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Justice Involved
Supportive Housing
Program
The Network Conference
June 1, 2017
 Kristin Miller, CSH – Moderator
 Jennifer Scaife, Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
 Carolyn Slade, The Fortune Society
 Angeles Delgado, LMSW, CAMBA
 Ian Alcazar, Urban Pathways
 Rebecca Sievers, Office of Housing, NYC
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
(DOHMH)
Homelessness is an
institutional circuit
Drug
Treatment
Shelter
Psych
Center
Jail
Hospital
Detox
(IPT)
Street
Emergency
Room
Breaking the Cycle
“In order to end homelessness, we
must reduce the number of people who
enter the criminal justice system from
homelessness and prevent
homelessness among people leaving
criminal justice settings.”
~ USICH, August 2016
Supportive Housing for Frequent Utilizers
(FUSE)
FUSE Evaluation
35 Communities Strong
Hennepin Co
FUSE
King Co FACT
Washtenaw
FUSE/SIF
Detroit FUSE
Columbus BJA
FUSE
Lane Co. FUSE Planning
Pittsburgh FUSE
Iowa City FUSE
- Planning
KCC/SIF
Denver FUSE
Chicago FUSE
Penn Place FUSE
(Indy)
Clark Co FUSE Planning
Louisville ACT
10th Decile Project
Just in Reach 2.0
Project 25
Rhode Island FUSE
CT FUSE
CT SIF
Hudson Co
NYC JISH
FUSE
Wash. DC FUSE
Fredericksburg FUSE
Richmond FUSE
MeckFUSE
Maricopa Co
FUSE
Travis Co
BJA
Tarrant Co. FUSE
Orlando Hospital FUSE
Re-entry FUSE
Health FUSE
Health + Reentry focused FUSE
Integrated Care
for the
Chronically
Homeless
Houston 1185
Program
Palm Beach County FUSEPlanning
Miami Coalition LIFT –
Planning
THE MAYOR’S TASKFORCE ON
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Jennifer Scaife, Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
Justice Involved Supportive Housing (JISH)
targets individuals who continuously cycle through
shelter, jail, and emergency room services.
Supportive housing for justice involved people was a
recommendation of the Mayor’s Task Force on Behavioral
Health in the Criminal Justice System
Characteristics of JISH Clients
• Tend to face low-level misdemeanor charges
• Cycle through jail for short periods of time
• Have significant behavioral health needs and
extensive substance use
• Struggle with homelessness
• Tend to be older than the average jail population
(47 years old on average)
Permanent supportive housing for this
population has been shown to result in:
• Fewer returns to jail: 40% reduction in days
spent in jail and 38% reduction in jail admissions
over two years
• Less shelter use: 90% reduction in both shelter
admissions and days in shelter over two years
• Improved health outcomes: 55% reduction in
days in a psychiatric hospital over two years
To date, 102 individuals have been housed
through JISH
Supportive housing saves the City an
estimated $1.5 million per year by reducing
jail, shelter and crisis system use
Choosing JISH participants: data matching
process
• Step 1: MOCJ identified 400 individuals with at least
5 jail and 5 shelter admissions in any 4-year period
• Step 2: MOCJ randomly selected 200 individuals from
original group of 400 for JISH
– Those not selected for JISH serve as a randomized
control group for evaluation purposes
Evaluation
• MOCJ randomized eligible individuals into the program
and comparison cohorts. MOCJ will use administrative
and program data to determine whether the JISH
program has an impact on
– recidivism and related criminal justice outcomes
– homelessness and service utilization
– substance use and mental health
• MOCJ may also explore whether the program has
particular benefits for subgroups of participants (i.e.
types of criminal histories or types of behavioral health
needs)
Evaluation (cont)
•
•
MOCJ will also engage an external research partner to
conduct interviews and/or focus groups with program
participants and program staff
Purpose of these interviews/focus groups will be to
gather data on how well the program is functioning,
barriers to program performance, and suggestions for
program improvement
Supportive Service Provider Role

DOHMH assigns JISH referrals to one of three agencies

Once client information received, outreach expected to be
conducted within two business days

