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HOMELESS 1000
(HOM 1001 through HOM 1005)
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER [HOM 1002]
THE HOUSING RENOVATION PARTNERSHIP [HOM 1003]
LITERACY FOR THE HOMELESS [HOM 1004]
BROWARD BACKPACK
Agency: Broward County
The "Broward Backpack" is a unique, sensitive, and comprehensive outreach program designed to inform homeless families and runaway youth of basic education programs available to them. Our program's instructors and outreach recruiters are sensitive to the plight of the homeless, and work at shelters and in gathering places where the homeless congregate, to provide assistance in the form of referral services, issuing survival packets, and assessing primary and educational needs.
"Broward Backpack" is designed to provide literacy instruction and basic skill remediation for its participants. Fort Lauderdale is one of the seven largest metropolitan areas in Florida. Approximately 70% of the homeless population have chosen to live here. The Broward Coalition for the Homeless estimates those approximately 5,000 homeless persons can be found in the county on any given day.
The "Broward Backpack" outreach program intends to improve the quality of life for the homeless population of Broward County by attacking illiteracy. Participants are provided with training to complete forms and applications for jobs or public assistance services; learn to plan a budget; learn how to find and maintain a job; or raise their skills to attain a better job and more money to support their families. Adults, whose basic skills (reading, writing and mathematics) levels fall below eighth grade level, are recruited to participate in Adult Basic Education classes. Adult Basic Education and General Educational Development classes are offered daily during morning, afternoon, and evening hours. Some of the classes are offered at daytime and evening shelters; others are available near soup kitchens where the homeless are fed.
In order to provide support services for the homeless, all outreach recruiters network with the social service agencies in the county to provide assistance with primary needs of food, shelter, clothing, health care, and employment. Together with the Salvation Army, Broward Coalition for the Homeless, Job Services, BETA, Catholic Community Services and various churches, homeless individuals are referred and assistance is given. Funding for this program may be done through FTE funds. All teachers should be in-serviced for specific information on homeless conditions. "Broward Backpack" has developed a supplemental kit for the homeless to be used in this regard.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER
Agency: Dade County
Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc. was established in August 1993. 200 volunteers (Partners) and a Board of Directors of 64 members along with five staff members make up the not-for-profit organization. Since its inception the Partners and Board Members have contributed over 8,000 hours of volunteer service including siting and designing a Homeless Assistance Center and raising $7.5 million from Dade County's corporate community and national foundations. In addition to the $7.5 million in pledges over $3.8 million in-kind and $3.3 million from Health Foundation of South Florida, for a medical clinic, has been donated.
The Homeless Assistance Center is under construction at 1500 N. Miami Avenue on a site donated by the Dade County Public School system. Dade County Public Schools has worked closely with Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., (CPHI) to create a unique partnership between education and the delivery of housing and social services to our most neglected people -- men, women and children living on the streets of Dade County. The Miami Skill Center/Homeless Assistance Center will become a re-entry point for education, life skills training, job training, and employment, as well as a comprehensive assessment center. Every adult entering the Center will be provided with Life Skill classes, educational assessment, and career counseling by the Miami Skill Center. The Homeless Assistance Center will actually serve as a short-term residence to help people re-adjust to the classroom environment and formulate vocational plans. Every school-age child will be mainstreamed into the Dade County school system, with after-school tutoring provided directly at the Center. School counseling, childcare, and other services will be made available for all children. There will be a childcare training center that will make state-of-the-art child care available to residents, while training some to go into the child care field. Vocational programs will be available fee-exempt to any homeless adult, including a variety of new programs at the Center and at the nearby Miami Skill Center. The on-site training in Food Services, Child Care, Nursing Assisting, Building Maintenance, Business/Computer Applications, Landscaping, Security, Auto Mechanics, and other skills will represent a significant expansion of vocational opportunities in the Omni, Overtown, Edgewater, and Wynwood neighborhoods, both for homeless adults and for the public. Residents can also participate in remedial classes, a computer learning lab, and employability skills classes at the Miami Skill Center. Additional development for programs and Partners between CPHI, the private sector and DCPS are being completed to provide educational services for the children at the Center during after school hours. The following list represents our Partners who are involved in the unprecedented joint venture to provide enhanced individual and community well being.
