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02-17-2015 Day Shelter ProposalProposed Federal Way Day Shelter AMI1/66 2/17/2015 &Judi 2/1716- Brief history: With the guidance of Sound Alliance St. Vincent de Paul Church in Federal Way conducted a listening session to enable parishioners a forum to express concerns in our community. Many present were experienced in serving the homeless. These volunteers shared of the gaps in services provided by nonprofits and volunteer churches. As St. Vincent's networked with the community by public meetings, other organizations joined in identifying how to address this problem. The Brookings Institution stated in the book "Confronting Suburban Poverty In America" that suburban poverty grew by 80% from 2000 to 2011. Now St. Vincent's was collaborating with Reach Out, Federal Way Community Caregiving Network, Catholic Community Services, Valley Cities Counseling, King County Multi- Service Center, City Vision, Saltwater Unitarian Church, the Church of the Good Shepard, Steel Lake Presbyterian, Calvary Lutheran, Our Savior Baptist Church, Grace Lutheran, St. Theresa's Catholic Church, and many others. The next step taken was to formulate the problem so as to be specific and concrete. As a first phase in addressing the problem, it was determined to pursue a day shelter for homeless men. In a year of research the teams visited other day shelters in other cities, interviewed key players in the community who interface with the homeless, learned about zoning regulations, teamed with CCS for expertise in costs, and met with elected officials. In a public assembly sponsored by St. Vincent's and Sound Alliance, 275 citizens demonstrated their support for a day shelter. Mayor Jim Ferrell stated that these citizens voted with their feet to show the request steps be taken to move forward to develop this facility. He pledged a resounding "Yes!" to support this effort. The problem • Federal Way has inadequate services for homeless people especially during the day. • No showers and laundry facilities are available on a predictable, consistent basis. • Homeless lack post office box and access to a computer to aid in job search & applications. • There is no source of all up -to -date listings of resources within the area for food, shelter, clothing, counseling, etc. Each organization lists only those relating to their service. Results of problem solutions • Provide the social and emotional support in having the confidence towards self- sufficiency in our community. • Meet basic human needs of cleanliness. • An address is a step toward independence and aids in lessening the negative impact of homelessness. • Less impact of homeless using quiet and warmth of facilities such as the library, shopping malls and hospital emergency rooms. Ask of City • Aid in identification of 3,000 to 4,000 sq. ft. facility to provide elements to solution of the problems noted. At least two possible sites have been located. One of them would require joining with Valley Cities for operation as it is larger than we could support. The other would be acceptable as a "start-up" facility. • Aid in locating financial support for capital costs from state, federal or county sources, as well as operational costs from city, county and community. o Phase 1 to serve primarily men however women and children could use facilities as needed. o Phase 2 to add focus on needs of women and children. We are interested in discussing what options might exist to make the human services "pie" bigger to provide an adequate, secure source of funding to support staffing needs of this facility without reducing funds of current needs. Possible options include a King County -wide Health and Human Services levy or different ways to increase this funding at the local level. Proposed operation of facility to be handled by CCS. Preliminary operations budget proposal covers cost for a 5 day per week, 6 hour a day program. This budget does not include lease expense (Est. $36,000/year, $180,00015 year) or start-up costs. Expenses minus lease Expenses minus lease Personnel Annual Operating Expenses Personnel 5 Year Operating Expenses Salaries /Wages Benefits Subtotal, Personnel 75,765 18,849 94,614 Operating, Supplies, and Other Direct aid to client Equipment /supplies Insurance Postage /shipping Printing /advertising Utilities Repair and maintenance Telecommunications Travel and training Food Human Resources, accounting and administration Subtotal, Operating /Supplies /Other 79,250 2,000 9,000 1,000 500 250 30,000 5,000 2,000 500 5,000 24,000 TOTAL EXPENSES Personnel Operating /Supplies /Other TOTAL 94,614 79,250 173,864 Salaries /Wages Benefits Subtotal, Personnel 402,246 100,071 502,317 Operating, Supplies, and Other Direct aid to client Equipment /supplies Insurance Postage /shipping Printing /advertising Utilities Repair and maintenance Telecommunications Travel and training Food Human Resources, accounting and administration Subtotal, Operating /Supplies /Other 412,100 10,000 47,000 5,200 2,500 1,300 157,000 26,000 10,500 2,600 26,000 124,000 TOTAL EXPENSES Personnel Operating /Supplies /Other TOTAL 502,317 412,100 914,417 OPTIMUM REST AREA REQUIREMENTS 3 Offices for case management, other service providers, scheduled health care, quiet room. 2 Bathrooms for men 2 Bathrooms for women 4 Showers (at least one ADA equipped) Type of Entry — Monitored Type of Kitchen — Commercial Cupboards for cooking and eating utensils Triple sink (for health dept. req's) Double oven 2 large refrigerators 1 large upright freezer with ice maker 2 Microwaves (for guest use) Dishwasher /Sanitizer Commercial coffee maker Healthcare — Room outside for County Medical Van to park Laundry — 3 washing machines 1 large for 3 Toads at a time or sleeping bags and 2 for 1 load each 4 dryers (all to be leased) Open Area — 1500 sq. ft. for possible future community meals, could be used for group meetings with library area, 2 or 3 sofas and /or relaxing chairs, space for computers, TV Type of Storage — 600 sq. ft. with 5 shelves, top to bottom, for dry food storage 200 sq. ft. with 5 shelves, top to bottom, for linen storage, laundry soaps, Clorox, etc. 200 sq. ft. for 20 lockers for guests to use. To be cleaned weekly. 50 sq. ft. for accumulation of donated clothing Known Data 2013 Meals at Calvary Lutheran on Thursday Nights (Calvary was selected because of the 3 community meals each week it had the most in attendance. Numbers will be about the same for year 2014.) Guests Number per cent Ave. Number at a Meal Men 2404 70% 46 women 1013 30% 19 ages 0 -17 121 4% 18 -34 457 13% 35 -54 1611 47% 55 -74 1133 33% 75+ 59 2% unknown 36 1°% FW Residents 2414 71% Additional Known Data The one -night count in January of 2014 estimated 113 homeless in Federal Way. Reach Out currently shelters an average of 25 men and 14 women per night (as of December 2014) Estimated Number of Homeless Based upon conversations with guests, they estimate homeless (living In woods and couch surfing) to be about an additional 30% higher than the 113. There are more that do not come to meals. The bare minimum facility should be able to hold 65 at tables at any one time.