tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64286763989048229912024-03-28T20:29:43.261-07:00Ending HomelessnessAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-57001101647982420032018-04-27T17:57:00.000-07:002018-04-27T17:57:57.432-07:00We Have Moved… Please Move with Us!
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We recently unveiled our new
website, at</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.mdhadallas.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
<span style="color: black;">Please check it out, when you have a moment. It’s pretty cool, if we may say
so, ourselves! </span></span></span><br />
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fully operational, we will be moving our blog to the site. We’ll keep our old
posts here, but from now on, to read our new posts, please go to: </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/blog/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.mdhadallas.org/blog/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We hope you will continue to
follow our blog. See you at the</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/blog/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">new site</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com156Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-75134601945434753712018-04-05T18:54:00.000-07:002018-04-05T18:54:24.438-07:00Homeless Response System Online Learning Clinic 2018 – Part VI: Dallas’ Homeless Response System in Action - 2017-2019
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk506800651"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In
2015-2017, MDHA focused on building the necessary components of an effective
unified homeless response system. In mid-2017, MDHA shifted its focus to
utilizing the system to better house people quickly and permanently, while continuously
improving the system. The </span></span></a><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/COC-SWP-2017-2018-FINAL.docx"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk506800651;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Continuum of Care Strategic Work
Plan 2017-2018</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk506800651;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk506800651;"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk506800651;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[i]</span></span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></b></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk506800651;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">reflects this shift. Its goals are clear, and its objectives are bold. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goals</span></span></u></b></span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></u></b> </div>
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</span>I.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Increase Access to Affordable
Housing </span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>II.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">End Chronic, Veteran and Elderly
Homelessness</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>III.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Improve Access and Coordination of
Services and Emergency Housing</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>IV.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rapidly House Family Households
with Children </span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>V.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rapidly House Youth</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>VI.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Drive Decision-making with HMIS
Data</span></span></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>VII.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Address Racial Disparities in
Homelessness and Service Delivery<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Objectives<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span>I.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Reduce the number of persons
experiencing homelessness by 5% </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>II.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Reduce the length of stay in
homelessness by 10% </span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>III.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Reduce the number of chronic,
veteran and elderly homeless by 50%</span></span></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span>IV.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Increase the number of unsheltered
persons prioritized for housing to 500</span></span></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span>V.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Increase incomes for 20% of
zero-income households on housing priority list</span></span></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span>VI.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Increase occupancy rates for all
available shelter and housing beds to no less than 98.6%</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Increase housing stability in
homeless housing programs to 96%</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Increase HMIS participation rates
to no less than 86% of all beds and housing types<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">as a Continuum of Care, on 60 individual action items under the above seven
goals. Here are just a few highlights of action we are taking to make
homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring:</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Homeless Count</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> – In January 2018, MDHA conducted
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">most extensive and technologically
advanced </b></span></span><a href="http://endinghomelessnessmdha.blogspot.com/2018/02/in-dallas-everybody-counts-ok-what.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Homeless
Count</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:state> history</span></span></b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[iii]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,
<span style="color: black;">mobilizing more than 1,500 volunteers, and using the Counting Us app, from
Simtech Solutions. Use of the app was helpful in making the Count easier and more
accurate. By capturing the latitude and longitude of each encounter, it enabled
MDHA to send out outreach teams the very next morning to aid individuals
belonging to specific populations. MDHA provided the results of the Count at
its annual</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SOHA-2018-Final.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">State
of the Homeless Address</span></span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">on March 21, 2018.</span></span></span></div>
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System Leadership Training and Strategic Planning Retreat</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> – On March 28-29, 2018, we brought
together all of the major “players”, in Dallas and Collin Counties, who can
affect systems change, for a groundbreaking gathering, facilitated by OrgCode,
led by pioneering world expert, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dr. Iain
De Jong</b>. With De Jong and former HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ann Oliva</b>, leading a team of
facilitators, this retreat, with more than 65 senior leaders in attendance, was
designed to usher in a more strategic community response to homelessness.
Participating leaders spent two whole days of intense action-oriented
participative and interactive hard work. They focused on the critical nature of</span>
</span><a href="http://endinghomelessnessmdha.blogspot.com/2015/10/collective-impact-backbone.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">collective impact</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">and how an
effective system of care can bring about an end to homelessness in our
community. Together, through a strategic planning journey, utilizing the </span></span><a href="https://hbr.org/2007/12/breakthrough-thinking-from-inside-the-box"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Breakthrough Thinking</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">approach,
participants made the necessary decisions and vital commitments that will chart
our course, as a community.</span></span><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span dir="LTR"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Homeless Helpline</span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> – A key part of any homeless
response system, it refers clients to several hubs: youth, domestic violence victims,
families with children, single adults, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">County</st1:placename></st1:place>
residents, and general assistance, with each hub managed by a key CoC service
provider. Lessons learned through the current soft-launch period of the
helpline (which began in December 2017) will be incorporated into the public
launch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Housing “Challenges”</span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> - We challenge ourselves and our
partners to house a specific group of people, during a specific time period. We
have already concluded our first <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Top 50
Challenge</b>; the idea is to house as many of the top 50 persons on the
Housing Priority List, as possible. This challenge proved extremely successful,
with over 80% of persons ending or on the verge of ending their homelessness!
We will now run this challenge every other month, using the off months to learn
and improve. We will soon run a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Veterans
Challenge</b>, focusing on the 67 unsheltered veterans found in the Homeless
Count. In the Spring, in collaboration with <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city> shelters, we will run an intensive </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Emergency Shelter Housing Challenge</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue;">[iv]</span></span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a></b>.</span>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Youth Homelessness</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> – The MDHA CoC Youth Committee
conducted, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“See Us Now”</b> the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">most extensive youth outreach survey to
date</b>, among and with the help of homeless youth. The qualitative and
quantitative data collected, once analyzed, will help service providers better
understand the needs of homeless youth, and serve them accordingly. This effort
will be capped off with a “See Us Now” event in April 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Collin County</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> – MDHA expanded its assistance to
Collin County providers, with an MDHA team member officing out of the
Assistance Center of Collin County three days a week, and assisting multiple
clients with housing navigation and placement.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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emergency shelters, to give them additional tools to house their guests. We expanded
housing search tools for case managers. As part of the Emergency Shelter
Housing Challenge, we will conduct <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Housing
Planning Clinics</b> for clients, and encourage every client to build a “My
Housing Plan” framework to end their homelessness. An MDHA authored <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">New Tenant Resource Guide</b>, is now available
to all CoC member organizations. It is distributed to individual clients upon housing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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the Dallas Foundation and Catholic Charities of Dallas joined forces to provide
housing, services and case management to 200 non-FEMA eligible families,
rendered homeless by Hurricane Harvey.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Organizations</span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">
– The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Salvation Army is now using HMIS
for 100% of their programs. </b>Discussions have begun with the Samaritan Inn
to join HMIS. We will seek to add other faith-based organizations to HMIS with
funding from the City of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>.
A new CoC Faith-based Collaborations Committee now meets monthly, to help
faith-based organizations do their part to help end homelessness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Street Outreach</span> – MDHA provides support to the City of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>’ expanded street
outreach e</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ff</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">orts, with resources and training,
and in solidifying inclusion in the Housing Priority List, as a standard
practice for street outreach.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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that racial equity permeate its work, as one of six communities working with
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Center for Social Innovation’s SPARC
project</b>. MDHA has begun publishing a Homeless Response System Community
Dashboard </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MDHA-Homeless-Response-System-Community-Dashboard-3Q-July-September-2017-Race-Addendum.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue;">Race Addendum</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue;">[v]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a>,
<span style="color: black;">to highlight racial disparities in homelessness and service delivery. An MDHA
delegation participated in the Center for Social Innovation’s first-of-its-kind
national summit on Racial Equity and Homelessness, in partnership with the
Raikes Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. MDHA will soon
conduct a survey of the demographic make-up of the senior management and board
officers of all federally funded service providers, with the goal of increasing
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com1Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-57501015097271221832018-04-03T08:19:00.000-07:002018-04-03T08:19:44.570-07:00Homeless Response System Online Learning Clinic 2018 – Part V: Building Dallas’ Homeless Response System – 2015-2017 – Data Transparency
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All homeless service
providers must practice <b>full transparency, by reporting all data into the
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)</b>, the federally-mandated
community wide database, that drives improvement of homeless services programs,
without exception (barring issues of safety). Reporting into HMIS is not simply
an issue of bureaucratic compliance. This is the only way we know if and how
much progress our community is making. More importantly, this is the only way
we can improve and self-correct, where we are not</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">In the last three years, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city> made huge strides,
specifically, in this area. For instance, <b>as late as 2014, no emergency
shelter beds were reported into HMIS</b>. It is impossible to assess system performance,
in the absence of data on the point of entry into homelessness. Therefore,
communities that do not have that data in their HMIS are routinely penalized
for it, as <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>
was. However, unlike the housing programs, funded through the Continuum of Care
(CoC) Program, MDHA cannot simply require shelters to enter their data. MDHA
methodically worked with each of the major shelters, and over the last three
years brought most of them into the system. <b>As of December 2017, with the
Salvation Army adding all of their 700 beds into the system, 57% of shelter
beds are now entered into HMIS</b>. In 2018, we will meet and exceed the
standard set by the Federal Government, 86%.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">These simple numbers,
important as they are, bely a <b>more fundamental shift in the HMIS</b>, here
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place>. In
early 2015, MDHA and its partners began a discovery process that led the Continuum
of Care (CoC) to adopt a new HMIS system, built from the ground up, by a
non-profit founded by the <st1:place w:st="on"><b>Parkland</b></st1:place></span><b><span style="color: black;">
Health and Hospital System, </span><a href="http://www.pccinnovation.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue;">PCCI</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue;">[ii]</span></span></b><!--[endif]--></span></a>,</b>
<span style="color: black;">and its for-profit affiliate,</span> <b><a href="https://piecestech.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue;">Pieces Tech</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue;">[iii]</span></span></b><!--[endif]--></span></a>.</b>
<span style="color: black;">This system was designed to be part of a larger ecosystem tracking individuals
as they move through the healthcare system and social service organizations, <b>Pieces
Iris</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Pieces Iris</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"> was born out of the recognition that limited
communication between the healthcare system and social service organizations,
may cause vital information to slip through the cracks. The idea was to create
a seamless system that connects healthcare and community-based organizations,
allowing for smart sharing of information that makes a tangible difference in
the lives of the most vulnerable populations</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue;">[iv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>.
