Our Impact - 2009

Emergency Shelter (2008-2009)

• 494 adults and 20 children received food and shelter.
• 12,170 nights of shelter and 36,340 meals were provided.
• 1,000 volunteers staffed the shelter for 241 nights, giving more than 19,000 hours of their time.
• 39,000 shelter meals were purchased, prepared and served by volunteers.
• $418,403 of in-kind support was donated to Emergency Shelter operations by the community.

Summer Transitional Shelter

• 23 individuals participated – 15 as regular guests and eight on an emergency basis.
• 472 nights of shelter and 1,416 meals were provided.
• 13 of 15 participants maintained or increased their income, and 12 maintained compliance with contributing to their savings plans.
• Nine secured housing by the end of the program and eight of those housed retained their housing for six months.

Supportive Services

• 342 individuals received assistance through the Support Center and made a total of 3,782 visits to the facility in 2009.
• 323 individuals had their basic needs met through the Support Center.
• 159 individuals obtained case management services.
• 129 engaged in medical, mental health or substance abuse services.
• 94 individuals secured housing through the Support Center.
• 73 individuals engaged in Life Skills classes.
• 42 people increased their income by obtaining benefits and/or securing employment.

Supportive Housing

Transitional Housing

• 73 individuals in 28 households received Transitional Housing.
• 11 of the 14 households that exited the program in 2009 secured permanent housing.
• 10 of those 14 households increased their income; the average increase was $667.90 per month.

Permanent Supportive Housing

• Six individuals in six households received Permanent Housing.
• 2,167 days/nights of housing were provided.

Rapid Re-Housing

• Between October (when funding became available) and December, eight households living in the emergency shelter were placed into apartments with short-term financial assistance.

Employment Readiness

• Seven of the nine participants in Class One of the Career Passport pilot program graduated from the intensive therapeutic second phase.

Homeless Prevention

• 130 adults and children received a total of $38,953 in Homeless Prevention assistance.