Addressing the Link Between
Affordable Housing & the Educational Advancement
of Children in Hampton Roads
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Breaking the
cycle of
homelessness
and poverty for
families and
children
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Daily Service Capacity: approx. 175 Families
75+ Residential Units
Service Sites in 3 Cities
◦ Norfolk
◦ Suffolk
◦ Chesapeake
75+ Staff
◦ 50 Full-Time
$4M Operating Budget
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Serving Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach,
Suffolk, Franklin, Isle of Wight & Southampton County 4
Housing, Education & Clinical Services
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Regional Call Center
Adult & Children’s Education
◦ Educational assessment, tutoring &
school advocacy
◦ GED Classes
◦ Life Skills
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Clinical Services
◦ Intensive Case Management
◦ Mental & physical healthcare
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Housing Solutions
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Emergency Shelter
Transitional Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing
Prevention, Rapid Re-Housing
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Last year we assisted
1,107 people
(333 families w/ 660 children
88% (204 of 230) of
households exited to housing
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Bigger, stronger, more efficient
2008
Daily Service Capacity* 71
Total Budget
$2.3m
Community Fundraising $1.1m
2013
175
$3.9m
$2.0m
Change
141%
70%
82%
* Families
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Over 200 households call us each week
Over 10,000 households requested help in
the last 12 months
Emergency Shelter
Rent/Utility Payment
Assistance
Domestic Violence Shelters
Food
Rent/Utility Pmt.
Assistance
38%
51%
Shelter
Housing Related Services
Clothing/Basic Needs
Health Care
Veteran Assistance
Misc.
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ForKids 25th Anniversary Commission
Addressing the Link Between
Affordable Housing & the Educational Advancement of Children in Hampton Roads
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Frank Batten, Jr., Chair
Chairman & CEO , Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC
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Joan Perry Brock
Community Volunteer
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Harry Lee Cross, III
Owner and Managing Broker, Cross Realty
D. B. “Bart” Frye, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, Frye Properties, Inc.
Helen Dragas
President & CEO, The Dragas Companies
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William E. Harrell
President and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit
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Henry (Sandy) Harris III
CFA, CIC, Principal and Portfolio Manager of
Palladium Registered Investment Advisors
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Paul Hirschbiel
President, Eden Capital
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Samuel T. King, Ph.D.
Superintendent, Norfolk Public Schools
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Harry T. Lester
Community Leader
John Littel
Executive Vice President of External Relations for
Wellpoint, Inc.
Alan Nusbaum
Chairman S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co.
Anita Poston
Partner, Vandeventer, Black
James Spore
City Manager, City of Virginia Beach
Judy K. Stewart, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Virginia STEAM Academy
David Stuckwisch, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Portsmouth Public Schools
Jody Wagner
President of Jody’s
Michelle W. Woodhouse, Ed.D.
Provost of the Fred W. Beazley Portsmouth Campus,
Tidewater Community College
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Patricia A. Popp, Ph.D.
Project HOPE-Virginia
The College of William & Mary
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What do we know?
 “Achievement gaps related to
homelessness and residential instability
emerge early and persist”
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What are the Barriers/Challenges??
