# Presentation: 086840

## Utilizing Multiple Financing Streams

- Reverend Micheal Elliot
- Georgia

## “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_

## Collaboration Definition

-   **An unnatural act between two or more non-consenting adults**

## 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.

## 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.

## 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

## Planning Structure

**Chatham-Savannah**
**Authority **
**For the Homeless**

_**Government Agencies**_
-  Georgia Dept. of Community Affairs
-  Georgia Dept. of Human Resources
-  Georgia Dept. of Labor – Chatham Co.

_**Community Member Participation**_
-  Private Citizens
-  Homeless & Formally Homeless
-    Individuals / Neighborhood Groups

_**Certified Agencies**_
-  Union Misson, Inc.
-  Fair Housing Council
-  Greenbriar
-  Med Bank, Inc.
-  Safe Shelter
-  Wesley Community Center
-  Savannah Runaway
-  Inner City Night Shelter
-  EOA Austin House
-  Hope House
-  Salvation Army
-  Second Harvest Food Bank
-  Georgia Legal Services
-  Inter-Faith Hospitality Network
-  Parent & Child
-  Social Apostolate
-  Savannah Fair Housing Council
-  Emmaus House
-  Old Savannah City Mission

_**Private Housing**_
-  Affordable Housing Group
-  The Buyer’s Agent
-  Habitat for Humanity
-  Home Builder’s Association
-  Landlord Association of Savannah
-  Savannah Apartment Association

**City of Savannah’s Dept. of Neighborhood Planning & Community Development**

_**Private Housing**_
- Memorial Medical Center	Chatham County Department of Health	American Red Cross
- Bank of America		Armstrong Atlantic State University	Hospice Savannah
- Savannah State University	St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System	Family Resource Center
- Georgia Regional Hospital	Department of Family and Children’s Services	Wachovia Bank
- Renaissance (mental health)	The Savannah Bank		Savannah Impact
- Charter Hospital		United Way of Coastal Empire		Veterans Administration
- Goodwill Industries	Lutheran Ministries of Georgia
- Westside Urban Health Clinic	Downtown Business Association
- Chatham County Land Bank	Catholic Office of Social Ministries
- Wesley Community Center	Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center

## Accomplishments of the Authority for the Homeless Model

**The Bottom Line:**** This collaborative, all inclusive approach has enabled the number of homelessness people to be reduced by 45% since 1992.**

## 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.

## Savannah Area Behavioral Health Collaborative

**Linking service delivery systems is the answer to chronic homelessness!**

- Inpatient Substance Abuse & Mental Health Treatment
*Memorial Health*
*GA Regional*

- Outpatient Substance
- Abuse Services
*Recovery Place*

- Substance Abuse
- Crisis Stabilization
*Recovery Place*

- Substance Abuse Housing
- & Shelter Plus Care
*Recovery Place*
*Union Mission*

- Outpatient Substance
- Abuse Services
*Recovery Place*

- Mental Health Housing & Shelter Plus Care
*Union Mission*

- Permanent / Additional Housing
- Additional Support Services
*Homeless Continuum of Care*

- Unified Case Management & Community Support Services
*Homeless Authority*
*Union Mission*

- Day Treatment Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Primary
- Health Care, Employment Services
*Union Mission*

## 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

## Local Effort Influences State Policy

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

## 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

## 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