...Study: Mayor Schell’s Zero Homeless Family Strategy PAD500 Modern Public Administration By – Ambika Jammula Introduction On June 2nd, 1998, Mayor Paul Schell spoke to the press about the needs of homeless families, women and children. He asked for the City Council’s support in providing “immediate emergency assistance to homeless families and single women, a critical step in providing lasting housing solutions for these families and individuals.” He noted that “the problem continues to grow and we absolutely must find better ways to help people find and keep housing.” He closed his remarks with a firm pledge that there will be no homeless families with children or homeless single women on the streets of Seattle by Christmas 1998. His pledge made headlines in both Seattle papers the next day. Alan Painter, Director of the Community Services Division of the Department of Housing and Human Services, listened attentively to the new Mayor’s remarks. Painter has dedicated his professional career to serving the needs of homeless people. He was proud and excited to hear Schell’s passion and commitment to addressing homelessness in Seattle. At the same time, he viewed the pledge with some trepidation. Counting the number of homeless people on the street at any given time is notoriously tricky, influenced by many factors. Further, he wondered how this pledge would dovetail with City priorities and plans for dealing with homelessness. These plans emphasize services to homeless people...
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...is the results of numerous underlying factors; however, not all homeless situations will be the same. There are numerous reasons why people become homeless. The first reason is the economy, for those who are looking for a job; they are only wasting their time because jobs are so limited. Second, from time-to-time governmental agencies are forever changing their eligibility requirements to receive government assistance. As a result, many homeless families are denied. Third, As a result, of budgets cuts many governmental agencies are unable to help these homeless families, because there are not enough funds available to provide assistance to these families (Valek, 2012). Thesis Statement: Since homelessness affects a diverse array of people, there is a dire need to address homelessness and these specialized areas that surrounds it, such as psychological, social, and basic human needs. Prior to Mayor Schell developing his plan, he has considered using his own strategies. The first strategy that Mayor Schell will be using is supportive services. This particular strategy was designed for helping Mayor Schell as a means of requesting more money in order to provide more services. Mayor Schell will be seeking outside sources such as governmental grants, along with donations from the community, and fund raisers. In fact, this particular strategy can also help to change some of the conditions in homeless shelters. ...
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...States face many issues. The economy is suffering, job market is declining and unemployment is on the rise. As a result of these factors, homeless has been an issue for many years. Every city and city leaders try to come up with a solution to the problem. A lot of politicians use this issue as a platform in their campaign On June 2nd, 1998, Mayor Paul Schell spoke to the press about the needs of homeless families, women and children. He asked for the City Council’s support in providing “immediate emergency assistance to homeless families and single women, a critical step in providing lasting housing solutions for these families and individuals.” He noted that “the problem continues to grow and we absolutely must find better ways to help people find and keep housing.” He closed his remarks with a firm pledge that there will be no homeless families with children or homeless single women on the streets of Seattle by Christmas 1998. His pledge made headlines in both Seattle papers the next day. Based on the Case Study: Mayor Schell’s Zero Homeless Family Strategy, this paper will analyze four policy choices of Mayor Schell that were made as part of the strategy for the homeless, analyze the Pre-Implementation and Design Strategies of Mayor Schell and interpret four practical outcomes of his choices, reconstruct four steps taken by Mayor Schell to reengineer the program in order to fit the new objectives, and finally analyze four reasons for the importance of conducting assessments...
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...3 Mayor Schell’s Policy Choices…..……..………………………………..…………....4 Mayor Schell’s Pre-Implementation and Design Strategies…………………..............5 Reengineering the Program…..………….……...………….………..……….....….….6 Conducting Assessments.……………………………………………………………..8 References…………………………………………………………………………..…10 Abstract This assignment is about Mayor Paul Schell’s pledge for homeless families in Seattle, Washington. Mayor Schell on June 2, 1998 spoke to the press and pledge that there will be no homeless families with children and homeless single women on the streets of Seattle by Christmas 1998. This assignment will analyze the policies, strategies, and programs within his administration and the impact on them by his pledge. It will also study the implementation of the program. In addition, it will discuss the importance of the assessments prior to the implementation. Analyze four (4) policy choices of Mayor Schell that were made as part of the strategy for the homeless. Mayor Paul Schell has several options to make to create a strategy about the homeless situation in Seattle. In the city the county committee had created its own strategy to attend the homeless condition. Even though, the county program has been in place for several years already their focus is in continuing supporting the existent shelters and services provided to the homeless, not to expand the capacity of them. Based on that, four policy choices Mayor Schell...
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...and changes in the family make up, economics, violence, and personal crisis. Homelessness is not a local issue; instead, it is an international public health crisis that costs billions of dollars in tax dollars, and social issues, not to mention healthcare and public health issues. In King County (Seattle, Washington area), statistics indicate that there may be as many as 10,000 individuals living daily without adequate food and shelter. Most statistics, in fact show there are about 8,000 to 10,000 individuals living in Seattles King County without shelter each and every night (Heim, 2009). In fact, in the larger range of King County, many of the homeless have chronic health conditions to include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mental health issues. Many of these issues are based on alcohol and substance abuse. At least 25% of the homeless have some form of mental illness. Many have developmental disabilities, and at least 10% have HIV (Ten-Year Plan, 2011). Analyze four (4) policy choices of Mayor Schell that were made as part of the strategy for the homeless. There were numerous options that Mayor Paul Schell could have used to address the issue of homelessness in Greater Seattle. For instance, the King County Community Homelessness Advisory Council had already developed strategies that Schell could use to combat the problem. While the city would not increase the number of shelters it could preserve the existing shelters capacity. This strategy took into consideration...
