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~5 xii hle antatlnn 1 .~ The Goals and Strategies are provided in the last section of this document and are j presented with estimates on their timeframe for implementation, costs associated with the effort, and natural partners. Start Time Frame refers to strategies to be addressed starting in Year 1, Years 2 through 4, Years 5 through 7, or Years 8 through 10, though a strategy begun in Year 1 may be pursued through all 10 years of the plan. Estimated costs are less than $10,000 for Low, $10,000 to $50,000 for `~ 1 Medium, and more than $50,000 for High. Natural Partners are those organizations and agencies seen as having a direct organizational interest in pursuing that par- ~ ticular strategy. The section also contains guidelines for plan implementation, the structure of an Executive Committee to oversee the process, and staff to manage it. Housing First Best Practice Example -Denver, Colorado The following best practice example is one of several offered in Appendix D. '; The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) created 100 units for chronically homeless individuals through the Denver Housing First Collaborative (DREG) in ~ 2003 with funding provided by a collaboration of federal agencies. The DHFC in- volved CCH as the lead agency, the Denver Department of Human Services (DDHS), Denver Health (DHHA), Arapahoe House, the Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD), and the Denver VA Medical Center. The housing first approach has been incorporated as a priority strategy into Denver's Road Home -Denver's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. Funding was provided for a second housing first team at CCH (16th Street Housing First Program) to serve 50 additional chroni- cally homeless individuals. A cost-benefit study published by the Denver Housing First Coalition in December, 2006 examined health and emergency service records of a sample of participants of the DHFC for the 24 month period prior to entering the program and the 24 month period after entering the program. The total sample size for the study was 19 individuals, .based on their enrollment time in the program (24 months of enroll- meet) and a willingness to release their medical information. For the sample, the total emergency related costs for the sample group declined by 72.95 percent, or nearly $600,000, in the 24 months of participation in the DHFC program compared with the 24 months prior to entry in the program. The total emergency cost savings ~ averaged $31,545 per participant. Specific results included reductions in detox vis- j its by 82 percent, reduced incarceration days and costs of about 76 percent, and an I overall reduction of inpatient medical costs of 66 percent. The study found the only ! cost increase was in outpatient care, as "participants were directed to more appro- i' priate and cost effective services..." Scope of Services Recommended -The graphic on the following page provides a { visual representation of the target populations and focus of the outcomes listed above. While this plan specifically addresses the chronic homeless population, the graphic shows that other homeless populations are also covered by the strategies put forward. The color of each goal and strategy indicates the target population. The abreviation(s) provided to the right of each strategy indicates the focus of the ~.__. _ __