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The Parable of the Pit How Off The Streets - Huntington Beach Helps People Out of Homelessness
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The Parable of the Pit
How
Off The Streets - Huntington Beach
Helps People Out of Homelessness
1. Crisis! ● Lost job
● Spouse left
● Roommates
bailed
● Abuse
● Etc.
Homeless!
2. Survival ● Living day to day
● Temporary
Shelter (maybe)
● No plan
FoodClothing
Showers Haircuts
Laundry Temp Shelter
Lots of GOOD help available...but still homeless!
Maybe enough
income for rent
BUT
not enough for
rent and security
deposit
??
3. Possibility ● An offer to create a plan
together
● A guide; a helper
● Encouragement
Still homeless but now there’s a possibility….
OTS Biz
Card
We can
help!
Hmmm....
??
Maybe enough
income for rent
BUT
not enough for
rent and security
deposit
OTS
4. A Budget + a Plan
A budget and a plan….and someone to guide
We will
guide
you
Maybe it
will work?
A Plan
(find rental)
Budget
(target rent)
OTS
Maybe enough
income for rent
BUT
not enough for
rent and security
deposit
5. A Collaborative Project
Work the Plan: assembling “The Ladder” to get out
Good
job keep
going!
Gotta work the plan!
Budget
(target rent)
A Plan
(find rental)
“The Ladder” Kit
6. Progress Toward Placement!
It might
work!
Climbing the Ladder (searching for a rental)
A Plan
(find rental)
Budget
(target rent)
7. Placement!
The Plan Worked!
I’m there!
A Plan
(find rental)
Budget
(target rent)
8. A Sustainable Plan!
Cover and Fill the Pit
I’m housed!
Budget
(target rent)
Risk of future homelessness
Start filling
the pit by sticking
to the budget
9. A Home =
a house + furnishings
I now have a home!
Risk of future homelessness
Fill the pit further
with an
Emergency Fund
Budget
(target rent)
Keep filling the Pit
Key Points
● This approach is very simple...and it works!
● We’ve taken over 50 people out of homelessness using
this process
● It requires personal responsibility. OTS guides, but the
person being helped does most of the work.
● That’s why we call it a “hand up” and not a “hand out”