<span style="color: black;">As PCCI President and CEO, Dr. Steve Miff, told the</span> <a href="https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/population-health/how-a-texas-innovation-hub-is-eliminating-socioeconomic-health-disparities.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue;">Becker Hospital Review</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue;">[v]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>,
<span style="color: black;">in September 2017, “Up to 50 percent of clinical outcomes are driven by social,
economic or environmental factors, and not necessarily related to the direct
care the individual received. That has basically set the stage and created the
need for this solution to connect communities, and through that, to drive
personalized medicine."</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Over the course of the last
three years, MDHA, PCCI and Pieces Tech worked hand in hand to launch the new
HMIS, which went live in mid-2017. As</span> </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/18/parkland-dallas-frequent-flier-hospital-what-works-216108"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Politico Magazine</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: black;">wrote in December 2017, <b>Pieces Iris is already, “having a powerful impact on
overwhelmed homeless organizations in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city></b>…
The availability of data showed… that homeless people were 167% more likely to
have emergency room visits than the non-homeless population, and that from 300
to 400 homeless were arrested in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place>
each month. Neither of these pieces of information was shocking, but they gave
[MDHA President and CEO, Cindy J.] Crain data she could take to officials to
try to influence policy on homelessness. If she could show that housed people
needed fewer EMS transports, ER visits and less time in jail, then, she
reasoned, ‘I can make a business case to say, it’s not only the moral thing to
bring housing to these homeless, mentally ill people. It’s going to save you
money. If you don’t serve these people they’ll die in the street or eat you
alive with these public response systems.’”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Finally, one glaring fact
that “jumps out” at anyone who analyzes the data on homelessness in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>, is the overrepresentation
of African Americans in the homeless population. Since late 2016, with the
support of the</span> <b><a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue;">United Way of Metropolitan Dallas</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue;">[vii]</span></span></b><!--[endif]--></span></a> <a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/unite-dallas-relief-fund-july-2017/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue;">Unite Dallas Relief Fund</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue;">[viii]</span></span></b><!--[endif]--></span></a>,</b> <span style="color: black;">we are
partnering with six other cities, towards <b>establishing more racial equity in
homeless services</b>, through </span></span><a href="http://center4si.com/sparc/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SPARC</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (<span style="color: black;">Supporting Partnerships
for Anti-Racist Communities</span><span style="color: black;">)</span></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn9" name="_ednref9" style="mso-endnote-id: edn9;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,
<span style="color: black;">a new research and action program from the </span></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk506544163"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Center
for Social Innovation</b> </span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(C4)</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn10" name="_ednref10" style="mso-endnote-id: edn10;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_ednref1" name="_edn1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[i]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">See Dennis Culhane in the European Journal of
Homelessness, </span></span></span><a href="http://works.bepress.com/dennis_culhane/209/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://works.bepress.com/dennis_culhane/209/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_ednref2" name="_edn2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[ii]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.pccinnovation.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.pccinnovation.org/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_ednref3" name="_edn3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[iii]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="https://piecestech.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://piecestech.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_ednref4" name="_edn4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[iv]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">This language paraphrases, as well as uses some of
the very language PCCI first used to describe this effort.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_ednref5" name="_edn5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[v]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/population-health/how-a-texas-innovation-hub-is-eliminating-socioeconomic-health-disparities.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/population-health/how-a-texas-innovation-hub-is-eliminating-socioeconomic-health-disparities.html</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_ednref6" name="_edn6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[vi]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/18/parkland-dallas-frequent-flier-hospital-what-works-216108"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/18/parkland-dallas-frequent-flier-hospital-what-works-216108</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_ednref7" name="_edn7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[vii]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_ednref8" name="_edn8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[viii]</span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/unite-dallas-relief-fund-july-2017/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/unite-dallas-relief-fund-july-2017/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com1Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-75245932125050794872018-03-31T15:17:00.000-07:002018-03-31T15:43:12.121-07:00On the Rise of Homelessness in Urban America, and Our Next Steps to Address It Here in Dallas<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">During her</span> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/mbXS3-9fa4E"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">State
of the Homeless Address</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">on March 21, 2018, Cindy J. Crain, MDHA
President and CEO, shared the results of the 2018 Homeless Count in <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Counties</st1:placename></st1:place>. The numbers
showed an increase in homelessness, in general, and unsheltered homelessness,
specifically, accompanied by drops in chronic and veteran homelessness. That
same week, the Collin County Homeless Coalition </span></span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-Collin-County-Homeless-Count-Report.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">published its report</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">which
showed a drop in the number of those experiencing homelessness in that county.
Not surprisingly, it takes the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) many more months to report on the results for the entire country. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">In the meantime, we do have
the 2017 numbers, which came out fairly recently, this last December, with
HUD’s submission of</span> </span><a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2017-AHAR-Part-1.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part I of its 2017 Annual Homeless
Assessment Report (AHAR)</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">to Congress on Point-in-Time Estimates of
Homelessness. HUD reported that, “Homelessness increased for the first time in
seven years. The number of people experiencing homelessness increased by a
little less than one percent between 2016 and 2017.” Interestingly, though,
this aggregate number reflects two separate phenomena: “This increase reflected
a nine percent increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness in
unsheltered locations, which was partially offset by a three percent decline in
the number of people experiencing homelessness in sheltered locations.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">More importantly, HUD
emphasized that this is primarily an urban problem: “Recent increases in
homelessness were driven mostly by specific changes happening within cities.
Increases in the numbers of unsheltered individuals in the 50 largest cities
accounted for nearly all of the national increase…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number of all people experiencing
homelessness increased in major cities and decreased elsewhere between 2016 and
2017… More specifically, increases in unsheltered homelessness in major cities
drove the national increase…”</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One of our homeless friends
at an encampment in 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Photo taken by award
winning photographer, B.J. Lacasse)</span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Why is this? What is going
on in our cities?</span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">An earlier HUD report</span>, </span><a href="https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/Worst-Case-Housing-Needs.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Worst Case Housing Needs – 2017 Report to
Congress</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">may help us understand:</span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Worst case housing needs
are a national problem. Such severe housing problems have expanded dramatically
during the past decade and were exacerbated by the economic recession and
associated collapse of the housing market, which reduced homeownership through
foreclosures and tight lending and increased demand for renting. The slight
improvements observed since 2011 offer cause for hope, but the failure to
sustain the more promising trends observed in 2013 is sobering… The latest
resumption of worsening housing problems among the nation’s very low-income
renters is attributable primarily to demographic and economic
factors—especially a notable shift from homeownership to renting—that grew the
number of households susceptible to worst case needs. Uneven housing market
responses that increased the proportion of unassisted very low-income renters
with severe rent burdens played a secondary yet substantial role.</span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Even with rental
assistance, 6 of 10 extremely low-income renters and 4 of 10 very low-income
renters do not have access to affordable and available housing units. Among
very low-income renters in 2015, only 25 percent of households had rental
assistance and an additional 43 percent had worst case needs for assisted or
other affordable housing. In other words, only a small share of very low-income
renters—32 percent—avoided severe housing problems in the unassisted private
rental market in 2015.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">And where is this problem
most pronounced? “Central cities were home to most (9.51 million) very
low-income renters, followed by suburbs (7.23 million) and nonmetropolitan
areas (2.49 million).” The report emphasizes that the main culprit in this
crisis is the lack of affordable rental housing in the nation’s urban centers.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Arguably, what we have is
not a homelessness crisis, but an acute affordable housing crisis, and the
epicenter of that crisis is in our cities, including Dallas and other urban
communities in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:state>.
As</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ending-Homelessness-%E2%80%93-the-Dallas-Playbook-Updated-4-19-2017-in-Depth.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we wrote</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">about a year ago, “Housing
is the key… Local governments must act now to create affordable housing… We
need more permanent supportive housing, more second chance housing, and more
affordable housing in the 0-30% AMI (Area Median Income) range.” And HUD’s
prescription is clear: “A broad strategy at the federal, state, and local
levels is needed to continue to rebuild the economy, strengthen and realign
markets, and provide assistance to those families most in need.”</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Two of our formerly homeless
friends </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(Photo taken by award
winning photographer, B.J. Lacasse</span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The emphasis on the federal
level is well warranted. The current level of federal funding for the</span> </span><a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Continuum of Care Program</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">just over $2 billion, is
essentially a rounding error in a $4 trillion Federal Budget. We can’t expect
to end homelessness, with this level of investment. As we wrote</span> </span><a href="http://endinghomelessnessmdha.blogspot.com/2017/12/single-loop-learning-double-loop_21.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in December</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: <span style="color: black;">“Especially over the
last decade, we have become extremely skillful at building systems that
maximize the impact of these $2 billion. However, as a nation, we have not
explored the idea of significantly adding to that funding. We have accepted…
that around $2 billion, in 2017 dollars, is enough to defeat a social ill that
has been with us for forty years and counting.”</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ann Oliva<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Former Deputy Assistant Secretary,
HUD</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">However, we do need to do
our part here in <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city> and <st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Counties</st1:placename>,
and specifically the urban core of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>,
to address this affordable housing crisis, that is driving the increase in
homelessness. This is why on March 28-29, 2018, we brought together all of the
major “players”, in Dallas and Collin Counties, who can affect this type of
change on the local level, for a Homeless Response System Leadership Training
and Strategic Planning Retreat. This groundbreaking gathering was facilitated
by</span> </span><a href="http://www.orgcode.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OrgCode</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,
<span style="color: black;">led by pioneering world expert</span>, </span><a href="http://www.orgcode.com/who_we_are"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dr. Iain De Jong</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">With De Jong
and former HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary Ann Oliva, leading a team of
facilitators, this retreat, with more than 65 senior leaders in attendance, was
designed to usher in a more strategic community response to homelessness. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr. Iain De Jong<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Participating leaders spent
two whole days of intense action-oriented participative and interactive hard
work. They focused on the critical nature of</span> </span><a href="http://endinghomelessnessmdha.blogspot.com/2015/10/collective-impact-backbone.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">collective impact</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">and how an
effective system of care can bring about an end to homelessness in our
community. Together, through a strategic planning journey, utilizing the </span></span><a href="https://hbr.org/2007/12/breakthrough-thinking-from-inside-the-box"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Breakthrough Thinking</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">approach,
participants made the necessary decisions and vital commitments that will chart
our course, as a community.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We look forward to sharing
the report OrgCode will produce to help our community flesh out the next steps.
