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NEOCH Programs have had an excellent year
2005 Highlights
Advocacy
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Hosted 6 advocacy meetings for the homeless community to influence our agenda |
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Worked to reform oversight of the shelter especially the community women’s shelter |
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Assisted with the development of a statewide Coalition to work on civil rights issues |
Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance – provides a link to legal assistance
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CHLAP increased the number of intakes from 400 clients served in ‘04 to 625 clients served in ‘05. |
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CHLAP increased the number of lawyers, law students and paralegals volunteering with the program. |
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CHLAP create a pro sé clinic to empower individuals to prepare their own cases |
Cleveland Community Voice Mail - provides a link to reliable and private communication
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CCVM celebrated 5 years of service to the community and have served 16,500. |
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CCVM served over 50 survivors from Hurricane Katrina and Rita. |
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CCVM successfully migrated to a new system that will serve more homeless people. |
Bridging the Gap - provides a link to affordable housing and local resources
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BTG was the lead organization to create Housingcleveland.org a city wide housing database. |
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BTG housed over 100 clients including 6 families. |
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BTG consolidated and moved to a new space. |
AmeriCorps*VISTA – provides a link to the community on homeless while creating and implementing programs
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Street Voices, NEOCH’s speaker bureau program made over 30 presentations. |
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Created an outreach program to local churches in order to support families moving into housing |
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Assisted in raising awareness about the problem of homeless among those who have experienced incarceration |
AmeriCorps – provides assistance to Grapevine, CCVM and BTG to serve clients
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Members participate in national days of service: Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Make A Difference Day |
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Members gathered items for the welcome home baskets located furniture for newly housed clients |
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Members recruited over 100 volunteers to help with various day to day operations and cleaning projects |
Grapevine - provides a source of income to homeless/low income people while informing the community on poverty issues
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The Grapevine published 8 issues and recruited over 60 vendors to sell the paper |
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The Grapevine hired support staff to work on stabilizing the program. |
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They survived another year!!! |
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NEOCH will keep you updated on goals achieved throughout the
year with the Bridge Newsletter!