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Applied in 2004

Bridge Communities Transitional Housing and Mentoring Program

Bridge Communities, Inc.

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 11.5
  • Program Participants Last Year: 175
  • Meets about 2 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 20 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 250

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
To increase Income

Measure
Pay stubs, additional job skill training, and a higher employment status.

Outcome 2
To Decrease Debt

Measure
A Credit report is secured upon program entry. Budgeting is taught to increase savings, decrease credit card debt and to secure a better credit rating.

Outcome 3
To Increase Education

Measure
Complete GED, take additional course and skill work, and take college level course work.

Outcome 4
To Move to Permanent Housing

Measure
Length therein evaluated at one and two years after leaving the program successfully.

Change Process: (self-reported)

Our families come to us homeless or at-risk of homelessness with high debt, low earning power, and months of transiency which includes children attending a number of schools. We partner them with local churches and community organization volunteers who work with them on a weekly basis on life skills, budgeting, parenting skills, housekeeping, etc., and move them forward in concrete ways through education, tutoring, and employment as they are rooted into local neighborhoods and moved to self-sufficiency and permanent housing.