HomeAid Sacramento
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Mission Statement
HomeAid's mission is to build new lives for homeless families and individuals through housing and community outreach by providing project oversight needed to complete projects for our partners providing housing for the homeless. HomeAid Sacramento is the local chapter of HomeAid America serving the Sacramento region. HomeAid America was established in 1989 in southern California, by local builders. Recognizing an urgent need for transitional housing, the building industry embraced the opportunity to give back to their local communities by doing what they do best -- build. Today, HomeAid America is the largest provider of transitional housing for the temporary homeless in the United States, having housed over 100,000 men, women and children through a network of 16 chapters throughout the US. HomeAid Sacramento's mission is to build new lives for homeless families and individuals through housing and community outreach.
About This Cause
Grant funds would support HomeAid's mission to build new lives for homeless families and individuals through housing and community outreach by providing project oversight needed to complete projects for our partners providing housing for the homeless. HomeAid Sacramento is the local chapter of HomeAid America serving the Sacramento region. HomeAid America was established in 1989 in southern California, by local builders. Recognizing an urgent need for transitional housing, the building industry embraced the opportunity to give back to their local communities by doing what they do best -- build. Today, HomeAid America is the largest provider of transitional housing for the temporary homeless in the United States, having housed over 100,000 men, women and children through a network of 16 chapters throughout the US. HomeAid Sacramento's mission is to build new lives for homeless families and individuals through housing and community outreach. HomeAid's focus is to build multi-unit shelters for the temporarily homeless, those that are homeless due to circumstances beyond their control: job loss, natural disasters and other catastrophes, illness and medical problems, mental illness, domestic violence, at risk youth, victims of trafficking, foster care youth, and veterans. We have two key areas, both related to our vision to ending homelessness, the HomeAid Builds program, and HomeAid in the Community. HomeAid Builds encompasses all of our construction related projects, including the Homeless Shelter Development program and our HomeAid Care and Painting a Better Tomorrow programs. HomeAid's highly effective Homeless Shelter Development program is the heart of our organization's mission. HomeAid identifies a local homeless service provider whose mission is to serve homeless families and individuals, and has the financial stability to offer the necessary programs and services that enable the homeless to return to self-sufficiency and stable housing. As HomeAid Sacramento embarks on their 20th Anniversary, their partners, suppliers and Builders have leverage resources in order to provide up to 3 times the retail value of labor and material to projects in order that our nonprofit partners can use their scare resources to operate programs. Since 1996, HomeAid Sacramento has added over 769 beds for the homeless in the region, serving over 10,000 homeless. HomeAid has constructed shelters worth in excess of $15 million for 31 homeless care providers. Through the commitment and generosity of the North State Building Industry Association, builders and suppliers, HomeAid Sacramento has donated over $6.9 million in labor and materials for building and remodeling projects for area homeless and domestic violence shelters. Shelter partner staffs are extremely skilled and adept at providing programs and services, but a construction project is well beyond their administrative and staff capacity. HomeAid now finds itself playing a much greater role in the development and planning of each project. Because this requires additional time and expertise HomeAid does not have the staff or capacity to offer this additional support to our Service Providers. As part of our strategic plan, it is HomeAid's goal to address the project management needs of our Shelter Providers and support the builder captains in their efforts to bring the projects to completion. For example, our most recent large scale build project which will add 55 beds to the County of Sacramento, HomeAid has been working on for over 4 years. It took the service provider over 3 years to secure all the needed funding and at one point was in jeopardy of losing a $1M grant from the State of California. If HomeAid would have had the capacity and resources to provide more project management oversight during this time, we would have been able to provide more pro-active support and assistance to our Shelter Providers to identify resource to overcome these challenges. What truly differentiates HomeAid's model is our affiliation and strong relationships with the North State Building Industry Association and established relationships with our Shelter Partners. Through the commitment of the NSBIA builders and suppliers, HomeAid Sacramento has donated over $6.7 million in labor and materials for building and remodeling projects for 31 area homeless and domestic violence shelters. HomeAid Builder Captains commit staff and resources to see each project through from start to finish. This