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DENTON Meeting Agenda
City Council
Monday, November 1, 2021 11:30 AM Council Chambers
WORK SESSION
After determining that a quorum is present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas will convene in a
Work Session on Monday, November 1, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 215 E.
McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at which the following items will be considered:
WORK SESSION
1. Work Session Reports
A. ID 21-1843 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding an update on the
Denton County Homelessness Leadership Team and other homelessness initiatives.
* [Council Priority; Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 90 minutes]
NOTE: The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into a Closed Meeting on any item on its
Open Meeting agenda consistent with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, as amended, or
as otherwise allowed by law.
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E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas, on October 29, 2021, in advance of the 72 -hour posting deadline, as
applicable, and in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.
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Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding an update on the Denton County
Homelessness Leadership Team and other homelessness initiatives.
* [Council Priority; Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 90 minutes]
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City of Denton
AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
CM/ DCM/ ACM: Sara Hensley, Interim City Manager
DATE: November 1, 2021
SUBJECT
City Hall
215 E. McKinney Street
Denton, Texas
www.cityofdenton.com
Receive a report and hold a discussion and give staff direction regarding the Denton County Homelessness
Leadership Team and other homelessness initiatives.
DISCUSSION
In 2015, a citizen task force organized by the Mayor Chris Watts, explored resources and activities that
could improve and expand housing solutions for the homeless in Denton. As a result, a plan was produced
that would assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness in finding and keeping a safe, stable
and permanent home. Since 2015, the City has invested in homeless initiatives that support the goal to Make
Homelessness Rare, Brief and Nonrecurring.
This presentation will recap the progress of the City's increasing collaboration and financial investment in
Homelessness Initiatives from 2015 to the present highlighting the deliberate approach taken to building a
county -wide System Response through collaboration and making key strategic investments to Strengthen
the System; and will discuss advances during 2021, the sustained emergency response, and immediate next
steps.
Timeline & Milestones
a 2015 — Mayor's Housing the Homeless Task Force
• January: Mayor Chris Watts convened a task force (Mayor's Housing the Homeless Task Force) to
explore the improvement and expansion of housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness
in Denton.
• The task force's findings included three recommendations implemented by City Council:
1. June: With 2016 Action Plan approval by City Council, the Community Development
Advisory Committee's recommendation is approved to allocate $100,000 of the City's
federal HOME Partnership Investment Grant funds to Denton Affordable Housing
Corporation for the development of a property on Hinkle that will offer transitional housing.
2. September: City Council approved in the Annual Program Services Budget, a council
priority item of $40,000 to establish a collaborative public-private partnership to support a
community homeless coordinator position.
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o The City then entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United
Way of Denton County (UWDC) to supervise the jointly funded position and to use
the UWDC's Collective Impact model for a Denton County -wide collaborative
initiative.
3. October: City entered 10 -year lease agreement with the Monsignor King Outreach Center
for a city owned property located at 300 S. Woodrow Lane to provide stable location for
their emergency inclement weather shelter program.
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Denton County Homelessness Leadership Team
In 2016, the City of Denton and UWDC joined together in a public-private partnership to form the Denton
County Homelessness Leadership Team (DCHLT) to implement a Collective Impact approach towards
addressing homelessness in Denton County.
February: UWDC hired a Homelessness Initiatives Coordinator to launch the county -wide collective
impact initiative to improve coordination of homeless services.
May: The DCHLT was convened for the first time.
The mission of the DCHLT is to foster an effective and coordinated system of homelessness prevention and
intervention, resulting in homelessness that is rare, brief and nonrecurring. The DCHLT is a
collaborative policy making team including representatives from Denton County, Municipal Governments,
Homelessness/Housing Service Providers, Health Care Providers, Educational Institutions,
Workforce/Business Development, Law Enforcement, Community Members, and the United Way of
Denton County, which serves as backbone support to coordinate the partners and efforts.
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Beginning in 2016, the DCHLT took on a major initiative to create a coordinated Housing Crisis Response
System in Denton County. This initiative has transformed and changed homelessness service agencies from
working independently to a networked crisis response system across Denton County working together to
prevent homelessness and rapidly return people who experience homelessness to stable housing.
August - City of Denton contributed $200,000 of one-time emergency funding in response to loss of
Emergency Solutions Grant funding by local nonprofit agencies. The funding assisted 926 households
experiencing homelessness and prevented 90 households from homelessness.
