Common use of Goals and Outcomes Clause in Contracts

Goals and Outcomes. The goals and outcomes for the PROGRAM will adhere to guidelines and expectations set forth by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HEARTH Act as well as the COUNTY. 1. Reduction in First Time Homeless 2. Overall Reduction in Number of Persons Who Experience Homelessness 3. Reduction in the Length of Time Homeless 4. Successful Resolution of Housing/Homeless Crisis 5. Reduction in Recidivism (subsequent return to homelessness) Metrics tracked and reported to the County will include, but not limited to: 1. Total number of beds-total number of beds available each month for each household type. 2. Total unique households served-the total number of households served each month. 3. Total households entering shelter-the total number of new households who entered the shelter each month. 4. Total households exiting-the total number of households exiting to any destination (by HMIS disposition codes) each month. 5. Total households exiting to a permanent housing destination (by HMIS disposition codes) each month. Permanent housing may include private, unsubsidized housing; subsidized housing; permanent supportive housing; or housing shared with friends or family in a sustainable living situation (one that should not be categorized as “temporary”). Permanent housing does not include shelter, a transitional housing program, jail or prison, or a treatment facility. 6. Average length of shelter stay in days for all households exiting the shelter to any destination-the average number of days from entry into shelter to exit to any destination each month (add together the total number of days that each household who exited that month from date of shelter entry to date of exit divided this sum by the total number of households who exited each month). 7. Average length of shelter stay in days for all households exiting to a permanent housing destination-the average number of days from entry into shelter to exit to permanent housing each month (add together the number of days that each household who exited to permanent housing that month from date of shelter entry to date of exit divided by the total number of households who exited to permanent housing each month. 8. Total household stayers (those households who entered in previous months and did not exit this month)-total number of households who entered in previous months who did not exit that month. 9. Average length of shelter stay in days for all ▇▇▇▇▇▇ households -the average number of days households who entered shelter in previous months, but did not exit this month, (“▇▇▇▇▇▇ households”) remained in shelter.