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5. Gaps and Duplication in Services: Describe how your proposed project fills a gap in <br />homeless and/or affordable housing services in Kittitas County. Include a description of <br />how the project is or isn't a duplication of current services. (250 words max.) <br />The Ten Year Plan analysis identifies the extreme need for additional case management services <br />for the homeless. Seniors are hesitant to independently seek out resources and often are unable <br />to understand or interpret how to use resources. Full utilization of community resources can <br />lower the senior's expenses and allow them to move from SSAP into permanent subsidized <br />housing environments, opening up the path for those on the waiting list, which can exceed two <br />years' time. <br />There are no other programs in Kittitas County that stabilize homeless seniors over the age of 65 <br />with housing and wrap around case management. The only emergency shelter in the county is <br />reserved for homeless families with children. No motel has exceptions that allow for homeless <br />individual placement without payment. To qualify for the few units at Comprehensive Mental <br />Health you have to be a mental health client. For ASPEN's minimal units you must be a victim of <br />domestic violence. Elmview does have some units but the criteria does not address homelessness. <br />Local churches do not have access to organized homeless rooms in parishioner's houses. Housing <br />Authority does not provide for homeless units or case management services. ALTC advocates <br />for seniors but has no housing subsidy or a focus on homeless individuals. Some providers deal <br />with senior specific concerns such as insurance and Medicaid/Medicare, but not housing. SSAP <br />is unique and the only program that helps seniors to move from homelessness to stably housed <br />and the only option for subsidized housing. <br />10 <br />