2017 — Strengthening Coordinated Entry, Housing Priority List and other system tools
Denton was the first community in our 215 (out of 254) county Continuum of Care (BoS CoQ to implement
a County -wide Coordinated Entry (CE) System implemented for Denton County homeless service.
Implementation meant breaking down silos, process mapping intake/assessment/referral processes at
different organizations and developing a uniform process to reduce duplication and better assist people in
crisis. The number of agencies participating in CE has increased from 5 to 11 between 2017 and 2020.
Currently 15 agencies in Denton County participate in this CE system, sharing information in a single
database and participating in twice -monthly collaborative case conferencing meetings to prioritize and plan
for moving vulnerable individuals and families into permanent, stable housing.
January: City staff coordinated the Denton County Homeless Coalition's 2017 Point -In -Time Count,
including publishing, Homeless in a Day: A Snapshot of Homelessness in Denton County in May
2017.
July. UWDC provides Homelessness Initiative Update to City Council with recommendations.
October: City of Denton allocates additional Homelessness Initiative funding UWDC to hire
Coordinated Entry Specialist to support CE implementation and data quality support and use of the
shared database, the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
o Homelessness Initiative Funding is $80,000.
■ $40,000 for Homelessness Initiatives Coordinator
■ $40,000 for Coordinated Entry Specialist
November: DCHLT implements CE System for Denton County Housing Crisis Response System
(Lead agencies included in initial implementation: Denton County Friends of the Family, Giving
Hope, Monsignor King Outreach Center, Our Daily Bread, Salvation Army Denton)
o All agencies use a shared, centralized database called the Homeless Management
Information System (HMIS)
o Any actions& referrals can be tracked and seen by all agencies
o Every individual is assessed to identify their unique needs and be connected to the
appropriate resources and housing intervention
o A local team of case managers meets every week to review and actively work through
household needs together
Through the collaboration with the City including financial support for staff and database licensing, UWDC
has increased local support and is providing ongoing maintenance of the shared database by developing
processes, providing training, and monitoring data quality from active users across multiple agencies.
2018 — Strengthening data informed decision making
• January: City staff and UWDC facilitated the Denton County Homeless Coalitions' 2018 Point -In -
Time Count including publishing, Homeless to Housed: Busting Barriers to Housing in Denton
County, a report of Community Data and the 2018 PIT Count survey results in April 2018.
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January: City of Denton is selected as a grant recipient in a Learning Collaborative in conjunction
with Community Solution's Built for Zero collaborative which leads to the development of the
Housing Priority List.
The Housing Priority List (HPL) is an actively managed and prioritized list of every household
experiencing homelessness in Denton County. The HPL was developed using data entered into the system
via CE and is managed by UWDC to support case conferencing and inform the Data Dashboard reporting.
• February: City Council receives a presentation regarding Homelessness and Emergency Housing_
City of Denton Homelessness Response & Initiatives
In February 2018, the City of Denton convened an internal team to collaboratively address the impacts of
homelessness on City property and to improve connections to available resources. The team consists of
Community Services (Community Development and Community Improvement Services), Parks and
Recreation, Police, Fire, Economic Development, Health Inspections, Libraries, Public Affairs, Watershed,
and Legal. The team meets monthly to discuss current and ongoing matters related to homelessness and
homeless encampments in the City.
• May: DCHLT launched the Denton County Homelessness Barriers Fund to help households
overcome barriers to getting and staying housed. City of Denton allocates $40,000 annually for
COD residents.
Jam: City Council update from the Denton County Homeless Leadership Team with
recommendations to partially fund a pilot program adding a Housing Navigator to assist with
landlord recruitment.
September:
o Denton Mayor Chris Watts signed on to Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness
and the DCHLT adopted the goal into its strategic plan.
o City of Denton awarded UWDC $107,748 for Homelessness Initiatives (City Council
Priority).
■ $40,000 for Homelessness Initiatives Coordinator
■ $40,000 for Coordinated Entry Specialist
■ $27,748 for Housing Navigator to pilot the Landlord Outreach Program
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October: DCHLT launched the Denton County Homelessness Data Dashboard, tracking the real-
time total number of actively homeless households in the county and the trajectory of households
entering and exiting homelessness in the county. Data are used to inform program development and
grantmaking, and to guide prioritization of the most vulnerable households for available housing
support resources.
