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**Utilizing Multiple Financing Streams**

**Reverend Micheal Elliot**

**Georgia**

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"The twenty-first century will be the *age of alliances.* In this age,
collaboration between nonprofit organizations and corporations will grow
in frequency and strategic importance. Collaborative relationships will
increasingly migrate from the traditionally philanthropic, characterized
by benevolent donor and grateful recipient, toward deeper, strategic
alliances."

> ---James E. Austin, [The Collaboration Challenge]{.underline}

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**Collaboration Definition**

An unnatural act between two or more non-consenting adults

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**Getting Started**

As a result of the Policy Academy, Governor Purdue instituted the
Interagency Council which determined that the State plan would be
predicated on best practices at the local level. Policy would be
established based on what he'd proven to be effective.

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**Organizational Profile**

The State Legislature created the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the
Homeless in 1989. The intent was a comprehensive programmatic approach
for the then increasing numbers of homeless people in the community.

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**Role of Agency**

-   Develop a comprehensive community-based plan to respond to the needs
    of homeless people

-   Ensure maximum coordination among all service providers to achieve a
    seamless delivery of services

-   Serve as the primary entity to represent the needs of homeless
    people through advocacy and building community support

-   Contract with public and private agencies to implement programs and
    provide training and technical assistance

-   Develop new and innovative funding sources crucial to the
    improvement and expansion of services

-   Develop and maintain a data collection system

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This intricate planning structure of the Chatcham-Savannah Authority for
the homeless list all the partners involved in serving the homeless
including government agencies, City of Savannah's Department of Planning
and Community Development, Private Housing organizations, certified
agencies and community partners. Over 55 individual organizations are
listed by name.

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Accomplishments of the Authority for the Homeless Model shows a
reduction of homeless people of 45% since 1992. Numbers are listed
graphically for men (starting at 6500 individuals ending at 4000); for
women 3700 to 2000, for children 1100 to 1000.

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**Tearing Down the Silos of Government**

Based on the quantified success of comprehensive planning, the next
logical step was to continue marrying housing programs with mainstream
services.

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The Savannah Area Behavioral Health Collaborative linking service
delivery systems to homeless persons is represented by nine separate
blocks connected by two way arrows. These components and their
affiliated agencies are: Inpatient Substance Abuse & Mental Health
Treatment *Memorial Health GA Regional;* Outpatient Substance Abuse
Services *Recovery Place;* Mental Health Housing & Shelter Plus Care,
*Union Mission;* Unified Case Management & Community Support Services,
*Homeless Authority Union Mission;* Day Treatment Mental Health &
Substance Abuse Services, Primary Health Care, Employment Services,
*Union Mission;* Permanent / Additional Housing Additional Support
Services, *Homeless Continuum of Care;* Outpatient Substance Abuse
Services, *Recovery Place;* Substance Abuse Crisis Stabilization,
*Recovery Place;* Substance Abuse Housing & Shelter Plus Care, *Recovery
Place and Union Mission.*

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**Result**

**Access increased while cost decreased**

-   In substance abuse, access increased by 250% at about 70% of the
    cost

-   In adult mental health, access increased by 150% at about 70% of the
    cost

-   Recidivision decreased because of the supportive housing environment

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**Local Effort Influences State Policy**

There are 30 shelter + care programs across the State so plan is to
replicate the collaborative planning strategies.

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**Goals**

**Georgia Interagency Council for the Homeless**

-   Expand access to and use of the Federal mainstream support service
    programs by homeless families and chronically homeless individuals.
    The Federal mainstream service programs include Medicaid, TANF, SSI,
    CHIP, Workforce Investment Act, Food Stamps, Adult Literacy,
    Vocation Rehabilitation, and Veterans Benefits

-   Provide supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and
    families that is both affordable and appropriate for the delivery of
    supportive services

-   Develop and adopt State policies to end the discharge of
    institutionalized individuals (to include discharge from correction
    facilities, public health or mental hospitals, treatment facilities,
    foster care, or juvenile justice programs) directly to homeless
    facilities unprepared and unable to meet the supportive service
    needs of the individual

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**Goals (Cont.)**

**Georgia Interagency Council for the Homeless**

-   Develop replicable local community planning model(s) to exemplify
    the process for integrated housing and homeless service delivery
    strategies to be implemented at the local level. This model will
    include guiding principles in areas of collaboration, governance,
    authority, and finances

-   Engagement of the State leadership (department heads, legislature
    and governor's office) in the adoption of strategies, allocation of
    resources, and the implementation of these and future
    recommendations of the Council

-   Take the necessary actions to fully utilize and maximize the
    available Federal, State, public, and private funds available to
    address the needs of the homeless and to meet the goal of ending
    chronic homelessness in 10 years