DOUBLE V CAMPAIGN FOR SCATTERED SITE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING


​"​Double V Campaign of WWII" --
Black History in 2 Minutes Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

WHAT'S THE POINT? 
We Want A Double V Campaign against COVID-19 and an ECONOMIC STIMULUS that builds out necessary INFRASTRUCTURE for Cognitive Disability Services, Housing & Placements.

We are HONING IN on Construction of Scattered Site Supportive Housing to meet the NEEDs of people with disabilities.

The proposed Housing Infrastructure Act would provide $2.5 Billion for Disability Supportive Housing --
That's Great & It's NOT ENOUGH

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US Representative Maxine Waters
This bill is supported by:
  • the Association of State Floodplain Managers,
  • Capital Magnet Fund Coalition,
  • Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities Housing Task Force, Corporation for Supportive Housing,
  • Council of Large Public Housing Authorities,
  • Council of State Community Development Agencies,
  • Enterprise Community Partners,
  • Housing Assistance Council, LeadingAge,
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation,
  • Mayors and CEOs for U.S. Housing Investment,
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness,
  • National Apartment Association,
  • National Association for County Community and Economic Development,
  • National Association of Counties, National Association of Home Builders,
  • National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials,
  • National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development,
  • National Community Development Association,
  • National Housing Conference,
  • National Housing Law Project,
  • National Housing Trust,
  • National Low Income Housing Coalition,
  • National Multifamily Housing Council,
  • National Community Reinvestment Coalition,
  • Natural Resources Defense Council,
  • National Urban League,
  • PolicyLink,
  • Public Housing Authorities Directors Association,
  • UnidosUS, and
  • Up for Growth Action.
ORCHID's TAKE:  We need to INCENTIVIZE Olmstead Compliance in the area of SUPPORTIVE HOUSING with:
  • Clear Data Collection Requirements on States (including data collection on needs of people with disabilities being released from incarceration), and
  • Additional Access to Federal Funding for housing specifically to comply with Olmstead
  Dear Colleague:

We have yet to see the worst of the economic impacts of COVID-19, but it is already abundantly clear that we will need additional bold economic stimulus measures to promote job creation and get our economy back on track. Investing in affordable housing construction and rehabilitation would do just that.

According to the National Association of Home Builders, building 100 affordable rental homes generates 297 jobs, $28 million in wages and business income, and $11 million in taxes and revenue for state, local, and federal governments.

Further, research from the Campaign of Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) shows that HUD programs boost local economies, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs each year.

My legislation, “The Housing Is Infrastructure Act” (H.R. 5187), would authorize approximately $100 billion to invest in the nation’s affordable housing infrastructure through existing programs with well-established rules and distribution systems, which in turn would produce or preserve an estimated 1.8 million affordable homes and support millions of jobs.

This investment in affordable housing would also make considerable strides towards addressing the nationwide shortage of more than 7 million rental housing units that are affordable and available to the lowest income families.

The “Housing Is Infrastructure Act of 2020” would provide the following investments into our affordable housing infrastructure:
  • $70 billion to fully address the capital needs backlog for nearly 1 million public housing homes;

  • $1 billion to fully address the capital needs backlog for approximately 14,000 Section 515 and 514 rural homes;
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  • $1 billion to support mitigation efforts that can protect communities from future disasters and reduce post-disaster federal spending;

$5 billion for the Housing Trust Fund to support the creation of nearly
60,000 new units of housing that would be affordable to the lowest income households;

$100 million to help over 13,300 low income elderly households in rural areas to age in place;

$1 billion for the Native American Housing Block Grant Program to create or rehabilitate over 8,800 affordable homes for Native Americans on tribal lands; 

$10 billion for a CDBG set-aside to incentivize states and cities to eliminate impact fees and responsibly streamline the process for development of affordable housing;

 $5 billion for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program to fund the construction, purchase, or rehabilitation of over 136,600 affordable homes for low-income people;

$2.5 billion for the Supportive Housing for the Elderly program (Section 202) to create over 54,800 new homes affordable to low income seniors;

 $2.5 billion for the Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program (Section 811) to create 27,000 new homes affordable to low income individuals with disabilities; and,

$2.5 billion to the Capital Magnet Fund for competitive grants to Community Development Financial Institutions to create or preserve nearly 450,000 affordable homes.