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November: UWDC hired a Housing Navigator with one-time support of Cities of Denton and
Lewisville along with a private donor. The Housing Navigator's primary role is to liaise with
landlords and property managers willing to accept tenants with housing barriers such as poor rental
or criminal histories, ultimately increasing homeless service provider case management capacity.
The pilot was successful and is now sustained through a federal grant.
DCHLT Shelter Planning Workgroup
In December 2018 the DCHLT Shelter Planning Workgroup delivered a summary report to Denton City
Council (ID 18-2065) with recommendations to: Improve the current shelter environment (reduce barriers
to entry, increase access to transportation, and improve communication to and between people accessing
shelter and service people in shelter), and Increase access to shelter through the expansion of shelter hours
from 3 days and during inclement weather to 7 days a week and longer services.
2019 — Strengthening shelter services
January: UWDC collaborated with Denton County Homeless Coalition to facilitate 2019 Point -In -
Time Count.
February:
o City of Denton and UWDC staff partnered to research opportunities to implement an
Enhanced Shelter approach to homeless services in Denton.
o UWDC notified of $123,926 award of federal funding to sustain Housing Navigator and
support expansion of Coordinated Entry throughout the county. UWDC leverages the City
of Denton's funding for a Coordinated Entry Specialist to maintain this grant.
April: UWDC published the 2019 Denton County Homelessness Data Report with and analysis of
the 2019 Point -In -Time results and ongoing local data published via the Denton County
Homelessness Data Dashboard.
May: The City's Internal Homeless Response Team developed a procedure for site evaluation and
monitoring of homeless encampments on public property.
September: Based on DCHLT Shelter Workgroup recommendations, City Council awarded new
annual funding allocations for Homelessness Initiatives, including annual supplemental funding of
$400,000 to support enhanced shelter services at MKOC
o City of Denton entered into an agreement with the Monsignor King Outreach Center
(MKOC) to expand shelter services from three nights a week to seven and implement an
Enhance Shelter program and other improvements to reduce barriers such as right of return,
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storage of personal property and housing -focused case management. ($80,000 for one-time
Facility Improvements; $400,000 for Enhanced Shelter operations and programming).
o City of Denton awarded UWDC $40,000 for the Denton County Homelessness Barriers
Fund with a 100% match requirement.
o City of Denton allocated $100,000 for Rapid Rehousing (RRH) as a stop -gap measure when
this program that had historically been awarded to local agencies via state funding was lost,
and $64,600 for Street Outreach (SO).
o City of Denton awarded UWDC $80,000 for Homelessness Initiatives staff support.
[$40,000 for Homelessness Initiatives Coordinator, 40,000 for Coordinated Entry
Specialist]. Housing Navigator position sustained through other federal grant awarded to
UWDC earlier in the year (02/19).
November:
o MKOC hired an Executive Director, Program Manager and Case Manager.
o Police department hired two (2) Homeless Outreach Officers providing vital support to street
outreach programming.
Homeless Outreach Team
The Denton Police Department formalized the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) adding two (2) Homeless
Outreach Officers that coordinate with a cross -sector collaborative team (Nonprofits, Police, and Fire) to
perform street outreach to individuals living unsheltered. In addition to monitoring sites for health and
safety of individuals that may be staying at encampment sites, HOT's goal is to meet homeless individuals
in their environment, provide them with information on housing, employment, and benefit resources they
may qualify to receive, and connect them to resources.
• December: Homelessness Initiative and Human Service Grant funding distributed for SO and RRH.
o City of Denton executed a service agreement with Our Daily Bread for $64,600 to hire a
Mental Health Street Outreach Case Manager.
o City of Denton executed agreements with Our Daily Bread ($67,100) and MKOC ($60,000)
for Rapid Rehousing.
2020 — Strengthening capacity and resources including emergency COVID response
January:
o City collaborated with UWDC and the Denton County Homeless Coalition to facilitate 2020
Point -In -Time Count with the report published in June of 2020
o MKOC expanded from three nights a week to seven nights and began implementation of the
Enhanced Shelter model.
COVID-19 Emergency Response
Beginning in 2020, staff has continued to coordinate and sustain an unprecedented emergency response to
COVID with multiple entities.
