HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS OF CARROLL COUNTY INC
Programs
Program 1 [2021]
THE HOME ENERGY PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME CARROLL COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE FACED WITH ANY NUMBER OF SITUATIONS THAT COULD RESULT IN HOMELESSNESS AND OR LACK OF BASIC NEEDS THAT AFFECT THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED UNDER THESE SERVICES FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021 ARE AS FOLLOWS: HOME ENERGY SERVICES: 11 HOUSEHOLDS, 24 INDIVIDUALS OFFICE OF HOME ENERGY PROGRAMS: 2,321 HOUSEHOLDSGeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$932.6KProgram 2 [2021]
HSP OPERATES THE SHELTER AND HOUSING PROGRAM WITH THE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH. PROGRAMMING SERVES THE MOST IN NEED FIRST, PROVIDING OPEN- ACCESS, LOW BARRIER SERVICES. HSP BELIEVES HOMELESSNESS SHOULD BE PREVENTED. IF IT CANNOT BE PREVENTED, HOMELESSNESS SHOULD BE BRIEF. SHELTER AND HOUSING SERVICES STRIVE TO HELP PARTICIPANTS INCREASE THEIR INCOME, SECURE PERMANENT HOUSING, AND PROVIDE NECESSARY COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND LINKAGES TO PREVENT AND END HOMELESSNESS. DURING THIS YEAR, SHELTER AND HOUSING SERVICES EXPANDED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. SERVICES REMAINED OPEN, OPERABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE. SHELTER SERVICES PROVIDE OVERNIGHT SUPPORT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. SHELTER STAFF CONNECT HOMELESS PARTICIPANTS TO HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES - REGARDLESS OF WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE. SHELTER SERVICES CASE MANAGERS FOCUS ON STABILIZING PARTICIPANTS, CONNECTING THEM WITH BASIC NEEDS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INCREASING THEIR INCOME, AND RAPIDLY SECURING PERMANENT HOUSING. HSP MANAGES 3 OF CARROLL COUNTY'S HOMELESS SHELTERS. SHELTER SERVICES OPERATE 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, TO ENSURE PARTICIPANTS ARE SAFE AND STABLE. IN ADDITION TO STABILITY AND SUPPORT SERVICES, SHELTERS ALSO PROVIDE FOOD, LAUNDRY FACILITIES, TELEPHONE, AND MAIL ASSISTANCE. DURING THIS PROGRAM YEAR HSP REORGANIZED OUR SHELTER SERVICES TO EXPAND SERVICES, INCREASE SAFETY, AND PROVIDE YEAR-ROUND ACCESS TO IMMEDIATE SHELTER BEDS. MEN'S, WOMEN'S, AND SAFE HAVEN SHELTERS WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE LOCATION, MAINTAINING THE SAME BED CAPACITY. OUR COLD WEATHER SHELTER BECAME OUR NIGHT-BY-NIGHT SHELTER, TO PROVIDE OPEN-ACCESS ADDITIONAL SHELTER BEDS, YEAR-ROUND, NOT JUST DURING THE COLDEST MONTHS. THIS ALLOWED HSP TO INCREASE STAFF CAPACITY AS WELL AS CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IN ADDITION, IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19, HSP OPENED AND OPERATED A TEMPORARY OVERNIGHT SHELTER AND DAY CENTER TO ENSURE SOCIAL DISTANCING. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021: . FAMILY SHELTER SERVED 69 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS; 29 ADULTS AND 40 CHILDREN, 44% EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING . ADULT ONLY SHELTER SERVED 119 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: 79 MEN AND 40 WOMEN, 56% EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING .NIGHT-BY-NIGHT SHELTER SERVED 89 PARTICIPANTS, 5% EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING, 37% TRANSITIONED INTO ADULT SHELTER . TEMPORARY COVID-19 SHELTER, OPERATING FROM NOVEMBER 3RD TO MARCH 31ST, SERVED 100 PARTICIPANTS, 8% EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING, 36% TRANSITIONED INTO PERMANENT HSP SHELTERS . THE TEMPORARY SHELTER OPENED HAS ALSO SERVED AS A DAY CENTER FOR OUR STREET HOMELESS, PROVIDING ACCESS TO MEALS, SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, 166 PARTICIPANTS SERVED . SERVICES PROVIDED SAFE, STABLE ON-GOING SUPPORT FOR 271 UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS, 224 HOUSEHOLDS . 14% OF SHELTER PARTICIPANTS INCREASED THEIR INCOME . 71% UTILIZATION RATE WITH AN AVEREAGE LENGTH OF STAY OF 45 DAYS . 