THE HOUSING RENOVATION PARTNERSHIP
Agency: Dade County
Unskilled and unemployed people, homeless individuals, and single mothers with dependent children receiving welfare support are recruited to enter this program. The academic and vocational training they receive in construction and building maintenance skills prepares them for employment opportunities, which enables them to have independent lives in their communities.
The trainees come from HRS' Project Independence, Miami Job Corps Center, Miami Skill Center, and many who have heard about the program just walk in to join. The classroom is the actual work site in a public housing development operated by Metro-Dade Department of Housing and Urban Development. Job related academic subjects for literacy are taught one full day of the week. Boarded up and deteriorated housing units are renovated and restored for families that have been on the HUD waiting list, some for years. The materials for renovation, and transportation for these materials, trainees, tools and instructors, is supplied by HUD, the housing partner. The curriculum is in compliance with the requirements of the State of Florida Department of Education and Dade County Public Schools.
Home Builders Institute, the educational arm of the National Association of Home Builders, is the vocational partner. HBI, under contract with the school system, provides training instructors which are certified by the School Board of Dade County. HBI, under contract with HRS, the support services partner, provides a project coordinator to represent all of the partners' interests in achieving program goals. Funding is provided by HRS Project Independence and Dade County Public Schools.
LITERACY FOR THE HOMELESS
Agency: Duval County, 1993-94
The Literacy for the Homeless Program targets homeless adults, whether in long term or short term emergency or transitional shelters, or no shelter; individuals seeking employment, to acquire practical life skills, to build self-esteem and to have economic independence. The program is for anyone who does not have basic literacy skills, (up to the 8.9 grade level); seeking a high school diploma, and who need functional life skills.
The objectives of the program are:
a) Our commitment is to provide educational and training programs which help adult learners realize their full potential; and
b) Provide means for the homeless to escape homelessness by providing relevant educational programs and supportive service referrals in order for them to reenter the mainstream as productive citizens.
The program is needed due to the rise of unemployment, downsizing, the lack of two incomes in the home, to name just a few. According to the 1993 preliminary data for the Census Assessment provided by the Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of Jacksonville annual study. The survey indicates that there were 2,180 homeless counted in Jacksonville, an increase of 951 over the prior year. The census also shows that 80% of the homeless are between the ages of 18-35 (40%), and 36-54 (40%), those age groups where men and women should be their most productive. Over one-half (53.9%), of the homeless lacked a high school diploma or GED. The program is an open entry/open exit self-paced program. The student along with the instructor sets goals that range from budgeting, employability skills, ABE remediation, preparing for and passing the GED, getting a job, and reading the newspaper.
Our commitment is to provide the student with the best experience to meet their needs:
a) The scheduling of classes are based upon a collaborative effort that will fit the Funded institution and the agency. The classes must be at least 6 instructional hours per week, and have at least 15 students enrolled. Instructional materials include the three-part Curricula, ABE/GED Curricula, materials on self-esteem/confidence building, job information, attitudes toward work, and Functional Life Skills. If you get at least 15 students enrolled, a paid instructor can be provided by the Funded Institution because it will receive FTE'S.
b) The resources needed are: Homeless shelters where the clients live is the ideal situation, churches that provide food and clothing, soup kitchens, treatment centers, after-care centers, and Day centers that provide services to the homeless.
c) Special curricula was prepared which includes Life Skills, Employability Skills, and the Expressive Arts curricula.
The Life Skills curriculum features ABE instruction within the context of survival skills, information specific to Jacksonville. The Employability Skills curriculum highlights work ethics, problem-solving, and interpersonal communications. It also includes job-seeking skills and the development of a career path. The Expressive Arts Curriculum provides a vehicle for written, oral and artistic expression for development of self-awareness and self-confidence.
