Housing First. Grantee services and operations shall align with the Core Components of Housing First as defined in California Welfare and Institutions Code, section 8255. This includes integrating policies and procedures to provide client-centered, low- barrier access to housing and services.
Housing First. In alignment with HUD, all homeless programming will adhere to Housing First principles as noted below: • Housing First is an approach to quickly and successfully connect individuals and families experiencing homelessness to permanent housing without preconditions and barriers to entry, such as sobriety, treatment or service participation requirements. • Supportive services are offered to maximize housing stability and prevent returns to homelessness as opposed to addressing predetermined treatment goals prior to permanent housing entry. Source: United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/tools-for-action/housing-first-checklist
Housing First. The Parties will follow “Housing First” principles in the operation of the NPLH Units and MHSA Units, consistent with the core components set forth in California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 8255(b).
Housing First. The Contractor shall ensure programs are informed by and consistent with Housing First principals, an approach to serve people experiencing homelessness that recognizes a homeless person must first be able to access a decent, safe place to live, that does not limit length of stay (permanent housing), before stabilizing, improving health, reducing harmful behaviors, or increasing income.
Housing First. Under the HSRA, Housing First means a program that provides clients with immediate access to independent permanent housing and supportive services without prerequisites for sobriety or participation in psychiatric treatment. Clients in Housing First programs may choose the frequency and type of supportive services they receive and refusal of services will have no consequence for their access to housing or on continuation of their housing and supportive services. A Housing First orientation is one of the universal qualities that a coordinated assessment process should include. Coordinated assessment tools should not be used to determine “housing readiness” or screen people out for housing assistance, and therefore should not encompass an in-depth clinical assessment. A more in-depth clinical assessment can be administered once the individual or family has obtained housing to determine and offer an appropriate service package.
Housing First. Housing First is an evidence-based practice in which clients are offered shelter, housing, and supportive services regardless of their sobriety or use of substances, completion of treatment, or participation in services. Contractor services and operations shall align with the Core Components of Housing First as defined in California Welfare and Institutions Code, section 8255. This includes integrating policies and procedures to provide tenant-centered, low-barrier access to housing and services.
Housing First. Compared to residents of programs employing a “treatment first” approach, program residents with HIV in Housing First programs3: 22% greater rate of viral load suppression 37% lower mortality rate 13% lower rate of depression 41% less use of emergency departments 36% less inpatient hospitalizations 37% less homelessness Levels of Housing First Program Level • Acceptance without preconditions/barriers to entry • No condition of sobriety or participation in treatment services Community Level • Safe • Low-threshold • Emergency & transitional options (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2022) Requiring households to meet certain goals first creates barriers to permanent housing and lengthens their time spent homeless. First Core Principle of Housing First Everyone is "housing ready" and housing programs should be "consumer ready"
Housing First. Any housing-related activities funded with HHAP funds, including but not limited to emergency shelter, rapid-rehousing, rental assistance, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing, must be in compliance or otherwise aligned with the core components of Housing First, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 8255, subdivision (b). EXHIBIT B
Housing First. The Housing First Model encourages clients to create and implement their own goals while immediately housing or sheltering clients with no preconditions (except complying with a shelter code of conduct or standard lease agreement). Housing First best practices include, but are not limited to:
Housing First. Housing First is a homeless system orientation designed to return homeless people to housing as quickly as possible without a “housing readiness” test, or other conditions to entering housing. Programs in a Housing First homeless system empower homeless people to overcome barriers to obtaining permanent housing. A Housing First system does not require that households spend time in a shelter or graduate from a transitional housing program in order to receive Permanent Supportive Housing, although many households will enter housing from a shelter. In order to achieve a Housing First system orientation, homeless housing units in the system must remove screening barriers and screen in homeless households, many of whom may have barriers that traditionally make it more difficult for them to rent in the private market.
