Abbott Little is working with local government agencies refine their approach to homelessness. Working with city staff, service providers, and community representative, we facilitate discussion, highlight best practices, and provide direct technical assistance to improve the system of care.
Abbott Little is assisting housing and mental health departments in several counties in allocating funds for their Mental Health Services Act housing programs. Assistance includes systems implementation, centralized referral planning, NOFA/RFP development, technical assistance to providers, and community input processes.
Abbott Little conducted a feasibility study for a non-profit agency seeking to expand pro-bono services for homeless veterans. The project analyzed other successful models and provided funding feasibility and program design services.
Abbott Little led a team of consultants to complete a feasibility study for a new residential campus for emancipating foster youth, Emancipation Village. Located in Oakland, California, this project is a collaboration between the Alameda County Social Services Agency and Fred Finch Youth Center.
Abbott Little has worked with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to re-design their training curriculum on successfully housing active substance abusers in supportive housing, and to develop multiple training modules on operating supportive housing. The training packages highlight best practices as described by experienced providers throughout the country.
Abbott Little has provided technical assistance to numerous non-profit organizations. Areas of assistance have included improving the collaboration and effectiveness of property management and supportive services operations, developing policies and procedures for emerging and established providers, and creating services and operations plans for projects in development.
Abbott Little assisted the Corporation for Supportive Housing in creating an online resource site with sample policies, procedures, and forms that providers can use to strengthen their operations. View Toolkit
Abbott Little worked with a cross section of stakeholders and the City’s Department of Public Health to develop a series of recommendations designed to make the system more flexible and responsive to the needs of consumers while also providing faster access to housing. View Report
Abbott Consulting recently partnered with colleague Kate Bristol to prepare this HUD proposal highlighted in the SF Chronicle:
<<Mayor Ed Lee and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, were joined by a host of regional and federal officials Monday to celebrate the awarding of a nearly $5 million federal grant to plan for Bay Area projects that create affordable housing and jobs along transit corridors. The idea is to cluster development where people live and work around BART, Muni, Caltrain and other public transportation options to help reduce air pollution and the amount of time people waste driving on congested freeways. A key is to make the housing affordable for low-income and middle-class workers who otherwise will continue to commute to the Bay Area suburbs and beyond where home prices are cheaper. Lee said that can be done through partnerships with nonprofit housing developers. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a “sustainable communities grant” to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments to help craft a long-term development plan for the region. >>- Rachel Gordon, sfgate.com, 11/29/11
More on this from MTC: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/news/current_topics/11-11/hud.htm
Abbott Consulting is working with youth housing providers in Alameda County to strengthen the system of care for young people ages 18-24. Abbott has prepared an analysis of housing needs over the next eighteen months to coincide with the implementation of AB12, extending foster care to eligible youth up to age 21.
Kerry Abbott