Special cooperations are needed to operate the program such as:
a) Partnerships need to be established between the Host Institution and Community Agencies where you want to provide the classes. It is imperative that the Administration of that agency gets involved because they know their clients and they can be that motivational force and support for the success of the program. Partnerships also need to be established with the Vocational/Technical Institution that can provide vocational training. Incentives are given to students who show progression of any kind, completion of the ABE curriculum, completions of any part of the Special curricula, and for those who pass the GED. Any person classified as homeless is entitled to instructions at no cost according to the 1992 Legislature, but this program is one avenue in helping them successfully gain easier access into the system. If you can possibly provide at least two computers per center in order to enhance the learning and remediation process would be extremely helpful, and if not then the open lab provided by the Funded Institution. Facilities need to have classroom space with a blackboard or at least a conference room with a board that will comfortably seat 15 to 20 adults. Depending on the experience of the Administrator, it will take at least 3 months to organize, set up Partnerships, network between agencies, and set up collaborative agreements, and cooperation from the Funded Agency.
b) The funding source is the U.S. Department of Education, Stewart B. McKinney Act (Pub. L. 100-29), in the amount of $44,967. Florida Community College In-kind funds in the amount of $42,500. The FCCJ Foundation contributed $125.00, for the cost of 5 GED'S. Companies willing to donate gift certificates for incentives, refreshments, and personal gifts are always welcomed. c) The ideal staff would include 1 full-time Administrator, 1 full-time Assistant, 7 part time Instructional Staff, 1 full-time Recruiter, 1 full-time Clerk, 14 Tutors, and 14 Volunteers.
The minimum staff to operate the Program is 1 full-time Administrator, 7 part-time Instructional Staff, 1 part-time Recruiter, 1 part-time Assistant/Clerk, and 3 Volunteers. Assessment includes:
a) Every student is assessed with the Test for Adult Basic Education (TABE), as required by the State of Florida; an Individualized Development Plan (IDP), a comprehensive form completed by both the Instructor and the student to chart a course of action and provide you with needed information; each student is administered the Self-Directed Search (SDS), which will provide information on career interest useful in educational planning and student motivation; and finally each student receives a Work Readiness Inventory to evaluate their readiness for a job. Further, to assess the work aptitude, interests, related educational levels and work temperaments, the System for Assessment, Guidance, and Evaluation (SAGE) will assess up to 30 selected students to participate in this Pilot Project provided by the FCCJ'S Urban Resource Center. The assessment will provide information and counseling in the development of an individual career path. This plan may provide an avenue for the student to enter an appropriate FCCJ vocational program. Assessment activities also include interpreting the results and individual planning.
b) The Program Evaluation includes: The Program Objectives, Student evaluations, Instructors evaluations, monthly reports to the Institution, quarterly reports to the Department of Education, two Site Visit evaluations by the State Coordinator, and a year end summary to the Department of Education.
PROJECT RE-START
Agency: Dade County
Project Re-Start is an academic and vocational program for homeless adults in the Miami area. Since its inception in 1987, Dade County Public Schools has offered literacy, GED, ESOL, employability and life coping skills classes at various shelters and agencies dealing with the homeless.
Volunteers In Service To America (VISTAs), DCPS staff and teachers encourage this population to participate in full-time academic and vocational programs at adult, skill and technical education centers. Those who respond and enroll, usually re-integrate into the mainstream of society while still enrolled in these programs.
Homeless adults may live on the streets, in cars, in shelters, welfare hotels, or someone's porch, or temporarily doubled up with friends or family. They hear about Re-Start from ministers, agencies or VISTAs distributing Re-Start brochures. Homeless adults are enrolled on a fee-exempt basis in all vocational programs offered by Dade County Public Schools. Support services offered are: childcare, referrals to emergency housing, food stamp and social security offices, and emergency food distribution centers. Textbooks and bus passes are provided when funds are available. Contact: Dagmar F. Pelzer, Educational Specialist Dade County Public Schools 1450 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Room 835 Miami, Florida 33132 Telephone: 305-995-1839
BROWARD BACKPACK Agency: Broward County The "Broward Backpack" is a unique, sensitive, and comprehensive outreach program designed to inform homeless families and runaway youth of basic education on programs available to them. Our program's instructors and outreach r HOMELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER Agency: Dade County Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc. was established in August 1993. 200 v HOMELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER Agency: Dade County Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc. was established in August 1993. 200 volunteers (Partners) and a Board of Directors of 64 members along with five staff members make up the not-for-profit organization. Since its inception the Partners and Board Members have contributed over 8,000 hours of volunteer service including siting and designing a Homeless Assistance Center and raising $7.5 million from Dade County's corporate community and national foundations.
