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This resource can help pay for housing. It can stay with a specific unit, or move with the person who it is granted to.
What is a housing voucher?
"They're on drugs", "They're crazy", and "They're criminals" are examples of this barrier faced by people experiencing homelessness.
What is stigma?
Food, a bed, and this basic necessity are among the first steps in helping someone move out of survival mode.
What is a shower?
Every morning, a child staying at HomewardBound can count on this before getting on the school bus.
What is breakfast?
Serving dinner is one of the easiest ways to do this at HomewardBound.
What is Volunteer?
A person may have to submit this many applications before successfully landing a housing opportunity.
What is 5-7 applications?
Even before an interview, this piece of information on a job application can cause an employer to make assumptions about an applicant.
What is the homeless shelter's address?
This simple gesture can help someone feel safe and seen.
This many meals were served by HomewardBound in 2025
Over 120,000!
Water fights, friendship bracelets, activity days, and hot chocolate all provide something beyond basic shelter needs.
What is connection, fun, normalcy, and belonging?
A person who qualifies for housing assistance may wait approximately this long before housing becomes available
What is 2-4 years?
A person who has lived outside for decades may struggle with this even after services become available.
What is human interaction?
Three meals a day, a safe place to sleep, and staff who show up again and again provide this essential ingredient.
What is consistency?
This is the approximate cost of serving one nutritious meal with protein, starch, salad, dessert, and a beverage.
What is $1.40?
This many volunteers have served at HomewardBound this year.
What is 54?
You finally reach the top of the housing list - but missing this can delay the process another 2-3 months.
What is a valid ID?
Someone leaving prison after years of incarceration and someone who has lived unhoused for years may share this challenge.
What is reintegrating to society?
Kids arriving at the shelter may initially become quiet and disengaged because their bodies are operating in these survival responses.
What are fight, flight, and freeze?
HomewardBound saves approximately this many meals from the food bank in a year.
What is 40,000
This is a donation of services or items
This three letter abbreviation can help determine if someone qualifies for affordable housing based on local income levels.
What is AMI (area median income)?
When people constantly experience judgment and systems that fail them, this can be a consequence.
What is lack of trust?
A child who initially cries every time he sees a staff member may eventually begin engaging as their basic needs are met. HomewardBound call this process this.
What is thawing?
This many children pass through the shelter in an average year.
What is 100 children?
HomewardBound relies on these to keep our shelter operational.
What are Private Donations?