King County Base Year Calculator Results Emergency Shelter for Family Projects Performance Summary March 11, 2016 This document includes de-identified performance results for ES projects for families. Included projects are those that had open records in the selected time period and had at least two years of available data. 2014 was used because data is not available system-wide for 2015. To review definitions of the measures, please see the Overview of SWAP Performance Measures document. There are two graphs per measure, the first depicting projects with no City of Seattle funds and the second depicting projects with City of Seattle funds (identified with a letter then CS to indicate City of Seattle). All but the first 2 graphs identify projects by a randomly selected letter and the letters are the same from graph to graph. The intent is to provide a picture of performance that is complete, though de-identified, for each project. For most measures, we provide a very brief assessment of the results. Our goal is to provide some context and framing, the Client Group will discuss how results will be used. The first set of 2 bar charts show the number of households served by project. These projects are not identified by a randomly selected letter, as the results on all other graphs are, because to do so here would identify the projects for those knowledgeable about project capacity. The purpose of the graphs immediately below are to show the range of project size. It is evident that there are a number of relatively small projects.
King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: HMIS Households Served in Analysis Year (2014) 90 80 80 70 60 50 40 34 47 57 30 20 10 7 0 King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: HMIS Households Served in Analysis Year (2014) - CS 300 267 250 200 150 100 69 104 130 162 176 190 196 50 32 0 SWAP: Emergency Shelter - Family Performance Summary Prepared for United Way of King County, King County, & City of Seattle by Focus Strategies March 2016 Page 2 of 9
Utilization Rate Utilization rate varies from 12% to 102%.A 9 utilization rate is the recommended target for ES projects; most projects are performing poorly on this measure with an average around 7. King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Utilization Rate in Analysis Year (2014) 10 88% 87% 83% 73% M A P R N 12% Utilization Rate King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Utilization Rate in Analysis Year (2014) - CS 10 102% 95% 93% 81% 78% 77% 53% 34% B - CS Q - CS U - CS L - CS A - CS AB - CS V - CS G - CS C - CS Utilization Rate SWAP: Emergency Shelter - Family Performance Summary Prepared for United Way of King County, King County, & City of Seattle by Focus Strategies March 2016 Page 3 of 9
Length of Stay lengths of stay range from 15 days to almost 5 months. The average for the projects with City of Seattle funding is much lower than those without. King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Length of Stay in Analysis Year (2014) Number of Days 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 141 113 59 45 45 P M A N R Length of Stay King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Length of Stay in Analysis Year (2014) - CS 70 60 54 58 Number of Days 50 40 30 20 15 17 18 22 22 28 34 10 0 L - CS B - CS V - CS U - CS G - CS Q - CS C - CS AB - CS A - CS Length of Stay SWAP: Emergency Shelter - Family Performance Summary Prepared for United Way of King County, King County, & City of Seattle by Focus Strategies March 2016 Page 4 of 9
Living Situation Prior to Project Entry Entries from homeless prior living situations are of concern; total average is less than 5.The graphs on the next page show a substantial proportion of entries from housed locations with an average around. The tables on page 6 show entries from all locations including missing and unknown prior living. Literally Homeless King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Household Entries from Homeless Prior Living in Analysis Year (2014) 10 69% 59% 3 27% N M A P R % Entries from Unshelt/ES Prior Living 10 King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Household Entries from Homeless Prior Living in Analysis Year (2014) - CS 92% 66% 61% 59% 49% 35% 17% 14% AB - CS A - CS V - CS L - CS Q - CS C - CS B - CS U - CS G - CS 3% % Entries from Unsheltered/ES Prior Living SWAP: Emergency Shelter - Family Performance Summary Prepared for United Way of King County, King County, & City of Seattle by Focus Strategies March 2016 Page 5 of 9
Living Situation Prior to Project Entry Enter From a Housed Location 10 King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Household Entries from Non-Homeless Prior Living in Analysis Year (2014) 56% 68% 11% 27% A N M P R % Entries from Housed Prior Living 10 King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Household Entries from Non-Homeless Prior Living in Analysis Year (2014) - CS 7% 8% 16% 37% 38% AB - CS A - CS V - CS L - CS Q - CS C - CS B - CS U - CS G - CS 53% 63% 82% 97% % Entries from Housed Prior Living SWAP: Emergency Shelter - Family Performance Summary Prepared for United Way of King County, King County, & City of Seattle by Focus Strategies March 2016 Page 6 of 9
Living Situation Prior to Project Entry All Household Entries Project % % % % % % % Unsheltered ES TH Housing Institutional Other Unknown Total P 5% 25% 3% 56% 8% 3% 10 M 61% 8% 27% 4% 10 R 27% 68% 5% 10 N 10 A 22% 38% 11% 3 101% 39% 14% 1% 36% 9% 1% 10 All Household Entries City of Seattle Project % % % % % % % Unsheltered ES TH Housing Institutional Other Unknown Total G - CS 3% 97% 10 L - CS 57% 2% 37% 5% 101% V - CS 21% 16% 12% 12% 101% B - CS 3% 14% 1% 63% 4% 14% 2% 101% U - CS 3% 1 2% 82% 3% 10 AB - CS 86% 5% 7% 2% 10 Q - CS 18% 31% 38% 3% 11% 101% C - CS 12% 23% 1% 53% 1 1% 10 A - CS 6% 8% 26% 10 25% 19% 45% 1% 9% 2% 10 SWAP: Emergency Shelter - Family Performance Summary Prepared for United Way of King County, King County, & City of Seattle by Focus Strategies March 2016 Page 7 of 9
Exits to Permanent Housing Half of the projects do not meet the King County 33% exit to permanent housing goal. 10 King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Rate of Exit to Permanent Housing in Analysis Year (2014) 57% 35% 32% 23% 22% N R P A M % Exits to PH King Co Goal King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Rate of Exit to Permanent Housing in Analysis Year (2014) - CS 10 54% 5 42% 33% 33% 32% 23% 15% L - CS G - CS A - CS U - CS AB - CS Q - CS V - CS C - CS B - CS % Exits to PH King Co Goal SWAP: Emergency Shelter - Family Performance Summary Prepared for United Way of King County, King County, & City of Seattle by Focus Strategies March 2016 Page 8 of 9
Costs Per Permanent Housing Exit The distribution is fairly wide; results should be considered in light of results on other measures. Shelter must be understood as both an emergency response and a program from which households can exit to permanent housing. Exit rate expectations are lower for this program type, which may be appropriate, but should not exempt programs from efficiency requirements. Consideration of partnerships with RRH programs is important to interpreting results as well as program size and geography. s for Countywide compared with City of Seattle-funded programs differ significantly. King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Cost per Household Exit to Permanent Housing in Analysis Year (2014) $18,000 $16,000 $14,000 $12,000 $10,000 $8,000 $6,000 $4,000 $2,000 $0 $15,725 $14,470 $9,427 $7,194 $2,374 M A R N P Cost per PH Exit $8,000 $7,000 $6,000 $5,000 $4,000 $3,000 $2,000 $1,000 $0 $2,142 King Co Emergency Shelters - Family: Cost per Household Exit to Permanent Housing in Analysis Year (2014) - CS $2,665 $3,001 $3,703 $4,589 $4,770 $5,855 $6,730 $7,591 L - CS G - CS V - CS A - CS B - CS Q - CS U - CS AB - CS C - CS Cost per PH Exit SWAP: Emergency Shelter - Family Performance Summary Prepared for United Way of King County, King County, & City of Seattle by Focus Strategies March 2016 Page 9 of 9