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NEOCH Programs have had an excellent year
2004 Highlights
Advocacy
q Successfully led a national effort to convince major retailers to stop selling hate videos that showed homeless people attacked, humiliated or exploited.
q Assisted over 300 individuals with transportation to the polling sites and NEOCH registered nearly 500 people.
q Helped organize a Town Hall Forum for 500 people featuring speakers on poverty and homelessness.
q Successfully lobbied the County to open an overflow shelter for men so that people were not sleeping on the streets.
q County committed to assure voter registration as part of entry to every publicly - funded shelter.
Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance provides a link to legal assistance
q CHLAP has increased the number of intakes by 50%. Serving over 400 clients.
q CHLAP has increased the number of lawyers, law students and paralegals volunteering with the program. They have more than doubled the number from the past years.
Cleveland Community Voice Mail - provides a link to reliable and private communication
q CCVM has served over 5,200 people in Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties.
q CCVM has partnerships with over 60 local agencies.
Bridging the Gap - provides a link to affordable housing and local resources
q BTG has housed 40 people and provided furniture for 25 of them.
q BTG has served over 200 people with life skill classes and have taken over 200 housing applications.
AmeriCorps*VISTA provides a link to the community on homeless and poverty issues while developing and implementing programs locally
q Street Voices, NEOCHs speaker bureau program has made over 30 presentations.
q Organized community partners and developed a program to provide identification to homeless people.
Grapevine - provides a source of income to homeless and low income people while informing the community on poverty issues
q Published 6 issues including one featuring exclusively the poetry of poet and friend Daniel Thompson
q Hired staff to work on stabilizing the program.
q Raised awareness and support from the community to be able to continue the program.
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NEOCH will keep you updated on goals achieved throughout the year with the Bridge Newsletter!