Then, united in vision and purpose, we will act on those decisions, and fulfill
those commitments. That is how, working together, as a community, we can and
will make homelessness in <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Counties</st1:placename></st1:place>,
rare, brief and nonrecurring.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com2Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-59912437998215388692018-03-24T09:33:00.000-07:002018-03-24T09:33:56.044-07:00Watch the State of the Homeless Address Now!<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bummed out that you missed the State of the Homeless Address? Fear not, we’ve got you covered!</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Download Cindy’s PowerPoint, so you can follow along here:</span> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SOHA-2018-Final.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SOHA-2018-Final.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Don’t have time to watch
now? Check out this quick summary: <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Metro <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city> Homeless Alliance President and CEO
Delivers Annual State of the Homeless Address <span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://endinghomelessnessmdha.blogspot.com/2018/03/metro-dallas-homeless-alliance.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://endinghomelessnessmdha.blogspot.com/2018/03/metro-dallas-homeless-alliance.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Check out some great
coverage of the Address here: <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Without Enough Affordable
Housing, Homelessness In <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>
Is Getting Worse, by Stephanie Kuo, KERA <span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://keranews.org/post/without-enough-affordable-housing-homelessness-dallas-getting-worse" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://keranews.org/post/without-enough-affordable-housing-homelessness-dallas-getting-worse</span></a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">How Many Homeless Live on
the Streets? The Number Jumped 23% This Year, by Tasha Tsiaperas, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city> Morning News <span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/social-justice-1/2018/03/21/homelessness-rise-living-dallas-streets-not-shelters-really-spiked" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.dallasnews.com/news/social-justice-1/2018/03/21/homelessness-rise-living-dallas-streets-not-shelters-really-spiked</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-78175183577342231992018-03-23T16:16:00.000-07:002018-03-23T16:25:50.215-07:00Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance President and CEO Delivers Annual State of the Homeless Address<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: black;"><st1:city w:st="on"><i><span style="font-family: "arial";">Dallas</span></i></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: "arial";">, <st1:state w:st="on">Texas</st1:state></span></i></span></st1:place><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"> – On</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="color: black;"> <b>Wednesday, March 21,
2018</b>, the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA) held its fourth annual <b>State
of the Homeless Address</b>, at Goodwill Industries of Dallas. The Address was
delivered by <b>MDHA President and CEO, Cindy J. Crain</b>. It covered the
results of January’s annual homeless count, as well as the progress of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place>’ homeless response
system, in making homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Ms. Crain’s</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SOHA-2018-Final.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">PowerPoint Presentation may be downloaded
from the MDHA website</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">The full address, including the question and
answer period that followed it, will be posted to MDHA’s YouTube channel in the
next few days. A bullet point summary of the address follows:</span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"></span></span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Homeless Count Results:</span></span></b></li>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";">Overall
homelessness</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial";"> in <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Counties</st1:placename></st1:place>, clocking in at
4,140 individuals, <b>rose by 9%,</b> when compared to 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";">Unsheltered
homelessness</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">, clocking in at
1,341 individuals, <b>rose by 23%</b> during the same time period. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "arial";">The
<b>number of homeless veterans dropped</b> from 356 individuals or 9.5% of the
homeless population to 331 individuals or 8% of the homeless population. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "arial";">The
<b>number of chronically homeless individuals</b> (those homeless for a year or
more, with a documented disability) <b>continued to drop, for a second year now</b>,
clocking in at 424 individuals, or <b>21% fewer than in 2017. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";">The
rise</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"> in the overall numbers
and specifically the unsheltered numbers </span><b><span style="color: black;">is in line with national trends</span> <a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2017-AHAR-Part-1.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">across urban centers in the United States</span></span></a></b>.
<span style="color: black;">It is attributable to the lack of affordable housing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">MDHA’s</span> </span><a href="http://endinghomelessnessmdha.blogspot.com/2018/03/homeless-response-system-online_19.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Housing Priority List</span></span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">which lies at the core of the homeless
response system, <b>is making a huge difference in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city></b>. In an effective homeless
response system, no placements are made in any program without objectively
assessing each person, prioritizing them for service, based on the level
of their vulnerability and specific needs, and placing each person on a
unified Housing Priority List. Placements in housing are made only from
that list, based on priority status and specific needs. <span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">As
of mid-March 2018, there are about 790 individuals on the Housing Priority
list, ready to be housed. 209 of these individuals are chronically homeless,
which means that about half of the chronically homeless population is ready to
be housed. <b>Over the course of the last 12 months, 246 individuals have been
housed from the Housing Priority List.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MDHA is now able to analyze a wealth of data
regarding health outcomes</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> of
individuals experiencing homelessness, through its new Homeless Management
Information System, which is part of Pieces Iris. As</span> </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/18/parkland-dallas-frequent-flier-hospital-what-works-216108"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Politico Magazine</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">wrote in
December 2017, Pieces Iris is already, “having a powerful impact on
overwhelmed homeless organizations in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place>…” The data collected through Iris
is already <b>making it easier to make</b> not just the moral case, but <b>the
business case for ending individuals’ homelessness</b> quickly and
permanently.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">Whatever measure we look at, we see a marked
overrepresentation of African Americans in the homeless population</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">. The homeless count showed that 60% of the
unsheltered homeless are African Americans, and analysis of data from the
Homeless Management Information System in the years 2011-2016, showed an
even higher number - 66.7%. Since late 2016, with the support of the</span> <b><a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">United Way of Metropolitan Dallas</span></span></a> <a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/unite-dallas-relief-fund-july-2017/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Unite Dallas Relief Fund</span></span></a>,
<span style="color: black;"> MDHA has been partnering with five other cities, towards establishing more
racial equity in homeless services, </span></b><span style="color: black;">through</span><b> </b><a href="http://center4si.com/sparc/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">SPARC</span></span></a>
<span style="color: black;"> (Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities), a new research and
action program from the </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk506544163"><span style="color: black;">Center for Social
Innovation </span></a><span style="color: black;">(C4).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">MDHA is working with its partners, on a number
of simultaneous projects, from a <b>90-day Emergency Shelter Housing
Challenge</b> through a separate <b>State of Homeless Youth event</b> in
April to <b>creating a detailed “My Housing Plan” framework for as many
individuals as possible</b>, to help them make progress in ending their
homelessness, and eventually become housed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Next week, March 26-28, <b>2018 MDHA is
convening a Homeless Response System Leadership and Strategic Planning
Retreat, with about 65 local leaders and 10 national experts in the
homelessness arena</b>. The retreat will be facilitated by pioneering
world expert, Dr. Iain De Jong, and is designed to usher in a more
strategic community response to homelessness. Participating leaders will
commit to two days of intense action-oriented interactive hard work,
focusing on the critical nature of collective impact, and how an effective
system of care can bring about an end to homelessness in our community.
The ultimate goal will be to produce a Homeless Response System
Consolidated Strategic Plan, through which all stakeholders can make a
real impact in the fight against homelessness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Ms. Crain ended her address,
by emphasizing that <b>the primary driver of homelessness is still extreme
poverty</b>, i.e. the lack of sufficient household income to meet the cost of
housing. Demand for safe, affordable and accessible housing continues to dramatically
outpace supply. <b>Metropolitan Dallas and urban centers in America, in
general, must address this problem by building more safe, affordable,
accessible housing</b>, as well as build up household incomes. That is the only
way to end the modern homelessness crisis, which has afflicted the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>
for more than four decades.</span></span></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-29952978600654557992018-03-19T18:57:00.000-07:002018-03-19T18:57:15.795-07:00Homeless Response System Online Learning Clinic 2018 – Part IV: Building Dallas’ Homeless Response System – 2015-2017 – All Roads Lead to Housing
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>entire system is
oriented towards housing as the solution for homelessness</b>, and this
approach permeates every component of the system. There is a sense of urgency
in getting everyone, and first and foremost those who are high on the Housing
Priority List, into housing, as soon as possible, with as few barriers as
possible. In the meantime, individuals, who need it, are offered temporary
shelter, with the constant ever-present expectation that they be moved into
housing as soon as possible.</span></span></span><br />
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regular <b>policy discussions, trainings, lunch and learns, boot camps, and
roundtables</b> for case managers, program managers, agency leaders, and the
public, to reorient every part of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place>
homeless services ecosystem towards this thinking. Notably, in March 2017, MDHA
asked pioneering world expert, <b>Dr. Iain De Jong</b>, of OrgCode, to conduct
one of his international learning clinics on <b>Being an Awesome Shelter</b>, in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place>. MDHA sponsored
ten spots for <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city> shelters, to further
facilitate a transformation in how <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>
shelters operate, as housing-oriented programs. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To further assist case
managers in housing their clients, in 2015, in conjunction with <b>United Way
of Metropolitan Dallas</b>, MDHA founded the <b>MDHA Flex Fund<a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black;">[i]</span></span></b><!--[endif]--></span></a></b><span style="color: black;">.</span> This fund
gives case managers an important tool to pay for hundreds of minor but
impactful expenses, every year, that can help individuals resolve their
homelessness, quickly and permanently.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7790911 -96.80027039999998832.7523916 -96.840610899999987 32.8057906 -96.759929899999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-53840144697729542192018-03-19T12:41:00.000-07:002018-03-19T12:41:20.745-07:00Homeless Response System Online Learning Clinic 2018 – Part III: Building Dallas’ Homeless Response System – 2015-2017 – Diversion and Coordinated Access
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The</span> </span><a href="http://www.marc.org/Community/Homelessness-Task-Force/Assets/HTF-coordinated-intake-graphic-web.aspx"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">linked infographic</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">developed by
the equivalent to MDHA in <st1:city w:st="on">Kansas City</st1:city></span></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
a few years ago, is extremely useful in understanding how over the course of
the last three years we built an effective unified homeless response system, here
in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>. (It
is helpful to consult it, while reading the next parts.) This system has four
main attributes.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Diversion</u> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seeks to <b>divert
individuals from having to enter into or engage with the system</b>. It
recognizes that homelessness is not homogeneous; it is on a continuum. Many of
those who seek our help have the capacity to self-resolve, with the help of
mainstream resources, or “light touch” one-time assistance</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[ii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">. In <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>,</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CoC-Family-and-DV-Services-Committee-Update-8-2017.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Family Gateway</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[iii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
and </span><a href="http://www.austinstreet.org/ending-homelessness-through-prevention/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Austin Street Center</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn4" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[iv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
stand out, as two partners, who over the course of 2017, put in place robust
