PREVENTION/DIVERSION BARRIERS TO SUCCESS

WHO IS The CARES Homeless Prevention Project (HPP) is a collaborative Individuals experiencing homelessness in our

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effort between CAPLP, FM Coalition to End Homelessness,
FirstLink, Presentation Partners in Housing, SENDCAA, The
community face many barriers to sustainability,
specifically when it comes to gaining and
SHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS
Salvation Army, and the YWCA. The goal of the HPP is to
DOUBLED UP maintaining livable-wage employment and
72 WITH FAMILY ensure low-barrier access for homeless prevention and
shelter diversion services in line with coordinated entry. safe, stable housing. Surveying local people
IN THE F–M METRO? UNSHELTERED OR FRIENDS Households
experiencing
Households on verge
experiencing homelessness revealed:
of homelessness at
1% homelessness
at time of call time of call Households screened
Poor credit and rental history, employment
TRANSGENDER and livable wages, transportation, and
209 affordable housing are the common reasons
On any given night, there are 957 individuals
for experiencing homelessness.
estimated to be experiencing homelessness 479
21% in the F–M Metro.
589
798
683
CHILDREN Eviction or not having leases renewed, not
51% Clay County
1,095 able to afford rent or house payments, and
ADULT Cass County
27% 14% loss of job or hours cut are top reasons for
MALES ADULTS Total Households Screened
ADULT 1,569 current experiences of homelessness.
55+ 1,684
FEMALES
20% 65% Common barriers for those unemployed are
CHILDREN
WORKING 17% physical and mental health, transportation,
AGE ADULTS ADULTS 2,367
By gender. child care, and criminal background.
9%
55+
10%
CHILDREN 73% IDENTIFYING AS
HISPANIC/LATINO
WORKING
By age for those homeless.
AGE ADULTS 1%
NOT COLLECTED

CO-OCCURING 20%

39%
BLACK OR
CONDITIONS Often individuals experiencing
89%
AFRICAN
By age for those
homelessness also experience AMERICAN
SUBSTANCE ABUSE co-occurring conditions.
chronically homeless. 19%
NOT IDENTIFYING AS AMERICAN
DISORDER Co-occurring conditions HISPANIC/LATINO INDIAN OR
(SUD) significantly increase when ALASKA NATIVE
18% looking specifically at those
MHP+
SUD
8%
SUD+
who are considered
chronically homeless.
There is a significant racial disparity among 51% 8%

64% homeless population compared to the MULTIPLE

8% CHC WHITE RACES
ALL 3
general population in the F–M Metro.
MENTAL HEALTH 13%

44%
MHP+
PROBLEM CHC 1%
(MHP)
CHRONIC HEALTH
WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HELP THEM MAINTAIN STABLE NOT COLLECTED

CONDITION HOUSING, SURVEY RESPONDENTS IDENTIFIED EMPLOYMENT,

(CHC)
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND TRANSPORTATION
AS THE TOP THREE.

RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS
The Coordinated Access, Referral, Entry, & Stabilization System
(CARES) is the name of our regional homeless response system
operated collaboratively between the ND CoC and the West
Central MN CoC, FM Coalition to End Homelessness, and White Earth
Nation.
The CARES System starts when a person seeks crisis services,
first attempting to prevent homelessness when possible through
connection with mainstream and prevention resources. If
homelessness cannot be prevented, persons are prioritized for
emergency shelter and supportive housing programs based on
vulnerability, client choice, and program openings and eligibility.
The most vulnerable households are assisted with navigation services.
Those offered supportive housing are assisted with identifying and
working on goals to obtaining and retain- ing stable housing. CARES
is built on evidence-based models which have proven effective in
acheiving stable housing and reducing overall cost to the community.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
The FM Coalition to End Homelessness brings
together partners in solution focused collaboration.
For more info, or to join the fight against
homelessness, visit us at: fmhomeless.org
COST SAVINGS OF
HOUSING
Homelessness is expensive to the wider
community and housing people reduces
costs. This has been demonstrated on a small
scale in FM. In 2016, Presentation Partners in
Housing was selected as the agency to
launch a collaboratively designed Housing
Navigation program. Over the past two
years of this program, there has been a
combined cost sav- ings estimated at
$579,513 for our local community! The FM
Coalition to End Homelessness has set a
goal to find an efficient and accurate way to
measure this type of cost savings estimate
on a broader scale to include more service
providers and individuals experiencing
homelessness.
THANK YOU TO:
The State of Homelessness Task Force for
expertly preparing this report
United Way of Cass-Clay for ongoing
partnership and support of the Coalition,
particularly in publishing this report
Institute for Community Alliances for assisting
with data reporting
Anderson Creative | Marketing for layout and
graphic design