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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWS - 2022-11-15 Shelter House for CouncilPRESENTATION TO FOLLOW: By: _____________________________________ Item: WS. Crissy Canganelli, Shelter House Executive Director Erin Sullivan, Shelter House Housing Services Director Rachel Lehmann, Shelter House Emergency Services Director Mark Sertterh, Shelter House Associate Executive Director Christine Hayes, Shelter House Director of Development fpw,,_11V Apr' SIELTER THOU SE 1P 1 0 Y C N I E R 2 0 2 2 SHELTER HOUSE 100'Air for the 1011 CITY CIIIINCIL 1011 SESSISN SOME HISTORY from 1183 Ti TOlAT II II II I �zs 19 83 Twenty --nine beds in a house in Iowa City's Northside. HO USING READY An approach that requires p reco nod itiio ns to housing, such as sobriety, e m p l o y m e n t and treatment. participation 2004 Winter overflow shelter begins, iris, lout with limitations. 2010 After years of legal opposition, we moved Emergency Shelter to its current location, 2011 Increased the capacity in Emergency Shelter to 100 during the winter rnorths.. 2013 Winter of 2013--2014, the year of the polar vortex, was grueling for individuals experiencing homelessness. 2015 zoic Shelter House .staff, the Local Homeless Coordinating Board, and the Iowa City Police Department collaborated on a new approach to winter shelteir. 2011 Shelter House began the concerted work of removing barriers to shelter, housing, and other services. LL W zoos All Shelter House services had aligned to the !Housing First approach by winter 20118-2019. 2019 In Januar, Shelter House opened the Cross Park Place, the State's first Housing First Permanent nent u pportive Housing apartments. 2021 Winter Shelter services moved to a new, permanent location provided by the count. 10 30 100 45 Add': c n a 1 arDLICtyt E5. CorCiLior'al Use Permit Capacity at 429 Winter Shelter urned Away to Capacity Lin -Manor before Viint EMERGENCY SHELTER FY 2022. LOCAL WIC FUNDING STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDI 1C P'RIYATL FUNDING SHELTER HOUSE OPERATING BUDGET FY 2022 LOCAL PUBLIC FUNDING ALL OTHER SOURCES Last Thursday ERIN SULLIVAN HOUSING SERVICES DIRECTOR Today RACHEL LEHMANN EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR r Shelter House's Commitment to HO USING FIRST has fundamentally shifted the way we work, and is the ethos of every facility we operate, The low -barrier approach requires additional staff training, higher stiffing ratios, and .has yielded greater turnover than ever before. PRESENTATION CONCLUDED ar CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org