To build 150 units that will house 125 individuals who are the most vulnerable with long histories of homelessness, and house 25 peer and PAL volunteers.Ideally, the community will include a variety of styles of tiny houses and efficiency apartments, each approximately 300-350 square feet.
To partner with existing city agencies in order to provide traditional PSH formal supports (case management, mental health counseling, substance abuse counseling, medical/dental/psychiatric care, etc.) in a resident-driven manner ensuring that everyone can stay successfully housed, feel valued, and contribute to the well-being of the community.
To partner with local volunteer groups to provide unique, non-traditional informal wrap-around supports (companionship, transportation, hospitality events, seasonal social events, birthday parties, movies, games, book clubs, etc.)
To foster the development and/or the enhancement of job skills, talents, and hobbies and promote dignity, self-worth, and a means of income.
To build 4-8 interconnected units to provide respite and/or hospice for community residents, as well as for those without houses, who are in need of services.
To partner with local hospitality providers to build an on-site 4000 sq. ft. club house to continue hospitality ministries. Hospitality services would include meals (approximately 250/day), hygiene supplies, bathroom, showers, and laundry, postal, phone, movies, games, and wifi internet. These services would be available to community residents as well as those without housing.
To partner with volunteers in identifying and preparing club members who are seeking a home within the community when vacancies exist.
To partner with St. Mark’s Traveling Loaves and Fishes in providing approximately 100 suppers per weekday evenings to both community residents and those without housing.
To partner with St. Mark’s in providing a free bi-weekly mobile food pantry to residents.
To become a service-learning site for graduate students enrolled in social work, counseling, spiritual direction, health-care professionals.
To become a catalyst for two-way transformations:
Helping new residents adjust to becoming “homed” within a community of caring individuals
Helping those who have never been homeless to understand, empathize and companion with those had been without homes for a long time.
