Community Of Hope Inc

Housing for people experiencing homelessness community of hope (coh) works to end homelessness by offering services at all levels of the homelessness continuum of care including homelessness prevention services, shelter, and two permanent housing solutions. In 2024, coh served 1,601 families and individuals, totaling 4,628 people. Homelessness prevention supported 684 families, and 91% of cases did not end up in shelter when exiting the program. The triumph (ward 8), coh's sole family shelter program for most of 2024, served 179 families with children, and 82% of clients exited to permanent housing. In december 2024, coh assumed operations at another short-term family housing site, the aya (ward 6), and in that month coh served 37 families at the aya. Coh also provides support for individuals experiencing homelessness. Bridge housing supports adults without children who have been living outside or in large shelters and will soon transition into permanent housing. In 2024, this program served 112 individuals in two locations.additionally, coh has two permanent housing solutions: permanent supportive housing (psh) for families and individuals who experienced chronic homelessness, and rapid re-housing (rrh) for families with lower barriers to housing stability, but who still need rental assistance and support. Between these programs, supportive services include case management, employment services, life skills classes, youth supports. In 2024, 339 families were served in rrh. Psh includes both scattered-site and site-based housing, serving 418 families and individuals. The site-based psh programs are in ward 8 mississippi avenue apartments, archer park, parkway overlook, the trio, ridgecrest apartments, and the paxton which was added in 2024. Rrh has kept 100% of its families from returning to shelter within two years of program exit. 98% of families in psh stayed stably housed or exited to a positive destination.

Community resources coh operates several community resource programs. The bellevue family success center (fsc) operates out of chrc in ward 8, connecting families experiencing hardships with existing government and community resources to meet their individual needs through either one-time interactions or short-term case management. Over the past year, the family success center helped 539 families navigate crises through the support of three family success specialists. Housing support is the most requested service, followed by food and employment search assistance. A community advisory council (cac) made up of bellevue residents meets monthly to guide the fsc's priorities and provide feedback on potential partnerships. Beginning in 2023, the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (wic) is offered at two health centers and a third location the commons at stanton square was added in 2024. Wic offers individuals access to nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support, healthy food, as well as connections to community partners. Adding wic on site has made it easier for the patients to enroll in wic and conveniently access wic services. Currently, the wic program provides monthly benefits to over 1,100 people every year.in october 2023 coh launched housing our newborns, empowering you (honey), a unique program for pregnant and postpartum people experiencing homelessness. Honey connects parents-to-be with prenatal care, perinatal care coordination, and resources such as transportation, health education, and basic baby care supplies. Honey also includes an instructional component for local service providers to educate them about the needs of pregnant people experiencing homelessness.in 2024, 122 clients were enrolled in perinatal care coordination services and 40 more people received perinatal navigation through the honey program.