Addressing the Link Between Affordable Housing & the Educational Advancement of Children in Hampton Roads 1 Breaking the cycle of homelessness and poverty for families and children 2 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 3 Serving Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Franklin, Isle of Wight & Southampton County 4 Housing, Education & Clinical Services Regional Call Center Adult & Children’s Education ◦ Educational assessment, tutoring & school advocacy ◦ GED Classes ◦ Life Skills Clinical Services ◦ Intensive Case Management ◦ Mental & physical healthcare Housing Solutions ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing Permanent Supportive Housing Prevention, Rapid Re-Housing 5 Last year we assisted 1,107 people (333 families w/ 660 children 88% (204 of 230) of households exited to housing 6 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 7 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. 8 9 10 ForKids 25th Anniversary Commission Addressing the Link Between Affordable Housing & the Educational Advancement of Children in Hampton Roads Frank Batten, Jr., Chair Chairman & CEO , Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC Joan Perry Brock Community Volunteer 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 William E. Harrell President and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit Henry (Sandy) Harris III CFA, CIC, Principal and Portfolio Manager of Palladium Registered Investment Advisors Paul Hirschbiel President, Eden Capital Samuel T. King, Ph.D. Superintendent, Norfolk Public Schools 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 11 Patricia A. Popp, Ph.D. Project HOPE-Virginia The College of William & Mary 12 What do we know? “Achievement gaps related to homelessness and residential instability emerge early and persist” 13 What are the Barriers/Challenges?? Cost to provide services Stigma of identification Transportation 14 Downstream Impact Lower reading scores x Retention Drop-outs Lower wages Housing Instability 15 Title X, Part C 2001 Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 16 17 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 18 Including children and youth : abandoned in hospitals awaiting foster care 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 19 Virginia 2012 Initial Primary Nighttime Residence Doubled up 2% Sheltered Hotel/Motel 13% Unsheltered 15% 70% 20 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 21 Students Identified as Homeless by Local School Divisions 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 * 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 - 2011-12 *Data collection methodology in Suffolk shifted in 2010 22 Division Chesapeake MV Subgrant Title I, Part A Other Local Non subgrant 2,000 -- Norfolk 50,000 50,177 -- Portsmouth 15,000 18,364 -- Non subgrant 4,048 -- 70,000 101,434 153,000 Suffolk Virginia Beach *based on MV and Title I, A application budgets -- none reported 23 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 66% 72% 78% 88% 73% 52% 24 On-Time Graduation Rate 2012 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 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 25 100 90 80 82.1 70 60 59.8 57.4 83.2 66.5 61.7 85.5 71.4 65.9 86.6 70.9 65.8 88 72.1 67.7 50 40 30 20 10 0 2008 State 2009 2010 2011 2012 Homeless Homeless Anytime 26 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: 27 http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm, May 2013. --LeTendre Scholarship Recipient 28 Questions/Discussion 29 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 31 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 32 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 33 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. 35 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 36 Challenges Ahead Of 3,500 units in 11 NRHA communities: 80% of the tenants have incomes below 30% of AMI (Extremely Low Income). In 2013, HUD provide only 82% of the operating subsidy called for to support quality assisted housing. Result: a $3 million deficit this year 37 VHDA providing LIHTC for 200 – 250 units in Tidewater area annually 40 Questions/Discussion 45 Thaler McCormick, Chief Executive Officer, ForKids 46 HUD ◦ HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) ◦ PIT (Point-in-Time) Count Department of Education (McKinney-Vento) ◦ Local School Systems Central Intake Systems/Hotlines ◦ ForKids ◦ Samaritan House 47 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 48 HUD PIT Count Positives It is a national snapshot taken at the same time period throughout the country. Negatives Seriously undercounts families ◦ Does not count families moving place-to-place ◦ Time of count (January, traditionally the lowest period of family homelessness) Changing HUD definitions skew data 24-hr counts are easily impacted by weather City data is duplicative, some excluded (Norfolk) 49 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 50 McKinney Vento Positives Broad definition better covers homeless and unstably housed families 1-year tracking ID happens in schools, where children are Negatives 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 51 Counting Homeless Children in South Hampton Roads 2500 Homeless Children 2000 1500 Schools PIT 1000 500 0 2010 2011 2012 52 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 53 Policy Makers Our approach is working Alternate View ◦ Governor cites 11% drop ◦ 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 The problem is large ◦ More than 1,500 homeless school aged children 54 Questions/Discussion 55 Kathlyn Taylor Gaubatz, Ph.D. Special Project Director, 25th Anniversary Commission, ForKids 56 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. 57 Best Practice: Targeted Support Programs for Homeless and Highly Mobile Children & Youth 58 A Child’s Place – Charlotte, NC Over 2,000 homeless children served Social work teams, tutors, lunch buddies 97% promoted to next grade 92% read on grade level 59 Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring University of Massachusetts, Boston Standards for: Recruitment Screening Training Matching Monitoring Supporting Establishing closure 60 Best Practice: Regional Housing Plans Examples: Milwaukee Portland Atlanta Sacramento Boston 61 Regional Housing Plans encompass multiple and diverse tools For example: 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 62 Fair Share Programs Promote equitable distribution of affordable housing throughout a region A target number of units is typically assigned to each city 63 Assisted Housing Mobility Programs Help individual families move to areas with: ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Lower concentrations of poverty Better schools Lower crime Improved geographic access to jobs 64 Land Use Control Practices For example: Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units 65 Best Practice: Inclusionary Zoning & Mixed-Income Housing 66 East Lake Foundation – Atlanta Before: East Lake Meadows: A “War Zone” Public Housing Project 67 East Lake Meadows 68 East Lake Foundation – Atlanta After: The Villages of East Lake 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 69 At Drew Charter School, in 2011: 99% of students in grades 3 – 8 met or exceeded state standards for Reading 94% of students in grades 3 – 8 met or exceeded state standards for Math Students performed in the top third of the nation on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills 70 The Villages of East Lake 71 Discussion 72 73