Quarterly Leadership Council HPRP Report: January - March 2010

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Report | 31 May 2010

Author: National Alliance to End Homelessness

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This report illustrates how 13 cities across the nation are implementing their Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) programs. Data from the following 13 cities are included in this quarterly report: Chicago, IL; Columbus and Franklin County, OH, Denver, CO; Houston and Harris County, TX; Miami-Dade, FL; Minneapolis and Hennepin County, MN; New Orleans, LA; New York City, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC.

Leadership Council Communities and HPRP

Homeless Population

The homeless populations in the 13 Leadership Council cities in this report represent roughly 17 percent of the 2007 US homeless population.

HPRP Allocation

The $188M in programmatic HPRP funds allocated to Leadership Council cities is just under 14 percent of the entire program.


Jobs Saved/Created (- 10 jobs created or saved)

Approximately 680 full time equivalents (FTEs) were reported as created or saved for the quarter by Leadership Council cities.


Program Emphasis - Prevention versus Rapid Re-housing

Approximately two-thirds of the HPRP programmatic funding allocated to Leadership Council cities is allocated for prevention activities () with the remaining third allocated for rapid re-housing (). There is wide variation among communities. San Francisco, Miami, New Orleans, and New York heavily emphasize prevention while Columbus and Washington, DC focus on rapid re-housing.


All
(65%)

Chicago
(69%)

Columbus
(30%)

Denver
(40%)

Houston
(67%)

Miami
(71%)

Minneapolis
(60%)
 
New Orleans
(70%)
 
New York
(70%)
 
Philadelphia
(54%)
 
Portland
(65%)
 
San Francisco
(85%)
 
Seattle
(63%)
 
Washington
(26%)

Program Emphasis - Financial Assistance versus Housing Relocation

The HPRP programs in the 13 Leadership Council cities are using most (56%) of their funding for direct financial assistance () and the remaining 44 percent on case management, outreach, and other housing relocation services (). New York is the only city using less than half of it's allocation on financial assistance.


All
(56%)

Chicago
(72%)

Columbus
(52%)

Denver
(75%)

Houston
(66%)

Miami
(77%)

Minneapolis
(62%)

New Orleans
(73%)

New York
(34%)

Philadelphia
(70%)

Portland
(75%)

San Francisco
(66%)

Seattle
(81%)

Washington
(66%)

Program Progress - Persons served and money spent

Approximately $16 million has been spent through March 2010 on homelessness prevention for 39,000 people and $5.5 million has been spent to rapidly re-house 23,000 people. While 13 percent of prevention funds and 8 percent of rapid re-housing funds have been used to date, several cities - Miami, Portland, Philadelphia, and New York - are using their funding at a much faster rate.



Outcomes - Exit to permanent housing

 

Approximately 35,000 persons have exited rapid re-housing and prevention programs in the Leadership Council cities. Of the 15,869 that exited prevention programs, at least 11,754 (74%) exited to permanent housing. Of the 18,969 that have exited rapid re-housing programs, at least 18,462 (97%) exited to permanent housing.