Project Homeless Connect... is a one-day, one-stop offering of services designed to provide people who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness what they need to move toward housing and stability.  At Project Homeless Connect, guests work one-on-one with community volunteers to get IDs, apply for jobs and housing, see a doctor, sign up for food stamps, and connect with veterans benefits. On the same day, they can get a haircut, sign up for GED classes, meet with a pastor or other spiritual director, and eat a good meal. Project Homeless Connect gives people and organizations who have never been involved in homelessness before a way to make a difference in their community. Project Homeless Connect Gets ResultsThe 2008 Project Homeless Connect took place on June 6, 2008 at the MassMutual Center. Here are the numbers that describe that day: 600: Total guests at Project Homeless Connect 150: Guests who were known homeless people 275: Completed applications for public & subsidized housing 19: Homeless people became housed on PHC day 250: People who completed housing triage 168: People who obtained Massachusetts IDs 97: People who applied for birth certificates 6: People who had warrants cleared and had court hearings on the underlying misdemeanor offenses 220: Job applications completed 24: Medical exams given 2: People transported to the hospital 35: Dental screenings 54: People who received foot care 26: Number of immunizations administered 77: Eye care screens 166: People who received pairs of reading glasses 300: People who received pairs of sunglasses 48: HIV tests 210: People screened for skin cancer 2: People who went to detox 4: People who applied for brain injury services 73 MassHealth applications 14: Social Security applications 13: Welfare applications 15: Food stamp applications 127: People who received legal advice 400: People who received haircuts 90: People who received chair massages 64: Local and long-distance phone calls made 266: Guests who completed exit surveys 95% Percentage above who said that they obtained the services they came for and that it was worth their time to come. |
Project Homeless Connect 2009: Get Involved!Springfield’s next Project Homeless Connect will take place on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield. DONATE to Project Homeless Connect: send a check to The United Way of Pioneer Valley, 184 Mill St., Springfield, MA 01108, and write “Project Homeless Connect” in the memo line. VOLUNTEER to help organize Project Homeless Connect VOLUNTEER to assist guests at Project Homeless Connect on September 29, 2009: contact Chris Abro, (413) 539.8406, cabro22411@aol.com. |
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