In addition to the $7.5 million in pledges over $3.8 million in-kind and $3.3 million from Health Foundation of South Florida, for a medical clinic, has been donated. The Homeless Assistance Center is under construction at 1500 N. Miami Avenue on a site donated by the Dade County Public School system. Dade County Public Schools has worked closely with Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., (CPHI) to create a unique partnership between education and the delivery of housing and social services to our most neglected people -- men, women and children living on the streets of Dade County. The Miami Skill Center/Homeless Assistance Center will become a re-entry point for education, life skills training, job training, and employment, as well as a comprehensive assessment center. Every adult entering the Center will be provided with Life Skill classes, educational assessment, and career counseling by the Miami Skill Center. The Homeless Assistance Center will actually serve as a short-term residence to help people re-adjust to the classroom environment and formulate vocational plans. Every school-age child will be mainstreamed into the Dade County school system, with after-school tutoring provided directly at the Center. School counseling, childcare, and other services will be made available for all children.
There will be a childcare training center that will make state-of-the-art child care available to residents, while training some to go into the child care field. Vocational programs will be available fee-exempt to any homeless adult, including a variety of new programs at the Center and at the nearby Miami Skill Center. The on-site training in Food Services, Child Care, Nursing Assisting, Building Maintenance, Business/Computer Applications, Landscaping, Security, Auto Mechanics, and other skills will represent a significant expansion of vocational opportunities in the Omni, Overtown, Edgewater, and Wynwood neighborhoods, both for homeless adults and for the public. Residents can also participate in remedial classes, a computer learning lab, and employability skills classes at the Miami Skill Center. Additional development for programs and Partners between CPHI, the private sector and DCPS are being completed to provide educational services for the children at the Center during after school hours. The following list represents our Partners who are involved in the unprecedented joint venture to provide enhanced individual and community well being.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER Agency: Dade County Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc. was established in August 1993. 200 volunteers (Partners) and a Board of Directors of 64 members along with five staff members make up the not-for-profit organization. Since its inception the Partners and Board Members have contributed over 8,000 hours of volunteer service including siting and designing a Homeless Assistance Center and raising $7.5 million from Dade County's corporate community and national foundations. In addition to the $7.5 million in pledges over $3.8 million in-kind and $3.3 million from Health Foundation of South Florida, for a medical clinic, has been donated. The Homeless Assistance Center is under construction at 1500 N. Miami Avenue on a site donated by the Dade County Public School system. Dade County Public Schools has worked closely with Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., (CPHI) to create a unique partnership between education and the delivery of housing and social services to our most neglected people -- men, women and children living on the streets of Dade County.
The Miami Skill Center/Homeless Assistance Center will become a re-entry point for education, life skills training, job training, and employment, as well as a comprehensive assessment center. Every adult entering the Center will be provided with Life Skill classes, educational assessment, and career counseling by the Miami Skill Center. The Homeless Assistance Center will actually serve as a short-term residence to help people re-adjust to the classroom environment and formulate vocational plans. Every school-age child will be mainstreamed into the Dade County school system, with after-school tutoring provided directly at the Center. School counseling, childcare, and other services will be made available for all children. There will be a childcare training center that will make state-of-the-art child care available to residents, while training some to go into the child care field. Vocational programs will be available fee-exempt to any homeless adult, including a variety of new programs at the Center and at the nearby Miami Skill Center.
The on-site training in Food Services, Child Care, Nursing Assisting, Building Maintenance, Business/Computer Applications, Landscaping, Security, Auto Mechanics, and other skills will represent a significant expansion of vocational opportunities in the Omni, Overtown, Edgewater, and Wynwood neighborhoods, both for homeless adults and for the public. Residents can also participate in remedial classes, a computer learning lab, and employability skills classes at the Miami Skill Center. Additional development for programs and Partners between CPHI, the private sector and DCPS are being completed to provide educational services for the children at the Center during after school hours. The following list represents our Partners who are involved in the unprecedented joint venture to provide enhanced individual and community well being. MELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER Agency: Dade County Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc. was established in August 1993. 200 volunteers (Partners) and a Board of Directors of 64 members along with five staff members make up the not-for-profit organization.
