UTAHS TEN YEAR PLAN TO

END CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS

PAMELA ATKINSON
HOMELESS TRUST FUND Focused housing first model with case management

$8,000

Utah leads
the nation in
of
chronically
homeless

reduction

HOUSING CHANGES LIVES

average saved

for every housed

and supported
chronically homeless
individual

1,932

539

chronic individuals

chronic individuals

2005

YOUR DONATION
investments in homelessness and provides
a flexible state funding source focused on
delivering critical services for our vulnerable
homeless population.

$1 invested creates $156

in savings

$44,698 $223,482

$4,200,000

$7,000,000

State match
for HMIS

Federal dollars
invested in
ending chronic
homelessness

Net cost savings

to Utah through
programs focused on
the Ten Year Plan

$$
leveraged

your $1 donation = $5 in
leveraged funds

Pamela
Atkinson HTF

No one can use the $ for anything

but helping homelessness

$ goes directly to
homeless service
organizations

in chronic
homelessness

Chronically homeless
individuals* make up less
than 10% of the homeless
population but consume
50% or more of homeless
resources.

2014

$1 = $156

helps us leverage

HMIS federal
dollars

72%

reduction

They are high consumers

of costly services, such as
emergency room visits,
jail stays, hospital stays,
ambulance rides and
criminal justice costs.

BENEFITS:
Capacity for short-term stays
in shelter

Reduction in cost to system

Coordination of resources

for maximum utilization of

funding

Improved quality of life with

20% increased self sufficiency

post-housing

*Homeless for a year or more or four episodes

of homelessness in the last three years and must
have a disabling condition such as mental
illness, developmental or physical disability,
physical illness or chronic substance abuse.

COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON

HOMELESSNESS

Department of Workforce Services

Photographer: Lynn Blodgett

2014 UTAH

View the Annual Report on Homelessness at housing.utah.gov/housing

Tamera Kohler, Director, State Community Services Office tkohler@utah.gov or 801-468-0148