March:
o Denton's first disaster declaration authorized of $50,000 of relief funding to prevent Denton
residents from losing housing.
o UWDC established COVID-19 Relief Fund (CRF) and implemented process for coordinated
access to funding at various agency entry points in and outside of Denton.
o The City's allocation of COVID-19 relief funding was increased another $50,000.
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o City allocated funds not to exceed $50,000 to UWDC and provided staff to assist with
Information and Referral for residents seeking assistance navigating personal and business
related COVID-19 relief resources.
o UWDC received a corporate donation to the CRF from Peterbilt's PACCAR Foundation for
$75,000.
o Denton County Commissioners Court allocated an initial $65,000 to the CRF.
o City Council approved funding to temporarily house individuals and families experiencing
homelessness in local hotels to allow for compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.
Emergency Hotel Program
At the same time as Denton's disaster declaration (March 13) there was emerging information about how
to remain safe from contracting and spreading the COVID-19 virus, especially in high-risk congregate
settings like nursing homes and shelters. Shelters were also closing or reducing the number of emergency
shelter beds available to decrease the risk of COVID exposure. The Emergency Hotel program was initiated
as an emergency protective response to help people experiencing homelessness in the City of Denton access
short-term or emergency non -congregate shelter (NCS).
April: The County was awarded more than $146
million in COVID CARES Act — CRF funding
and earmarked $20M for housing relief. The
City was awarded $7M from the County's CRF
allocation which a portion was allocated to
support the Emergency Hotel Program.
The hotel Program is managed by Monsignor King
Outreach Center and then Our Daily Bread when they
merged. ODB is coordinating with multiple agencies
(20+) to place guests in housing and provide onsite
services to guests.
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Hotel Program's Lifetime
March 25, 2020 through July 2021
• Unduplicated Guests: 316
• Guests exiting the hotel: 265
• Guests exiting into permanent housing: 136 (51%)
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• Unduplicated Guests: 142
• Current guests: 49
• Guests exiting the hotel: 92
• Guests exiting into permanent housing: 49 (53%)
• May: UWDC published the 2020 Denton County Homelessness Data Report with Data Dashboard
and Point -in -Time Count data.
The City has also secured additional funding for homeless prevention and assistance through state
and federal funds available due to the Coronavirus pandemic, including:
• Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act (ESG-CV) — $IAM of funding for street outreach, shelter,
housing and homeless prevention to prevent, prepare and respond to Coronavirus.
• Texas Emergency Rental Assistance Program (TERAP) — $187,444 of funding for emergency rental
assistance for people impacted by COVID-19.
• CARES Act CDBG-CV — 1.428M of funding for grants to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
coronavirus (CDBG-CV grants).
In August 2020, the City finalized the purchase of the property at 909 Loop 288, a 34,000+ square foot
building, for a co -located day center and overnight shelter to provide services to people experiencing or at -
risk of homelessness. The City has identified a local nonprofit, Our Dail. Bread(linked), to provide services
from the Loop 288 facility. Our Daily Bread will consolidate and combine their current two locations at
Our Daily Bread food kitchen (300 W Oak St) and Monsignor King Outreach Center (MKOC) shelter (300
S. Woodrow Lane) to operate the center.
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2021 and Beyond - Denton County Homelessness Leadership Team
UWDC will take Council through some of the major upcoming initiatives:
■ 2018 Strategic Plan Update
■ Ad-hoc Committee to explore forming our own Continuum of Care (CoQ for Denton County
■ Healthcare Collaboration (future)
■ Emergency Solutions Grant Corona Virus (2) Rapid Rehousing - $2.4 million project
■ American Rescue Plan / Emergency Rental Assistance Program (2) (future)
■ Continued Alignment of Collective Impact Initiatives:
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Funding Overview
Figure 9 below provides a snapshot of Homeless and Homeless Prevention funding from all sources including the Human Services
Grant funded by the City's General Fund and CDBG, PLUSOne through DME; City Council Homelessness Initiatives, and
COVID Emergency Funding through the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act.
