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Kaiser Permanente of the Mid Atlantic States (KPMAS) Housing for Health Grantmaking & Organizing 2020-2021 Fairfax County Housing Symposium March 10, 2021 George L. Leventhal, Ph.D. Director, Community Health Kaiser Permanente
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KPMAS Housing for Health Strategy Community Health Department
Washington, D.C. is the epicenter of the homelessness crisis in our region.MAS Housing for Health Grantmaking & Organizing 2020-
2021
• In 2020, KPMAS contributed $2.4 million to • KPMAS continues to lead the Accelerating
local governments and nonprofit service Investments for Healthy Communities initiative,
providers to address the region’s sponsored by the Center for Community
homelessness catastrophe. Investment (CCI), to produce and preserve
affordable housing in the Purple Line Corridor in
• Of this amount, more than $1 million was Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, MD. In
contributed in the District of Columbia, which 2020, KPMAS contributed $250,000 to related
has the region’s worst incidence and projects, while CCI contributed $375,000.
prevalence of homelessness.
• In 2021, we are proposing to support affordable
• KPMAS works closely with program office, housing projects in our other two place-based
and with Community Solutions, to identify initiatives (west Baltimore and Fairfax County, VA)
grant opportunities that advance the goals of as well.
the Built for Zero campaign.KPMAS Housing for Health Grantmaking & Organizing 2020-2021
Transform Care: Whole Person Strengthen Homeless Systems Increase Affordable Housing
Prevent Homelessness
Approaches of Care Supply
Working with program office Working with CoCs throughout the Sponsoring a regional forum on Carrying out our
to implement Medical-Legal Baltimore-D.C. region to promote homelessness in spring 2021 to responsibilities under the
Partnerships into KP care membership in the Mid-Atlantic promote collaboration between Accelerating Investment for
delivery. Community network (Thrive cities and counties, including Healthy Communities (AIHC)
Local). sharing of best practices. initiative in the Purple Line
$750,000 to The Community Corridor (Montgomery and
Partnership for Prevention of $150,000 to Baltimore’s Mayor’s $50,000 to Arlington Street People Prince George’s Counties, MD),
Homelessness (Washington, Office of Homeless Services to Assistance Network (Arlington, VA) to and expanding our partnerships
DC) to convert GPD (Grant Per develop the Digital Data Locker support A-SPAN’s COVID-19 with housing practitioners in
Diem) housing to permanent project, providing free digital storage prevention response through PPE, our Baltimore and northern
housing for seven homeless of vital documents for low-income deep cleaning of the Service Center, Virginia place-based initiatives.
veterans in the District of and homeless service seekers in rapid testing,
Columbia, reduce GPD beds by crisis which can then be accepted by quarantine space, medical care, Considering a $5 million KP
14, and divert 200 veterans government social services agencies. telework for non-essential staff and impact investment in a Purple
from entering homelessness. street outreach for vulnerable Line Corridor revolving loan
$250,000 to Washington, DC to pay persons. fund, to be combined with funds
$75,000 to Housing Initiative for increased COVID-19 testing in from Robert Wood Johnson
Partnership for counseling to shelters as well as work to connect $125,000 in regional funds to support Foundation and JPMorgan
assist Prince George’s County, homeless persons in DC with COVID-19 prevention and response Chase for a total loan fund of
MD tenants at risk of permanent housing solutions. for five nonprofits in Washington, $10 million.
displacement. D.C., & Montgomery County, MD that
are working to end homelessness.
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Prevent Homelessness Increase Affordable Housing Supply
$375,000 to Community Solutions (Fairfax County, VA) to provide case
The Purple Line Corridor Coalition Housing Accelerator Action Team (HAAT),
management and funds to individuals at risk of losing their housing and
convened by KP, works to ensure no net loss of the 17,000 affordable
entering a shelter. We expect that these efforts will decrease the number
homes in the corridor that will be alongside the new light-rail system. Every
of people who enter shelter from a non-homeless destination by 30% by
other month, the HAAT convenes over 50 community development experts,
December 2021.
local government officials, for-profit and non-profit developers, bankers, and
lenders to serve as a catalyst for the production and preservation of
$375,000 to Baltimore’s Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services for a Rapid
affordable housing in the corridor.
Rehousing flex fund to clear barriers that threaten clients’ ability to move
into, or successfully remain in, housing placements. For example, case
To this end, we provided:
managers could draw down funds to purchase essential furniture, place
utility deposits, or pay utilities for the first six months of a client’s tenure in
$200,000 for predevelopment expenses at Hillbrooke Towers in Silver
rapid rehousing. Funding should result in 150 people exiting
Spring and Hillwood Manor in Takoma Park (Montgomery Housing
homelessness.
Partnership)
$150,000 to Montgomery County, MD to support single adults on the
$50,000 to SEED, Inc. for predevelopment expenses at Headen Spring in
verge of homelessness through person-centered case management and
Riverdale, MD, near the Riverdale Park/Kenilworth Purple Line station. The
financial incentives to enable individuals to identify and secure housing.
site will include 290 units of affordable and market rate housing, a 25,756
square foot community building, 3,200 square feet of retail space, and 526
$150,000 to Cornerstone, Inc. (Fairfax County, VA) to help mitigate the
parking spaces.
impact of COVID-19 on low- and moderate-income families in Fairfax
County at risk of eviction and homelessness. The funds will support work
to improve communication between tenants and landlords and to engage
landlords in a pledge to defer actions such as foreclosures and evictions.
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Prevent Homelessness Increase Affordable Housing Supply
In the Purple Line Corridor in 2021, In other service areas, we propose:
we propose:
$100,000 in regional funds to support efforts at regional $200,000 to Parity Homes to support
collaboration, with ideas for grants to emerge from the An additional $70,000 to SEED, Inc. a rising Black mission-oriented
regional forum in the spring. for consulting and legal expenses developer who will purchase vacant
associated with the Headen Spring homes in our West Baltimore Place-
Continued work with Community Solutions and local CoCs to development Based Initiative (Future Baltimore)
identify future grant opportunities to reduce or eliminate impact area, renovate them, and sell
homelessness in targeted subpopulations (veterans, $20,000 to Habitat for Humanity them to neighborhood residents at
individuals chronically experiencing homelessness, families, Metro Maryland, Inc. to cover deeply affordable prices. In 2021,
youth). interest and closing costs on the she plans to purchase and renovate
purchase of a house in Takoma nine homes.
Park, MD, near the Arliss Street
Purple Line station, and its $70,000 to Wesley Housing for
renovation into two dwelling units consulting and legal expenses
that will be sold to neighborhood associated with the First Christian
residents at deeply affordable Church project, which will provide
prices. 113 affordable senior apartments on
seven acres owned by a church,
$180,000 for Purple Line Corridor located in our Bailey’s/Culmore
projects TBD in Q3 & Q4. Place-Based Initiative impact area in
Fairfax County, VA.
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