 Cost to provide services
 Stigma of identification
 Transportation
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Downstream Impact
Lower reading scores
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Retention
Drop-outs
Lower wages
Housing Instability
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Title X, Part C
2001 Reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
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An individual who lacks a fixed, regular,
and adequate nighttime residence,
including children and youth :
 sharing housing due to loss of
housing or economic hardship
 living in motels, hotels, trailer
parks, or camping grounds due to
lack of alternative adequate
housing
 living in emergency shelter or
transitional housing
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Including children and youth :
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abandoned in hospitals
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awaiting foster care
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having a primary nighttime residence that is a
public or private place not designed for, or
ordinarily used as, regular sleeping
accommodations
living in cars, parks, public spaces,
abandoned buildings, substandard housing,
bus or train stations
migratory students meeting the description
unaccompanied youth meeting the
description
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Virginia 2012 Initial Primary
Nighttime Residence
Doubled up
2%
Sheltered
Hotel/Motel
13%
Unsheltered
15%
70%
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Students Identified as Homeless
Enrolled in Virginia
Public Schools (preK-12)
16,420
10,564 9,898
2005-06
2006-07
11,776
2007-08
12,768
2008-09
17,940
14,223
2009-10 2010-2011 2011-12
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Students Identified as Homeless by
Local School Divisions
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
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2,000
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
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2011-12
*Data collection methodology
in Suffolk shifted in 2010
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Division
Chesapeake
MV Subgrant
Title I, Part A
Other Local
Non subgrant
2,000
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Norfolk
50,000
50,177
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Portsmouth
15,000
18,364
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Non subgrant
4,048
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70,000
101,434
153,000
Suffolk
Virginia Beach
*based on MV and Title I, A application budgets
-- none reported
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100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
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40%
30%
20%
10%
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66%
72%
78%
88%
73%
52%
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On-Time Graduation Rate 2012
100.0
90.0
80.0
70.0
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30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
Virginia
All Students
Chesapeake
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Suffolk
Virginia
Beach
88.0
91.2
77.0
80.8
84.1
86.8
78.8
82.4
72.1
76.4
75.5
77.8
Homeless
72.1
90.9
66.7
61.1
69.2
65.9
Homeless anytime
67.7
66.7
62.1
51.2
67.7
68.2
Economically disadvantaged
anytime
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82.1
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59.8
57.4
83.2
66.5
61.7
85.5
71.4
65.9
86.6
70.9
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2008
State
2009
2010
2011
2012
Homeless
Homeless Anytime
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Education pays in higher earnings and lower unemployment rates
Note: Data are 2011 annual averages for persons age 25 and over. Earnings are for fulltime wage and salary workers. Graphic downloaded from:
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http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm, May 2013.
--LeTendre Scholarship Recipient
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Questions/Discussion
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What is Affordable Housing?
◦ HUD considers housing affordable to a household if
it is spending no more than 30% of its income on
housing.
 @ $10,000/year (15% of AMI), affordable rent =$250
 @ $20,000/yr (30% of AMI), affordable rent = $500
 @ $32,500/yr (50% of AMI), affordable rent = $810
◦ Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects rent @
or below 50% AMI affordability
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Gap analyses indicate a shortage of rental
units for extremely low income families:
◦ Nationally: 38 units affordable and available for
every 100 extremely low income families
◦ In Virginia, 52 units affordable and available for
every 100 extremely low income families
◦ In Norfolk, 49 affordable units for every 100
extremely low income households
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Of Norfolk’s 85,000 households
◦ 33,300 have incomes less than 50%
AMI
◦ 19,000 have incomes less than 30%
AMI
19,000 households in Norfolk can’t
afford affordable housing
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What is Assisted Housing?
◦ Rental opportunities for extremely low income
families that include Federal subsidies to keep
housing affordable.
 Public Housing Units
 Housing Choice Vouchers
 Project Based Section 8
◦ Homebuyer assistance for down payments and
closing costs.
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Public Housing – 3,500 units
Housing Choice Vouchers – 2,700
households
Project Based Section 8 – 81 units
Other Affordable Apartments – 1,206 units
Total Households Served – 7,487
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Challenges Ahead
 Of 3,500 units in 11 NRHA communities:
80% of the tenants have incomes below 30%
of AMI (Extremely Low Income).
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In 2013, HUD provide only 82% of the
operating subsidy called for to support
quality assisted housing.
Result: a $3 million deficit this year
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VHDA providing LIHTC for 200 – 250 units in
Tidewater area annually
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Questions/Discussion
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Thaler McCormick,
Chief Executive Officer, ForKids
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HUD
◦ HMIS (Homeless Management Information System)
◦ PIT (Point-in-Time) Count
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Department of Education (McKinney-Vento)
◦ Local School Systems
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Central Intake Systems/Hotlines
◦ ForKids
◦ Samaritan House
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HUD Point-in-Time (PIT) Count
 A 24-hour count held the end of January each
year
 Organization by local Continuums of Care
(CoCs) and data is put into local Homeless
Management Information Systems (HMIS)
 Strict definitions of who qualifies as homeless
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HUD PIT Count
Positives
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It is a national snapshot taken at the same time
period throughout the country.
