ATTACHMENT A

Providing Food, Shelter, and Emergency Needs

Goals: Residents of Palm BeachCounty

  • Have food security.
  • Avoid homelessness.
  • Have safe, affordable, permanent housing.
  • Know what services are available and how to access them.

Partner / Program/Services / 2005-2006
Investments
Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches / Project Uplift – Rent/mortgage assistance and utility assistance with case management / $125,876
Project SAFE – Transitional housing and support services for homeless families with children / $101,032
Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse / Domestic Violence Shelter Program – Shelter and services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence / $90,177
Center for Family Services / Pat Reeves Village/Program REACH – 30-day shelter and case management services for homeless families with children / $53,045
Farm Workers Coordinating Council / Family Preservation & Empowerment – Rent/mortgage assistance and utility assistance with case management for farm workers / $57,114
The Lord's Place / Café Joshua – “reservations-only” restaurant for the homeless, offering case management services / $34,505
YWCA of Palm BeachCounty / Domestic Violence Shelter Program – Shelter and services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence / $90,177
Center for Nonprofit Management: Palm BeachAtlanticUniversity / Summative Evaluation for the seven funded shelter/emergency assistance programs / $5,000
Community Food Security Council / Matching funds committed to USDA grant to build capacity for the council and pilot projects / $25,000
Community Food Security Projects / Funding for food security projects as determined and prioritized throughout the year. / $68,117
Prosperity Campaign / Matching funds for potential Health & Human Service grant for additional Individual Development Accounts (IDA) / $100,000
Prosperity Campaign / Administrative Support for Prosperity Campaign / $53,362
Total / $803,405

The Community Food Security initiative is a collaborative effort of more than 25 public and private organizations that are working together to create systemic changes to improve food access and nutrition literacy to low and moderate income households in Palm BeachCounty. This effort is the implementation phase of the Food Security Survey which found that one in 3 low income households ran out of food before they had money to buy more in three or months out of the year. The households cited low paying jobs, lack of income, transportation problems, high utility bills, transportation and disabilities as the reasons why they did not have enough to food for a healthy active lifestyle.