Homelessness in Madison

Why Housing is not Affordable in Dane County

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TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS SHELTERED IN DANE COUNTY

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Shelters in Madison

• Families: The Salvation Army, the YWCA, the Road Home, and the Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) Shelter

• Single women: Salvation Army’s Single Women’s Shelter

• Single men: Porchlight’s Drop-In Shelter

Drop-In Shelter

• Housed at Grace Episcopal Church

• 100 beds, plus 50 at overflow shelters at St. John’s Lutheran and First United Methodist

• Serves roughly 1,500 guests each year for nearly 32,000 shelter nights

• 50 organizations and over 1,700 volunteers work together to provide shelter guests two hot meals per day, 365 days each year

• Counseling services, laundry and bathing facilities are available

DROP-IN SHELTER USAGE: 1992-2010

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Hospitality House

• Employment and housing counseling

• Assistance in obtaining employment (identifications, work clothes, writing resumes, etc.)

• Medical and legal assistance

• Telephone and mail service

• Bus tickets

2010 HOSPITALITY HOUSE SERVICES

PERSONS SERVED

Client contacts: 19,140 New clients served: 6,641 Chronically mentally ill served:

767 1,024 out of 1,892 counseled

found or retained housing 426 out of 1,434 counseled

found jobs

SERVICES

Medical/dental: 154 Bus tickets: 1,835 IDs for work: 274 Other emergency: 278 Advocacy: 1,017 Legal: 30

DIGSDwelling Intervention Grants and Sustenance

DIGS provides assistance designed to prevent homelessness in the wake of a short-term financial emergency for a household.

• 1,222 households received financial assistance -- $263 average

• Centralized matching resources with agencies and faith communities

• Retention rates:– 80% AT 6 MONTHS– 74% AT 12 MONTHS– 70% AT 18 MONTHS

Affordable Housing

Case Management

All Porchlight residents have access to case management services. They can receive assistance with things like budgeting, apartment maintenance, employment skills, and other supports designed to keep them in stable housing.

Safe Haven

• Shelter for homeless men and women who suffer from serious mental illness

• “Portal of entry” to community services system

• Basic services as well as a free psychiatric clinic

• Roughly 60 individuals sheltered each year, and 200 receiving drop-in services

Madison Cares

A $3.6 million capital campaign to build a new Safe Haven along with 24 units of permanent housing for people with mental illness.

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