Vincent Village

Vincent Village's affordable rental housing provides income-based rents to families exiting from the Vincent house. These families continue to receive case management services to prevent homelessness from recurring as they continue to strive for higher levels of self-sufficiency. The agency owns 32 homes that comprise 34 housing units. During this fiscal year 27 families (103 individuals) were served through this program. The Village program families also continue to receive intensive case management and wrap-around services to prevent families from becoming homeless again.

Youth services for homeless children serves children from infancy - 18 in Vincent house and Vincent Village transitional housing programs. This program focuses on their physical, cognitive, social and emotional development through after school tutoring, educational and enrichment activities, and additional referrals and coordination of services for special needs children. Due to social distancing constraints, our youth services programming was limited to family engagement, fwcs tutoring, ymca programming, art therapy and "truth" mural project. This fiscal year, 32 families and 85 children were served.

The Vincent house transitional shelter provides shelter and supportive services for homeless families with children while they work toward higher levels of self-sufficiency and prepares them to move to their own housing. The shelter can serve up to 10 families at one time. This year we have served 165 individuals. In 2023, Vincent Village introduced the 30-60-90 policy to minimize the duration residents spend in the Vincent house shelter by helping residents contribute to their independence. It is expected that residents gain and maintain employment in order to contine advancing forward on the Vincent Village level system to independence (lsi). As Vincent Village has refined and developed the structure of intake and enhanced the overall accountability elements of the program, we are seeing positive movements in the last seven months. Despite the challenging landscape of family homelessness, Vincent Village is a beacon of hope and empowerment. It's multifaceted programs, indvidualized support, and targeted interventions serve as a vital bridge for families from crisis to stability, independence, and brighter futures.