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City Council Briefing on Homelessness
December 8, 2009
Ending Homelessness in Virginia Beach:
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Presenters:
· Teresa Stanley
- Co-chair, Winter Shelter and Lighthouse Center Advisory Board
- S. Hampton Roads Organizer, Virginia Organizing Project
- BEACH Community Partnership Family Homelessness
Subcommittee
· Ray Bjorkman
- Lead Pastor, Beach Fellowship
- BEACH Community Partnership Executive Committee
· Andrew Friedman
- Director, Dept. of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation (DHNP)
- Beach Community Partnership Executive Committee
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Ending Homelessness in Virginia Beach:
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· Council adoption of 10-Year Plan, Spring 2007
· Community contacts with Mayor Sessoms, Winter
2009
· Initial BEACH Partnership meeting, April 2009
· Council retreat issue: Homeless at the Oceanfront,
August 2009
Recognizing What's Been Done:
Honoring the Past and
Meeting Needs
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Together We've Made Progress
Examples of successful collaboratiofl
Samaritan House
Winter Shelter Program
JCOC
Seton House
VetsHouse
VBCDC
Lighthouse
Center
Gosnold, Cloverleaf
Together We've Made Progress
Examples of successful collaboration:
· 10-Year Plan adopted by City Council
· Project Homeless Connect in 2008
· Continuum of Care submissions bringing in over $10
million into our community to help end homelessness
· New programs developed within DHNP:
- Rental Security Deposit
- Optional Relocation
- Program-based vouchers for
homeless families
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Recognizing What's Happening Now:
Needs Being Addressed
BeACH
Bringing an End to All City Homelessness
A community partnership between citizens and
faith, business, non-profit and city organizations.
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Our City, Our Homeless, Our Shared
RespQosibllilV...
Community
partnership
between citizens
a nd faith, business, Bringing an End to All City Homelessness
non-profit a nd city
organizations.
What is BEACH?
Three-Part Partnership:
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\JVho is BEACH?
Planning Committee: Decision-making body
Executive Committee: Provides organization and administration
Subcommittees: Plan and conduct projects
Each committee has city, faith and non-profit members
Executive Committee
V\lho is BEACH?
Planning Committee members include participants from:
· Beach Fellowship
· Catholic Charities
· Housing and Neighborhood
Preservation
. Virginia Beach United
Methodist
· Human Services Mental Health
Substance Abuse Division
· Virginia Organizing Project
· First Presbyterian
. Church of the Ascension
· Judeo-Christian Outreach Center
. Anchoring Hope Family Worship
. Volunteers of America
· Thalia United Methodist
· VBCDC
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Mission & Goals
"Realizing our personal and collective responsibility to our
fellow man, we mobilize our community to end homelessness."
· Prevent homelessness whenever
and wherever possible
. Be consistent with city housing
and neighborhood goals
· Help homeless obtain and
maintain permanent housing
quickly
. Expand availability of resources
· Connect people to services,
training and resources
· Expand opportunities for decent,
safe and affordable housing
· Increase mutual understanding
regarding homelessness
. Enhance communication and
rvice coordination; eliminate
· Advocate for expansion of quality
programs and creation of new
Recognizing Reasons to Do More:
The Need
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\JVhat We're Working On Now
Cioncept Plan for Relocation and Expansion of The lighthouse
Day Services Center: Creating a Center for Opportunity
. Develop multi-service center to serve homeless and all low-income
residents in need
. Expand physical space, services available and population served
. Form "one-stop" center for integrated supportive services for all who
want to succeed, whether homeless or not
· Offer opportunity for co-location of faith-based, non-profit and city
organizations and agencies for service delivery
Lighthouse Center Concept Plan
El<pected Outcomes
. Greater opportunities to succeed: increased access, new and expanded
services, better service coordination
. Service provider effectiveness is increased through improved coordination
and reduced duplication
· Homelessness is prevented and homeless persons obtain housing at
greater rates than before
. Center contributes to area through quality design
· Enhanced public-private partnerships for funding and service delivery
create new opportunities for people to succeed
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What We're Working On Now
Community Plan to End Homelessness: Update to city's
adopted lO-Year Plan to End Homelessness
· Build community energy into action plan
· Include best practices
. Will present plan for City Council's review
Recognizing Opportunities to Do More:
The Dream
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Continued support and collaboration
The Dream
Helping the Dream Become Reality
Fundraising Efforts
· Cooperative regional fundraising with support from The
Dragas Companies
· Coordinated faith, city and non-profit fundraising within
Virginia Beach
· Energizing the community to support our efforts
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Next Steps
· Begin detailed work on the Lighthouse Center
· Put together action plan
· Invite more partners to join our efforts
· Bring specific proposals back to Council for review and
approval
Our Request to City Council
· Tell us if we're on the right track
· Ask questions
· Provide your guidance
Thank you!
Your Questions and Comments
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