Negatives
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Seriously undercounts families
◦ Does not count families moving place-to-place
◦ Time of count (January, traditionally the lowest period of
family homelessness)
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Changing HUD definitions skew data
24-hr counts are easily impacted by weather
City data is duplicative, some excluded (Norfolk)
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McKinney Vento
Public Schools System identification that
applies to children and youth with:
 Uncertain housing
 A temporary address
 No permanent physical address
Includes all HUD categories PLUS:
 In a motel, hotel, or campground
 Doubled up with relatives or friends
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McKinney Vento
Positives
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Broad definition better covers homeless and
unstably housed families
1-year tracking
ID happens in schools, where children are
Negatives
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Uneven standards for implementation
Weak outreach
Data not shared among school districts with
mobile population
1-year tracking
Does not include families w/ pre-school
children
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Counting Homeless Children in South Hampton Roads
2500
Homeless Children
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1500
Schools
PIT
1000
500
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2010
2011
2012
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Gov. McDonnell: Family Homelessness
DOWN 11% from 2010-2012
20,000
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
26% Increase per school data
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
Homeless Students in VA
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
14,227
16,420
17,940
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Policy Makers
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Our approach is working
Alternate View
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◦ Governor cites 11%
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◦ 26% increase
reported by public
school systems
Manageable Problem
◦ +/- 300 homeless kids
in South Hampton
Roads
◦ Only 2 unsheltered
families from Norfolk,
Chesapeake, Suffolk,
and Virginia Beach
We are losing
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The problem is large
◦ More than 1,500
homeless school
aged children
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Questions/Discussion
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Kathlyn Taylor Gaubatz, Ph.D.
Special Project Director,
25th Anniversary Commission,
ForKids
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Poor families are helped by environments –
both neighborhoods and schools – where
poverty is not concentrated.
Middle-class and well-off families are not
harmed when poor families join their
neighborhoods.
Economic integration of neighborhoods is a
win-win situation.
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Best Practice:
Targeted Support Programs for Homeless
and Highly Mobile Children & Youth
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A Child’s Place – Charlotte, NC
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Over 2,000 homeless children served
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Social work teams, tutors, lunch buddies
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97% promoted to next grade
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92% read on grade level
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Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Standards for:
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Recruitment
Screening
Training
Matching
Monitoring
Supporting
Establishing closure
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Best Practice:
Regional Housing Plans
Examples:
 Milwaukee
 Portland
 Atlanta
 Sacramento
 Boston
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Regional Housing Plans encompass
multiple and diverse tools
For example:
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Local Dedicated Revenue Sources
Housing Trust Funds
Adaptive Reuse of Long Vacant Commercial Buildings
Tax Increment Financing
Density Bonuses
Donation of Tax-foreclosed Properties
Land Banking
Green Building
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Fair Share Programs
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Promote equitable distribution of affordable
housing throughout a region
A target number of units is typically assigned
to each city
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Assisted Housing Mobility Programs
Help individual families move to areas with:
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Lower concentrations of poverty
Better schools
Lower crime
Improved geographic access to jobs
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Land Use Control Practices
For example:
Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units
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Best Practice:
Inclusionary Zoning & Mixed-Income Housing
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East Lake Foundation – Atlanta
Before:
East Lake Meadows:
A “War Zone” Public Housing Project
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East Lake Meadows
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East Lake Foundation – Atlanta
After:
The Villages of East Lake
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Mixed-income community – every other unit
Drew Charter School
YMCA
Two early childhood development centers
Public golf course and youth golf program
Teen college prep program
Major grocery store
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At Drew Charter School, in 2011:
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99% of students in grades 3 – 8 met or exceeded
state standards for Reading
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94% of students in grades 3 – 8 met or exceeded
state standards for Math
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Students performed in the top third of the nation
on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills
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The Villages of East Lake
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Discussion
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