Monthly
THP-Plus/THP+FC
Conference Call
Thursday, March 14th: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Welcome and introductions
THP+FC
 Practice discussion: graduated rent in THP+FC
 Update on number of approved providers
 Discussion of issues people are having with the process
AGENDA
THP-Plus
 Participant Tracking System updates
 New resources on THP-Plus website
Next call, Announcements & Upcoming Events
 Thursday, May 9th
 Next statewide THP-Plus rate workgroup meeting: April 24th
Monthly Stipend to youth: $600
Example of
Graduated
Rent in
THP+FC
 $200 for rent
 $400 for basic living expenses including bills, food,
clothing, transportation and other personal expenses
 This could be paid out twice a month in halves like the
BAYC model or one large monthly payment
How the rent
increases over
time: option 1
Months
Rent Amount Paid by
Youth
Amount Saved on
Behalf of Youth
1 to 6
$200
-
7 to 12
$300
$100
13 to 18
$400
$200
19 to 24
$500
$300
After 24 months
Remains at $500
$300
How the rent
increases over
time: option 2
Months
Rent Amount Paid by
Youth
Amount Saved on
Behalf of Youth
1 to 12
$200
-
13 to 18
$300
$100
19 to 24
$400
$200
After 24 months
$500
$300
 Gives youth real-world information about the cost of
housing
Advantages of
graduated
rent
 Motivates youth to increase income while in program
and likely exit with a higher income
 Creates saving account for youth at end of the program
to be used for security deposit or something else
 Places an emphasis that transition into independent
living will occur soon
Challenges of
graduated
rent approach
 Need to remember exactly where each youth is on the
rent schedule
 Need to carefully account for youth’s money so that all
rent “above” what they receive in their stipend is saved
on their behalf
 Need to increase income of youth
 13 approved providers (*10 are THP-Plus providers)
 Aspiranet*
Update on the
Number of
THP+FC
Providers
 Bill Wilson Center*
as of 3/27
 Family Care Network, Inc.*
 Changed Lives, Inc./Krista
Foster Care
 Children First, FFA*
 Environmental
Alternatives*
 Olive Crest
 17 pending
 Redwood Children’s
Services*
 Sunny Hills Services-Bay
Area Youth Centers
 TLC Child and Family
Services*
 Unity Care Group*
 Youth & Family Programs*
 Youth for Change*
Counties with
current
THP+FC
programs
 Alameda
 Butte
 Colusa
 El Dorado
 Lake
 Lassen
 Mendocino
 Orange
 Plumas
 San Joaquin
 San Luis Obispo
 Santa Barbara
 Santa Clara
 Shasta
 Sonoma
 Tehama
THP+FC HOUSING MODELS
(13 APPROVED PROVIDERS)
13
12
12
NUMBER OF PROVIDERS
Approved
THP+FC
providers’
housing
models
11
10
9
8
7
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Single-Site
Remote-Site
HOUSING MODEL
Host-Family
The PTS tracks data on 855
THP-Plus participants
40 out of 57 THP-Plus service providers use
the PTS
30%
38%
THP-Plus
Participant
Tracking
System
Update
62%
Housing Capacity in PTS
70%
Use PTS
Housing Capacity not in PTS
21 counties’ administrators use the PTS
42%
58%
Administrators use PTS
Upcoming reporting deadline: 4/15/13
Administrators do not use PTS
Do not use PTS
THP-Plus
Website
www.thpplus.org
 Recording of 3/20 web seminar now
available
 Join THP-Plus/THP+FC discussion group
 Check out new section on THP+FC
Next Call,
Announcements
& Upcoming
Events
 Next call is Thursday, May 9th
 Next statewide THP-Plus rate workgroup
meeting is April 24th