Homeless Emergency Project Inc

OUR GOAL IS TO BE THE LAST SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM ANYONE EVER HAS TO ENTER.

HOUSING PROGRAMS - AS PART OF PINELLAS COUNTY'S COORDINATED ENTRY PROCESS, HEP PROVIDES FRONT-DOOR TRIAGE TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING VETERANS IN THE FORM OF OUTREACH AND EMERGENCY SHELTER, BOTH OF WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO THE LOCAL CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM. HEP ALSO OPERATES OVER 200 UNITS OF TRANSITIONAL AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO NEED EXTENDED CARE. HEP'S HOUSING PROGRAMS EMPLOY THE RAPID RE-HOUSING APPROACH AND SEEK TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES TO MOVE PEOPLE IN TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

CLIENT COUNSELING, AKA CASE MANAGEMENT, IS CLIENT-CENTERED AND INVOLVES INTERDISCIPLINARY CASE CONFERENCING TO EMPOWER CLIENTS TO ACHIEVE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PLANS. HEP'S COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES ARE TAILORED TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL STABILITY, INCREASED SKILLS AND INCOME, AND GREATER SELF-DETERMINATION. THIS INCLUDES ON-SITE MEDICAL, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DENTAL, WELLNESS, EMPLOYMENT, BENEFITS ASSISTANCE, MEAL SERVICES, AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) (CONTINUED FROM FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT EVERY STEP WITHIN OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE. MEDICAL LPN TRIAGE AND PSYCHIATRIC ARNP SERVICES CENTER ON CRISIS INTERVENTION AND STABILIZATION, WHILE REDUCING EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS. EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT MODALITIES ARE PROVIDED ONE-ON-ONE AND IN GROUP SETTINGS. THE DENTAL AND WELLNESS CLINIC PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL CARE AND A WIDE ARRAY OF WELLNESS PROGRAMMING INCLUDING WELLNESS NAVIGATION, CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT AND CHRONIC PAIN SELF-MANAGEMENT, NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION, CANINE-ASSISTED THERAPY AND A WELLNESS GARDEN. HEP'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL STABILITY AMONG HOMELESS AND AT RISK INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. HEP RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO ALL SUPPORT OFFERED IN HEP'S NORTH GREENWOOD ADULT EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER TO FURTHER EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE VETERANS CLUB HOUSE OFFERS ENHANCED FITNESS AND REGULAR ACTIVITIES TO HELP INTEGRATE VETERANS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. THREE BALANCED MEALS ARE OFFERED DAILY, AS ARE NUTRITIOUS SNACKS, AS PART OF OUR MEAL SERVICES PROGRAM. FIXED-ROUTE AND SINGLE-PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ARE AN EFFECTIVE MEANS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING COMMUNITY SERVICES. INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS CENTRAL TO HEP'S APPROACH, WHILE SYSTEMIZED PROGRAM EVALUATION AND TOTAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ENSURE WE ARE TRANSPARENT IN OUR ACTIONS AND ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS. THIS PHILOSOPHY HELPS HEP ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL HOUSING AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES SUCH AS: 100% OF FAMILIES EXITING TO PERMANENT HOUSING, 47% OF INDIVIDUALS EXITING TO PERMANENT HOUSING, AND 84% OF VETERANS WHO DID NOT RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS IN 2021. IN 2021, HEP'S DINING HALL SERVED OVER 74,627 NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO THE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN RESIDING ON OUR 8-ACRE CAMPUS. IN ADDITION, HEP PROVIDED SAFE SHELTER AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR 341 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING 28 FAMILIES, 70 CHILDREN, AND 211 VETERANS - 23 OF WHOM SERVED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND 17 OF WHOM SERVED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. IN 2021 ALONE, THE HEP DENTAL & WELLNESS CLINIC PROVIDED $120,203 WORTH OF NECESSARY DENTAL CARE TO THOSE IN NEED AS WELL AS VARIOUS WELLNESS SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CLINIC. IN ADDITION, OUR ON-SITE MEDICAL CARE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MORTON PLANT MEASE OUTREACH TEAM, RESULTED IN A $3,799,665 SAVINGS TO THE COMMUNITY IN AVOIDED CALLS TO 911 AND EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR VALUED NETWORK OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHICH INCLUDED 1,275 INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING A SAVINGS OF $691,580 TO HEP.

THRIFT STORE - ONSITE STORE PROVIDES CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO CLIENTS AS WELL AS FURNISHINGS FOR OFF-SITE HOUSING. ALL PROCEEDS ARE INVESTED IN TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION.