Norfolk: Tidewater Gardens

USI is responsible for implementing the People First Empowered by USI initiative. The People Plan will build upon existing case management and resident services currently available through the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority with a robust People First initiative funded by the City for the residents of the St. Paul’s public housing communities, including Tidewater Gardens. The City has committed $3 million a year for five years for the People First initiative – which focuses on mobility service, case management, and transformative human services. Through People First and strategic case management, each household will be offered supports to improve health, employment, and education outcomes.

HOUSING STABILITY

Through intense case management and strategic partnerships, we seek to follow the changes in the following items. Our dashboard highlights the data associated with the bold items:

  • Families actively engaged in case management’
  • Families in active case management completing a goal
  • Adults in active case management completing a goal
  • Families in active case management who have completed a goal related to housing stability
  • Households with a decrease in risk score since baseline
  • Households with a risk score higher than 100

INCOME & EMPLOYMENT

Through intense case management and strategic partnerships, we seek to follow the changes for families actively in case management for the following items:

  • Employment rate among able-bodied adults (18 to 64)
  • Average household income
  • Average earned household income (this excludes households with $0 earned income)

EDUCATION

Through intense case management and strategic partnerships, we seek to follow the changes for the following items:

  • Children age 0-5 enrolled in an early learning program
  • Children and youth engaged in enrichment programs

HEALTH

Through intense case management and strategic partnerships, we seek to follow the changes for the following items:

  • Participants connected to a primary care provider
  • participants who have been seen by their primary care provided in the last year