Renewal case · Day 62 of 90
For: Wichita Housing & Community Services · KS-502 CoC board
4/ 6
On track — 4 of 6 thresholds met
Board review May 15 · renew if ≥ 4 of 6 hold
Passing
4
Days to housing ↓ from 45
38 days · -7 days vs. baseline
Referral completion ≥ 70%
72% · 2 pts above threshold
Youth ETV enrollment ↑
60% · +15 pts vs. pre-pilot
≥ 12 rehousing placements
42 placed · 3.5× the floor
Needs attention before Day 90
2
Pending
3 of 5 pilot agencies endorse
2 of 5 confirmed
now
≥ 3 of 5
target
Survey closes Day 75
Watch
Returns to homelessness < 12%
11.4%
now
< 12%
target
Trending toward threshold
Capacity mismatch
17 of 87 beds reachable. 70 blocked by policy.
Provider
Beds
Util.
Blocking reason
Union Rescue Mission
120
92%
Breathalyzer + chapel requirement
United Methodist Open Door
—
no beds
Offline 48–72h — facility damage from severe weather
CrossRoads (Wichita Children's Home)
12
99%
Surge: 1 of 12 remaining · severe-weather intake
BRIDGES (Wichita Children's Home)
8
100%
FULL · all 8 units occupied, waitlist frozen
St. Anthony Family Shelter
30
90%
Felony background check
Family Promise of Greater Wichita
14
86%
Employment-readiness filter
The Salvation Army — Wichita
24
83%
Referral required
Second Light
—
no beds
Intake hub — HMIS offline
HumanKind Studios and Villas
155
80%
8–12 week PSH waitlist
Mental Health Assoc. of South Central KS
18
89%
COMCARE assessment (+2–4 wk)
Youth handoff cascade
Foster-youth homelessness rises 12 points every two years.
Planning gap
Aging-out planning begins. DCF IL underutilized — 34 of 50 slots filled.
Coverage cliff
KanCare disenrollment via address changes (42% dropout). ETV paperwork gaps.
Housing cliff
DCF IL benefits cliff. BRIDGES has 8 units for the entire market.
Action
ETV has 22 unused slots. The failure is discovery, not capacity.
Program
Fill
Lag
Dropout
DCF Independent Living
34/50
0
38%
Education & Training Voucher (ETV)22 OPEN
18/40
4w
25%
KanCare extension (Medicaid to 26)
142
2w
42%
SOUL Family (mentor match)BEST
22/35
1w
12%
TRAIL (Pathway Family Services)
15/25
3w
30%
CrossRoads Emergency Youth Shelter
10/12
0
35%
BRIDGES Transitional Housing
7/8
6w
22%
EmberHope Connections
28/40
2w
28%
Document pipeline
Zero docs to housing-ready: 60–90 days.
1
Wichita City ID
1
days
2
Certified Birth Certificate
14
days
3
Social Security Card
10
days
4
Kansas State ID
7
days
5
KanCare (Medicaid)
21
days
6
Employment Verification Letter
5
days
21
Min parallel days
best-case pipeline
60–90
Realistic days
with real-world friction
$37
Direct document fees
one-time, all six steps
$50 /mo
Ongoing transit
Wichita Transit bus pass
Renewal economics
The city already spends $20.2M/yr absorbing broken routing. A 15% routing lift avoids $756K.
Civic cost, today
$20.2M/yr
Wichita absorbing broken routing — ER, jail beds, shelter readmissions, code hours.
WSU Public Policy & Management Center, May 2025
Annual cost avoided
$756K/yr
Below every comparable coordinated-entry benchmark. Conservative floor, not a ceiling.
Pilot build + ops
$400K · 90 days
Intake console, routing engine, youth navigator, five pilot agencies, training, measurement.
Muse track (trust & adoption)
$100K
Not overhead — the adoption mechanism. A One Door Jordan doesn't trust saves $0.
Year-2 operating cost
$150K–$250K
Ongoing contract scope. Against $756K/yr avoided.
Return on Year-2 ops
300%+
Pilot pays back in 6 months. Break-even doesn't need a leap of faith.
Next surface
Each hop is one click.
Landing → dashboard → prototype → back. The renewal case spans three routes; this is the spine.
/app
Open the working intake console
Proof of feasibility — the architecture is built and running.
/
Open the front-door story
The Maya-voiced landing — why the city should care.
/dashboard
View source data & methodology
Seven live API endpoints. Every number on this page, traceable.
Sources: Wichita-Sedgwick PIT Count · United Way of the Plains (170 orgs) · KS-502 CoC.
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