Program areas at NeighborImpact
The housing program at Neighborimpact serves individuals in need of rent assistance, emergency housing assistance, and emergency shelter throughout central Oregon. Neighborimpact's housing stabilization sheltered 601 individuals experiencing homelessness throughout 2022; this program significantly contributes to homelessness reduction and prevention throughout the region. Housing stabilization assisted 707 households (1,656 individuals) with avoiding eviction and homelessness and supported 150 households (347 individuals) by providing move-in assistance. Altogether, Neighborimpact paid out $4,221,695.68 of rent for move-in assistance and homeless/eviction prevention last year. The overage in expense represents spend down of prior year grants.
Neighborimpact's energy program helps to coordinate utility bill payments to prevent power shut offs in central Oregon households. This program assists with electricity, natural gas, propane, oil, wood and pellets, and in some circumstances, water. In 2022, 9,280 individuals received assistance with utility payments, resulting in a total of $4,688,759 of covid and non-covid related funds pledged; this impacted 6,655 households throughout central Oregon. The work done within this program contributed to 3,293 households avoiding utility disconnection and 139 households having their energy restored after previously being disconnected.
Neighborimpact runs an extensive early care and education program; this includes head start, early head start, and child care resources. Head start and early head start serve nearly 700 children at 27 classroom locations and four early head start socialization centers throughout deschutes and crook counties. The head start and early head start programs work with families and children in an effort to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. This program also provides children with medical, vision, and dental screenings and assessments while they work toward kindergarten readiness. Neighborimpact's nationally recognized child care resources program provides training, technical assistance, business support, and childcare subsidies to childcare providers to grow the availability of high quality childcare in the region.
Neighborimpact's other services include: food (expense: $3,973,571); home ownership and financial capability counseling (expense: $677,617); weatherization (expense: $1,580,884) helping make energy efficiency upgrades to housing for low and moderate income households; lending (expense: $237,642) which made loans to provide down payment assistance and to rehabilitate homes for low- and moderate-income homeowners; and the rep payee program (expense: $87,351) which pays bills on behalf of individuals who, due to cognitive or physical limitations, are unable to manage their financial affairs. Other programs provided additional support to the community and are grouped for reporting purposes.