Since its inception the Partners and Board Members have contributed over 8,000 hours of volunteer service including siting and designing a Homeless Assistance Center and raising $7.5 million from Dade County's corporate community and national foundations. In addition to the $7.5 million in pledges over $3.8 million in-kind and $3.3 million from Health Foundation of South Florida, for a medical clinic, has been donated. The Homeless Assistance Center is under construction at 1500 N. Miami Avenue on a site donated by the Dade County Public School system. Dade County Public Schools has worked closely with Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., (CPHI) to create a unique partnership between education and the delivery of housing and social services to our most neglected people -- men, women and children living on the streets of Dade County. The Miami Skill Center/Homeless Assistance Center will become a re-entry point for education, life skills training, job training, and employment, as well as a comprehensive assessment center. Every adult entering the Center will be provided with Life Skill classes, educational assessment, and career counseling by the Miami Skill Center.
The Homeless Assistance Center will actually serve as a short-term residence to help people re-adjust to the classroom environment and formulate vocational plans. Every school-age child will be mainstreamed into the Dade County school system, with after-school tutoring provided directly at the Center. School counseling, childcare, and other services will be made available for all children. There will be a childcare training center that will make state-of-the-art child care available to residents, while training some to go into the child care field. Vocational programs will be available fee-exempt to any homeless adult, including a variety of new programs at the Center and at the nearby Miami Skill Center. The on-site training in Food Services, Child Care, Nursing Assisting, Building Maintenance, Business/Computer Applications, Landscaping, Security, Auto Mechanics, and other skills will represent a significant expansion of vocational opportunities in the Omni, Overtown, Edgewater, and Wynwood neighborhoods, both for homeless adults and for the public.
Residents can also participate in remedial classes, a computer learning lab, and employability skills classes at the Miami Skill Center. Additional development for programs and Partners between CPHI, the private sector and DCPS are being completed to provide educational services for the children at the Center during after school hours. The following list represents our Partners who are involved in the unprecedented joint venture to provide enhanced individual and community well being. lu HOMELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER Agency: Dade County Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc. was established in August 1993. 200 volunteers (Partners) and a Board of Directors of 64 members along with five staff members make up the not-for-profit organization. Since its inception the Partners and Board Members have contributed over 8,000 hours of volunteer service including siting and designing a Homeless
Assistance Center and raising $7.5 million from Dade County's corporate community and national foundations. In addition to the $7.5 million in pledges over $3.8 million in-kind and $3.3 million from Health Foundation of South Florida, for a medical clinic, has been donated. The Homeless Assistance Center is under construction at 1500 N. Miami Avenue on a site donated by the Dade County Public School system. Dade County Public Schools has worked closely with Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., (CPHI) to create a unique partnership between education and the delivery of housing and social services to our most neglected people -- men, women and children living on the streets of Dade County. The Miami Skill Center/Homeless Assistance Center will become a re-entry point for education, life skills training, job training, and employment, as well as a comprehensive assessment center. Every adult entering the Center will be provided with Life Skill classes, educational assessment, and career counseling by the Miami Skill Center. The Homeless Assistance Center will actually serve as a short-term residence to help people re-adjust to the classroom environment and formulate vocational plans. Every school-age child will be mainstreamed into the Dade County school system, with after-school tutoring provided directly at the Center. School counseling, childcare, and other services will be made available for all children. There will be a childcare training center that will make state-of-the-art child care available to residents, while training some to go into the child care field. Vocational programs will be available fee-exempt to any homeless adult, including a variety of new programs at the Center and at the nearby Miami Skill Center. The on-site training in Food Services, Child Care, Nursing Assisting, Building Maintenance,
Business/Computer Applications, Landscaping, Security, Auto Mechanics, and other skills will represent a significant expansion of vocational opportunities in the Omni, Overtown, Edgewater, and Wynwood neighborhoods, both for homeless adults and for the public. Residents can also participate in remedial classes, a computer learning lab, and employability skills classes at the Miami Skill Center. Additional development for programs and Partners between CPHI, the private sector and DCPS are being completed to provide educational services for the children at the Center during after school hours.
