St Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County

Thrift store operations and recycling - to provide low cost household goods, clothing, furniture, appliances and beds to those in need while recycling to keep usable items out of the waste stream.

St. Vincent de Paul's emergency services program helps people meet their basic need by providing food, clothing, household items, and help with rent, utilities, and prescription medication. Major programs within this category include the social service office (providing emergency assistance to households in need), eugene service station (day shelter for homeless singles), egan warming center (an overnight shelter that opens during extreme cold weather), first place family center (day shelter for homeless families), first place night shelter (an overnight shelter for families), and youth house (transitional housing for unaccompanied youth). Also, peacehealth pallet shelters provide a place to temporarily house people who are unsheltered after their release from inpatient stays at peacehealth hospitals or emergency rooms and the hub clinic, a collaboration between svdp and willamette family treatment, offers basic health care plus access to behavioural-health services, addiction treatment, and support groups. The allied situational assessment program helps people with a mental illness gain long-term employment. The supported work experience program provides training and job placement for people receiving temporary assistance for needy families. The work readiness assessment program helps youth set and achieve career goals. Second chance renter's education provides an 8-week course covering topics including landlord/tenant law, how to be the best tenant, financial education and life skills education. Upon completion of class, clients are provided a certificate to present to prospective landlord. Because of covid restrictions we were unable to meet in person. Staff rewrote the course workbook and now all classes are available online via zoom. Roomkey covid emergency motels are being operated for individuals who are unsheltered and at a high risk of complications from covid-19 based on existing health conditions.

Svdp's service enriched housing programs include three programs serving homeless families and single individuals plus four programs serving veterans. Programs serving homeless families and single individuals: connections, a rapid rehousing housing program serving homeless families has served 41 households comprised of 122 adults and children. Lift, serving homeless singles and families with co-occurring mental illness and addictions has served 30 households comprised of 62 individuals. Lift is a two-year program offering housing, intensive case management and ancillary supportive services. Liftplus, serving child welfare families with drug and alcohol addiction that need housing in order for their children to return back in their care from foster care. Liftplus is up to only one year and requires dhs involvement during their participation. Served 18 households with 25 children. Four programs supporting homeless veterans include emergency contract beds,grant and per diem, permanent supportive housing and supportive services for veteran families. Emergency contract beds is a direct contract with the veterans affairs department and provides a total of 5 beds for each ninety day period throughout the year. The total number of veterans served was 14 this year. Grant and per diem is a direct contract with the veterans affair department with services including housing, case management assistance with obtaining benefits and employment, budgeting and planning for permanent housing, there are 12 beds in this program and 48 individuals served this past year. Vet lift's permanent supportive housing(psh)program provides housing, case management and other supportive services for 18 households comprised of chronically homeless,disabled veterans. There were 24 households served this past year. Supportive services for veteran families (ssvf). Supportive services for veteran families coming home is a rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention program serving veteran households. This program has been administered by St. Vincent de Paul since fiscal year 2011. The program offers 90 days of case management, funds for rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, utilities, moving, and transportation, and support obtaining other supportive services including assistance to increase income, obtain benefits, legal services, financial education, and connection to community resources. Last year the program served 379 households and 227 veterans. 27 of these veteran households utilized homeless prevention assistance, and 195 of these veteran households utilized rapid rehousing assistance. Other programs included in housing programs are the valley individual development account program (vida), home of your own (hoyo), rural housing rehabilitation program (rhrp) and strengthening, preserving and reunifying families program (sprf). The vida program provides savings clubs, financial literacy and individual development accounts. Last year the program served 40 individuals. An additional 58 participants attended special financial literacy programs. Rhrp is a home repair program that benefits homeowners with household incomes below 80% or the federal median income that are living in small cities and unincorporated areas of Lane County. This program provides low interest loans and served 10 households or 27 people total. Sprf provides support and finds housing for homeless families that have an open case or an assessment with the department of human services. Last year the program served 31 families totaling 92 individual people which included 48 children.