Interfaith Association of Northwest WA 4/2/2020

EVERETT MIN WASHINGTON City of Everett Human Needs Grant January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 Exhibit A Program Summary Organization&Program: Interfaith Association of Northwest Washington: Cars to Housing Cascade View Familes begin their Cars to Housing experienced with an intake that identifies the family's barriers to housing and enters the family into the Coordinated Entry System. Screening identifies the individual needs of the clients and also screens for appropriate placement. Since this is a family placement we screen for crimes against children and permanent placement on the Sex Offender Registry. Otherwise placement is low barrier in design. Once completing the intake process, families living in cars are assigned a site at the Cars to Housing site. While at the Cars to Housing site,clients meet regularly with housing navigators to assist in placement in emergency shelters or permanent housing.Access to Rapid Rehousing and Permanent Supportive Housing are given if appropriate for the individual family. Faith Groups are asked to look for ways to support these families with food,hygine needs and other kinds of support. The Host church is asked for parking space to be made available to the families and to provide some meeting space for navigators and case managers who are meeting with Cars to Housing clients. The Faith Community entered into a MOU with a social service agency(ies)capable of managing the Navigation and Case Management.This MOU includes roles for both the host and the social service agency. MOU is included. This project is designed for families literally experiencing homelessness. Most families will come to us from living in their cars on streets around the city. The population served nearly always have and extremely low income(below 30%of Area Median Income AMI). This Cars to Housing site is open to any such household in need,regardless of their background—cultural,ethnic, socioeconomic,religious—or personal characteristics:age,gender,sexual orientation,or disability.This Cars to Housing parking site will serve S families at any given time, The current Cars to Housing site is available 24 hours every day. Final site rules are determined by the faith group hosting the Cars to Housing parking site. We hope to keep these access rules. Services such as case management and housing navigation are offered to the Cars to Housing participants at mutually agreeable times with some services being given at the parking site in the evening hours.The host faith group is asked for an office available in the church for the Cars to Housing Case Manager. Service providers are trained Housing Navigators and trained Case Managers who are experienced in working with individuals experiencing homelessness. Trained volunteers from the host faith group and other faith groups may work to support the families in Cars to Housing with some of their daily needs. 7