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Homelessness Update
South Bend Common Council
April 11, 2022
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Point-in-Time Homeless Count & CE List
•In 2019 and 2020 we saw totals of
413 and 516, respectively.
•Last year, the PIT total was 291.
•SJC Region 2a currently has 233 on
the Coordinated Entry list.
* Data comes from IN Balance of State
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Mayor’s Homelessness Implementation Group
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•Timeline
-August to December 2020
-Reconvened in March 2021
•Group
-Included the following: Elected officials, City/County staff, service providers,
business owners, community members, SBPD, neighborhood advocates, and
academic institutions
•Subcommittees
-Health & Sanitation / Weather Amnesty / Permanent Supportive Housing
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Recap of Recommendations
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Health & Sanitation
•Monitor, assess, and maintain as needed the chemical toilet behind DTSB as well
as laundry services on Wednesdays in partnership with Burton’s laundry
•Develop a partnership with Transpo to provide free/affordable transportation
•Augment shower/bathing facilities at willing service provider locations
•Continue to make short-term hotel rooms and/or rental units available and
accessible to isolate individuals infected with COVID until the pandemic is over
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Weather Amnesty & Housing
•Continue operations at Weather Amnesty
•Extend current Motel4Now Program support
•Utilizing vacant buildings to house individuals
•Locate parcels for bridge housing units or affordable housing communities with
wraparound services
•Partner with security companies to protect our most vulnerable population
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Permanent Supportive Housing
•Expand the City’s PSH developments
•Develop a Housing Trust Fund
•Create a Homelessness Coordinator position
•Support an Education/Advocacy campaign
•Emphasize landlord and developer participation
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Facilitators of Homeless Efforts
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Collaborate with various
groups in the coordination
of an educational campaign
Building productive
partnerships and coalitions
Improving upon
Coordinated Entry process
Research for funding
opportunities relating to
operations and
development of prospective
initiatives
Development of a landlord
incentive proposal
Drafting multi-year services
plan to address existing and
planned services to persons
experiencing homelessness
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Funding Allocation
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2020 CDBG/ESG CV Funding
•Motels4Now $477,997
•Emergency Shelters $450,000
•Weather Amnesty $271,734
•Off-site Meals $148,059*
Total $1,347,790*
•Does not include $596,298 of reimbursed costs for COVID-19 quarantine motel,
~$130,000 for 2020 city dollars for PSH leasing and bus passes, or $1.7 million of
federal funds for Hope Ave PSH unit construction.
•As of 3/31/22 payments the off-site meals expenditure is over $200,000
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2021 Homeless Implementation Budget
•Weather Amnesty (Hope & CFTH)$301,441
•PSH Leasing $100,000
•LB Shelter Scoping/Planning/Prelim. Design $93,559
•City Homeless Facilitator(s)$75,000
•Transpo Bus Passes (Sept-April)$30,000
•Countywide Coordinator Match $25,000
•Education/PR Campaign $25,000
Total $650,000
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2022 Homeless Implementation Budget*
•Weather Amnesty (Hope & CFTH)$275,000
•Project Support $175,000
•PSH Leasing $100,000
•City Homeless Facilitator(s)$75,000
•County Coordinator Match $25,000
Total $650,000
*Does not include federal ESG, HOME, or ARP supported funds
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Current and Upcoming Items
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County ARP Supported Projects
•Exploration of a Low-Barrier Shelter ($TBD, potentially at Portage
Manor site)
•Behavioral Crisis Center ($TBD, potentially at Epworth)
•Youth Services Bureau ($750k from County)
•Center for the Homeless ($1m from County)
2022 City Budget includes $5.8 million of ARP supported funds for
County partnerships to address homelessness and mental health
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Summary
Next Steps:
•Permanent Supportive Housing
➢22 PSH units at Hope Avenue Homes (opening this Spring)
➢14 PSH units for 2021 CSH/IHCDA Institute (pending)
➢22 scattered site units for 2022 CSH/IHCDA Institute
(pending)
•Continue Motels4Now Partnership
•Continue Exploration of a Low-Barrier Shelter with County
•Finalize Community Educational Campaign
•Develop a multi-year services plan with City Facilitators
•Reconvene Implementation Group to Assist City Facilitators
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