Path Homeless

Housing and rent assistance - Path Home helps families experiencing homelessness move quickly back into homes by helping families pay security deposits and 12-24 months of rent assistance. The organization also provides case management for 24 months to help families create action plans, balance their budget, connect to their new community, increase their income by getting jobs and education, and learn new skills they use to keep housing. This program served 1278 people from 360 families during the 2022-23 fiscal year. In 2022-23, the organization continued its new kind of winter engagement for the third year in a row, focusing on families outside on the streets, camping or in their car and helping them move directly into housing, thus diverting them from shelter all together. This program served 66 families during the coldest nights of the year.

Prevention program - the organization helps families with children prevent their homelessness in the first place by helping them keep housing. These families are able to stay in their communities where the kids can stay in school and the parents can remain near their jobs. Path Home pays back rent and utilities for families during times of emergency, with an average investment per family of only $3,180. This program served program 295 people from 93 families during the 2022-23 fiscal year.

Emergency shelter - family village - the organization operates family village shelter for up to 17 homeless families with children. Family village is the first trauma-informed shelter for homeless families with children in Oregon. The shelter provides each family their own private bedroom with real beds, plus access to a full-service kitchen, dining room, a library, computer lab, classroom, laundry room, kids playground, vegetable garden, basketball court and dog walk area. The trauma informed design focuses on building dignity, restoring power, and promoting autonomy and have been shown to help families heal from the crisis and stress of homelessness so they can actually make the kind of change they want to see in their lives. In this fiscal year, the entity served 66 families (254 individuals). On average families stayed 87 days in shelter before transitioning to permanent housing, and 96% of families moved from shelter into housing. Additionally, 70% of the familites were employed while in the shelter, 73% are bipoc, and 56% of the total clientele are children.

Basic income guarantee pilot - the organization operated a basic income guarantee pilot project, providing $575 a month for 2 years to 6 families with children (21 individuals). This is based on world-wide research that shows this is the fastest and most efficient way to end poverty. Next year, the organization will expand to serve 15 families in this program.