Figure 9
CITY SOURCE FUNDING CHART
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SOURCE
'2016-fff
2017-18 2018.19 2019-20
2020-21®+
GF (HS Grant)
$49,80{7 $52,000
$69,500 $71,500 $123,322
$102,000
CDBG {HS Grant}
$50,000 $50,00o
$55,000 $58,250 $56,978
$75,000 • + +++
Utilities
L $100,000 $100,000
$100,000 $125,000 $133,000
$125,000 �++
Homeless Initiatives
540,000 $61,000
$80,000 $107,748 $783,450
$703,450 + +
Emergency Funding"Im
$200.000
GF - Eviction Prevention
$100,000—
ESG-CV1
MEN"=
$1,425,000—
TERAP
—�
$187,444—
CDBG-CV
$800,000®
- Loop 288 Purchase
-I�
$3,395,000—
Loop 288 CO Bond
$2,OQRQOQ • +++ +++
ARPA - Loop 288
ARPA - Temporary Shelter
man
+ ++
ARPA - Outreach
++ +++
ARPA - Nonprofit Capacity
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ARPA - Behavioral Health
+++
Total Hlomeless/At-Risk
$463,000
$304,500 $362,498 $1,096,750
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2021
2021- Sustaining COVID emergency response and advancing ongoing growth initiatives
As we are approaching the end of 2021, the following list highlights 2021 activities related to the City's
homelessness initiatives.
• Creating, implementing, and monitoring new grant funding
• Continuing to sustain COVID emergency response with same level of staff
• Coordinated emergency response to Winter Storm Uri
• Finalized Management Services Agreement with ODB for Loop 288 Center
• Finalized design & budget for Loop 288 Center and hired a CMAR
• Denton PD launched Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT)
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2021 and Beyond - Increasing capacity in Systems and the Operators within them
The priority beyond 2021 is to complete implementation of a variety of new project to ensure that current
projects and the substantial investment from federal funds is fully leveraged, managed, and implemented
successfully. We are also continuing to work in collaboration with community partner to maximize
emergency funding while available, including the second installment of ARPA in Summer 2022
• Construction and Implementation of 24/7 center on Loop 288
• Continue Affordable Housing Strategy Toolkit and Implementation
• Implementation of new grant programs with ARPA funding:
o ARPA HOME Funds Grant Process
o ARPA Nonprofit Capacity Grant
o ARPA Behavioral Health Grant
o ARPA Expansion of Street Outreach Team
EXHIBITS
Exhibit 1 — Agenda Information Sheet
Exhibit 3 — Presentation
Respectfully submitted:
Dani Shaw
Director of Community Services
Courtney Douangdara
Assistant Community Services Manager
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Homelessness
Initiatives Update
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COMMUNITY SERVICES
WORKING TO PROVIDE QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A SUITABLE
LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,
PRINCIPALLY FOR PERSONS OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.
HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES
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HOUSING THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE
2015 — Mayor's Housing the Homeless Task Force
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-Mayor Watts Housing the Homeless Task Force
-City provides facility for a long-term home for
the MKOC emergency shelter
-Recommended funding for public-private
partnership with United Way of Denton County
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BUILDING THE SYSTEM RESPONSE
2016 — Building a county -wide system through Public -Private partnership
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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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•Hired Homeless Coordinator
•DCHLT launched as a county -wide collective impact
approach
• Begin implementation of Coordinated Entry as the
Housing and Intake and assessment tool
-Cities provide stop -gap funding for ESG
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STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM
2017 — Strengthening Coordinated Entry, Housing Priority List, and other system tools
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. Coordinated Entry is fully implemented
•Hired Coordinated Entry Specialist to enhance and
improve system -wide outcomes and collaboration
•MKOC shelter adds capacity (total of 90 beds)
STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM
2018 — Strengthening data informed decision making
2015
2016
0)HIGHLIGHTS:
. Barriers Fund launched
2017
-Started Collaborative Case Management Meetings
resulting in an actively managed Housing Priority List
• Data Dashboard launched
-Joined Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness
-Hired Housing Navigator - Landlord Initiative launched
-Shelter Workgroup convened
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2019
Sep 30, 2021 504 54 160 14
Aug 31, 2021 441 42 141 12
Jul 31, 2021 373 36 108 10
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STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM
2019 — Assessing and strengthening shelter services
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HIGHLIGHTS:
0 • Based on DCHLT Shelter Workgroup findings City
Council increases funding for ongoing system -wide
improvements in key Homelessness Initiatives
components (right) including the Enhanced Shelter
Model
• PD hires first Homeless Outreach Officers
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DIVERSION
Help at -risk individuals and families remained housed in times of crisis
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!Sri Connect and support individuals and families experiencing homelessness
EMERGENCY SHELTER
Shelter and support for individuals and families experiencing homelessness
1 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
16MJ Interventions to help individuals and families get housed and stay housed
STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM
2020 — Strengthening capacity and resources including emergency COVID response
0)HIGHLIGHTS:
. MKOC launches the Enhanced
Shelter Model
• Purchased Loop 288 building for a
24/7 Shelter w/co-located services
•Coordinated and sustained an
unprecedented COVID emergency
response with multiple entities
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COVID EMERGENCY RESPONSE (CITY):
• Eviction Prevention CRF (GF $100K)
• Hotel for Non -congregate Shelter
(GF/CRF $803K)
• Emergency Solution Grant — CV1
(TDHCA $1.425M)
• Extend Hotel Voucher Program
(City CDBG-CV $HOOK)
•American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
(City $7,295,000 allocated for 2021)
2020
EVICTION PREVENTION FUNDING:
•CARES Act — CRF (Denton County)
•CARES Act — TERAP (TDHCA)
•CARES Act — CDBG-CV, ESG-CV1 and
CV2 (HUD)
•Consolidated Appropriations Act
(CAA) (Denton County)
COVID EMERGENCY RESPONSE (CITY)
Emergency Hotel Program Highlights
City Council approved funding to temporarily house individuals and families experiencing
homelessness in local hotels to allow for compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.
CARES Act COVID-19 Relief Fund (CRF)
• Opened on March 25, 2020.
• CRF funding ended on December 31, 2020.
Community Development Block Grant CARES
Act (CDBG-CV)
• Extended the hotel program on a voucher basis.
American Rescue Plan Act
• Extension of the Hotel Voucher Program until
the Loop 288 facility renovation is complete.
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Hotel Program's Lifetime
March 25, 2020 through July 2021
• Unduplicated Guests: 316
• Guests exiting the hotel: 265
• Guests exiting into permanent housing: 136 (51%)
Hotel Voucher Program
beginning February 2021 — July 2021
• Unduplicated Guests: 142
• Current guests: 49
• Guests exiting the hotel: 92
• Guests exiting into permanent housing: 49 (53%)
UWDC CARES & CAA ERA1 Eviction Prevention Results Apr. 2020 — Oct. 2021
United Way of Denton Count,
Emergency Rental Assitance
EXPENDED
• City of Denton
• Corporate Donation
• Cares Act — County CRF
CURRENT
• ESG-CV2 — TDHCA
• CAA, ERA - County CAA
• CAA, ERA2 — TBD
• ARPA - TBD
ID 21-1843, November 1, 2021
The Denton County
Eviction Prevention Program
.
has provided
i 18,956 MONTHS
of assistance since
April 2020 to help prevent
8,346 HOUSEHOLDS*
across Denton County from experiencing
homelessness due to COVID-19
'some duplicates
United
Way
ASSISTANCE BY MUNICIPALITY (CAAIERA. TERAP.
COV_ID B -fun_ d
& ESGI
Months
Assistance %
Applications
Months of
of County
Municipality
Processed
Assistance
Total
Argyle
12
62
0.6%
Aubrey
197
657
5.9%
Bartonville
0
0
0.0%
Carrollton
177
678
18.5%
Coppell
1
4
0.0%
Corinth
34
130
1.2%
Cross Roads
15
52
0.5%
Dallas
93
380
3.4%
Denton
1,485
4,208
38.1%
Flower Mound
38
112
1.0%
Frisco
100
332
3.0%
Haslet
0
0
0.0%
Hickory Creek
3
23
0.2%
Highland Village
0
0
0,0%
Justin
27
102
0.9%
Krum
15
62
0.6%
Lake Dallas
22
83
0.8%
Lakewood Village
3
8
0.1%
Lewisville
1,010
2,748
24.9%
Little Elm
117
373
3.4%
Northlake
19
79
0,7%
Oak Point
3
15
0.1%
Pilot Point
6
34
0.3%
Plano
0
0
0.0%
Ponder
8
21
0.2%
Prosper
8
30
0.3%
Providence Village
13
57
0.5%
Roanoke
5
17
0.2%
Sanger
38
116
1.1%
Savannah
6
20
0.2%
Shady Shores
0
0
0.0%
The Colony
202
641
5.8%
Trophy Club
0
0
0.0%
TOTAL
3.657
11.042
100%
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Tr n A n
Metric CAA2021/ERA
FUNDING TO DATE
Denton
Funds Raised $12,915,099.98 $169435.50
TERAP ESG CV R2 COVID Barriers
(Lewisville) Fund
$136,664.24 $8,252.30 $19,876.90
Total
$13,249,328.92
Expenses $12,521,399.68 $169,435.50 $136,664.24 $13,290.59 $21,652.14 $12,862,442.15
Current Balance $393,700.30 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 -$1,775.24 $368,886.77
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Denton County
klv Trend (Pavments) - 2021
Week
3,188 households served by CAA ERA1, 72.1 % are below 30% Area Median Income (AMI). 22.2% are below
50% AMI. Note, CAA ERA1 requires household income below 80% AMI to qualify for assistance.
