Adult System
This shelter run by the YMCA provides the majority of beds available to single women in our system.
What is Van Buren?
This race/ethnicity is greatly overrepresented in the Family Shelter System.
What is African American/Black?
The age range for TAY.
What is 18-24?
This agency is the sole outreach provider funded by CSB.
What is Mt. Carmel?
The number of agencies that have a Housing Resource Specialist.
What is twenty-six?
This group, consisting of individuals with lived experience of homelessness, utilize their expertise to advise CSB on improving program accessibility and effectiveness.
What is the Citizens Advisory Council (CAC)?
Prior to the expansion of Van Buren, this facility was the only family shelter in the system.
What is the YWCA Family Center?
YHDP is an acronym for this youth-focused pilot.
What is Youth Homeless Demonstration Plan?
Emma Lazarus wrote, "Give me your tired, your poor, your" this group "yearning to breathe free" in her poem The New Colossus, which was later inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.
What are huddled masses?
These organizations, such as local libraries, schools and community organizations, don't have a Housing Resource Specialist, but they know how to find one.
What are Access Points?
Adult programs, along with other CSB systems, adhere to this approach that prioritizes housing clients without requiring them to first address other problems.
What is Housing First?
This oceanic species is the largest member of the dolphin family. Careful in the water!
What are orcas?
The formal name of the religious movement whose adherents are commonly known as Quakers.
What is the Society of Friends?
Outreach can refer clients to this program between the months of December and March to obtain immediate shelter.
What are Winter Warming Centers (WWC)?
The number of days that marks a great increase in risk for someone experiencing homelessness.
What is fourteen?
While Pearl Buck was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, this female novelist was the first (and so far, only) Black American to receive the award.
Who is Toni Morrison?
These two funded partners are also involved in the Homelessness Prevention Network as Host Organizations.
What are Homes for Families (HFF) and Gladden Community House (GCH)?
This model of housing is unique in that it is only offered to TAY within our system.
What is transitional housing?
Commonly known as the Homeless Hotline, outreach calls this number if an unhoused client wants to be placed in shelter immediately.
A conversation that may or may not include financial assistance, but is intended to prevent homelessness.
What is Housing Problem Solving?
The full name of the tool used to prioritize clients for rapid rehousing, usually referred to as the HAST. The Program Effectiveness team is working hard to revise the HAST so it can be done FAST!
What is housing assistance screening tool?
The Van Buren Family Shelter used to house this type of factory.
What is a box factory?
Though designated for TAY, this PSH facility houses several clients beyond 24 years, as they are not required to leave when they reach that age.
What is CHN Marsh Brook Place?
What is a place not meant for human habitation?
While Justin Verlander took home the 2011 American League MVP award, this slugger sharing his initials was National League MVP the year before.
Who is Joey Votto?