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...experiencing homelessness are people just like us. They desire financial stability and a secure home, but have confronted difficult circumstances without sufficient resources to overcome the situation and remain housed. Unfortunately, that is the reality of homelessness today. Typically, families become homeless as a result of some unforeseen financial crisis - a medical emergency, a car accident, a death in the family - that prevents them from being able to hold on to housing. Most homeless families are able to bounce back from homelessness quickly, with relatively little public assistance. Usually, homeless families require rent assistance, housing placement services, job assistance, and other short-term, one-time services before being able to return to independence and stability. In the case study, "Mayor Schell's Zero Homeless Family Pledge", Norton discusses the challenges facing a policy manager in a large city (Seattle) government agency who is expected to implement a bold new policy to reduce homelessness that may exceed the local government's capacity to address the issue. In the case, the mayor of Seattle pledges in June that there will be no homeless families with children or homeless women by Christmas. The manager in the case, Alan Painter, shares the mayor's commitment and enthusiasm for reducing homelessness in the city, but has many concerns about the feasibility of the mayor's pledge. Painter knows the current...
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...policy choices of Mayor Schell that were made as part of the strategy for the homeless. Answer In December 1995, the King County Community Homelessness Advisory Committee articulated particular strategies to address the homelessness concerns which were (1) creation of a regional homeless services network, (2) Proactive homelessness prevention, (3) client follow-up and continued support for transition into permanent housing, and (4) direct resources to assistant clients of underserved populations such as single men, and homeless families. These strategies were collective collaboration from the King County Community Homelessness Advisory Committee work to address the ongoing concerns with the homeless population within the county. The need to improve the homeless problem was great, and lead to collaborative and collective agreements with local and state officials to resolve the on-going problem. Analyze the Pre-Implementation and Design Strategies of Mayor Schell and interpret four (4) practical outcomes of his choices. Answer “On June 2nd, 1998, Mayor Paul Schell spoke to the press about the needs of homeless families, women and children. He asked for the City Council’s support in providing “immediate emergency assistance to homeless families and single women, a critical step in providing lasting housing solutions for these families and individuals” (The Electronic Hallway, 2012). The pre-implementation and design strategies were (1) 5,500 people homeless in Seattle-King...
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...Running head: Homeless in Seattle Homeless in Seattle Melissa Elliott PAD 500 Dr.MCCue August 17, 2012 Abstract The epidemic of homelessness has taken a great toll on our society as we know it. America has been noted as the land of great opportunity and provision for one who wants to get ahead in life, it is often times referred to as the land of milk and honey. How did America get in such turmoil in housing its own citizens? America is noted to help other countries with all types of aid food, clothing, protection etc. .We must get back to the basics and create a solution to house our homeless population. Homeless is defined as a person or people not having a permanent residence or dwelling place. Mayor Schell’s Zero Homeless strategy was written to help combat the serious issue of homeless citizens in Seattle. Mayor Schell’s declaration was very pure ad heart felt concerning the homeless. He made decree that some may have viewed as an unrealistic goal. His firm decree declared that by Christmas of 1998 there would be no homeless families with children or single women out on the street. This was a great goal for a six month period and definitely not attainable. There are several reasons, taken from the public administration literature, why the strategy is not likely to be appropriate in this case. Principally, as Ring & Perry (1985) concisely...
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... The case study of Mayor Schell’s Zero Homeless Family Strategy discusses the homeless problem in Seattle, Washington (King County) and the strategies used to address the problem. Mayor starts his term off with a dramatic pledge that there would be no homeless families with children or any homeless single women on the streets of Seattle by Christmas of that year (some six months from date of pledge). The pledge itself might easily be viewed as a political move to provide a “quick-fix” solution to a very complex and long-standing problem. While Mayor Schell’s policy choices in this matter had some success, they were met with scrutiny and counter proposals by homeless advocacy groups and city financial managers. This paper provides an analysis of the mayor’s policy choices, analysis of the pre-implementation and design strategies, as well as discussion of steps taken to reengineer the program. It also addresses the importance of conducting proper assessments before implementing new programs. The policy choices related to Mayor Schell’s plan to address homelessness include: targeting homeless families with children and single women for “immediate emergency assistance”; focus on creating affordable housing; expanding shelter and/or emergency housing availability; and providing more funding for homeless prevention. According to the case study, over 700 of the 1,300 homeless people sleeping on the streets were in the target population contained in Mayor Schell’s June 1998 pledge...
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...CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA An Interpretive History TENTH EDITION James J. Rawls Instructor of History Diablo Valley College Walton Bean Late Professor of History University of California, Berkeley TM TM CALIFORNIA: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY, TENTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2008, 2003, and 1998. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1234567890 QFR/QFR 10987654321 ISBN: 978-0-07-340696-1 MHID: 0-07-340696-1 Vice President & Editor-in-Chief: Michael Ryan Vice President EDP/Central Publishing Services: Kimberly Meriwether David Publisher: Christopher Freitag Sponsoring Editor: Matthew Busbridge Executive Marketing Manager: Pamela S. Cooper Editorial Coordinator: Nikki Weissman Project Manager: Erin Melloy Design Coordinator: Margarite Reynolds Cover Designer: Carole Lawson Cover Image: Albert Bierstadt, American (born...
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