Citysquare

Citysquare fights the effects of poverty through a holistic, neighbor-centered approach by supporting neighbors to obtain and maintain permanent and affordable housing, promoting the availability of adequate income supports and financial stability for neighbors, strengthening connections to support, and by providing accessible, affordable, and healthy food to neighbors. Our comprehensive service model considers the full spectrum of social, behavioral, physical, and environmental needs to enable individuals and families' ability to thrive and allows neighbors to benefit from integrated services. Below are highlights of programs offered by Citysquare and some of the key achievements of 2023. (continued on schedule o)housing programs:citysquare has several unique housing programs that provided housing for over 400 neighbors in 2023 dallas. As a strong advocate of housing first, Citysquare believes in providing wraparound services that support individuals in maintaining their housing long term. For example, Citysquare provides case management services to ensure individuals obtain appropriate referrals, have support in meeting their own personal goals, and are engaged in program activities that promote community. In 2023, 90.32% of all neighbors housed in permanent or rapid supporting housing, maintained housing for 6 or more months.

Hope programs:neighbor support services provides individuals with case management and referrals to community resources either at Citysquare or other organizations in the community. Long-term, goal oriented, intensive case management helps low income and homeless adults achieve key goals and move toward long-term self-sufficiency. 915 individuals were served in 2023 leading to 217 referrals to support services. Additionally, emergency goods such as bus passes and hygiene kits were distributed. (continued on schedule o)the homeless outreach team works to meet individuals where they are - whether it is in the streets or in encampments; in 2023, they engaged 207 individuals and placed 28 individuals into permanent housing while placing 133 on the housing priority list to await available housing. Americorps is a national service program dedicated to working in local communities to affect change through service. Citysquare operates the largest americorps program in north Texas, and its members are a vital support to virtually every program that Citysquare offers. In 2023, 313 Citysquare americorps members served over 130,408 hours to promote academic engagement, food security and social services across Citysquare and other community organizations.

Hunger programs:citysquare's food programs include the food pantry and child nutrition programs. The Citysquare food pantry provides nutritious food to dallas county residents. It also helps with chip, medicaid, snap, and tanf, three times a week. Neighbors can visit the Citysquare food pantry every 15 days and choose the grocery items they want, eliminating the food waste that occurs with pre-made grocery packs.the food pantry is an entry point for Citysquare's other programs ranging from job training to mental health treatment. Additionally, Citysquare operates a food recovery program that stocks the food pantry with ready to eat meals and provides community partners with meals. (continued on schedule o)citysquare's summer food service program (sfsp) and child and adult care food program (cacfp) provide meals year-round to children living in poverty in areas surrounding the dallas-ft. worth metroplex and denver. The major funder of these programs is the united states department of agriculture (usda); cacfp funding is used to provide children with after-school meals and sfsp funding is used to provide children with meals during the summer months. In 2023, the programs delivered over 500,000 meals to 9,000+ children.

Health programs:community health services (chs) partners with families and individuals to create clear movement toward better health and quality of life. Chs operates a family medicine clinic and in 2023, provided high-quality primary, preventive adult and pediatric, chronic and non-emergency acute care to over 1,200 uninsured neighbors, amounting to over 4,000 total health related encounters. Additionally, chs works hard to support patients in the self-management of chronic diseases, with a special emphasis on diabetes.