Housing in UK

Housing in UK

Housing in UK

Strategic Objectives

Secure sufficient funding, both start up and operational.

Create a women's-only transitional housing facility that provides housing and a variety of empowering skills.

Develop a strong Board of Trustees that can offer guidance, help with fundraising efforts, and oversee the smooth operation of the organization.

Business Plan

Housing will require the following real property and equipment for the start-up phase.

Assorted furniture, furnishings, and appliances for the different rooms.

Seven desk/chairs, computers, and additional accessories.

A computer server, two laser printers, broadband Internet connection.

Fax machine and copier.

Several file cabinets and shelving units.

Paper shredder.

Transitional Housing has been formed as a 501(c)(3) not for profit entity. The purpose of this organization is to offer women transitional housing as well as teach skills that allow these women to become self-sufficient, independent, and drug and alcohol free. Additionally Transitional Housing will, when applicable, assist women who attempt to gain custody of their children.

Funds for the organization will come from many sources including: silent auctions and other in house fund raising efforts, local government funds, foundation grants, corporate and individual donations, and money from the federal government. Amy Rand has in-depth experience with fundraising as well as grant writing and this will be instrumental in Transitional Housing's search for funding.

Housing of Pittsburgh is an organization that provides transitional housing and life skill training for women. It offers assistance to women, frequently homeless, as they move from dependent, often abusive relationships into independent, self-sufficient lifestyles. Additionally, it assists clients in child reunification. This is particularly important as 80% of the clients have children but no custody.

This is the city's only women-only facility and the only one with long-term transitional housing. All other shelters only offer 30 days or less of housing whereas Transitional Housing offers up to two years. On staff is a chemical dependency counselor, AIDS counselor, and a family reunification counselor to assist clients.

Transitional Housing offers 65 rooms, each with its own kitchen facility to homeless women. Each client is allowed to stay for up to one year as long as they are clean and sober (random drug and alcohol testing determines this), and have no other place to go. Additionally, each client must be an active participant of the program:

Collaborative Approach to Empowering Individual. This program is an eight-step program to develop self-sufficient clients. The different elements of the program are:

Vocational development.

Substance abuse prevention.

Interpersonal skill development.

Personal and spiritual development.

Community involvement.

Creative leisure activities/celebration.

Independent living preparation/follow up.

Housing has segmented the market into two distinct categories: women under 30 years old and those 30 and older. This is a significant distinction since the children of the younger group will be younger as well. Some demographic information that is relevant to both groups:

95% are or were chemically dependent.

17% have undergraduate coursework.

85% are African-American.

80% have children (but generally no custody).

6% are H.I.V. positive- generally a result of their drug addiction.

7% are Hepatitis C positive- generally a result of their drug addiction.

22% were at one time prostitutes.

20% have been in prison.

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