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People served by HRR have typically been homeless for long periods - in many cases, close to a decade - due to a variety of interrelated issues such as chemical dependency, mental illness, physical disabilities, chronic medical conditions and a significant history of involvement with the criminal justice system. Such individuals tend to use a disproportionate amount of public resources, especially from repeated incarceration, as well as other forms of emergency services such as uncompensated healthcare.
Housing Rapid Response (HRR) case managers quickly interact with participants to build trust and gradually bring them inside the Central City Concern community where they receive safe housing, treatment readiness services, medical and mental health care, referrals to addiction treatment, and other vital supports. HRR helps individuals transition from life on the streets to life in a supportive community and movement towards self sufficiency.
HRR is part of the Service Coordination Team, a collaboration between Central City Concern, the Portland Police Bureau, Department of Community Justice, Community Treatment Providers and other community service providers. This team approach of identifying participant barriers and offering a variety of interventions has shown to improve participants’ movement towards self sufficiency.
- Overall reduction in arrests of those participants engaged in HRR/Service Coordination Team
- 220 people enrolled since program inception in 2005
- Permanent housing placements since program inception: 105
- Participants engaged in treatment readiness/intensive case management services: 100%
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