diversion protocols, to help clients end their homelessness, and avoid or
shorten their stay in shelter.</span> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><u>Coordinated Access<o:p></o:p></u></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It <b>assesses, prioritizes,
and only then places individuals into housing</b>. This is referred to by
scholars and the Federal Government as Coordinated Assessment, or Coordinated
Access. In the absence of such a system, homeless service providers each
operate on their own, and when approached by an individual needing help,
typically ask some version of this question, “Will this person be successful in
our program?” This leads to those with lesser needs and lower vulnerability
being served, while those with greater needs and vulnerability are turned away.</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[v]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">In an effective coordinated
system, the system as a whole asks, “<b>What solutions best match the needs of
this person, and will end their homelessness quickly and permanently?</b>” The
system has one (virtual) entry point only. No placements are made in any
program without:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Assessing</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> – We objectively and uniformly assess each person, with an evidence-based tool<a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn6" name="_ednref6" style="mso-endnote-id: edn6;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="color: black;">;</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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List (HPL)</b> has been operational since early 2016. It represents the <b>demand
side of the housing equation</b>. It is managed by the Documentation and
Prioritization Status (DOPS) Coordinator, who ensures that the persons on it
have not only been assessed and prioritized for service, but also have all
necessary documents, so they may be housed without delay. Housing providers are
expected to house those with a lower P number (indicating greater need and
vulnerability) first. As of February 2018, there are about <b>750 individuals</b>
on the Housing Priority list, <b>ready to be housed</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The <b>Housing Inventory
Chart (HIC)</b> contains all beds funded through our Continuum of Care (CoC)
program. It represents the <b>supply side of the housing equation</b>. It is
managed by the Housing Resources Team, who ensure that when a unit becomes
available, it is filled as soon as possible. The motto of the Housing Resources
Team is <b>“No Empty Bed”</b>. All CoC program resources must be fully
utilized, with every bed filled and every penny of federal housing dollars
spent. The team also actively grows the supply of known housing, by finding
housing units outside of the CoC program. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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this core area is constantly monitored by the CoC Performance Analyst, who
produces the <b>Housing Priority List Tracker</b>, which aggregates all of the
individuals on the Housing Priority List by priority status. The Analyst
produces the </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MDHA-Homeless-Response-System-Community-Dashboard-3Q-July-September-2017.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">quarterly</span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn7" name="_ednref7" style="mso-endnote-id: edn7;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MDHA-HRS-Community-Dashboard.docx"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue;">Homeless Response System Community Dashboard</span></span></a></b></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn8" name="_ednref8" style="mso-endnote-id: edn8;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">,
through which MDHA tracks the community’s performance in housing individuals
experiencing homelessness along five performance indicators on the demand side
and five performance indicators on the supply side.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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Engagement. See more on this concept, and its application to homelessness in A
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Dennis Culhane, Stephen Metraux, and Thomas Byrne (2011),</span> </span></span><a href="http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=dennis_culhane"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=dennis_culhane</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Around the same time, the
Federal Government realized that it was not enough to build and fund these
housing programs. Policy makers realized that just having the resources
available to help those experiencing homelessness would not suffice. Like every
product, commodity or service, without a delivery system, communities could not
deal with their challenges. This was especially true given the scarcity of the
resource they were trying to deliver, housing for the homeless.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">This is why in its landmark
legislation on homelessness, the <b>2009 Homeless<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Emergency Assistance and
Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6428676398904822991#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black;">[i]</span></span></b><!--[endif]--></span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">, and in <b>Opening Doors<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6428676398904822991#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black;">[ii]</span></span></b><!--[endif]--></span></a></b><span style="color: black;">,</span>
the national strategic plan to end homelessness, established under the Act,
Congress mandated that there needed to be a homeless response system in every
community. <b>Crucially, Congress tasked organizations like ours</b>, in most American
communities, with the responsibility and <b>necessary statutory authority to
establish and run these robust systems</b>. The five most important roles they
gave us are: </span></span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Facilitate grant funding</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) funded homeless services programs (Continuum of Care or
CoC grants totaling about <b>$16 million annually in Dallas’ case)</b>;<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Administer the </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk505589389"><span style="color: black;"><b>Homeless
Management Information System</b> (HMIS), the federally-mandated community
wide database, that drives improvement of homeless services programs</span></a><span style="color: black;">, <b>serving
10,126 persons</b>;<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Maintain a <b>count of persons</b> experiencing
homelessness;<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Maintain an <b>inventory of housing and shelter</b>
beds for the homeless and formerly homeless.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Develop and quarterback an effective unified
homeless response system</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">, where
all homeless services programs work together to make homelessness rare,
brief and nonrecurring.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7790911 -96.80027039999998832.7523916 -96.840610899999987 32.8057906 -96.759929899999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-60019621055227287132018-03-14T17:11:00.000-07:002018-03-14T17:11:46.235-07:00Homeless Response System Online Learning Clinic 2018 – Part I: From Managing to Ending Homelessness
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Imagine We Could End
Homelessness</u> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are many social ills
of the past, that seemed intractable, that people would have said we would
never get rid of, from slavery to segregation, from child labor to keeping
children with special needs out of school. Imagine we could end homelessness.
Not just help individuals. Not just manage homelessness. Imagine we could
eradicate it. Imagine we could make this intractable social ill a thing of the
past, too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do we mean by ending
homelessness? We do not mean no one ever becomes homeless. It is a given that
in a capitalist economy, there is economic churn, and that that cannot be fully
prevented. This is why even Scandinavian social welfare states have some degree
of homelessness. What we do mean is that <b>homelessness rarely happens, when
it does happen it is brief, and that it never happens to that person again</b>.
This is no pipe dream. Research</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
has shown that it is entirely doable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><u>Out with the Old –
Managing Homelessness</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">The origins of the modern
homelessness crisis begin in the late 1970s-early 1980s. It is difficult to
narrow down one decisive cause for any social problem. However, roughly
speaking, there are two major, somewhat technical, societal shifts that brought
about this crisis. First, <b>many persons with mental illness, were
deinstitutionalized</b>, and the hospitals they resided in were shut down.
Second, a type of cheap housing, primarily for single underemployed, unskilled
and/or disabled men, known as <b>single resident <span style="color: black;">occupancies (SROs) was largely
discontinued</span></b></span><span style="color: black;">. Many of those affected by these changes became homeless. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Though homelessness had
existed before, it had not existed in the numbers akin to this crisis. Much in
the way we deal with natural disasters, in the <b>1980s</b>, our society attempted
to deal with this problem through the use of <b>emergency shelter</b>. This <b>did
not solve the problem</b>. In the <b>1990s</b>, the Federal Government and
related public and private entities decided through <b>transitional housing</b>
programs, replete with myriad rules that the homeless needed to abide by, to
help them address all their problems. The hope was that the homeless would
graduate from these (often lengthy 24 month) programs “<b>housing ready</b>”
and be able to move on their own into stable permanent housing. Unfortunately, <b>only
a minority of those who enrolled in these programs ever reached that goal</b>.
The Federal Government and local communities needed a viable alternative, but
one did not seem evident.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Homelessness</u> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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small program in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:city>
was being tested and was slowly gaining ground. This program/philosophy was
called <b>Housing First</b>. The idea of Housing First was simple. Rather than
trying to “fix” people, and then house them, these practitioners suggested
standing the classic model on its head. House people, with <b>two conditions</b>
only: They would need to <b>abide by the terms of their leases</b>, and <b>meet
periodically with a case manager</b>. They would be <b>offered wrap-around</b>
services to help them deal with their challenges, and they would be encouraged
to use them. However, unlike in the traditional model, they would not be forced
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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As opposed to the classical
program that worked only for a minority of participants, the Housing First program
worked for about 85%(!) of those enrolled in it. These 85% were able to achieve
stable permanent housing. Though this program began with a small group of
chronically homeless persons in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
York City</st1:place></st1:city>, these numbers held up in study after study,
in community after community, in setting after setting. This led the consensus
of scholars in the field to endorse Housing First, and the Federal Government
to eventually follow suit, and mandate that all programs follow this philosophy</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/blank_quirks.html#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[ii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
The message to all American communities was clear: The Federal Government would
no longer fund the management of homelessness. It was time for the modern
homelessness crisis to end.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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the 2000s-2010s, communities were developing more and more permanent supportive
housing programs for the chronically homeless and others in need of a permanent
setting with intense wrap around supports. And, during the Great Recession of
the late Aughts, a related idea called Rapid Rehousing, for non-chronically
homeless persons proved promising. The idea was that most of these individuals
could be quickly housed, offered intense wrap around services for a limited
time, and get back on their feet and move on in 90-180 days. As these settings
gained ground, the Federal Government encouraged communities to shift their
resources to these settings. Conversely, it began to discourage starting new
transitional housing programs, due to their low success rate and high cost. </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="CAHeart"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="Excellence"></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/USICH_OpeningDoors_Amendment2015_FINAL.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Opening Doors</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">the national strategic plan to end homelessness as amended in 2015,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/USICH_OpeningDoors_Amendment2015_FINAL.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/USICH_OpeningDoors_Amendment2015_FINAL.pdf</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Housing-First-Homelessness-Transforming-Changing/dp/019998980X"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives, by Deborah Padgett, Benjamin Henwood, and Sam Tsemberis</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (<span style="color: black;">2016) <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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book by Tsemberis and his colleagues is a great primer on the book and the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7790911 -96.80027039999998832.7523916 -96.840610899999987 32.8057906 -96.759929899999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-88903115657667058632018-03-12T11:22:00.000-07:002018-03-12T11:22:38.471-07:00Introducing the Homeless Response System Online Learning Clinic 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">The Metro Dallas Homeless
Alliance (MDHA) leads the development of an effective homeless response system
that will make the experience of <b>homelessness </b>in <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Counties</st1:placename></st1:place> <b>rare, brief, and
non-recurring</b>. MDHA brings together more than 85 shelter, housing and
supportive services programs in retooling homeless services into a crisis
response system.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Over the course of 2015-2017,
MDHA focused on building the necessary components of <b>an effective unified
homeless response system</b>. Such a system helps those who can self-resolve do
so, places those who cannot self-resolve into appropriate housing, is entirely
oriented towards housing as the solution for homelessness, and practices full
transparency, as a tool for learning and systems change. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">In mid-2017, MDHA shifted
its focus to utilizing the system to better house people quickly and
permanently, while working with experts and innovators to continue to improve it.
