Pathways Vermont Inc

Pathways vermont's permanent housing programs include a mental health based housing first program and a family supportive housing program. Both programs support permanent housing and a variety of support services to individuals and families exiting homelessness and institutionalization. The program uses a scatter site model, assisting participants in securing long term subsidies and to locate independent apartments leased by private landlords across the community. In addition to securing access to permanent housing, the program provides community-based support services to assist participants in achieving goas and overcoming barriers to independent living. These services may include benefits coordination, peer support, case management, psychiatry, substance use support, employment support and nursing. The housing first program found initial housing placement for 37 households and served 206 households. The family support housing program found initial housing placement for 3 households and served 45 households.

Soteria creates a new option in the system of care for individuals experiencing early episode psychosis. The program offers a safe, trauma- informed, residential setting where individuals are empowered to pursue their path towards well-being, an alternative to inpatient hospitalization. Soteria draws upon various disciplines to support individuals, including peer support, psychosocial support, creative expression, and psychiatry. Soteria served 11 individuals in fiscal year 2024.

Vermont support line: the pathways vermont support line provides confidential, nonjudgmental phone support to all vermonters over the age of 18. In fiscal year 2024, the support line completed 17,466 calls and diverted 1840 calls from emergency services. The caller satisfaction rate was 97%. Expenses: 920,509 training: pathways vermont manages vermont's peer workforce development initiative (pwdi) through funding from the vermont department of mental health. Goals include convening a steering committee, evaluating and addressing statewide peer workforce needs, and ensuring the availability of relevant training. In fiscal year 2024, approximately 255 individuals participated in pwdi training, including participants from over 25 organizations across the state. Pathways vermont training institute provides training and technical assistance to agencies around the world aiming to end homelessness and provide innovative mental health alternatives. In fiscal year 2024, approximately 360 individuals participated in training institute training and presentations, including attendees from across the u.s. Expenses: 395,478 supportive services for veteran families (ssvf): the final day of the pathways vermont ssvf program was december 31, 2023. During the final two quarters of our ssvf program, our team worked hard to smoothly transition clients to their new service provider. The work of our service team continued to be robust even while we worked to close out the program. Our team positioned four households to move into housing in january 2024, including one household that was difficult to house due to previous offenses. We will continue to fight to end veteran homelessness through our other statewide program and advocacy efforts. During the final six months of the ssvf program, the program found housing placements for 15 households and served a total of 74 households with a retention rate of 66%. Expenses: 331,048 rapid rehousing programs: pathways vermont supports two programs that help individuals and families secure rapid access to housing, housing navigation, and housing retention services: hud-funded rapid rehousing program and emergency rental assistance program. The hud rapid rehousing program utilizes the evidence-based, housing first practice to support individuals to find and maintain housing and collaborate on a person-centered service plan to achieve self-defined goals. Direct rental assistance is available through this program but is time-limited to 24 months. In fiscal year 2024, pathways vermont served 22 households, 8 of whom were newly housed in fiscal year 2024. Similarly, the emergency rental assistance program funds both housing navigation and housing support services to support individuals to find and maintain housing through benefits coordination, peer support, case management, substance use support, and employment support, among others. No direct rental assistance is available through this program. Pathways vermont served 49 unique households, 39 in retention, and 12 in navigation (2 of which were also served in our retention program). Expenses: 371,804 the pathways vermont community center: in fiscal year 2024, the community center supported 1,060 group and individual peer supports, 106 established themselves as 'regular' visitors (minimum 3 visits per quarter), and an average of 30.5 meals were served per week. Expenses: 284,462 pathways vermont's rural outreach and services: beginning in early 2024, the pathways vermont rural outreach program set out to engage and connect vermonters experiencing homelessness, mental health challenges, and co-occurring disorders to health services, case management services, and recovery support services, among others. The program is built upon a peer model approach, utilizing assertive engagement, the housing first and critical time intervention models, and a harm reduction and intentional peer support framework. Between october 1, 2023 and june 30, 2024, pathways vermont served 34 peopled in the program. Expenses: 207,125