, housing and services
10. The numbers & the need
11. The Need Household Type Sheltere d Unsheltered Total Homeless Households 1,056 192 1,248 Homeless Persons 1,442 229 1,671 1,671 individuals were homeless on a single night in January 2017, according to the Kansas City Continuum of Care Point-In-Time Count Report.  20% were chronically homeless  41% reported having a severe mental illness  23% reported having a chronic substance abuse  7% were unaccompanied youth Sub-Population Type Sheltered Unsheltered Total Chronically Homeless 231 99 330 Severe Mental Illness 566 117 683 Chronic Substance Abuse 287 94 381 Unaccompanied Youth 116 8 124
12. Housing Inventory & Goals HOUSING TYPE POTENTIAL PROJECTS CURRENT INVENTORY GOAL Permanent Supportive Housing* Multi-Family Housing (single-site or scattered-site)  Apartments, townhomes, 4- or 6-plex buildings  New Construction or Acquisition/Rehab  May be mixed-use Single-Family Housing  Cottages, Houses  Vecino to locate, acquire, and rehab properties 77 units 300-350 units Master-Leased Units  Utilize existing units that TMCBH master-leases  Locate new housing units/properties which may be master-leased 77 units 150-200 units University Housing Initiative*  Park University, UMKC dormitories and on-campus housing 4 units 20+ units Group Homes and Congregate Living (for RESCA and IRTS)  Rehabilitate current TMCBH properties for use (such as Tracy Group Home) 71 units No new units Respite/Interim Homes  Single-site  Acquire/rehab property 10 beds 20+ units
13. Supportive Housing by the numbers…
14. Supportive Housing costs less than homelessness… Average costs: · Homelessness: $56,000/year ($153/day) · Permanent supportive housing: $15,881/year ($44/day) · Ambulance ride: $569 · Unit turnover after eviction: $2,000
15. Outcomes: · In partnership with CSH, Truman Behavioral Health reviewed the health care utilization of 22 tenants housed for at least six months: -64% decrease in ER utilization -44 ER visits occurred prior to housing; this was reduced to 16 emergency room visits in the six-months following housing. - $62,720 reduction in ER costs - Inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations decreased by 38% · Overall, the costs of care to Truman Medical Center decreased by nearly half (48%) in the six months following housing, from $328,560 to $171,840
16. Year 1 Results
17. Thank you.