A Face-to-Face meeting is scheduled to complete a
screening to determine client eligibility

Each client is assigned a Case Manager and Recovery
Peer Specialist (CM & RPS) who ensure that the referent
is enrolled into the JISH program through an intake
process.
Supportive Service Provider Role

The referent housed in an apartment (can be single or
shared) and is responsible for paying 30% of income to
rent

Once housed, tenant meets with their CM and/or RPS
minimum of 4 times a month

If needed tenant is linked to various services (mental
health, PCP, substance TX, vocational, educational etc.)
within and outside participating organizations

Individualized Service Plans formulated with emphasis
on housing, criminal justice involvement, substance use,
mental health, social services
PROVISION OF SERVICES TO
CLIENT
Carolyn Slade
The Fortune Society
Engaging Private Landlords and Realtors
Angeles Delgado, LMSW
Vice President, Health and Housing Services
CAMBA
The Private Market
Private market landlords are critical to the success of all scattered
site housing programs. They play an important role in achieving the
goal of ending homelessness in New York City.
Therefore, developing strong and trusting relationship with
landlords is critical not only to keeping current apartments, but also
in obtaining and renting new ones.
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The benefits to landlords who rent
apartments to agencies
Financial Benefits
 Secure monthly rental payments
 Replacement or payment for property damage covered in the lease
 No financial loss due to having to evict tenants
 Possible financial incentives (broker’s fee)
Benefits of CAMBA Staff’s Oversight
 Less interaction with our clients/tenants
 Landlords have access to program staff if a problem arises
 Landlords know that our clients are receiving ongoing case management
services
 CAMBA’s operational staff can make minor repairs
 Less time spent resolving tenants’ problems
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Engagement Strategies
 Letters and calls introducing the agency and its services
 Invite landlords/realtors to meet the team
 Explain the process of renting to agencies, master leasing, and
subleasing
 Respond quickly and address tenants’ disruptive behaviors
 Ask exiting landlords to recommend other landlords who may be
interested in renting to the agency
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Successes
After lots of legwork, phone calls, and exploring new frontier, JISH has leased all 30 units.
 In 2010, 90% of CAMBA’s supportive housing units were in Brooklyn.
 With JISH, CAMBA established new relationships with landlords in the Bronx.
26 units (87%) are in the Bronx
4 units (13%) are in Brooklyn
JISH Housing Units Leased
35
30
25
20
15
Units
10
5
0
Start date
10/15/15
6-months
3/15/16
12-months
10/15/16
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18-months
4/1/17
Challenges
 De-stabilization of affordable housing. Non-profits do not have rent stabilization
protections.
 Competing with other non-profits and regular renters for a limited pool of apartments.
 High cost of housing and limitations on rental amounts.
 As demand has increased, so has rental cost. Landlords have become more selective.
Although landlords do not say it, they reduced the number of apartments they rent to
agencies or “programs.” This has had a significant impact on the number of units and
the quality of those units.
 Apartments could be in multiple boroughs, which increases staff response time or a
client’s travel time to the office.
 “Program buildings”- buildings which have multiple agencies renting a % of the building
until a large # of the total units are rented to “programs.”
 Landlords offering poorly maintain buildings.
 Walk-up units in higher floors without an elevator.
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Lessons Learned
 Strike out into new areas and boroughs.
 Seek to develop strong working relationships with landlords renting apartments
to your program. Responsiveness to their concerns is important and helps this.
 Look for staff with experience in housing and with identifying apartments and
working with landlords.
 Train staff on doing outreach to landlords/realtors and promoting the benefits
of renting to agencies.
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Government Partner Engagement
Ian Alcazar, Urban Pathways
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JISH Outcomes
Rebecca Sievers, MA, MPA
Senior Program Specialist, DOHMH,
Office of Housing Services
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Q&A
Contact Information:
Kristin Miller: [email protected]
Jennifer Scaife: [email protected]
Carol Slade: [email protected]
Angeles Delgado, LMSW: [email protected]
Ian Alcazar: [email protected]
Rebecca Sievers, DOHMH: [email protected]