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Using Data, Setting Goals, and Defining what it means to End Homelessness

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Because of Opening Doors, the focus on goal-setting and data-driven strategies to end homelessness has increased across the country. For example, we’ve seen an increased emphasis on performance measurement, documentation of outcomes, and a focus on the most effective and cost-efficient use of resources, and believe that implementation of such strategies should be even more strongly emphasized within an amended Opening Doors.

Since the launch of Opening Doors, our understanding of what works has further solidified, and we’ve seen tremendous progress. Your input is essential to the ongoing success of Opening Doors. Please share and vote for the ideas you think would have the greatest impact in an amendment to Opening Doors.

Please consider these questions when crafting your feedback and voting for the feedback you think is most valuable. And please use the Opening Doors Amendment 2014 Participation Guide for more information on what strategies are currently included in Opening Doors. Find it here: http://bit.ly/USICH2014

1. Are there additional strategies for increasing the focus on data-driven decision making and setting measurable goals that you think should be reflected in an amendment to Opening Doors?

2. How would your community/organization benefit from a greater emphasis on these issues within Opening Doors? Please explain what information would be most helpful.

3. Would including a definition on what ending homelessness means and how it should be defined benefit your community’s/organizations’ efforts, and if so, how?

4. Are there other areas of the Plan you feel would benefit from updated information or the incorporation of additional strategies?

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Are there additional strategies for increasing the focus on data-driven decision making and setting measurable goals that you think should be reflected in an amendment to Opening Doors?

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  1. We can't end homelessness by ending homelessness

    How can the FSP focus on the broader policy changes needed to prevent all types of homelessness (not just chronic)? While housing subsidies are present in the plan, can the revised FSP include support for significantly raising the minimum wage (beyond $10.10) and creating economic opportunities and career ladders that pay a housing/living wage? How can we increase the supply of unsubsidized affordable housing? Can the National Housing Trust Fund and other housing/tax/finance reform be present in revised strategies? Data measures could include tracking the number/percent of American households paying more than 30% of its income on housing.

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  2. Reconcile federal definitions between HUD and MV on family homelessness. Rely on DOE counts rather than PIT to scope family homelessness.

    Differing definitions of homelessness and methods of data-gathering between HUD and McKinney Vento tell very different data-based stories of family homelessness in the US. While the DOE perspective deepens the challenge by accommodating families doubled-up or staying in motels on their own dime, their method of data gathering is more robust and better suited to present trends--they gather data throughout the school year. The PIT on the other hand is ripe with any number of environmental or methodological inconsistencies that limit the tool's credibility in drawing a baseline or reporting out a reliable trend. While PIT remains an authority measure…

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  3. Ending veteran homelessness needs to include ALL veterans

    We applaud the goal to end veteran homelessness in five years. And we support the investment of federal dollars into the VASH program in order to help achieve this goal. However, in order to reach this goal there needs to be an open focus and discussion about veterans who have been dishonorably discharged and are unable to access VASH vouchers. In addition, the VA needs to fully support and implement a Housing First approach to VASH. -Submitted by the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness

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