Pillars

Affordable housing - providing a strong, stable foundation for success through quality, affordable housing that allow individuals and families to thrive. Housing stock is typically developed through purchase or donation of homes in the community; rehabilitation of homes using extensive involvement of community businesses, schools and volunteers; and rental of 132 units at a rate that is affordable to the tenants (i.e. Rent is set at an affordable level proportional to tenant income). Families and individuals served require little to no case management support. In 2024, we sold two properties to longtime tenants to support their transition from housing instability to homeownership.

Crisis housing - providing safe, temporary shelter to individuals and families experiencing homelessness. 135 participants per night were provided shelter and offered case management, addiction recovery, mental health support, and other supports to address barriers to housing. A dedicated street outreach team connected with 131 people living outdoors or in their vehicles. In 2024, we were awarded a 299,000 home-arp grant to provide short-term financial support, giving clients a jump-start in finding housing to end their experience of homelessness. We introduced a stability rubric to measure client progress in seven domains, including income/employment, health care and transportation. During the winter months of fiscal year 2024, our winter shelter overflow program served 102 households, expanding shelter capacity by, on average, 14 beds per night. We also gave 55 adult shelter clients per day a safe place to be during expanded saturday and sunday service hours.

Supportive housing - development and delivery of transitional and permanent supportive housing for low-income families and individuals experiencing homelessness. 97 households (179 adults and children) received quality, stable, affordable housing, plus intensive case management and life skills education to maximize self-sufficiency, independence, and quality of life. A variety of programs ensure that the specific needs of participants are addressed, providing a sense of dignity and personal success. During 2024, we piloted a partnership with headsup fox cities (hufc) to house and support up to 12 young adults with trauma backgrounds who are at high risk of homelessness; this partnership, in which hufc provides case management, emerged as Pillars wound down its own case management services through our now defunct ascend program.