Community Planning Process to Develop a Regional Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness Tony Bonetti, MSW

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Community Planning Process to Develop a Regional
Ten Year Plan to End HomelessnessTony Bonetti,
MSWDirector of Community Impact
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Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness

• A National Movement
• 2000 NAEH Releases Ten Year Plan
• 2002 USICH Reconstituted Presidents Charge to
  End Chronic Homelessness
• Over 300 communities have developed and are
  implementing plans
• THE RESULT Across the country, communities are
  seeing significant reductions in homelessness.

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Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness

• Connecticuts Movement
• Since 2005, 9 regions in Connecticut have
  developed ten year plans encompassing over 60 of
  our 169 municipalities (Greater Bridgeport Area,
  Stamford, Greater New Haven, Greater Windham
  Region, Greater Hartford Region, Southeastern
  Connecticut/New London County, Middlesex County,
  New Britain, Greater Danbury)
• 3 regions are in various stages of plan
  development

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Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness

• Key Elements to a Community-Driven Plan
• Community change agents A core group of key
  community stakeholders of concerned community
  members, service providers and advocates.
• Solid Commitment Political Will This core
  group of change agents must be invested in
  engaging in a planning process to develop a ten
  year plan to end homelessness.

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Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness

• The Community Planning Process
• Convene Core Group
• Make Decisions on Planning Process Structure
• Schedule Next Core Group Meeting Kick-off
  Meeting Date
• Brainstorm Who Needs to Be Engaged to Attend
• Brainstorm What Organizations, Groups, etc.
  should be represented in composition of Planning
  group(s)

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Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness

• The Community Planning Process
• Reconvene Core Group
• Identify Planning Group(s) Co-Chairs
• Finalize What Organizations, Groups, etc. and
  who should be represented in the composition of
  Planning group(s)
• Decide who will make the ask via letter and
  phone calls to identified people e.g. who has a
  relationship

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Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness

• The Community Planning Process
• Kick-Off Community Meeting (60-100 people)
• Education on extent of homelessness in the
  community
• Engagement of community members
• Creating and fostering community buy-in
• Building community support and political will

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Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness

• The Community Planning Process
• Convene Planning Group(s)
• 2 Combined Meetings of All Planning Group
  Participants (Commitment - 2 hours each)
• Community Needs Assessment
• Best Practices to Prevent End Homelessness
• Planning Groups Meet Separately to Develop Goals
  and Action Plans to Address Needs, Gaps
  Identified (Commitment - Every other week for 2
  months 4 meetings of 1 ½ hours)

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Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness

• The Community Planning Process
• Convene Planning Group(s) (Continued)
• Final Meeting to Identify Strategic Priorities
  for Years 1 and 2, Identify Conveners and
  Champions for Implementation, and TYP Community
  Outreach Communication Strategy
• Draft, Edit, Design, and Print Ten Year Plan (3
  months)
• Community Event to Unveil Final Community Plan

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Our Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness

• CCEH Support Assistance
• Co-Facilitation with Community Co-Chairs of
  Planning Meetings
• Technical Assistance Support to Co-Chairs,
  Committees, and Community through the Provision
  of Best Practices, Proven Models, Data
• Draft Final Ten Year Plan Based on Committee
  Work
• Continued Support with Plan Implementation
• Provide Link to Statewide Advocacy Around TYPs

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Our Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness

• What are our communitys next steps?
• Make Decisions on Planning Process Structure
• Brainstorm Who Needs to Be Engaged to Attend
  Kick-off
• Brainstorm What Organizations, Groups, etc.
  should be represented in composition of Planning
  Group(s)
• Schedule Next Core Group Meeting Kick-off
  Meeting Date

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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Katie Martin, MSW, Regional Community
Organizer kmartin_at_cceh.org or [phone] Ext.
107 Online Resources CT Coalition to End
Homelessness www.cceh.org National Alliance to
End Homelessness www.naeh.org