July 2014
Overview: Colette’s Children’s Home in 2012 www.healinghomelessness.org
- 522 women and children were housed and served with supportive services.
- Received 3,939 requests for services
- 81% of the women who went through the program obtained employment.
- 258 homeless women and children transitioned from homelessness to permanent, stable housing.
- 73% of the women who went through the program entered permanent housing.
- 29 mothers were reunified with 54 children.
- Opened 6 new units of affordable housing in Huntington Beach
In June of this year,
82 Single Women and Mothers, 64 Children (Ages 0 through 5), 62 Children (Ages 6 through 17), 82 household members in permanent housing. TOTAL of 290 individuals were being assisted by Colette’s Children’s Home.
Objective: The shoe drive was created to meet a growing need for shoes among youth and their mothers within the program at CCH. The main objective was to collect as many new or very gently used shoes as possible.
Result: Kristi’s Hope immediately learned the passion that people have in our community to help children. In one month, Kristi’s Hope far exceeded the goal of collecting 50 pair of shoes. After Social Networking and word of mouth, women, men and children rallied around this worthy cause.
Throughout the month of July, people dropped off bags full of new and/or gently used shoes. In addition an anonymous gift card to Payless Shoes for $50 was donated.
In total, 157 pair of shoes and a gift card allowing an additional 5-10 pair (depending on the sale) were collected and dropped off to Colette’s Children’s Home on Monday July 28th.
The work does not stop here….
- California accounted for more than 22% of the NATION'S HOMELESS POPULATION in 2013
- California has 136,826 homeless individuals on any given night
- Orange County has 4,251 homeless individuals on any given night
Please keep an eye out on Kristi’s Hope Facebook page for other ways to get involved and give back to our community.
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