104 OUR OF 153 (68%) PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AT THE CV TEMP AND NIGHT-BY-NIGHT SHELTERS, WHICH SERVED THE HARDEST TO ENGAGE HOMELESS POPULATION HOUSING SERVICES WORK TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS WHEREVER POSSIBLE. HOUSING SERVICES SEAMLESSLY BLEND SERVICES FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO THOSE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS. HSP CONDUCTS SHELTER AND HOUSING ELIGIBILITY SCREENINGS 5 DAYS A WEEK VIA WALK-IN HOURS, OVER THE PHONE, AN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AS PARTICIPANTS COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT, THEY ARE REFERRED TO APPROPRIATE HOUSING RESOURCES. IF A PARTICIPANT MEETS THE FEDERAL DEFINITION OF HOMELESS, THEY THEN ARE REFERRED TO COORDINATED ENTRY. COORDINATED ENTRY COMPLETES A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, TO OBJECTIVELY ASSESS THE PARTICIPANT'S VULNERABLITY OR NEED. PARTICIPANTS ARE THEN REFERRED TO SHELTER SERVICES, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PSHPWD), OR RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM. PSPWD PROVIDES HOUSING AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, HSP MAINTAINS 21 RENTAL UNITS FOR PARTICIPANTS. RAPID RE-HOUSING PROVIDES SHORT TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. WHILE PARTICIPANTS WAIT TO ACCESS SERVICES, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN HOMELESS RECOVERY CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, WITH A FOCUS ON SECURING HOUSING. IF A PARTICIPANT IS AT-RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS, HAS AN EVICTION, OR NEEDS A SECURITY DEPOSIT, HSP HAS ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND AVOID HOMELESSNESS. HSP IS THE COUNTY-WIDE ACCESS POINT FOR SECURITY DEPOSITS AND EVICTION PREVENTION, SERVING AS THE AUTHORIZING AGENCY FOR SEVERAL COMMUNITY FUNDING STREAMS. DURING THIS PROGRAM YEAR HSP ADDED 6 ADDITIONAL PERMANENT HOUSING UNITS FOR OUR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. HSP ALSO RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO PROVIDE HOUSING ASSISTANCE, IN ADDITION, HSP PARTNERED WITH CARROLL COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO APPROVE EVICTION PREVENTION FUNDING. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021: . COMPLETED HOUSING AND SHELTER SERVICES SCREENINGS FOR 272 HOUSEHOLDS/431 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS; 312 ADULTS AND 119 CHILDREN . COORDINATED ENTRY SERVED 231 HOUSEHOLDS/325 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS; 257 ADULTS AND 68 CHILDREN; 45% EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING; 21% INCRASED INCOME . PERMANENT HOUSING SERVED 31 HOUSEHOLDS/45 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS; 35 ADULTS AND 10 CHILDREN; 75% OF HOUSEHOLDS EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING . RAPID RE-HOUSING PROVIDED HOUSING SUPPORT FOR 28 HOUSEHOLDS/61 TOTAL HOMELESS PARTICIPANTS; 38 ADULTS AND 23 CHILDREN, 94% OF HOUSEHOLDS EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING . HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM PREVENTED EVICTIONS FOR 6 HOUSEHOLDS/13 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: 10 ADULTS AND 3 CHILDREN, EXPENDING 11,379 . PREVENTED EVICTIONS FOR 58 HOUSEHOLDS/ 160 PARTICIPANTS; 97 ADULTS AND 63 CHILDREN; WITH 125,457 . COMPLETED 108 SECURITY DEPOSITS FOR 219 PARTICIPANTS; 132 ADULTS AND 87 CHILDREN; WITH 100,304 . ASSISTED WITH WATER TURNOFFS FOR 63 HOUSEHOLDS/196 PARTICIPANTS: 96 ADULTS AND 100 CHILDREN, EXPENDING 53,258 WITH ADDITIONAL COVID 19 FUNDS RECEIVED, HSP PREVENTED 154 HOUSEHOLDS, 408 PARTICIPANTS: 229 ADULTS AND 179 CHILDREN, FROM EVICTION, TOTALING 1,106,177 IN LIFE SAVING FUNDS. . HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM PREVENTED EVICTIONS FOR 14 HOUSEHOLDS/42 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: 20 ADULTS AND 22 CHILDREN, DISBURSING 110,809 . RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM SERVED 7 HOUSEHOLDS/8 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS; 8 ADULTS AND 0 CHILDREN, 100% OF HOUSEHOLDS EXITED TO PERMANENT HOUSING . EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PREVENTED EVICTIONS FOR 77 HOUSEHOLDS/204 PARTICIPANTS: 124 ADULTS AND 80 CHILDREN, DISBURSING 622,222, AND PREVENTED UTILITY TURNOFFS FOR 29 HOUSEHOLDS/80 PARTICIPANTS:47 ADULTS AND 33 CHILDREN, 23,143 . CARROLL COUNTY COVID RELIEF FUNDING PREVENTED EVICTIONS FOR 86 HOUSEHOLDS/234 PARTICIPANTS: 128 ADULTS AND 106 CHILDREN - 337,387 . ADDITIONAL COVID EVICTION PREVENTION DOLLARS ASSISTED 14 HOUSEHOLDS/43 PARTICIPANTS: 24 ADULTS AND 19 CHILDREN, DISBURSING 12,616 . PROVIDED WEEKLY OUTREACH TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, CONNECTING TO MEDICAL SERVICES AS NEEDED DELIVERING NECESSARY SUPPLIES, AND LINKAGES TO SERVICES, 74 PARTICIPANTS SERVED.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2MProgram 3 [2021]
FAMILY SUPPORT: THE CARROLL COUNTY FAMILY CENTER PROVIDES SERVICES TO EXPECTANT PARENTS, AND PARENTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN UNDER FOUR YEARS OF AGE. A PRIORITY IS TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN ARE HEALTHY - PHYSICALLY, DEVELOPMENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A VARIETY OF SERVICES, INCLUDING IMMUNIZATION CHECKS, DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS, AND PARENT/CHILD ACTIVITIES. THE FAMILY CENTER SUPPORTS PARENTS THROUGH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO INCREASE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND NURTURING PARENTING SKILLS. OUR ADULT EDUCATION PARTNER, CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PROVIDES GED PREPARATION AND ESL CLASSES FOR OUR ENROLLED PARENTS. THE CENTER PROVIDES PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS, USING RESEARCH-BASED CURRICULA THAT INCLUDES: THE NURTURING PARENT PROGRAM; THE CHICAGO PARENTING PROGRAM; AND PARENTS AS TEACHERS. OTHER CENTER-BASED SERVICES INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PRESENTATIONS, PARENT LEADERSHIP, JOB READINESS AND PEER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES. THE FAMILY CENTER ALSO INCLUDES A HOME VISITING PROGRAM. THE HOME VISITOR PROVIDES PARENT EDUCATION, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND PARENT/CHILD ACTIVITIES TO THE FAMILIES ENROLLED IN THAT PROGRAM. DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN FY2021, ALL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED REMOTELY USING A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES, INCLUDING ON-LINE CLASSES, ZOOM MEETINGS, POSTS TO OUR CLOSED GROUP ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TEXT MESSAGES, AND PHONE CALLS. WHEN POSSIBLE, EVENTS WERE HELD OUTDOORS. THE STAFF ALSO PREPARED AND DELIVERED WEEKLY DROP-OFFS TO THE FAMILIES. THESE DELIVERIES INCLUDED THE MATERIALS AND WORKSHEETS NEEDED BY THE FAMILIES TO TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. IN FY 2021, 40 FAMILIES (85 PEOPLE) PARTICIPATED IN CENTER-BASED ACTIVITIES AND 19 FAMILIES (44 PEOPLE) PARTICIPATED IN HOME-BASED SERVICES. A TOTAL OF 7,114 PARTICIPATION VISITS WERE LOGGED BY CENTER-BASED FAMILIES, AND 1,545 PARTICIPATION VISITS BY HOME-VISIT FAMILIES. THIS WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR, DESPITE THE CHALLENGES POSED BY THE PANDEMIC. CHILD & ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM: THE CHILD & ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP) IS A PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) AND ALLOWS ENROLLED FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE HEALTHY MEALS AND SNACKS THEY SERVE TO THE CHILDREN IN THEIR PROGRAMS. FY2021 MARKED THE LAST YEAR HSP SPONSORED THIS PROGRAM. IT ENDED IN SEPTEMBER 2020 AND THE AGENCY TRANSITIONED ITS ENROLLED PROVIDERS TO OTHER SPONSOR AGENCIES. THIRTY-TWO (32) LICENSED FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS PARTICIPATED IN THE CACFP IN JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF 2020, PROVIDING MEALS AND SNACKS FOR OVER 235 CHILDREN. THE PROVIDERS RECEIVED 24,905 IN REIMBURSEMENTS, AND A TOTAL OF 25,376 MEALS AND SNACKS WERE SERVED DURING THIS TIME.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$517.1K
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