Fourth & Hope (formerly Yolo Wayfarer Center) - Supporting the Cold Weather Shelter from November 15, 2012 through March 15, 2013. This represents three shelter beds and 363 bed nights.
www.fourthandhope.org
Hangtown Haven - Providing a clean, safe and legal encampment available to residents of the Placerville area who have become homeless.
(530) 409-7330
Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center - Will provide five (5) bedrooms at the 5th Avenue Bridge Project facility in Sacramento for Project housing for the 2012-2013 winter season.
www.saehc.org
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes - Support the efforts of Maryhouse in assisting homeless women in the winter months with bus passes, gas money, and emergency shelter in local motels/hotels.
www.sacloaves.org
Sacramento Self Help Housing - Will assist the homeless to move into rental housing or other appropriate housing, assist 100 of the Winter Overflow participants move into rental housing and provide housing assessments and counseling services to an additional 250 Winter Overflow participants.
www.sacselfhelp.org
Safe Ground Sacramento, Inc. - Supports the expansion of the Overnight Shelter Program, providing new sleeping bags, sleeping pads, and several cots for disabled guests and providing a transportation fuel allowance for volunteers who deliver food from California Emergency Foodlink to participating churches.
www.SafeGroundSac.org
St. John's Shelter for Women & Children - Will support homeless mothers and children by dedicating 10% of capacity this winter to assist mothers with children who are not enrolled in CalWorks.
www.stjohnsshelter.org
United Christian Center of the Greater Sacramento Area, Inc. - Support will provide motel vouchers to shelter the homeless in the West Sacramento area.
www.uccenters.org
Volunteers of America - Greater Sacramento Will provide staff to supervise homeless guests and provide support to the congregation's volunteers for the Winter Sanctuary program.
www.volunteersofamerica-sac.org
Preventing Homelessness
In 2009, the Foundation's Board of Directors chose to focus efforts and resources on homelessness prevention. With the economic crisis severely affecting the Sacramento region and putting extraordinary stress on the homeless system, the area was on the cusp of difficult consequences for those without shelter. The Foundation tackled this issue head-on by investing in effective strategies, by working closely with homelessness providers, and testing innovative solutions that challenged the region to rethink its' response to homelessness. Since then, our community has:
- Reduced overall homelessness by 15.8% in the past two years
- Received national attention through the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program (HPRP), which has prevented homelessness and rapidly rehoused over 1900 households or over 5000 individuals
- Embarked on key activities to improve our current system of coordination and prepare for new federal guidelines on homelessness prevention, called HEARTH - Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing - which will require our homeless system to reevaluate how it provides homeless services
The Foundation has taken a leadership role in these activities, and we will continue to support efforts that strengthen the work of homeless providers and build an effective system geared toward preventing homelessness.
