SAMMinistries

Permanent supportive housing program (psh): permanent supportive housing services target individuals and families impacted by physical and/or mental health disabilities and periods of long-term (more than 12 months) of homelessness. Samministries operates San Antonio's largest psh program, aiding to quickly house individuals and families, and providing long-term rental subsidy and ongoing intensive case management to help those served access services to address mental and physical health care needs, substance use treatment, education and employment services, and life skills education. Households must have a member with a documented physical and/or mental health disability and must have experienced homelessness for a period of at least 12 months to qualify for psh program services. Samministries' psh program clients are housed in apartment complexes across San Antonio with whom the organization has formal partnerships. The hudson apartments, acquired by the ministry in december 2021, began serving as a home for clients in Samministries' first site-based permanent supportive housing program in fy 23.in fy 23, Samministries' psh program served 415 unduplicated individuals (84 families, including 90 adults and 213 children, and 112 single-person households). These households included 415 individuals. Ninety-eight percent of those in the program maintained their housing.permanent housing (affordable): Samministries provides case management and service connection support for 100 opportunity home (formerly the San Antonio housing authority) section 8 "homeless set-aside" voucher recipient families. Samministries staff assists homeless families in need of affordable housing with locating and securing housing with their voucher and provides monthly case management services to support these families with maintaining housing. After families are housed for one year, Samministries staff remain available to assist as service needs arise. Samministries served 112 households made up of 484 individuals and 96% maintained housing stability during fiscal year 2023.

Rapid re-housing (rrh) program: Samministries' rrh program targets homeless families and individuals and assists them in rapidly securing and maintaining permanent housing. Credit/criminal history, inadequate income, disabilities, and behavioral health disorders do not impact individuals' ability to receive services in this program. Case managers assist households in locating apartments that meet hud housing quality standards, help them with applying to lease, and provide assistance with security and/or utility deposits. Once housed, Samministries provides rental assistance typically for a period of 12-18 months, while individuals and families are offered intensive case management services to assist them in addressing challenges that impacted their housing stability. Program clients are helped with integrating into their neighborhoods, accessing needed mental/physical health and employment services, securing income/benefits for which they are eligible, and accessing an array of other services. All participants have access to Samministries' adult education program, which offers financial and other assistance for individuals working to further their education and/or to engage in vocational training programs. Samministries successfully housed 252 households consisting of 497 formerly homeless adults and children in fy 23. Ninety-three percent of those assisted maintained housing for at least 12 months after financial assistance and services concluded.

Transitional housing program: Samministries provides transitional housing services for 40 families with children at its transitional living and learning center (tllc). The tllc serves families in a residential services model. Families residing at the tllc enter the program following stays in community emergency shelters. While at the tllc, all families receive intensive case management services and have access to an array of services and supports on-site. These include licensed child care for children ages 18 months through 12 years in Samministries' children's enrichment center, individual and group therapy, specialized groups and services for families impacted by domestic violence and other crimes, life skills classes, primary medical and dental care, connection to employment, adult education programming and financial assistance for adults seeking to advance their education and/or employment skills, and various social and wellness activities. Families may remain in the program for up to 24 months as they stabilize financially, emotionally, and physically and are prepared to secure and maintain permanent housing. In fy 23, the tllc served 72 families comprised of 76 adults and 142 children. Eighty-five percent of households exited the program to permanent housing and 96% of former residents maintained their permanent housing for two years after exiting the tllc program.

Homeless prevention program: Samministries provides homeless prevention services for individuals and families in bexar county to prevent evictions and/or utility disconnections. Short-term (up to 4 months) financial assistance and case management services are provided to households at risk of immediate homelessness. Samministries served 780 households and prevented 1,830 individuals from becoming homeless in fy 23. Ninety-four percent of those assisted maintained housing for at least 12 months after financial assistance was provided. Samministries has become the community's largest provider of homeless prevention services and continues to be a leader in this area, with expertise utilizing and maximizing multiple public and private streams of funding to offer services that prevent individuals and families from falling into homelessness.emergency shelter: Samministries administers an emergency shelter program for single adult individuals who are living on the street or in another place not meant for human habitation and have connected with a community street outreach worker. Individuals unable to be housed at other local shelters due to significant mental and/or physical health barriers making larger congregate settings inappropriate are referred to Samministries' emergency shelter by community outreach workers. While in the emergency shelter program, individuals are able to access physical and mental health care, including psychiatric care, on-site. All individuals are assisted to complete necessary assessments ensuring their placement on the community's housing program waitlist, and are helped with identification recovery, public benefits assistance applications, education and employment connection. Individuals served receive all of their basic necessities including food, clothing, and personal hygiene products while at the emergency shelter, and receive intensive case management services, assistance with entering substance use treatment and/or detoxification programs, and other supportive services promoting stabilization. Transportation assistance is also available, to include transportation to critical appointments by staff and/or through provision of bus passes and rideshare. In fiscal year 23, 186 unduplicated individuals were housed in the emergency shelter; 65% enrolled in one or more core services; and 42% exited to permanent housing.the yass (young adult stability and support) center: Samministries' new yass center opened to serve young adults (18-24) experiencing homelessness in april 2022. The yass center operates as a drop-in" center for young adults needing housing and supportive services. It is a place where young adults can access case management services; physical and mental health care; daily meals (lunch and dinner); showers; adult education services including high school completion and assistance with entering post-secondary education; vocational training; assistance with securing employment; connection to emergency shelter and longer-term housing options; computers/wi-fi/printers; identification recovery; recreational and social activities; and life skills instruction. The yass center operates in space at travis park church and on-site partners include corazon San Antonio and sa youth. 211 unduplicated individuals were served at the yass center in fy 23, 43 gained jobs, 31 earned their high school diploma, 13 found temporary shelter, and 9 found permanent housing.street outreach: Samministries' street outreach program works with many of our community's most vulnerable individuals. Staff connect directly with unsheltered individuals on the streets, in vehicles, and in encampments. Efforts focus on establishing relationships that build trust and foster engagement in often desperately needed physical and mental health care services, with the ultimate goal of helping every individual connect with temporary shelter and progress on the path to securing safe, permanent housing. Samministries served 168 unduplicated individuals in fy 23 who, on average, had experienced 13 months of homelessness.