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Applied in 2005

Barnabas Shelter Initiative

Barnabas Ministries, Inc.

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 2
  • Program Participants Last Year: 150
  • Meets about 4 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 3 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 50

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Provide safe shelter for homeless, runaway, and throwaway youth

Measure
number of beds used per year; reduction in reports of precariously housed youth

Outcome 2
Strengthen collaborative work with area agencies and service providers

Measure
number of agencies involved in providing continuum of care for youth served

Outcome 3
Completion of GED or high-school equivalent education

Measure
receipt of diploma or GED certificate

Outcome 4
Secure stable employment

Measure
number of applications, interviews, and the securing of a job

Outcome 5
Change of attitude from being hopeless to hope-filled for their future

Measure
QuickConnect (C) Evaluation tool of thoughts & attitudes

Change Process: (self-reported)

Youth enter with a sense of displacement and hopelessness for their future. Upon receiving Case Management, and eventual shelter, through our program they are given tools to make successful choices. They are surrounded by a community network of service providers - both faith-based and not - to gain an understanding of partnerships within their community. When hope is instilled, they become more motivated and active in moving forward. When the community comes around them they choose to receive the sense of belonging, which reduces their chances of causing harm to the community and/or its members.