HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022 and 23 Annual Report Data2022-23 Service Impact and Performance Measures
Service 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Individuals Sheltered* 330 385 193 258
People Turned Away* 223 313 Not
available
Not
available
New Emergency/
Transitional Beds
0 36 12 66
Section 8 Vouchers 111 187 185
Rent Assistance Vouchers**
714 649 578
System Prioritization (%
Unsheltered Entries)
74% 56% 67% Not yet
available
Exits to Permanent Housing 78% 78% 54% Not yet
available
Length of Time in Homelessness
(days)
699 373 487 Not yet
available
Returns to Homelessness 5% 8% 6% Not yet
available
*Change in data source. 2022 and 2023 are per HMIS while previous years’ counts came from individual
agencies. Decrease in number of individuals sheltered from 2021 to 2022 likely reflects HMIS
undercount and duplication of individuals in separate agencies’ counts in 2020 and 2021. Number of
people turned away not available from HMIS data.
** Rent Assistance vouchers includes ERAP vouchers. The ERAP program was discontinued at the end of
June 2023.
Source: DOC County Report Card
245
534
366
617
699
373
487
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
JC Homeless System Performance Chart 2
Length of Time Homeless
Source: DOC County Report Card
86%83%
100%100%
78%78%
54%
8%2%
10%5%5%8%6%
36%29%
47%
73%74%
56%
67%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
JC Homeless System Performance Chart 1
Exits to Permanent Housing Returns to Homelessness System Prioritization
2022-23 Homeless and Affordable Housing Stock by Housing Continuum Type and Development Stage
Housing
Continuum Type
Start of
5 Year
Plan
End of
2021
End of
2023
In
Construc
-tion
In
Planning
Planned
Closing
Total
Existing
&
Planned
HAPT
2044
Emergency Housing # of beds 58 36 36
Transitional
Housing # of beds 109 171 34
Mixed Emergency
& Transitional
Housing
# of beds 28 50 40
Emergency
Housing Total # of beds 124 205 257 40 70 227 614
Permanent
Supportive
Housing
# of units 31 37 47 19 73 139 247
Subsidized Rentals # of units 441 411 435 94 17 512
Subsidized
Ownership # of units 48 55 61 61
Permanently
Affordable Housing # of units 0 0 8 14 88 110
Affordable
Housing Total
(<80% AMI)
# of units 489 471 509 14 172 17 683 2601
Data Summary:
• In the past four years, Jefferson County has more than doubled the number of emergency and transitional beds from 124 to 257.
• 10 units of permanent support housing were added in 2023 bringing the total to 47. Another 19 units are in construction and 83 in
planning. These will bring the total number of permanent supportive housing units to 155 or 56% of the county’s projected 20 year
need. Apple Health Funding is being used to expand permanent supportive operations.
• The number of subsidized affordable housing units has remained relatively constant since 2019, the first year of the current five-year
plan. OlyCAP opened 7th Haven, the first multi-family affordable apartment complex to be built in Jefferson County in over a decade,
adding 33 subsidized rental units. However, other affordable housing projects’ subsidies expired (Avamere, Victoria House).
• Two major housing developments that include subsidized affordable housing are in planning: Evans Vista, a mixed income neighborhood
in Port Townsend, will add a projected 78 units of subsidized rental housing and Habitat’s permanently affordable project in Port
Hadlock will create a community of approximately 50 affordable and 100 workforce housing units.
• The lack of affordable housing has a major negative impact on addressing homelessness as measured by exits to permanent housing,
average length of time in homelessness and returns to homelessness, all of which have been trending in a negative direction. These
negative trends could also be the effect of incomplete data during full-scale HMIS implementation.
Major Accomplishments:
• Bayside Housing Services and Dove House Advocacy Services achieved HMIS certification in 2022-23 and are entering all clients through
the Coordinated Entry System (CES) as of 2023. (5 Year Plan Objective 1)
• The Coordinated Entry Advisory Board (CEAB) was convened in 2022 and has been meeting regularly to develop policies and procedures.
(5 Year Plan Objectives 1 and 2) Coordination between the three major housing providers – Bayside, OlyCAP and Dove House – provides
mutual support for expanding and strengthening the system.
• Unsheltered entries as a percentage of all entries, the System Prioritization Performance Measure, exceeds the statewide average of
51% and is trending up. In 2022, System Prioritization was 67%. (5 Year Plan Objective 2)
• OlyCAP’s partnership with Jefferson County Anti-Racist Fund improved system prioritization, especially for Rapid Rehousing. (5 Year Plan
Objective 2)
• Since 2020, Community Build has engaged hundreds of volunteers in addressing the lack of affordable housing. A second tiny shelter
village in 2022, (the first was opened in 2021). In 2023, Community Build began developing a program to provide affordable tiny houses
with volunteer labor for extremely low income individuals (5 Year Plan Objectives 3 and 6).
• OWL 360 has increased youth access to services through an innovative program that offers a supportive environment for young people
to meet each other, access resources, and gain social and employment opportunities. In addition, they doubled transition housing for
young adults 18 to 24 years old from 10 to 20 beds. (5 Year Plan Objective 3)
• OlyCAP opened Phase II of Caswell Brown, a continuum of care facility offering and 7th Haven, a combined permanent supportive and
affordable housing complex, and have secured funding for a new permanent supportive housing facility at Caswell Brown (Phase 3). The
consolidation of emergency, transitional and permanent supportive operations at Caswell Brown will reduce operational costs per
resident. (5 Year Plan Objective 3)
• Bayside Housing Service will open its first permanent supportive housing in March 2024 (5 Year Plan Objective 3) and has acquired
properties for affordable workforce housing projects. (5 Year Plan Objective 3)
• Dove House secured a zoning change for the development of two units of permanent supportive housing for people leaving unsafe living
conditions. (5 Year Plan Objective 3)
• The City of Port Townsend secured a middle housing planning grant that will provide for a land capacity analysis. (5 Year Plan Objective
4)
• Port Townsend amended its zoning code to facilitate affordable and workforce housing developments by allowing second ADU’s,
substantially decreasing residential parking requirements, and allowing tiny houses on wheels to be sited in Port Townsend. (5 Year Plan
Objective 6)
Current Developments:
• The Housing Fund Board’s Data and Needs Assessment Committee is coordinating with city and county planners in developing a data
model that will provide reliable projections of housing needs by demographic (5 Year Plan Objective 4) and with Commerce to establish
performance benchmarks and improvement goals. (5 Year Plan Objective 4).
Emerging Needs:
• The rapid expansion of emergency and transitional housing was not matched by an increase in operational funding.
• Increase in coordination between behavioral health service and emergency/transitional housing providers, including assessing the need
for dedicated housing for Substance Use Disorder Housing.
• Support for workers engaged in housing service provision.
• Destigmatizing homelessness and affordable housing labels through making the case for housing for all.
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