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Designing a Rural Strategy to End Homelessness: Starting from Scratch

Designing a Rural Strategy to End Homelessness: Starting from Scratch. Marci McCaulay, Ph.D., M.P.H. Perry Housing Coalition Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio Annual Statewide Conference Columbus, OH April 14-15, 2008. Perry Housing Coalition. Who we are and how we got started

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Designing a Rural Strategy to End Homelessness: Starting from Scratch

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  1. Designing a Rural Strategy to End Homelessness:Starting from Scratch Marci McCaulay, Ph.D., M.P.H. Perry Housing Coalition Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio Annual Statewide Conference Columbus, OH April 14-15, 2008

  2. Perry Housing Coalition • Who we are and how we got started • Phase one: Capacity building • Phase two: Strategic planning • Phase three: Expanding our base • Challenges and opportunities McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  3. Where is Perry County? McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  4. Demographics • Population, 2006: 35,313 • Land area: 410 square miles • Households, 1999: 12,519 • Housing units, 1999: 13,655 • Owner occupied units: 9,923 (72.7%) • Renter occupied units: 2,577 (18.9%) • Vacant housing units: 1,155 (8.5%) McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  5. Economic picture McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  6. How we got started • An invitation from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundations (OHF) to be a part of the Rural Homeless Initiative of Southeast and Central Ohio (RHISCO) • OHF presentation given at a monthly meeting of the Perry County Family and Children First Council McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  7. Phase one: Capacity building • Attended regional trainings and state and national conferences (RHISCO, COHHIO, National Alliance to End Homelessness) • Held Perry Housing Coalition (PHC) monthly meetings McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  8. Phase two: Strategic planning • Wrote a ten-year plan to end homelessness • Submitted a proposal to OHF for implementation grant • Held PHC planning retreat McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  9. Phase three: Expanding our base • Data collection • Education and outreach • Coalition building McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  10. Challenges • Composition of coalition • Lack of experience with housing programs • Turnover in membership • Many services located in other counties • Funding linked to/based in other counties McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  11. Opportunities • To learn from and with each other • To create an identity without a pre-existing model or a vested interest in particular programs • To adapt strategies to fit our situation and establish priorities as needs are identified McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

  12. Contact information Marci McCaulay mccaulaym@denison.edu 740.246.5949 McCaulay, COHHIO Conference, 2008.

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