The system’s impact has been recognized by the local community, as well as
lauded nationally. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">This blog series, the Homeless
Response System Online Learning Clinic 2018, is designed to walk the reader
through our work, at MDHA, since 2015 to the present day, and as we move
forward. It will follow this outline:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Part I: From Managing to
Ending Homelessness<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Part II: The Need for a
Homeless Response System<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Part III: Building <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>’ Homeless Response
System – 2015-2017 – Diversion and Coordinated Access<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Part IV: Building <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>’ Homeless Response
System – 2015-2017 – All Roads Lead to Housing<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Part V: Building <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>’ Homeless Response
System – 2015-2017 – Data Transparency<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Part VI: <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>’ Homeless Response System in Action -
2017-2019<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com1Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-29278170453760250952018-03-12T11:09:00.000-07:002018-03-12T11:09:47.657-07:00Homelessness in Dallas is Wakanda<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I know what you are saying
to yourself: Great, another hot take on</span> <b><a href="https://marvel.com/blackpanther#/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Black Panther</span></span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">the zillionth one so far. Hear me out,
though. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I am not really into comic
books. I can think of only one comic book series, recently, which I have
watched in full, Jessica Jones. That should tell you something. I have gone to
comic book movies, because my children have dragged me to them, but these
experiences have only reinforced my understanding that I am not the audience
for these flicks. So, I really didn’t know what to expect when my 17-year-old
wanted me to go to Black Panther with him, but go I did.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">Wow</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">. Like many people, I was blown away, and you can
read </span><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_panther_2018/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">critics’ reviews</span></span></a>, <span style="color: black;">to find out
why. You don’t need me for that. I did want to address the message, which I
found uplifting, even if my kid is right that the way it was presented was a
little too ham-fisted. I really could not stop thinking about the film and its
message, and I wondered why. Then I got it. I could not stop thinking about it,
because it is so close to the work we do here every day. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Earlier this week on this
blog, and last week on social media and via email, we shared the news of the </span><b><a href="http://center4si.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Center
for Social Innovation</span></span></a></b>’s </span><a href="http://center4si.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SPARC-Phase-1-Findings-March-2018.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first public report</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">on incredible
work they have engaged in with the <b>Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA)</b>,
and five other cities, towards establishing racial equity in homeless services,
through</span> <b><a href="http://center4si.com/sparc/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">SPARC</span></span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">(Supporting
Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities), a new research and action program.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">One of the ideas that we, at
MDHA, have brought to the forefront of <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city>
consciousness these last 16 months, is that homelessness in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place> is largely about race. When around
60-70% of those experiencing homelessness are African-American, the question
Larry James, CEO of CitySquare was asked in public in mid-2016, “Why do you
have to make this about race,” is self-evident in its willful blindness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Once you remove the scales
from your eyes, be it regarding homelessness in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place>, be it regarding the history of
colonialism, you have two options that can explain the challenges Africans and
African-Americans face. Option 1, and this is the option our region of the
country held on to firmly into the mid-sixties: There is something wrong with
Africans and African-Americans. Hopefully, that sentence just made you flinch,
but don’t think that approach does not still exist in our world. The “great”
thing about this approach is that it demands no action on our part, as a local
or global society.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Option 2, and, spoiler
alert, this option is the one backed up by a pesky thing called data or facts:
What we see today is the result of how colonial powers treated Africa, and our
society in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>
treated and often still treats African Americans.</span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Black Panther allows us to
imagine what would have happened had colonial powers not plundered <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> of its natural and human resources. Beyond that,
it imagines an <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> with superior natural
resources, that breeds technology beyond our wildest dreams. Though my
17-year-old might think this is a little too inelegant a presentation, I find
the simplicity of it refreshing. The message of the Afro-Futuristic past and
present of Wakanda is: The only difference between the condition of real world <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> and its diaspora and Wakanda is that the former
lacks the resources of the latter, and that the latter suffered the trauma that
did not befall the former. To bring it back to homelessness in Dallas: The
difference between the white person who is housed and the black person
experiencing homelessness, is that the black person comes from a traumatized
community, robbed of its resources, and the white person does not.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ok, so practically speaking,
what now? The movie explores three paths. Path 1 is the status quo, the path of
Wakanda up until that point, which was, essentially, to do nothing. Both </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Killmonger"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Killmonger</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">and the Black Panther realize that that path is no
longer tenable. Path 2 is the path of Killmonger, the villain, who is
uncharacteristically for comic books, rather nuanced. He favors the Wakandans
treating the world like the world treated <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>.
Path 3 is the path that the Black Panther chooses, that Wakanda begin to share
its resources with the African Diasporas, in order to create racial
equity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We, as Americans,
confronting a crisis of homelessness, that has lasted for forty years have to
decide what to do in our real world. The</span> </span><a href="http://center4si.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SPARC-Phase-1-Findings-March-2018.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SPARC report</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">is unflinching in
its assessment:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The homelessness field
stands at a crossroads: continue to use color-blind strategies to solve an
entrenched social problem that disproportionately impacts people of color, or
embrace a racial equity approach to addressing homelessness… Commitment to
racial equity must permeate all other tactics and strategies that cities,
counties, states, and the nation use to prevent and end homelessness… Unless we
as a field address structural racism within housing, homelessness response,
criminal justice, child welfare, employment, education, and health care, we
will continue to witness high rates of homelessness for people of color. Our
responses must be ambitious and focused on dismantling racist structures,
systems, and programs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We, in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>, stand at a crossroads too. There is
no escaping that. Will we have the courage to rise to the challenge? Will we
have the courage to marshal our abundant resources to end homelessness and
create racial equity in this and all other areas? Only time will tell.</span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-68794129912698857132018-03-06T09:49:00.001-08:002018-03-07T08:47:41.947-08:00On the Release of SPARC’s Phase I Report of Research on Racial Inequity and Homelessness
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Since late 2016, with the
support of the</span> </span><a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0563c1;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">United Way of Metropolitan Dallas'</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Unite Dallas Relief Fund, we, at
the <b>Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA)</b>, have been partnering with five
other cities, towards establishing racial equity in homeless services, through</span> <b><a href="http://center4si.com/sparc/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">SPARC</span></span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">(Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist
Communities), a new research and action program from the </span><b><a href="http://center4si.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Center for Social Innovation</span></span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">(C4).</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our motivation to join this
effort was born out of </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">the deeply tragic and difficult
work of assisting in closing multiple large homeless encampments, in 2016. MDHA
President and CEO, <b>Cindy J. Crain</b>, described the realization that experience
brought about, “The truth of the dramatic overrepresentation of persons of
color, predominantly black, in this population, was right in front of us. Our
annual homeless counts and periodic reporting to the Federal Government
affirmed these facts too. We wanted our community’s experience to be a part of
a greater body of research and action necessary to effect system change and
address this racial disparity head on.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-HdsFeBaUmqUXdwEgObWhTJZ0dr_lU-oRNmKVKZKCu0zXMW7OikHIh5lUs5UB0Z-omRjqNeijRZLlVGZXHVUai9O8b1sj7s6tUbpmutgiObiRHyQFWru4QDtFSSFiWFJTUbq2A8wnrY/s1600/Cindy+and+Friend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-HdsFeBaUmqUXdwEgObWhTJZ0dr_lU-oRNmKVKZKCu0zXMW7OikHIh5lUs5UB0Z-omRjqNeijRZLlVGZXHVUai9O8b1sj7s6tUbpmutgiObiRHyQFWru4QDtFSSFiWFJTUbq2A8wnrY/s1600/Cindy+and+Friend.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Cindy J. Crain, with a
friend, in 2016<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Today, March 2, 2018, the
Center for Social Innovation released its</span> </span><a href="http://center4si.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SPARC-Phase-1-Findings-March-2018.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">first public report</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">based on
careful analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, from Dallas and five
other cities, including, “111,563 individual records of people from HMIS
(homeless management information systems)… 148 oral histories of people and data
from 18 focus groups in six communities across the United States.” (pg. 4)</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The research and action over
the course of the last 16 months has shown us, as it has shown the Center for
Social Innovation researchers that, “it is critical to understand that racial
equity should not simply be another initiative or program that is implemented
in the mix with other strategies. Instead, <b>commitment to racial equity must
permeate all other tactics and strategies that cities, counties, states, and
the nation use to prevent and end homelessness.”</b> (pg. 21)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We are thankful to <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">United Way</st1:address></st1:street> of
Metropolitan Dallas, and to all our friends and supporters who have traveled
and continue to travel with us on this journey of social justice, and we invite
you read the</span> </span><a href="http://center4si.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SPARC-Phase-1-Findings-March-2018.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">full report</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-86651040971550191072018-03-05T11:11:00.000-08:002018-03-05T11:11:05.722-08:00Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA) Holds First Annual Landlord Appreciation Luncheon
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Irving</span></b></st1:city><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">, <st1:state w:st="on">Texas</st1:state></span></b></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;"> - It’s one of the most basic ideas at the core of
every economy: <b>For your product to reach its customer, you need a delivery
system. </b>Take the phone in your pocket, for example. If all Apple or Samsung
did was manufacture the phone, it would never arrive in the country you live
in, much less in your pocket. If this is true regarding phones, which are
abundant, how much more so regarding housing for those who are experiencing
homelessness, a much scarcer resource. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">This is why the </span><b><a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/S896_HEARTHAct.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">2009 HEARTH Act</span></span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">and</span> <b><a href="http://usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/USICH_OpeningDoors_Amendment2015_FINAL.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Opening Doors</span></span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">the national
strategic plan to end homelessness, established under the Act, call for a
homeless response system in each and every community, to be developed and
operated by backbone organizations like the </span><b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Metro
Dallas Homeless Alliance</span></span></a> <span style="color: black;">(MDHA)</span></b><span style="color: black;">. Over the course of the last
three years, MDHA has developed the extensive infrastructure necessary for a
well-functioning homeless response system, to manage both the demand for and
the supply of housing for those experiencing homelessness. Landlords and
property owners are key to any such effort.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">On March 1, 2018, MDHA held
its first annual <b>Landlord Appreciation Luncheon</b>, at the </span><b><a href="http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Las-Colinas-Country-Club"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Las Colinas Country Club</span></span></a></b>,<span style="color: black;"> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Irving</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Texas</st1:state></st1:place>,
to thank those landlords who rent units to those who have experienced
homelessness, and encourage other landlords to join their ranks. At the
luncheon, <b>Cindy J. Crain</b>, MDHA President and CEO, emphasized, “Both
landlords and MDHA want basically the same four things: Rent paid on time, a
long uneventful lease, no police calls, and a well-maintained property.”</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stewart Hill, Pinnacle
(left), and James McClinton, MDHA</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">James McClinton</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">, MDHA Housing Resources Director, highlighted
landlords that have translated this common set of goals into a win-win
proposition: “There are some exceptional efforts taking place among you,
through companies like</span> <b><a href="http://www.lumacorp.com/Pages/Index.aspx"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Lumacorp</span></span></a></b>, <b><a href="https://pinnacleliving.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Pinnacle</span></span></a></b>,
<b><a href="http://walkerholder.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Walker
Holder</span></span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">and</span> <b><a href="http://www.lanestarproperties.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Lane Star Properties</span></span></a></b>.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Crain mentioned several
steps MDHA has taken, over the last 12-18 months, on the supply side of the
housing equation, to make renting to those experiencing homelessness an
attractive option:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Created a dedicated housing supply staff at MDHA;<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Developed a landlord incentive approach to building supply of housing options;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Assisting agencies to negotiate for rental units;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Expanded the</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/the-mdha-flex-fund/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MDHA Flex Fund</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">to cover more deposits and fees;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Provide housing search training on site and in house;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Developed “insiders” list of open units;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Providing client pre-application background checks to develop more strategic housing planning.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Edd Eason, CitySquare (left)
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Crain also described a few
of the steps MDHA has taken to streamline the demand side of the housing
equation:</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Established a baseline Case Management standard of care for supportive housing;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Established common criteria and documentation and prioritization processes that organizes the demand for housing based on vulnerability, acuity and need;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Established a system-wide central housing list (the “Housing Priority List”) that is updated weekly;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Created a Homeless Crisis Helpline 1-888-411-6802;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Expanded homeless response system coordinating resources in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">County</st1:placename></st1:place>;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Conducting continual countless trainings to improve the quality of care and the knowledge of case managers.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These steps have enabled
MDHA to paint a true picture of the demand side of the housing equation, with
hard data to back it up. “As of Monday, February 26, 2018, we have <b>787
households</b> (families and individuals) on our Housing Priority List,” said <b>Lester
Collins</b>, MDHA’s Performance Analyst, “This means that they have been
assessed, prioritized, and have all their documents in order. They are </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">ready to be housed.”</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">“That means that there is a
great business opportunity here for landlords,” said <b>Cynthia Scaife</b>,
MDHA Housing Resource Liaison, a licensed real estate agent, “We stand at the
ready to help any and all who wish to take advantage of this demand, and help
the most vulnerable citizens in our community in the process.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Crain closed her remarks to
the landlords with this message, “If we know one thing, it is this: We cannot
make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring, without a trusting, honest,
practical relationship with the rental housing community. So, today, we salute
you, landlords who rent to our homeless friends. May many more join your
ranks!”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com1Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-49883577533756518212018-03-02T11:06:00.000-08:002018-03-02T11:06:45.059-08:00Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">One glaring fact that
"jumps out" at anyone who analyzes the data on homelessness in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>, is the
overrepresentation of African Americans in the homeless population. Since late
2016, with the support of the</span> <b><a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' </span></a><a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/unite-dallas-relief-fund-july-2017/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Unite Dallas Relief Fund</span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">we are partnering with six
other cities, towards <b>establishing more racial equity in homeless services</b>,
through </span><b><a href="http://center4si.com/sparc/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">SPARC</span></a></b>
<span style="color: black;">(Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities), a new research and
action program from the </span><b><a href="http://center4si.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Center
for Social Innovation</span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">(C4).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Cindy J. Crain and Rev. Dr.
