Program Plan Meeting

Hey Everyone!!! We had our first meeting regarding our program plan.  Stacie and I thought we would share a few items with you from our recap.

 Stacie began by introducing everyone to Project Hope, their background with this community and the sentiment of our street residents. 


We went into the homelessness numbers released from the County of Riverside on April 8, 2015. According to the County-Wide Survey, homelessness has dropped 16% since 2013 and chronic homelessness has dropped 17%.  The "point in time" count is 2, 467 (2015) compared to 2,978 (2013).  This number seems surprisingly low. Our point: We are not certain as to whether or not the homelessness that is not visible was addressed.  If that is the case, then our true numbers are much higher and this is concerning. Also, this gives us no indication that the numbers in Hemet also decreased.  The data is for Riverside County, not Hemet.
 
Available resources: we are in the process of gathering that information and include the following.  The library is able to provide library cards for internet access, along with educational and resume resources. Project Hope partners up with groups to provide dental care and daily necessities to our street residents.  W e also discussed current resources for mental health treatment in Riverside County.

• We are looking into meeting with other groups that have been successful at eradicating homelessness (not just a temporary solution) and partnering up once we have established (per data and resources) which one would best address our needs. 

 

• Our goal is to provide a program equipped with all necessary resources to assist residents in their transition out of homelessness.  Resources include but are not limited to: addiction/mental health treatment, education, job skills, resume/interview training, job searching, permanent housing and to most importantly: be their cheerleaders.

• What we need most right now: volunteers and great ideas to go out and get the Street Resident Survey completed by as many people as possible. 
• If you want to get involved, please reach out to us on Facebook.