Crossroads Rhode Island

Shelter and assessment - housing problem solving and shelter. Housing problem solving is a relatively new approach that prevents at-risk people from becoming homeless by facilitating client-centered conversations that help them explore flexible, safe and cost-effective solutions to ending their housing crisis. In 2023, Crossroads provided housing problem solving supports including rental assistance, security deposits and utilities arrears to more than 1,750 households. More than $600,000 in assistance was distributed, about $2,042 per household, which helped nearly 300 households avoid homelessness, including 39 domestic violence survivors.when diversion isn't possible, it is sometimes necessary for people to stay at one of our temporary emergency shelters while we work to find them housing. In 2023, Crossroads operated 7 emergency shelters throughout Rhode Island, providing safe shelter to 1,406 people, including 124 children. Of those, 38 women and 40 children were domestic violence survivors.

Education and employment services - getting a job and keeping it is critical to helping our clients maintain their housing and achieve self-sufficiency. To help our clients achieve higher levels of education and secure better paying jobs, Crossroads offered a broad range of trauma-informed programs both virtually and in-person last year. More than 250 people participated in programs designed to help them increase their literacy and math skills, work toward a high school diploma, complete a training program or look for a job. As a result, 87 people landed new jobs and 56 earned a measurable skills gain. Our successful certified nurse assistant (cna) program also celebrated its 150th graduating class since we began offering the program in the 1990s. As a result hundreds of Crossroads grads are now working in hospitals, nursing homes and home health care organizations today.

Housing programs - Crossroads Rhode Island is the state's leading provider of housing and services to those experiencing homelessness. Crossroads owns and manages more than 375 permanent supportive housing units statewide, including the recently renovated beach avenue apartments. As part of that project, the warwick family shelter was converted into four much-needed apartments for formerly homeless families. In order to help reduce homelessness in Rhode Island, last year Crossroads also broke ground on 94 summer street in providence, a 176-unit permanent supportive apartment building for homeless or at-risk adults. The project is expected to be completed in 2025.in 2023, the agency helped 1,764 adults and children, including 90 domestic violence survivors, either find a new place to call home or maintain their housing with support, including ongoing case management, basic needs assistance and education and employment services. Of those, 120 households received up to 24 months of rental assistance and case management support through our rapid rehousing program, which allowed them to move into market-rate apartments statewide.another 529 households moved into permanent supportive housing, primarily into properties that Crossroads owns. These apartments are deeply subsidized, allowing for extremely low or no-income residents to live safely with the housing-based services and support they needfor as long as they need.