Michael W. Waters<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Early</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">
February the</span> <b><a href="https://raikesfoundation.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Raikes
Foundation</span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">and the </span><b><a href="https://www.gatesfoundation.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation</span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">invited all of the
six cities, as well as national leaders and funders to participate in the <b>Center
for Social Innovation</b>'s first-of-its-kind national summit on <b>Racial
Equity and Homelessness</b>, at the headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Seattle</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state></st1:place>. Representing MDHA and Dallas
were <b>Cindy J. Crain</b>, MDHA President and CEO, <b>David S. Gruber</b>,
MDHA Development and Communications Director, and <b>Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters</b>,
Pastor of </span><b><a href="http://www.joytabernacleame.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Joy
Tabernacle AME Church</span></a></b>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We are already putting what
we learned into action, and Cindy will share more of our upcoming plans in this
area during the <b>State of the Homeless Address</b>. That's just one more
reason to </span><b><a href="https://soha2018.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">RSVP
today</span></a></b>!</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-4250098087846543672018-02-28T16:53:00.000-08:002018-02-28T16:53:25.179-08:00Our Homeless Response System at Work
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the last <b>Continuum of
Care General Assembly</b> meeting, <b>Lester Collins</b>, our CoC Performance
Analyst walked us through the newest </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MDHA-HRS-Community-Dashboard.docx" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">MDHA Homeless Response System Community Dashboard</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">.</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> The Dashboard
provides a snapshot of the core system metrics that inform us on achievements
in moving individuals to permanent housing. In the next few days, we will be
publishing the latest iteration of the Dashboard, which will include a brief
executive review of what the data tells us, methods for systemic improvement,
and other impacts to the system of care.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: black;">As part of his presentation, Lester also shared the latest <b>Housing Priority
List (HPL) Tracker</b> (pictured below). The HPL has been operational since
early 2016. It represents the demand side of the housing equation. It is
managed by the Documentation and Prioritization Status (DOPS) Coordinator, who
ensures that the persons on it have not only been assessed and prioritized for
service, but also have all necessary documents, so they may be housed without delay.
Housing providers are expected to house those with a lower P number (indicating
greater need and vulnerability) first.</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWYTdoW81NNs8LYibO6X4RWyPZ3pUjpnX0D_9n6GfjwdlZYBG89uObhxlHHKFIGQx4hTlXdb5SMPeJaeq_4_sB9ML9mXFX-GJLyC6t9KryPBme5RODbJn8AuSTPb8DxRQSPE6KgQDy-E/s1600/2.26.17+HPL+Tracker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1600" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWYTdoW81NNs8LYibO6X4RWyPZ3pUjpnX0D_9n6GfjwdlZYBG89uObhxlHHKFIGQx4hTlXdb5SMPeJaeq_4_sB9ML9mXFX-GJLyC6t9KryPBme5RODbJn8AuSTPb8DxRQSPE6KgQDy-E/s400/2.26.17+HPL+Tracker.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cindy J. Crain</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">, MDHA President and CEO, emphasized that what the
HPL now tells us, with <b>more than 750 individuals on it</b> ready to be
housed now, is that our Homeless Response System is working, and that what we
really need is more housing. This is important information for local
governments, who now have the hard data they need to act to create more housing.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">We will be sharing a refresher/update of the workings of our Homeless Response
System on this</span></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> blog,</span> <b><a href="http://endinghomelessnessmdha.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Ending
Homelessness</span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">in the next few weeks, so stay tuned!</span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-9341665246143191712018-02-14T10:49:00.000-08:002018-02-14T10:53:17.324-08:00My Invocation at the Dallas Furniture Bank CHAIRity Friendraiser Luncheon - Furnishing Hope for 15 years <span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Friends, allow me to begin
by applauding you for being intolerant. Yes, you heard correctly, if you are
here, you are intolerant, and you should be commended for it. Allow me to
clarify, though, before I am dragged off stage. <span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Before the Dallas Furniture Bank,
folks exiting homelessness often moved into empty homes, where they had to <b>sleep,
sit and eat on the floor</b>. In 2003, a group of people decided that <b>they
would no longer tolerate this</b>. The founders of the Dallas Furniture Bank
could not fathom that in the 21st Century, in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Texas</st1:state></st1:place>,
<b>human beings should have to live like that</b>. It was wrong, it was unjust,
and they would no longer stand for it. </span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Therefore, they founded the
Dallas Furniture Bank. The idea was simple. Folks don’t have furniture. Give them
furniture. <b>It was so crazy; it just worked. </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">By joining us here today,
fifteen years later, you state, that you too will not tolerate other human
beings living in a barren home. By giving to the Dallas Furniture Bank, you are
ensuring that such injustice will not stand, especially when the solution is so
simple. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";">This gives me great hope</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";">. Why? Because <b>it shows me how we can end
homelessness</b> itself. You see, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>’
homelessness crisis is quite similar to the crisis the founders of the Dallas
Furniture Bank confronted fifteen years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">In what way? Well, we now
have 15-20 years of research that shows us how to end homelessness. The idea is
simple. Folks don’t have homes. Give them homes. <b>It’s so crazy; it just
works</b>. Sometimes they need some additional supports, but in essence that is
all there is to it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the 21st Century, in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Texas</st1:state></st1:place>,
<b>human beings shouldn't have to experience homelessness</b>. It is wrong, it
is unjust, and we should not stand for it, especially when the solution is so
simple. <b>All we need is the will to make it happen</b>, the same will that
the founders of the Dallas Furniture Bank had fifteen years ago. For, as a
great man named Theodor Herzl wrote in 1902</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">if you
will it, it is no dream.</span> </b></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-19406578152504779822018-02-01T13:00:00.000-08:002018-02-01T13:00:30.625-08:00In Dallas Everybody Counts. OK, What Happens Next?
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Wow</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">. What can we say? Thursday night, you showed that, <b>in
<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:city>,
everybody counts. <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We had so many volunteers at
our largest site, </span><b><a href="http://www.firstchurchdallas.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">First
United Methodist Church, Dallas</span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">that <b>the first floor of the
sanctuary, which seats 800, could not fit everyone</b>. Some of our volunteers
had to go up to the balcony! Altogether, we broke the record we set last year,
in what was, once again, the <b>largest Homeless Count in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:state> history, with over 1,500 volunteers.</b></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">So many organizations and
individuals helped us pull this off. There is no way we could thank everyone
who helped us. We did want to highlight</span> <b><a href="http://www.firstchurchdallas.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">First United Methodist
Church, Dallas</span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">and</span> <b><a href="http://www.wilshirebc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Wilshire Baptist Church</span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">who hosted our two <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place> sites. And, as
usual, our friends at </span><b><a href="http://www.unitedwaydallas.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">United Way of Metropolitan Dallas</span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">proved indispensable,
in spreading the word about the need for volunteers, and in running a special
campaign</span>, <b><a href="https://youtu.be/43y4bm2Hey8" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Warm a Sole</span></a></b>,
<span style="color: black;">to give a pair of socks to every person experiencing homelessness in <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Counties</st1:placename></st1:place>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">If this is your first
Homeless Count, and even if you have done a few before, you might be asking, <b>OK,
what happens now?</b> Great question!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">First of all, as we mentioned on</span> <b><a href="http://endinghomelessnessmdha.blogspot.com/2018/01/metro-dallas-homeless-alliance-recruits_23.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">our blog</span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">before, </span><b><span style="color: black;">the use of the </span><a href="http://pointintime.info/countingus-mobile-app/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Counting
Us app</span></a> <span style="color: black;">helped us and our partners immediately connect persons experiencing
homelessness to services</span></b><span style="color: black;">. Since the app automatically records the exact
latitude and longitude of each person counted, we were able to supply outreach
teams with this information. They were then able to go out the <b>very next
morning</b> to assist individuals who might qualify for specific programs,
specifically, youth, veterans, persons with HIV/AIDS, and pregnant women.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main thing we will do</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> now, though, is compile all of the results we
collected, of both sheltered and unsheltered counts, "clean" them up,
correcting for duplicates and other errors, and "slice and dice" them
by specific demographic groups. We will <b>carefully analyze the results, and
figure what they tell us</b> about trends in homelessness, what is working in
our homeless response system, and where our community needs to course correct.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: black;">On <b>Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 9.30-11.30am</b>, we will hold our annual </span><b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/state-of-the-homeless-address-2018/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">State of the Homeless Address</span></a></b> <span style="color: black;">at Goodwill Industries of
Dallas. <b>Cindy J. Crain, MDHA President and CEO</b>, will share the results
of the 2018 Point-in-Time Homeless Count, and the progress of the Homeless
Response System. <b>Please save the date!</b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Finally, we will submit the
results of the Count to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b>U.S.</b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b>
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).</b> These results will go
into a national report HUD will submit to the U.S. Congress in late 2018. You
can check out the</span> <b><a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2017-AHAR-Part-1.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">2017 report by clicking here</span></a>.</b></span> </span></span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-85653373151989222932018-01-23T17:12:00.000-08:002018-01-23T17:12:34.660-08:00Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance Recruits Record Number of Volunteers for 2018 Homeless Count
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><st1:city w:st="on"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dallas</span></b></st1:city><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">, <st1:state w:st="on">Texas</st1:state></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"> – This <b>Thursday night, January 25, 2018,
7pm-Midnight</b>, the </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance</span></span></a> <span style="color: black;">(MDHA), and its partners in <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city> and <st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Counties</st1:placename> will conduct the annual
federally required </span><b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/2018-homeless-count/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Homeless Count</span></span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">and for the third year in a row, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city></st1:place> homeless response
system’s backbone organization will be breaking records. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Volunteers prepare for the
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">“We are still compiling
final numbers, but as of Tuesday morning, we are looking at <b>about 1,550
registered volunteers in Dallas and Collin Counties, who will fan out across
over 250 different routes</b>, to count our homeless friends,” said David
Gruber, MDHA Development and Communications Director. In 2017, MDHA and its
partners conducted the largest homeless count in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:state> history, to date, with an estimated
1,300 volunteers in both counties. That year,</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2017-Point-In-Time-and-SOHA-Double-One-Pager.docx"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">volunteers found 1,087 unsheltered persons, out of a total of 3,789
persons experiencing homelessness that night</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">(The remaining 2,702
persons were in shelter, safe haven or transitional housing.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">MDHA leveraged its
relationship with its many service providers, funders and supporters, in a
recruitment effort that began in late November, and ended Monday. </span><b><span style="color: black;">Notably,</span> <a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">United Way of
Metropolitan Dallas</span></span></a>, <span style="color: black;">an MDHA funder</span>, <a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/uwmd/opportunities/metro-dallas-homeless-alliance-annual-homeless-count-night/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">lent their hand to the recruitment effort</span></span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">and even
launched a campaign to give every person experiencing homelessness in <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Counties</st1:placename></st1:place> </span></span><a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/warm-a-sole/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a new pair of
socks the week of the count</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">“We are tremendously thankful to
everyone who helped us spread the word, and organize this year’s count. We
could not have done this alone,” said Rebecca Cox, MDHA’s Vice President, who
is spearheading the Count, “It is quite humbling.”</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">MDHA radically changed
the way it counts the homeless in 2016</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">.
