2016 ANNUAL REPORT – TABLE OF CONTENTS

4Executive Summary

7Overview of 2016 Recommendations

82015 Council Recommendations: Update

11Steps Forward With Senate Bill 1534

12 -13 Special Focus: SHIP Funding; PSH Pilot Duval

13 – 15 Definitions of Homelessness; Causes of Homelessness; Cost of Homelessness

16 – 19What the Data Tells Us – Overview, Description, Graphs

19 – 20 Special Focus: Zero 2016 Update and Stories

21Special Focus: Challenge Funding in Treasure Coast; Understanding Continuums of Care

21 -23 Homelessness Education Program: Overview, Data, Stories from the Field

26 – 272016 Council Recommendations:

  • Summary of Council Support for Federal Goals to End Homelessness
  • Overview of Action Plan
  • Five 2016 Recommendations –
  • Support Council Goals to End Homelessness
  • Appropriate 100% of Affordable Housing Trust Fund for Affordable Housing
  • Continue Strengthening Capacity of Homelessness Continuums of Care
  • Embrace Best Practices and Incentivize at Local Level
  • Support Office and Council in Implementation of SB 1534 and Action Plan

28Appendix I — Point in Time Counts by Continuum ofCare 2011-2016: Total Homeless

31Appendix II — Point in Time Counts by County

33Appendix III — Homeless Population Characteristics

36Appendix IV — Homeless Students Reported in FloridaPublic Schools by Florida County 2014-2015

40Appendix V — Continuum of Care Funding – State andFederal

43Appendix VI — Map of Continuum of Care GeographicAreas

44Appendix VII — Continuum of Care Lead Agency Contacts

46Appendix VIII — Members of the Council onHomelessness

47Appendix IX — Glossary

50Appendix X — Definitions of “Homeless”

52Appendix XI — Reference List of Research Documents

Timeline for Development of Annual Report:

-Draft Narrative and Structure of Report provided by Office: February 2017

-Recommendation Discussion: December, 2016; Exec. Committee Call January/February 2017; 1st Quarterly Meeting March 1, 2017; Recommendations finalized Exec. Committee Call May 5, 2017

-Stories/Highlights Collected: by Exec. Committee call April 5, 2017

-Data Collection PIT: May 10, 2017

-Annual Report Finalized: 2 Quarterly Meeting, early May 31, 2017

For Discussion toward 2017 Annual Report:

-Tracking Federal and State Goals (Updates, National landscape and statewide)

-What it means to ‘effectively end homelessness’ – making homelessness brief, rare, and non-recurring

-Performance and Outcomes: toward ending homelessness (overview of 7 HUD measures)

-Veterans Homelessness – Accomplishments, Challenges, Stories

-Update on SB 1534 – data, Performance Measures and Outcomes, Challenge Grants

-Best Practices: Rapid Rehousing; PSH; housing first; coordinated entry; system design; role of emergency shelter in continuum system response

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2016 Annual Report Recommendations

Recommendation 1:

  • Support the Council’s four goals focused on ending homelessness, as well as the Council’s Action Plan to meet these goals.

Recommendation 2:

  • Appropriate 100 percent of affordable housing trust fund monies for affordable housing.

Recommendation 3:

  • Continue strengthening the capacity of homeless Continuums of Care.

Recommendation 4:

  • Embrace best practices and incentivize the use of best practices at the local level.