The following list represents our Partners who are involved in the unprecedented joint venture to provide enhanced individual and community well being. Volunteers (Partners) and a Board of Directors of 64 members along with five staff members make up the not-for-profit organization. Since its inception the Partners and Board Members have contributed over 8,000 hours of volunteer service including siting and designing a Homeless Assistance Center and raising $7.5 million from Dade County's corporate community and national foundations. In addition to the $7.5 million in pledges over $3.8 million in-kind and $3.3 million from Health Foundation of South Florida, for a medical clinic, has been donated. The Homeless Assistance Center is under construction at 1500 N. Miami Avenue on a site donated by the Dade County Public School system. Dade County Public Schools has worked closely with Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., (CPHI) to create a unique partnership between education and the delivery of housing and social services to our most neglected people -- men, women and children living on the streets of Dade County.
The Miami Skill Center/Homeless Assistance Center will become a re-entry point for education, life skills training, job training, and employment, as well as a comprehensive assessment center. Every adult entering the Center will be provided with Life Skill classes, educational assessment, and career counseling by the Miami Skill Center. The Homeless Assistance Center will actually serve as a short-term residence to help people re-adjust to the classroom environment and formulate vocational plans. Every school-age child will be mainstreamed into the Dade County school system, with after-school tutoring provided directly at the Center. School counseling, childcare, and other services will be made available for all children. There will be a childcare training center that will make state-of-the-art child care available to residents, while training some to go into the child care field.
Vocational programs will be available fee-exempt to any homeless adult, including a variety of new programs at the Center and at the nearby Miami Skill Center. The on-site training in Food Services, Child Care, Nursing Assisting, Building Maintenance, Business/Computer Applications, Landscaping, Security, Auto Mechanics, and other skills will represent a significant expansion of vocational opportunities in the Omni, Overtown, Edgewater, and Wynwood neighborhoods, both for homeless adults and for the public. Residents can also participate in remedial classes, a computer learning lab, and employability skills classes at the Miami Skill Center. Additional development for programs and Partners between CPHI, the private sector and DCPS are being completed to provide educational services for the children at the Center during after school hours.
The following list represents our Partners who are involved in the unprecedented joint venture to provide enhanced individual and community well being. Recruiters are sensitive to the plight of the homeless, and work at shelters and in gathering places where the homeless congregate, to provide assistance in the form of referral services, issuing survival packets, and assessing primary and educational needs. "Broward Backpack" is designed to provide literacy instruction and basic skill remediation for its participants. Fort Lauderdale is one of the seven largest metropolitan areas in Florida. Approximately 70% of the homeless population have chosen to live here. The Broward Coalition for the Homeless estimates those approximately 5,000 homeless persons can be found in the county on any given day. The "Broward Backpack" outreach program intends to improve the quality of life for the homeless population of Broward County by attacking illiteracy. Participants are provided with training to complete forms and applications for jobs or public assistance services; learn to plan a budget; learn how to find and maintain a job; or raise their skills to attain a better job and more money to support their families. Adults, whose basic skills (reading, writing and mathematics) levels fall below eighth grade level, are recruited to participate in Adult Basic Education classes. Adult Basic Education and General Educational Development classes are offered daily during morning, afternoon, and evening hours. Some of the classes are offered at daytime and evening shelters; others are available near soup kitchens where the homeless are fed. In order to provide support services for the homeless, all outreach recruiters network with the social service agencies in the county to provide assistance with primary needs of food, shelter, clothing, health care, and employment. Together with the Salvation Army, Broward Coalition for the Homeless, Job Services, BETA, Catholic Community Services and various churches, homeless individuals are referred and assistance is given. Funding for this program may be done through FTE funds. All teachers should be in-serviced for specific information on homeless conditions. "Broward Backpack" has developed a supplemental kit for the homeless to be used in this regard.