It began recruiting more volunteers than before, and utilizing them to count
the unsheltered homeless, exclusively. Shelters, in turn, provide an accurate
count of their guests, electronically. “By recruiting more volunteers, and
focusing their efforts on counting the unsheltered, we can canvas more areas,
and improve the accuracy of the count,” said MDHA President and CEO, Cindy J.
Crain. Impressed with the record breaking recruitment in the 2016 and 2017
counts, the</span> <a href="https://endhomelessness.org/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">National Alliance
to End Homelessness</span></span></a> <span style="color: black;">invited Crain to present about homeless count
volunteer recruitment, at their recent annual conference in July 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Technology plays a part
in improving accuracy too</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">, as well
as making for a smoother volunteer experience. Since 2016, MDHA has utilized
geographic information system (GIS) mapping software to plan volunteer routes,
as well as tier them, according to the likelihood of the presence of homeless
persons in any given area. And, beginning in 2017, in place of paper surveys
printed out on double-sided legal-size pages, </span><b><span style="color: black;">MDHA began using the </span><a href="http://pointintime.info/countingus-mobile-app/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Counting Us</span></span></a>
<span style="color: black;">app from Simtech Solutions</span></b><span style="color: black;">. The app eliminates the need for volunteers to
return to their deployment sites to drop off completed surveys, as well as the
need for more volunteers to transcribe hundreds of surveys in the weeks
following the Count. Instead the app uploads each survey immediately. It also
allows MDHA to gather data more accurately, and better analyze the results
after the Count.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Use of the app can also
help MDHA and its partners connect persons experiencing homelessness to
services</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">. The app automatically
records the exact latitude and longitude, of each person counted, using GPS.
Then, the night of the count MDHA can supply outreach teams with this
information, so they can go out the very next morning to assist individuals who
may qualify for specific programs, including youth, veterans and persons with
specific medical diagnoses.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday night,
volunteers will gather at </span><a href="http://www.firstchurchdallas.org/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First United Methodist Church Dallas</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">and</span> </span><a href="http://www.wilshirebc.org/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilshire Baptist Church</span></span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">as well other sites throughout <st1:city w:st="on">Dallas</st1:city>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Collin</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Counties</st1:placename></st1:place> to check in and receive their
routes, as well as receive final training and instructions, before they fan out
across the two counties. Meanwhile, MDHA will monitor the data as it is being
gathered in real-time, in a</span> </span><a href="http://pointintime.info/regional-command-center/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">virtual command
center</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">MDHA will share the results of the Count, with the
community, at its annual</span> <b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/event/state-of-the-homeless-address-2018/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">State of the Homeless Address</span></span></a>, <span style="color: black;">on March 21, 2018, at 9:30am,
at</span> <a href="http://www.goodwilldallas.org/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Goodwill
Industries of Dallas</span></span></a>.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com1Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-12738602391638706892018-01-05T15:51:00.000-08:002018-01-05T16:16:45.326-08:00The 2018 Homeless Count - There’s an App for That!<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">It’s time for the annual</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/2018-homeless-count/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Homeless Count</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">Thursday, January 25, 2018, 7pm-Midnight, and
<b>if you’ve seen one Homeless Count, you’ve seen them all, right? Wrong! </b>In
2016 and 2017, the </span></span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">(MDHA) radically changed the
way it conducts its annual</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/2018-homeless-count/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Homeless Count</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">in order to get much more reliable data. So,
what changed?<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Volunteers prepare for the
Homeless Count on the night of January 26, 2017</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We</span> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PITCountDallas"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">recruit more volunteers</span></span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">– With more volunteers, we can canvas more
areas, and that means improved accuracy. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";">Volunteers count the unsheltered homeless only</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"> – We know where the sheltered homeless are.
They are sheltered, after all! Shelters provide MDHA with an accurate
count of these folks, electronically. That way our volunteers can
concentrate on finding the unsheltered homeless. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";">We use geographic information system (GIS)
mapping software</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"> – The software
helps us plan volunteer routes, as well as tier them, according to the
likelihood of the presence of homeless persons in any given area.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We ask volunteers to</span> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PITCountDallas"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">register in advance as teams</span></span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">– This helps us plan the exact routing of
volunteers, streamline the Count, and utilize volunteers’ time during the
evening of the Count. <span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Counting Us app (Courtesy of
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">There’s an app for that</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"> – If in previous years, we used paper surveys
printed out on double sided legal-size pages, in 2017 we said goodbye to
paper, with the </span><a href="http://pointintime.info/countingus-mobile-app/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Counting Us</span></span></a> <span style="color: black;">app from Simtech
Solutions! This app eliminates the need for volunteers to return to their
deployment sites to drop off completed surveys, as well as the need for
more volunteers to transcribe hundreds of surveys in the weeks following
the Count. Instead the app uploads each survey immediately. The app also
allows us to see survey data as it is being gathered in real-time, in a</span> <a href="http://pointintime.info/regional-command-center/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">virtual command center</span></span></a>, <span style="color: black;">full
of intuitive dashboards and maps, and better analyze the data after the
Count.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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collect to connect people to services</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> – We ask volunteers to collect names and contact information of
those they count (with their permission), and the app automatically
records their exact latitude and longitude, using GPS. Then, the very
night of the count we can supply outreach teams with this information, so
they can go out the very next morning to assist individuals who may
qualify for specific programs, including youth, veterans and persons with
specific medical diagnoses.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Register today to
volunteer for the Homeless Count, Thursday, January 25, 2018, 7pm-Midnight:</span> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PITCountDallas" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PITCountDallas</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.
<span style="color: black;">For more details: </span></span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/2018-homeless-count/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">http://www.mdhadallas.org/2018-homeless-count/</span></span></a></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com98Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-29985643945144984122017-12-29T14:57:00.000-08:002017-12-29T14:57:33.086-08:00Single-Loop Learning, Double-Loop Learning and Homelessness – Bonus Post - Total Consciousness
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Homelessness is no laughing
matter, but in thinking about single-loop learning and double-loop learning, I
could not help, but think about this iconic scene, in which the character says
he was a “looper”:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The thing is, if you think
about what the story is really all about, you must admit, it is obvious...