commitment demonstrates the true spirit of our volunteer leadership, businesses and our community partners. HomeAid mobilizes homebuilders, trade partners, government agencies, financial institutions and the public to donate labor, materials and expertise to build and remodel local homeless shelters. The success of each HomeAid build/remodeling project is dependent upon the established relationships we have with local government, planners, engineers, construction contractors and the industry trades. HomeAid is the only organization that has such an integrated approach with their Partners. The commitment to seeing the projects through from start to finish is illustrative of the collaborative spirit of our volunteer leadership and their colleagues in the building industry. In 2014 alone, HomeAid was able to secure the participation and involvement of over 50 companies and individuals in HomeAid's projects. We also leveraged $696,508 dollars to complete projects with a retail value of $4,399,854 for five shelters and organizations. Success Stories HomeAid is currently working on their 15th collaboration with Volunteers of America (VOA) Northern California and Nevada for the renovation and repair of a 12 unit, two bedroom and one‐bath apartment complex. The apartments will provide permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless Veterans and their families in Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado Counties. When the renovation is completed, VOA will have increased their capacity to serve homeless veterans by 48 beds for a total of 72 beds. On June 30, 2015 HomeAid and Next Move celebrated together with a long awaited dedication of the Family Shelter Expansion. Next Move is the ONLY emergency family shelter in Sacramento County that accepts single fathers. Single Dads like Juan stayed at Next Move and have been able to move beyond the challenges of being homeless to find a job, a home for his son and begin living a better life. The renovated shelter will add 35 beds to their already 50 bed capacity for a total of 85 beds. A new commercial kitchen which serves not only the families on campus, but the neighborhood, a new children’s services room, a Head Start Classroom and additional staff and counseling rooms are all part of the expansion. Over $400,000 in in-kind labor and materials have been contributed to the project from over 30 contractors and consultants. With funding from the State of California and the Lennar Charitable Housing Foundation HomeAid is collaborating with WEAVE, Inc. (Women Escaping a Violent Environment) for the renovation of (2), 4 unit, one bedroom, and one-bath apartments. The project would target male and transgender victims of domestic violence as well as victims of human trafficking in Sacramento County. The facility will expand WEAVE's ability to serve victims who live too close to the existing Safehouse campus to safely reside there and victims with special needs that preclude them from successfully participating in WEAVE's Safehouse program. In early 2011, HomeAid embarked on a collaboration with Placer County, the City of Auburn and the Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing to finish an abandoned construction site to Transitional and Permanent Housing for men and women ages 18-64; adding 12 new independent living units In 2014, HomeAid partnered with Saint John's Program for Real Change to re-purpose a vacant building, unmarketable for more than three years, into a new 31 bedroom facility serving women and children in crisis, adding 124 beds. HomeAid's participation in constructing the 31 bedrooms yielded in excess of $70,000 or 57% of the overall retail budget in in-kind labor and materials. HomeAid Board member Chad Watts and his family adopted one of the bedrooms to put the finishing touches. At the suggestion of Chad's 6 year old daughter, the Watts family shopped for sheets, towels, lamps and art with a fairy theme. Together, they installed all the items to create the perfect fairy room for a very lucky family! This new facility is more than double the size of Saint John's previous shelter, enabling families to have their own room and provide more than four times the space for children's programs and classrooms. It is with Bank of America's support HomeAid can continue their efforts with Saint Johns and remodel their old facility to provide transitional housing for up to 14 families. After a decade-long gestation, the Sacramento Senior Safe House – a safe and comfortable refuge for abused and neglected seniors – opened in 2009. When the project was clearly in jeopardy, HomeAid partners with Volunteers of America and Mercy Housing to construct a nearly $1M, 6 bedroom safe haven for seniors being physically and financially abused – most often by their only family members. The men and women who are coming to the Sacramento Senior Safe House are referred to the home by Sacramento County Adult Protective Services, among many other community partners. Before the safe house's opening, APS staff were forced to place clients in less-than-ideal temporary quarters, including motels and hospitals. The Safehouse provides dignified housing catering to senior’s needs, a common dining room for staff to prepare and serve meals on site counseling and serene grounds for the residents to recover. Builder Captain Lennar Homes, members of the NSBIA and their trade partners were able to secure $460,000 or 46% of the project cost in in-kind labor and material donations.