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COMBINING COMPASSION AND ART
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HELPING THE HOMELESS HELPING THE COMMUNITY
This pilot program is an innovative concept of our community to help homeless get services and assistance that will help them get off the street.
The program goes beyond the "quick fix' with expanded, long term services.
AHH will work with, rather than duplicate existing agencies.
As a pilot program, it will adapt.
This program is meant to mutually benefit the homeless and our community.
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| Pilot Program Collaboration Between St. Luke's Hospital & AHH |
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Number of Shelter Nights provided by AHH Directly thru December 2011
Nights of Shelter Value of Shelter ($30 a night) Number of Individuals
Youth 1820 $54,600.00 28
Chronic 328 $9,840.00 20
Women 42 $1,260.00 9
Families 215 $6,450.00 17
Special
Occasions 2 $ 60.00 1
Total 2407 $72,210.00 75
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Pilot Program: Collaboration Between Saint Luke's Hospital, Getty Foundation and Artists Helping The Homeless
Identification of Problem and Need Chronic public inebriates, with the majority of this population of chronic homeless, cost society millions of dollars for emergency and medical services, psychiatric treatment, detox, shelter and law enforcement. We can no longer treat and release in the emergency departments of this city to go back on the streets until once again they enter for these non-emergent services. It is estimated that only 20% of all emergency room visits are considered emergent need for treatment. The results in 80% of this population entering hospital doors needing the simple basics of life: food, clothing and shelter from the element.
Statistics Nationally Emergency visits for substance and mental diagnosis have increased 20% nationally, four times the rate of increase for emergency visits in general.
Statistics Locally In Jackson county and Kansas City in 2008, there were over 5,489 emergency visits associated with mental health issues and/or substance abuse. Cost exceeded 28 million.
Collaboration Services Our services offered will include housing, substance abuse counseling, basic health services, transportation service assistance, mental health counseling, preparation and help with employment and community services.
Our project will identified homeless population who are the top users of the emergency department for non-emergent needs, or emergent needs that could have been avoided with preventive care. Statistics will be collected monthly on all activity within the project. Reports will be shared with St. Luke's, MARC as well as other homeless organizations on a quarterly basis.
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| Homeless is not simply "in" our community but "part" of the community |
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| The Region's Quality Leader |
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| Working Towards Healthy People in Healthy Communities |
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Services
The second objective is to identify and address needs of the homeless and needy before they required emergency attention. This objective can be achieved by Identifying and addressing needs early is more efficient and cost effective because the severity and urgency of treatment is lower. Some issues can be avoided entirely. The objective is difficulty to quantify. We will continue to provide our regular services of feeding, assisting in setting up Veteran's benefits, registering with Social services, arranging for medical treatment outside the emergency room setting. Provide support and guidance as to how to get off the street. Provide Nutrient Support, Counseling, Prevention and Intervention Innovations. Create Employment Opportunities.
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The Transitional Housing
Facility, a 30-bed house will provide for the immediate housing of identified
clients. Hospitals will identify individuals who frequent emergency rooms. Hospitals will immediately
contact the Project Director to complete an on-site evaluation, arrange
next-day transfer, or if patient has been discharged, connect the patient
immediately to the facility. Access to a centralized evaluation service allows hospital
staff to return to duty expeditiously and makes bed space available. Once individuals
are screened by the Director or the Coordinators and housed at the facility, short-term
stabilization services and longer-term rehabilitation services will be
provided.
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| Emergency Drop In Center 1st Floor Concept |
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| Emergency Drop In Center 2nd Floor Concept |
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Expansion of intensive case management services for
the target population. Rapid access to housing and intensive case management is
essential to preventing disengagement, avoiding re-utilization of emergency
rooms and avoiding homelessness. Some
clients will require immediate intervention of a highly structured and/or
residential nature, including detoxification, partial hospitalization or
respite. Service arrangements for
these clients will be structured through existing community services (e.g.,
Kansas City Community Center, ReDiscover Partial Hospital, Spring House
respite, etc.).
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| Entrance to Drop In Center |
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Enhancement of the existing delivery care system
with an integrated care component. The menu of clinical treatment and
social services required for the project are available in the existing delivery
care system. Each client will have
a comprehensive plan of care, including housing, addiction, psychiatric and/or
health care strategies, created with the client by the team. This plan will identify, select and
determine the amount of care from the existing menu of available treatment
elements.
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| ReDiscover Help Hope Healing |
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| Episcopal Community Servies |
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| ACI Boland Architects Planners Interior Designers |
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| Park University |
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| NAMI The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness |
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| University of Missouri - KC |
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