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Applied in 2007

Spring Valley Shelter

Christian Community Action

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 4.5
  • Program Participants Last Year: 200
  • Meets about 60 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 3 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 40

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.
  • 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.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
All adults will learn about basic money management, including living within your income

Measure
Report of weekly money management meetings, client self-reporting upon leaving the program

Outcome 2
All adults will find a job within 30 days of moving into the homeless shelter

Measure
Copy of pay stub given to case manager at weekly meeting

Outcome 3
90% of clients improved life skills (cooking, money management, stress reduction, parenting, etc.) while living at the shelter

Measure
Questionnaire is completed by the clients at end of each life-skills class, questionnaire after leaving the shelter

Outcome 4
At least 50% of households will exit the shelter with their name on the lease (moving into their own housing)

Measure
Seeing a copy of the lease.

Change Process: (self-reported)

Shelter residents come with no place to live - sleeping in a car or doubled-up with another family. Their attitudes change as they learn to live within their income, learn that people in the community do care, learn that they are a person of value who must care for themselves and their family. Many of the residents connect with a local church congregation while living at Spring Valley. They develop new friendships with people who will continue to encourage them after leaving the shelter. The residents learn that live can be transformed but they must be responsible. "I moved beyond thinking of myself as a 'loser'" was the way one woman described her experience.