single-loop learning and double-loop learning! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">These parts of the story go
against the “governing variables” of what we know or assume we know about <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Tibet</st1:country-region></st1:place>
and the Dalai Lama:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The existence of a golf course in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Tibet</st1:country-region></st1:place>;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">T<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">he Dalai Lama playing golf, in his robes no less;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; 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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">T<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">he Dalai Lama’s strength, as a “big hitter,”;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">he Dalai Lama, the epitome of morality, “stiffing” his caddy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">However, the Dalai Lama then
engages in double-loop learning, at its best:</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span> </span><ul><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">He does not accept the idea that the caddy’s tip must be monetary;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">He tells the caddy that the tip he will give him is much better;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">He convinces the caddy that total consciousness on his death bed is better than money!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The postscript to this is
that many years later, someone actually asked the Dalai Lama about this story:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/erjUYo0-MNw/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/erjUYo0-MNw?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This too is an instance of
single-loop learning vs. double-loop learning. After all, an important implicit
</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">governing variable of interviews with the Dalai Lama is
that you probably don’t want to ask him about Caddyshack. Brett Baier was not
deterred by that. He questioned the governing variable, and finally, we have
our answer…</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-71141495126579667312017-12-27T13:20:00.000-08:002017-12-27T13:20:52.007-08:00Single-Loop and Double-Loop Learning and Homelessness – Part III – Capitalism<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Part II of this series, we wrote: “Nothing is preventing us from investing more in housing for those on the lower rungs of the economic scale, than we do for those on the upper rungs. Nothing is preventing us from enacting policies that will make all the investments we make, as a nation, in a more equitable manner. We can create a more equitable society, with much less income and wealth inequality.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Implicitly, though, up until now, in this series, we have accepted capitalism, which undergirds our economy, as an unquestionable governing variable. The language we now use, across the country, that we will make homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring, implicitly, if not explicitly, is based on the acceptance of this governing variable. We can make homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring, but we can’t end homelessness in the absolute sense of the word, because in a capitalist society, there will always be economic churn.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What if we were to question that governing variable? </span><a href="http://infed.org/mobi/chris-argyris-theories-of-action-double-loop-learning-and-organizational-learning/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Double-loop learning</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">compels us think about this. In a recent episode of the excellent KERA show,</span> </span><a href="http://think.kera.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Think</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://think.kera.org/2017/11/15/can-capitalism-work-forever/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can Capitalism Work Forever?</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">the host Krys Boyd interviewed Raj Patel and they considered this very question. Patel and Jason W. Moore recently published </span></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/History-World-Seven-Cheap-Things/dp/0520293134"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">The book is a marvelous example of broad and encompassing </span></span><a href="http://infed.org/mobi/chris-argyris-theories-of-action-double-loop-learning-and-organizational-learning/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">double-loop learning</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">As Bill McKibben writes, it, “helps us see the startling reality behind what we usually dismiss as the obvious and everyday.” It does this by looking back, and according to Kim Stanley Robinson, offering a, “compelling interpretation of how we got to where we are now.” More importantly, it offers some ideas for, “how we might go on to create a more just and sustainable civilization.” We highly recommend listening to this Think episode to learn more about what might replace the current system. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Obviously, we don’t know if Patel and <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moore</st1:place></st1:city>’s ideas will work. It is thinking about the ideas we have raised in this series, and not being afraid to question the governing variables that undergird our society, which is important. Such thinking has particular urgency because the effects of our current way of life are, quite literally, killing us.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">This is not hyperbole. Homelessness kills: As our President and CEO,</span> </span><a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2016/05/24/cindy-j.-crain-homeless-late-baby-boomers-are-dying"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cindy J. Crain</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">warned us, in a haunting piece about a year and a half ago, the life expectancy of chronically homeless individuals, in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>, is in the mid-sixties. Inequality kills: As the </span></span><a href="https://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEC/Resources/Crime%26Inequality.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World Bank</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">tells us, “Crime rates and inequality are positively correlated (within each country and, particularly, between countries), and it appears that this correlation reflects causation from inequality to crime rates, even controlling for other crime determinants.” Capitalism, unfettered and unregulated, as it is practiced today, kills: As Patel and Moore remind us, it threatens to leave us all homeless, as it endangers, our very existence, as a species, in this, our home, Planet Earth.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-20725021841592236562017-12-21T08:48:00.000-08:002017-12-21T08:48:11.664-08:00Single-Loop Learning, Double-Loop Learning and Homelessness – Part II – Rethinking Our Investments
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The idea of </span><a href="http://infed.org/mobi/chris-argyris-theories-of-action-double-loop-learning-and-organizational-learning/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">single-loop learning and double-loop
learning</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">can be further useful in thinking about how we, as a
nation, have decided (implicitly and explicitly) to address the modern
homelessness crisis. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">All one needs to do is look
at how much we spend on the main federal program to house the homeless, the
Continuum of Care Program</span>: </span><a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/5419/fy-2017-coc-program-nofa/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$2 billion</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">That may sound like a
lot of money, however, out of a budget of</span> </span><a href="https://www.cbo.gov/topics/budget"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$4 trillion</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <span style="color: black;">it is a drop in the bucket. One aircraft
carrier, for comparison</span>, </span><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-us-navys-new-13-billion-aircraft-carrier-will-dominate-the-seas-2016-03-09"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">costs $13 billion</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Especially over the last
decade, we have become extremely skillful at building systems that maximize the
impact of these $2 billion. However, as a nation, we have not explored the idea
of significantly adding to that funding. We have accepted the governing
variable that around $2 billion, in 2017 dollars,</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> is
enough to defeat a social ill that has been with us for forty years and
counting.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Underinvestment in housing
for those who are in critical need of help is not confined to the fight to end
homelessness. We see this also</span> </span><a href="https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/Worst-Case-Housing-Needs.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in what the federal government calls</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: black;">“worst case housing needs.” “Worst case needs are defined as renters with very
low incomes – no more than 50 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI) – who do
not receive government housing assistance and who pay more than one-half of
their income for rent, live in severely inadequate conditions, or both.” While
those experiencing homelessness at any one time, number </span></span><a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2017-AHAR-Part-1.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">around 554,000</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;"><i>persons</i>,
this other category includes </span></span><a href="https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/Worst-Case-Housing-Needs.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">around 8.3 million</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;"><i>households</i>!</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">It’s not that we don’t
invest in housing, in aggregate; it is just that federal support for housing is
heavily skewed towards those on the upper rungs of the economic ladder.</span> </span><a href="https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/12-18-13hous.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will Fischer and Barbara Sard</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: black;">present this in a strikingly visual way. Here are just two of their charts:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">They further clarify that,
“The federal government spent $190 billion in 2015 to help Americans buy or
rent homes, but little of that spending went to the families who struggle the
most to afford housing… Federal housing expenditures are unbalanced in two
respects: they target a disproportionate share of subsidies on higher-income
households and they favor homeownership over renting. Lower-income renters are
far likelier than homeowners or higher-income renters to pay very high shares
of their income for housing and to experience problems such as homelessness,
housing instability, and overcrowding. Federal rental assistance is highly effective
at helping these vulnerable families, but rental assistance programs are deeply
underfunded and as a result reach only about one in four eligible households.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Of course, this is still
only part of the story. Dr. Barbara DiPietro, who shared these charts with us,
also shared this fascinating video, which clarifies the larger picture of
income inequality in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
and how it is driven by policies we, as a nation, have put in place:</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Barbara urged us to think
about all the policy decisions we have made as a nation. Nothing is preventing
us, as a society, from investing more in ending homelessness. Nothing is
preventing us from investing more in housing for those on the lower rungs of
the economic scale, than we do for those on the upper rungs. Nothing is
preventing us from enacting policies that will make all the investments we
make, as a nation, in a more equitable manner. We can create a more equitable
society, with much less income and wealth inequality.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, there is only one
way we will get there. We can’t just engage in </span><a href="http://infed.org/mobi/chris-argyris-theories-of-action-double-loop-learning-and-organizational-learning/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">single-loop learning</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">We can’t
just adjust what we do. Different strategies and actions alone will not help.
We need to break out of our current paradigms, and engage in </span></span><a href="http://infed.org/mobi/chris-argyris-theories-of-action-double-loop-learning-and-organizational-learning/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">double-loop learning</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">We need to
question the values and beliefs that led to the current crises, in which we
find our nation. We need to change the governing variables, and act upon them.
Will we have the courage to do so?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-11931543622239167172017-12-18T09:20:00.000-08:002017-12-18T10:17:58.449-08:00We Need to Talk about Race - the Homeless Response System Community Dashboard Race Addendum<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today, we are fulfilling an
important action item on our </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/COC-SWP-2017-2018-FINAL.docx"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Continuum of Care Strategic Work Plan</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,
<span style="color: black;">to “track and report race and ethnicity data within all CoC reporting tools and
as an addendum to the CoC Quarterly </span><b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MDHA-HRS-Community-Dashboard.docx"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Homeless Response System Community Dashboard</span></span></a></b>”
<span style="color: black;">(Goal VII, A</span></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">ction Item 2).</span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">Goal VII: Address Racial
Disparities in Homelessness and Service Delivery</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"> was included in the plan, due to our commitment to
tackle the overrepresentation of African Americans in the homeless population. We
began this effort in the aftermath of the July 7, 2016 tragedy, with the help
of a $32,700 grant from</span> <a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">United Way of Metropolitan Dallas</span></span></a>’
<a href="https://unitedwaydallas.org/unite-dallas-relief-fund-raises-1-million/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Unite Dallas Relief Fund</span></span></a>.
<span style="color: black;">Partnering with other cities across the country, we joined a new research and
action program from the</span> <a href="http://center4si.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Center for Social Innovation</span></span></a> <span style="color: black;">(C4) titled</span> “<a href="http://center4si.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SPARC_Overview_v3.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Racism and Homelessness – Addressing
Inequity in 10 American Cities”</span></span></a>, <span style="color: black;">which is part of C4’s </span><a href="http://center4si.com/sparc/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">SPARC
(Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities)</span></span></a> <span style="color: black;">effort.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The</span> <b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MDHA-Homeless-Response-System-Community-Dashboard-3Q-July-September-2017-Race-Addendum.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">MDHA Homeless Response System Community
Dashboard Race Addendum</span></span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">highlights the above mentioned overrepresentation,
and zeros in on three specific groups, veterans, emergency shelter (ES) guests
and permanent supportive housing (PSH) residents. In all three groups, it
includes overall percentages. With regards to veterans, it highlights percentages
of those housed and those newly coming into the system. With regards to emergency
shelter (ES) guests and permanent supportive housing (PSH) residents, it
highlights positive exits to permanent housing (PH), as well as negative exits.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">As with the </span><b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MDHA-Homeless-Response-System-Community-Dashboard-3Q-July-September-2017.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">MDHA Homeless Response System Community
Dashboard</span></span></a></b> last <span style="color: black;">released, it includes a <b>Housing Priority List
(HPL) tracker</b>. This HPL tracker, however, is broken down specifically by
race. This provides a visually arresting display of the overrepresentation of African
Americans in the homeless population, over the course of the last twelve
months. As Lester R. Collins, Jr., our Continuum of Care Performance Analyst
points out, when viewed in tandem,</span> </span><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MDHA-Housing-Priority-List-Tracker-December-06-2017.pdf"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with the standard HPL tracker</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,
<span style="color: black;">what stands out is how little difference one sees. With the overrepresentation
of African Americans in the homeless population being so high, this is not
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">This coming February, MDHA
will participate in SPARC’s <b>2018 Racial Equity and Homelessness <st1:city w:st="on">Summit</st1:city>: Redesign with Racial Equity</b>, in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Seattle</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state></st1:place>,
underwritten by the <b>Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation </b>and<b> the
Raikes Foundation</b>. Attending on our behalf are Cindy J. Crain, MDHA
President and CEO, Shanette Eaden, City of Plano Housing and Community Services
Manager and MDHA board member, David S. Gruber, MDHA Development and
Communications Director, Larry James, CitySquare CEO, and Rev. Dr. Michael W.
Waters, founder and Senior Pastor of Joy Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal
(A.M.E.) Church. This summit will bring together SPARC communities, national
and local leaders, and philanthropic partners for an in-depth conversation
about how to center racial equity within homelessness prevention and response
systems. <b>We look forward to sharing these innovative tools, highlighted here
today, with summit attendees.</b></span> </span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17309616663209478803noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.79698789999997632.3496592 -97.442434899999981 33.2036692 -96.151540899999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428676398904822991.post-26637061436791057552017-12-16T12:21:00.000-08:002017-12-18T09:52:23.687-08:00Open Letter to the Mayor and City Manager of the City of Dallas<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">Click here to read:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">An</span> <b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MDHA-Open-Letter-to-the-Mayor-and-City-Manager-of-the-City-of-Dallas.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Open Letter to the Mayor and City Manager of the City of
Dallas</span></a></b>, <span style="color: black;">sent yesterday to Messrs. Rawlings and Broadnax, by the
officers of the board of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance. (You may
scroll down to read this too.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">The</span> <b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CEO-Response-to-the-City-of-Dallas-Audit-of-Homeless-Response-System-Effectiveness_.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">CEO Response to the City of Dallas Audit of Homeless
Response System Effectiveness</span></a></b>. <span style="color: black;">(This was included in the last post
on the blog. We have included it here, as it is referenced by the
officers, and was included as an enclosure, with their letter.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">Once
again, for future reference, both are posted on our</span> <b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/key-documents/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Key Documents</span></a></b>
<span style="color: black;">page, on the </span><b><a href="http://www.mdhadallas.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">MDHA
website</span></a></b>. </span><br />
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