Harbor Place
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Champlain Housing Trust
Vermont Agency of Human Services/Department for Children and Families
Fanny Allen Foundation
United Way of Northwest Vermont
Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
Vermont Community Loan Fund
HowardCenter
Women Helping Battered Women
Community Health Centers of Burlington
Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) created Harbor Place, a motel that provides temporary housing and wrap-around case management services to adults, in the Fall of 2013 to address a significant increase in homelessness in Vermont and to establish a more sensible approach to addressing a housing crisis. CHT had two main goals in mind when developing Harbor Place: reduce the cost of emergency housing and get better outcomes for people in crisis. Realizing that people who are inadequately housed require significant health care resources, The UVM Medical Center provided funding to Harbor Place so that patients experiencing homelessness would have somewhere to go upon their discharge from the hospital.
Vermont Agency of Human Services/DCF: The State’s DCF administers the program that funds motel vouchers and agreed to a long-term contract guaranteeing 30 out of 55 rooms at Harbor Place. The State also helped fund an operating reserve.
Fanny Allen Foundation: contributed a $25,000 grant towards an operating reserve.
Vermont Community Loan Fund: made a $1.7 million loan to finance the purchase of the motel.
Vermont Housing & Conservation Board: provided $265,000 for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the property.
United Way of Northwest Vermont: provided $50,000 in funding towards the operating reserve.
Howard Center: provides onsite mental health and substance abuse counseling services to residents of Harbor Place.
Women Helping Battered Women: provides onsite support and counseling .
Community Health Centers of Burlington: provides case management and medical services.
Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity: provides overall management of the case management at Harbor Place, as well as providing direct support staffing.
The UVM Medical Center’s Case Management & Social Work department purchases bed nights at Harbor place so patients can be discharged there when they leave the hospital. The Community Health Centers of Burlington provide medical and onsite case management services, as does Howard Center. The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity provides management of the case management at Harbor Place and provides direct support staffing.
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Since Harbor Place’s program inception in 2013, the Medical Center has paid for a total of 1,720 nights for 153 patients through 2016 (approximately $51,600). We compared costs and utilization for this group of patients before and after entering Harbor Place. Prior to residing at Harbor Place, the group required 142 inpatient admissions at an average cost of $13,600, resulting in a total cost of over $1.9 million. After leaving Harbor Place the group required 46 inpatient admissions at an average cost of $7,105, with a total cost of $326,000. Overall, there was an 82% reduction in the total cost of care for the patients, a 53% reduction in the number of encounters, and a 61% decrease in the cost for each encounter.