Actuals as of 10/13/2021
179
3%
or Rent'
HH
Utility
HH
Hotel
HH
Admin
Monthly Total
601,436.02
110
23,876.89
54
16,241.87
5
25,998.70
$667,553.4
1,971,464.27
325
51,998.94
138
97,559.14
28
180,737.28
$2,301,759.6
1,805,312.28
323
46,889.03
133
180,006.30
54
73,244.04
$2,105,451.6
1,122,263.01
205
32,404.01
95
248,252.78
79
67,677.85
$1,470,597.6
718,215.95
139
42,953.20
76
280,463.32
99
70,688.98
$1,112,321.4
1,180,178.34
213
49,555.65
114
449,277.00
142
148,895.07
$1,827,906.0
1,125,292.78
198
42,619.74
116
544,851.99
177
125,309.63
$1,838,074.1
646,460.58
116
37,775.46
82
249,826.04
83
41,808.98
$975,871.0
6%
'qqNEOP" 74%
■ Rent ■ Utilities ■ Hotel Admin
CAA ERA Spending Trend
3,dO0,D00.W
z,sao,000.ao -
500.000.00
0.00
March April May June July August September
—Target —Actual
Total Program
Budget $23,000,000
Actual to
Date $12,299,535
Actual to
Budget 53.50%
Households by % of AMI
Denton County
2021 AND BEYOND
Denton County Homelessness Leadership Team
Upcoming
■2018 Strategic Plan Update
■ Ad-hoc Committee to explore forming our own Continuum of Care (CoC) for Denton County
■ Healthcare Collaboration (future)
■ Emergency Solutions Grant Corona Virus (2) Rapid Rehousing - $2.4 million project
■ American Rescue Plan / Emergency Rental Assistance Program (2) (future)
■Continued Alignment of Collective Impact Initiatives:
DENTON COUNTY
LEADERSHIP TEAM
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DENTON COUNTY
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Comprehensive behavioral health for
every person in Denton County
—DENTON COUNTY=
HOMELESSNESS
LEADERSHIP TEAM
United Way of Denton County, Inc. Denton County
iriameiess initiatives
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URCE FUNDING CHART
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
$69,500
$7 00
$123,322
$102,000
$55,000
$5q
$56,978I
$75,000
$100,000
$125,000
$133,0001
$125,000
$80,000
$107,748
$783,450
$703,450
$100,000
$1,425,000
$187,444
$800,000
$3,395,000
$2,000,000
10 $463,000 $304,500 $362,498 $1,096,750 $8,912,894
0
2021
Sustaining COVID emergency response and advancing ongoing growth initiatives
1 HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2021 SO FAR:
■ Creating, implementing, and monitoring new grant funding
■ Continuing to sustain COVID emergency response with same level of staff
■ Coordinated emergency response to Winter Storm Uri
■ Finalized Management Services Agreement with ODB for Loop 288 Center
■ Finalized design & budget for Loop 288 Center and hired a CMAR
■ Denton PD launched Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT)
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2021 AND BEYOND
Increasing capacity in Systems and the Operators within them
CITY OF DENTON
■Ensure that current projects and the substantial investment
from federal funds is fully leveraged, managed, and
implemented successfully
o Construction and Implementation of 24/7 center on Loop
288
o Continue Affordable Housing Strategy Toolkit and
Implementation
■Work with partners in collaboration to maximize emergency
funding while available, including second installment of ARPA
in Summer 2022
o ARPA HOME Funds Grant Process
o ARPA Nonprofit Capacity Grant
o ARPA Behavioral Health Grant
o ARPA Expansion of Street Outreach Team
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Housing
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