Trinity Community Connection

Trinity Place Shelter is a 10-bed transitional shelter which has been open for 14 years and provides transitional housing for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults (ages 18-24), a population that is gravely underserved and at-risk. TPS provides a year-round safe place for residents to sleep, prepare meals, store belongings; to receive social services (referrals for government assistance, emergency and long-term medical care, job/education/housing opportunities, individual and small-group mental-health counseling, and finance/savings counseling, to facilitate the permanent ending homelessness. Funding is received from public donations, foundation and grants, and city/state grants.

Community Thanksgiving Dinner - For over 25 years, a seat-down and take-out Thanksgiving meal has served over 1000 neighborhood residents. In 2021, because of Covid, the meal was all take-out. The program is funded by individual donations of cash and donated food.

Mujeres En Progreso is a weekly support group for Spanish-speaking women who live in the neighborhood and who may be new to the United States. The group meets weekly and discusses individual concerns and participates in programming regarding health and wellness, domestic abuse, and AIDS prevention, together with access to local social and educational resources. The program is funded via small grants from foundations and philanthropic groups.

Food Pantry - This program provides a weekly sit-down meal and emergency groceries to neighborhood residents. Because of Covid, the weekly sit-down meal is on hold. The program is funded by individual donations and grants.

This is not a specific program, but reflects expenses paid by TCC for Trinity Lutheran Church, and reimbursements by Trinity Lutheran Church to TCC.

This reflects the cost of Capital Improvements.