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The Manhattan Consortium
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In 2005, the Mayor announced a plan to reduce the number of chronically street homeless adults
in New York City by two-thirds over five years. In response, seven neighborhood-based
organizations developed a model, the Manhattan Outreach Consortium. It was selected
by the City to provide outreach and housing placement services to those living on the streets.
Through a new $4.5 million contract with the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS), the
Consortium is the single point of accountability in the borough responsible for all outreach
and housing placement services and is charged with moving 812 chronically homeless adults,
living on the streets into permanent housing by December 2009.
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Consortium Members
In addition to Urban Pathways, The Manhattan Outreach Consortium includes Goddard Riverside
Community Center, Center for Urban Community Services, Common Ground Community, John Heuss
House, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and The Bridge, Inc. The Consortium
collectively represents over 150 years of successful experience serving homeless people,
including chronically homeless individuals.
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Neighborhood-based Model
The Manhattan Outreach Consortium focuses on moving people off the streets and into permanent housing
as quickly as possible. Members are assigned to neighborhoods they know well with long
histories of addressing community issues. Manhattan has been divided into seven
catchment areas with a single Consortium member assigned to each area. The
Consortium is coordinating service delivery among its partners to eliminate duplication and
facilitate the sharing of information and continuity of care. Service integration
is paramount to the strength of the initiative with measured performance objectives and
accountability closely monitored.
The Consortium maximizes the resources of each member to expedite the placement of chronically
homeless individuals in Manhattan into permanent housing with access to social, medical, mental
health and substance abuse services. This model is recognized as critical to achieving
long-term outcomes and meeting the goal of informing a systemic change in the way outreach to the
homeless is currently conducted in New York City.
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