Vía
736homeless
87unused beds
45-dayavg stability (Wichita)
176-dayavg stability (national)

Wichita's problem is routing, not capacity.

Sources: Wichita PIT count (community-snapshot) · HUD AHAR 2024 (national avg) · NAEH foster-exit outcomes

System Status

Second Light
Youth Shelter
Strained
Open Door
Emergency Shelter
Strained
211 Kansas
Referral Hub
Open
CrossRoads
Youth Transitional
Strained
BRIDGES
Youth Program
Strained
Center of Hope
Emergency Shelter
Strained
H.O.T.
Street Outreach
Open
Housing First
Perm. Supportive
Strained

Entry Volume by Door

Intakes / year

Telemetry aggregations + seeded baseline

Open Door284
211 Kansas198
Second Light112
Center of Hope89
H.O.T.67
CrossRoads43
BRIDGES31

Handoff Failure Points

Failures / referrals

Telemetry-derived where available, seeded where not

211 Kansas → Open Door

No bed confirmation at referral

47
24% failure rate
Open Door → CrossRoads

Capacity mismatch on transfer

38
34% failure rate
Second Light → BRIDGES

Missing documentation

29
33% failure rate
H.O.T. → Second Light

No contact number for follow-up

24
36% failure rate
CrossRoads → DCF IL

Benefits enrollment gap

19
44% failure rate
BRIDGES → Housing First

Income verification delay

14
45% failure rate

Bed Utilization

Youth/transitional subset
17available / 87 total
Second LightYouth Emergency
8/40
CrossRoadsYouth Transitional
1/12
BRIDGESYouth Transitional
3/24
DCF IL SlotsIndependent Living
5/11

Duration-to-Stability

Cases per bucket
45dWichita avg
176dNational avg
WichitaNational
<30d
18
30–60d
142
61–90d
89
91–180d
34
180d+
12

Youth Funnel

Foster-exit outcomes — National Alliance to End Homelessness

100%Foster youth aging out

Wichita 2025 point-in-time cohort

17%Maintain stable housing

17% — with full pathway support

42%Foster youth handoffBottleneck → View counterfactual

Routing failure at DCF → shelter transition

29%Homeless within 1 year

29% of foster exits — National Alliance to End Homelessness

42%Homeless within 3 years

42% of foster exits — National Alliance to End Homelessness

Prevention leverage

Full pathway (DCF IL → CrossRoads → BRIDGES → City ID) reduces 3-year homelessness from 42% to <10%. Routing is the lever.

$500K Use-of-Funds Model →Counterfactual Analysis →Pilot KPI Framework →Year-Two Renewal Case →Investor Pitch Deck →Operational Workflow →
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