3b Presentation

2017

RESULTS 
NEW, MORE COMPREHENSIVE COUNT FOR 2017 REVEALS 11,643 PEOPLE 
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE/KING COUNTY ON JANUARY 27, 2017.

RESULTS 

REGION          %      n      %      n
East Coun                                    347
North Coun um- 148
Northeast Coun __-I'E-  47
Seattle                                           4665
Southwest Coun                              91s
Southeast Coun                                36
TOTAL         100%    5.485    100%    6.158

RESULTS 
People experiencing
homelessness in
Seattle/King County are
OUR NEIGHBORS. 
*74% were in living in housing that they
rented, owned, or with friends/ 
relatives when they became 
homeless

RESULTS 

People experiencing 
homelessness need 
HOUSING.

TRANSFORMING THE SYSTEM 
We are moving 
MORE PEOPLE from 
homelessness to
housing - and doing it
FASTER THAN EVER.

THE WORK AHEAD 
Homelessness will only be solved with the commitment
and resources of our ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

Item No. 3b_supp 
Meeting Date: August 8, 2017 

Homeless Investments 
Briefing for Port Commission 
CITY OF SEATTLEPRESENTATION 

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Briefing Objectives 
1. Overall City Homelessness Plan 

2. Current Response 

3. Results 


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Key Elements of City's Plan 
Crisis
Response 
Housing
Affordability 
Improving &
strengthening the system 
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Key Elements of City's Plan 
2014   2015   2016   2017 
Activation of
Unsheltered            State of                              Emergency
Bridging the Gap 
Taskforce              Emergency                                 Operations
Center (EOC) 

Homeless
Focus Strategies         RFP for Homeless
Investment
& Poppe Reports          Investments 
Analysis 

HALA/Housing
Pathways Home 
Levy 
Legend: 
1.  Crisis response (peach) 
2.  Housing affordability (green) 
3.  Improving & strengthening the system (gold) 

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Standard Performance Measures 
MOU signed with King County, City of Seattle, United Way of King
County to standardize principles and measurement of results
Exits to Permanent Housing 
Average Length of Stay 
Returns to Homelessness 
Homeless Entries 
Utilization Rate 

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Pathways Home Guiding Principles 

Create a     Investment in     Address
Person-     Models with      Racial
Centered    Demonstrated    Disparities 
Systemic      Success 
Response 

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Pathways Home Action Items 
Commitment    Expand             Connect     Make
to       Enhanced      Solve     Unsheltered               Good
Housing
Unsheltered     Shelter      Waitlists     People to             Governance 
Families        Access                   Services      Available 
Performance-
Family Impact        Navigation
based
Team            Center         Youth & Young      Navigation                    Contracting 
Adults             Team 

Shelter &                                                          Housing
Portfolio
Housing        First Hill Shelter                                    Resource
Contract Pilot 
Prioritization                                                                   Center 

Increased                         Long-term
Central HMIS 
investment in        Queen Anne        Shelter Stayers 
Funders MOU 
RRH and          Shelter 
Diversion 


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Emergency Operations Center 
Mission 1: Make an additional 200+      Mission 6: Engage the public and
safer living spaces available              mobilize community response 

Mission 2: Reduce trash              Mission 7: Maintain situational
awareness 
Mission 3: Connect people with
services and mitigate most hazardous     Mission 8: Employee training and
encampments                  communication 
Mission 4: Implement revised MDARs 
Mission 9: Communications 
Mission 5: Incubate Housing Resource
Center (HRC) to increase access to
housing 

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Creating Safe Alternatives 
1. Navigation Center 
75-bed low-barrier, 24/7 shelter program for
people living unsheltered. 
Referrals made through Navigation Team. 
Supports people living with partners and friends,
storage of possessions, and pets. 
As of 8/1/17 50 clients 
2. Compass at First Presbyterian Shelter 
First Presbyterian Church  1013 8th Ave. 
100 low-barrier, 24/7 shelter beds for co-ed
population. 
By August 31, 2017  Expected opening. 
3. Sanctioned (permitted) Encampments 

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Permitted
Encampments 
Interbay            Georgetown 
Capacity: 60 people       Capacity: 70 people
Othello            Licton Springs Village 
Capacity: 60 people       Capacity: 70 people 
Ballard             Camp Second Chance 
Capacity: 65 people       Total capacity: 70 people 



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Improved Outreach  Navigation Team 
Team of Outreach Workers (REACH) and specially-
trained police officers. 
1, 067 individuals were contacted: 
62% accepted service of some sort 
36% exited encampments to an alternate living arrangement 
33% relocated to shelter/authorized encampment 
35% declined offers for any service 


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Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up 
Working with outreach before and during outreach conducted by the
Navigation Team 
3,000     tons of trash and debris have been collected since March 7 
10,640  sharps collected from drop-boxes at 8 locations since 
February 2017 
3,906   sharps collected upon complaint since 8/2016 
Some sites where trash removal occurred recently: 
Third Avenue South from South Royal Brougham Way to Holgate Street 
I-90 Cloverleaf / Poplar & Dean / Dearborn 
Ravenna Park 
Myers Way South 
Green Lake 
East Marginal Way South 
Some of the needles collected
Spokane Street, between Airport Way South and First Avenue South                             from the northeast Queen
Northeast Queen Anne Greenbelt at MacLean Park                                          Anne greenbelt. 
Dearborn Street, between I-5 and I-90 

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Improved Trash & Debris Pick-up 
East Queen Anne Greenbelt 
BEFORE           AFTER 


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Questions? 

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