Estimating the NEED for Supportive Housing

Val's Take
​      There is a HUGE NEED for AFFORDABLE HOUSING-- Orchid is concentrated primarily on the HUGE NEED for SUPPORTIVE HOUSING and primarily wanting to see that LINKED to MEDICAID LONG TERM CARE.
         In Colorado, many people with Cognitive Disability qualify for Medicaid Long Term Care based on A NEED FOR SUPERVISION.  
         The ULTC 100.2 is Colorado's functional assessment tool for Medicaid Long Term Care and fleshes out what "IN NEED OF SUPERVISION" means.
          Christianity has certainly had all kinds of ideas about SALVATION and REDEMPTION, and in modern times has  largely gotten rid of ideas about DEMONS and WITCHES -- and that has helped people with COGNITIVE DISABILITIES.
          I don't think it can be emphasized enough that many in the prosecution and judging business of the Criminal Justice System and even victims themselves-- would go along with SUPPORTIVE HOUSING or THERAPEUTIC PLACEMENTS if they are available.
          BUT we so UNDER-ESTIMATE what it is going to take -- or we do understand what it's going to take -- and we decide that's TOO EXPENSIVE -- we'll just focus on the KIDS.
          It hasn't worked for at least three reasons:
  • It is PROFOUNDLY TRAUMATIZING for Families to see our CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM at work -- much less be in it.
  • Many of those people we have written off -- are somebody's parent.
  • AND if we are NOT adequately providing for SAFETY by providing for the LONG TERM when necessary -- we're not serving victims or the community either.

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Colorado's ULTC 100.2 Eligibility Assessment Tool
See Page 4:  Supervision

Homelessness & Double V
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Urban Institute (2019)

The Costs and Potential Savings of Supportive Housing for Child
Welfare–Involved Families

'The average cost of supportive housing was roughly $67,000 per family over a two-year period. These costs, however, were offset by an average savings of $46,253 from reductions in days spent in family shelters and an average savings of $18,112 through reduced days in foster care.'
 People Who Experience Long-Term Homelessness: Characteristics and Interventions 
2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research 

Communities that have made significant strides in reducing chronic homelessness have adopted clear goals that guide a communitywide approach that includes some or all of the following program elements, which are often implemented by multidisciplinary teams or multi-agency collaborative partnerships (Burt et al., 2004; City of Portland, 2007).

  • Outreach. Outreach is a critical first step in connecting chronically homeless people with the services they need. Many communities have restructured these efforts to include multidisciplinary teams designed to increase engagement, develop positive relationships with clients, and more effectively link them with housing, treatment services, and other resources. A small but growing number of communities have empowered outreach workers to immediately offer chronically homeless people direct access to permanent housing, targeting housing opportunities to people who have been living on the streets or in shelters for the longest periods of time. •
 
  • Housing. Housing with attached supportive services is designed to help ensure residential stability for chronically homeless people coming directly from the streets or shelters. A range of different models provides this type of housing, including permanent supportive housing and Safe Havens. In addition, some housing is available for people who have not yet achieved sobriety or stability. These housing models do not require participation in treatment or other activities as a condition of entering or keeping housing if tenants are otherwise meeting the requirements of any leaseholder. •
 
  • Discharge planning. Given the frequency with which chronically homeless people cycle between institutions and life on the streets or in emergency shelters, effective processes for discharging people from jails, treatment facilities, and hospitals can provide opportunities for engaging chronically homeless people as well as preventing chronic homelessness for some of the most vulnerable homeless adults with disabilities. Effective strategies properly assess clients’ service needs, help them make connections with service providers upon release, and arrange for appropriate post-release housing as an alternative to discharging people to the streets or emergency shelters. 
2019 Point in Time Homeless Count -- US
  • Severely Mentally Ill  116,179
  • Chronic Substance Abuse  88,873
  • Veterans 37,085
  • HIV/AIDS  10,945
  • Victims of Domestic Violence  44,752
  • Unaccompanied Youth  35,038
  • Unaccompanied Youth Under  3,976
  • Unaccompanied Youth 18-24 --- 31,062
  • Parenting Youth  7,564
  • Parenting Youth Under 18 -- 59
  • Parenting Youth 18-24 --- 7,505
  • Children of Parenting Youth  9,779
2019 Point in Time Homeless Count -- Colorado
  • Severely Mentally Ill  2,639
  • Chronic Substance Abuse  2,378 
  • Veterans  1,068
  • HIV/AIDS  106 
  • Victims of Domestic Violence  900 
  • Unaccompanied Youth  545 
  • Unaccompanied Youth Under 18 -- 36 
  • Unaccompanied Youth 18-24 ---- 509 
  • Parenting Youth  80 
  • Parenting Youth Under 18 -- 0 
  • Parenting Youth 18-24 --- 80 
  • Children of Parenting Youth  111