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Notes by Summer D Clemenson
Ending Homelessness Conference – May 15, 2013
Rapid Rehousing
What is Rapid Rehousing?
A cost-effective strategy to help families leave homelessness and maintain permanent housing. This model includes: employment assistance, case management and housing services. The program works best in conjunction with coordinated entry.
Employment Assistance
- Helps find and maintain employment
- Offers training & employment programs with a career in mind
Case Management
- Tailors services to specific need of family
- Connects education, housing and healthcare
- Partners with other service organizations
Housing Services
- Rental subsidies
- Works with landlords
- Negotiates leases
Barriers for Rapid Rehousing
- Pregnant mothers and families with TANF
- Domestic Violence Survivors
Rapid Rehousing is a good start for all-will need a re-eval at a later date.
Employment Approach
Employment Navigator looks at mainstream and employment services
- WorkFirst Services – college/tech training, community jobs, employment services
There is is no employment navigator service in Cowlitz County.
3 types of people
- Willing to work
- Not willing to work
- Willing but anxious
Rapid Rehousing works best for employed people. Employment should be addressed from the beginning.
Case management is more attractive to landlords than subsidies.
Potential tenants usually only get assistance for 3-6 months. Leases are generally 1 year so landlords are taking a leap of faith that tenants will get jobs and pay rent to fulfill lease.
Learn more about Rapid Rehousing at:
Kelly Zelenka, Director of Policy: kelly.zelenka@buildingchanges.org 203-805-6140
Supporting Document found at:
http://www.buildingchanges.org/library-type/other/item/628-what-is-rapid-re-housing?
