Email Teri with your Homeless location or to help support…Teri.Hairston@uwforsyth.org
The Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness will help us reach our community’s vission to end chronic homelessess in ten years and improve the system for all people experiencing homelessness.
Current projects include:
The Housing Assurance Fund
A specialized emergency assistance fund to assist individuals who have been chronically homeless maintain permanent supportive housing. The Fund provides financial support in case of emergency to individuals to ensure that they can continue to pay their rent and utilities for at least one year.
Project Homelessness Connect
One stop, one shop event held each April to provide a wide array of services including medical care, housing, food, clothing, and other supportive services.
Housing Resource Center
The Housing Resource Center is a one-stop shop to help people who are experiencing a housing crisis access key services.
Congregational Outreach Committee
The Congregational Outreach Program helps people who have been chronically homeless reconnect to our community by developing mentor groups of 3-5 people to help individuals develop positive relationships and life skills.
Supportive Housing
Our goal is to develop 600 units of supportive housing for individuals who are disabled and either have been or are at risk of becoming homeless.
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