ASCENCIA

Ascencia's goal is to reduce the time families and individuals remain homeless, support their long-term stability in housing, and promote their integration into the community at large.

Ascencia's goals are to expand our reach in neighboring communities, deepen our continuum of services to provide our clients more of the assistance they need to succeed, and to develop our core infrastructure to ensure accountability and transparency. Our update to our strategic plan is currently in process, but elements of the plan include: expansion of our hospital to home initiative to move more high-cost frequent hospital users to permanent housing; strengthen program offerings for homeless families; expand outreach and case management services in Northeast Los Angeles; and continue to develop outreach in Burbank, Glendale, West Hollywood and Northeast Los Angeles.

Ascencia has a strong management team and Board of Directors with a sound track record of program management and fundraising. Our 2016-17 audit was recently completed, again deeming Ascencia a low-risk auditee. Our diverse staff speaks 14 different languages, and is trained in trauma-informed care and culturally appropriate services. We continue to ensure 90% of our chronically homeless clients remain housed, and exceed program goals for our most vulnerable, highest need referrals. In our hospital to home program, clients placed in housing show an annual average cost savings of $80,000 per patient, per year. Ascencia's outreach teams are consistently praised by local businesses and law enforcement for their professionalism and by clients for their consistency and reliability.

We continue to fulfill and report on the following goals: (1) Expanding our reach in Northeast Los Angeles, Burbank, and West Hollywood: in addition to our core services in Glendale, we have renewed agreements to coordinate homeless services in Burbank and conduct outreach in West Hollywood. (2) Deepening our Continuum of Care: Our Hospital Liaison has placed, and with her staff, continues to serve, 54 high-cost frequent hospital users in permanent housing. This effort has been part of the 5-year 10th Decile Project, a local collaborative that resulted in cost savings that avg. $80,000 per patient, per year. For veterans, we continue to ensure timely placement in housing, with only 4 homeless veterans counted in Glendale in January 2017. (3) A leading hallmark of our success is ensuring that the chronically homeless adults we move to housing remain housed. For each of the last five years, better than 90% of our 100 clients remained housed six months or longer.