The Rapid Rehousing for Chronically Homeless Individuals Program joins the HTC and Depaul USA in a collaborative partnership to begin its first housing assistance program for our guests. This program is funded by a grant from UNITY of Greater New Orleans with HUD homeless assistance funds. The program will house at least 15 chronically homeless persons and is designed to assist those who have been frequent guests at the Rebuild Center over the past few years.

The HTC and Ozanam Inn were chosen as collaborative partners to implement a new assessment tool called the “VI-SPDAT” – the Vulnerability Index Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Prescreen Tool. The VI-SPDAT is an evidence-informed approach to assessing an individual’s acuity or vulnerability and prioritizes who to serve next and which type of assistance will be most effective in ending that persons’ homelessness. Kip Barard, the HTC’s Case Manager, is the point person on this important project.