The Front Door Agency

Transformational housing program provides long-term transitional housing to homeless single mothers and their children. With a program design of "self-help", mothers must be motivated to create change. The program is not an emergency shelter, but serves as a comprehensive long-term "next step" on The road to self-sufficiency as it is The program's primary goal to reduce barriers to higher education in order to increase every client's employability and income so mothers are empowered to regain their confidence and achieve independence. The transformational housing program enables clients to remove personal barriers so they can successfully access college degree, credentialing, apprenticeship, or job-skills training programs. The program has had a great success of women graduating with degrees in areas such as accounting, paralegal, marketing, nursing, and social work. Others have earned job skills in areas of lna, welding, cdl driving, and culinary arts. The transformational housing program assisted 28 families, and provided 13,445 bed nights and case management services during The fiscal year ended 6/30/2024.

Other programs service include:financial literacy a series of workshops that is offered to The general public and program participants. Personal credit reports and budgets are examined and facilitators provide direction and education on basic banking opportunities, ways to save, and how to reduce costs.holiday santa each year The Agency helps over 500 children during The holidays with gifts and clothing.

Housing stability program helps all individuals and families currently experiencing homelessness or on The verge of homelessness by providing prevention and intervention assistance with rent and utilities. Through its security deposit loan program, it helps familiesobtain housing with a nointerest or fee security deposit that is repaid over a 24month period eliminating The barrier to entry. Others who may face a temporary crisis such as an illness or job reduction or loss of a spouse can receive shortterm rental assistance to help them avoid homelessness as they regain selfsufficiency. The Agency also offers shortterm rental subsidies that gradually reduce over a few months to help families become housing stable. The Agency owns eight units of affordable housing to assist families with very low income. All families receive extensive case management and budgeting assistance. The housing stability program assisted 393 people, providing 902 units of service, and provided affordable housing to 511 families / 1150 individuals through Front Door Agency owned housing during The fiscal year ended 6/30/2024.