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NEOCH Programs have had an excellent year
2006 Highlights
Advocacy
q Successfully sued the State of Ohio to allow homeless people who didn’t have identification the right to vote.
q Constructed a “Homeless Congress.” This is a group of representatives from Cleveland’s homeless shelters who are devoted to political change and community action to solve homelessness.
q Organized resident council meetings for the women of the Community Women Shelter as well as the men at 2100 Lakeside Shelter.
q Worked on the coordination of outreach workers locally to interact with homeless people who choose not to utilize shelters.
AmeriCorps*VISTA – provides a link to the community on homeless and poverty issues while developing and implementing programs locally
q Street Voices, NEOCH’s speaker bureau program has made over 20 presentations.
q Create a recognition luncheon for NEOCH’s faithful and appreciated volunteers.
q Organized a meeting with homeless liaisons in Cuyahoga schools to discuss their roles and responsibilities to children who become homeless.
q Designed the first Veteran’s Homeless Street card.
Bridging the Gap - provides a link to affordable housing and local resources
q BTG has housed 51 people and provided a welcome home basket for all of them.
q BTG has served over 400 people with life skill classes.
q Focused attention toward serving veterans in need of housing.
q Expanded the reach of HousingCleveland.org with over 1,000 people using the website everyday and over 1,500 vacant units listed on the site.
Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance – provides a link to legal assistance
q CHLAP has increased the number of intakes from 400 to serving 658 clients in 2006.
q CHLAP has increased the number of lawyers, law students and paralegals volunteering with the program.
q Created a Pro Se Divorce Clinic that averages 22 individuals each session.
q Added one additional weekly clinic and two monthly clinics.
Cleveland Community Voice Mail - provides a link to reliable and private communication
q Celebrated the first ever “Voice Mail Day” in April.
q Successfully migrated to a new voicemail system.
q Successfully enrolled over 1,700 individuals in Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties.
q CCVM created new partnerships with 7 local agencies.
Grapevine - provides a source of income to homeless and low income people while informing the community on poverty issues
q Received the Knight Batten Foundation honorable mention award.
q Published 5 issues including one with Cleveland’s Mayor Frank Jackson
q Developed an advertising program.
q Improved production and layout of the paper so that the “16 pages of depression” looks appealing to the reader.
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goals achieved throughout the year with the Bridge Newsletter!