Client Updates
SAVE, Inc. Featured at 2009 Spotlight on Excellence Conference.
June 26 - SAVE, Inc. was nominated by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Best Practices Award at the 2009 Office of Community Planning and Development Spotlight on Excellence Conference. Joshua Farrell, SAVE's Director of Client Services, represented the agency at the conference and was asked to give a 15 minutes presentation about the work that SAVE, Inc. does. His presentation focused on the unique array of options that SAVE offers all clients, highlighting SAVE's principle that not one size fits all, and that each of us have a human right to live in a home of our own choosing.
SAVE was one of 11 presenters and although we didn't receive the top Best Practices Award, the conference was an ideal place to spread awareness about our mission and share the positive impact that true empowerment can have for those struggling with the dual crisis of homelessness and a disability.
Over 1400 Clients Served from June 2008 thru May 2009.
June 23 - Ellen Channels, SAVE, Inc.'s valued Intake Coordinator and oftentimes the first contact clients have with SAVE staff, released numbers today of all clients served by SAVE, Inc. from June 2008 thru May 2009. A grand total of 1409 individuals, which includes 845 head of households and 564 additional family members, recieved services from SAVE during that time. These services range from a home on our campus community to a rental assistance voucher good for housing anywhere in the 15-county region.
We talk a lot about the power of housing and these numbers speak to just how crucial housing can be. Our goal is always to serve the individual who seeks our assistance, but in doing so, oftentimes we end up being a source of support for their family and loved ones as well. Roughly 40% of those SAVE, Inc. served last year were in fact dependents, and they are relying on a safe and stable place from which to grow and look towards the future. These loved ones, oftentimes children or the elderly, benefit from housing as much if not more so than their loved one who came to our door. Housing ends up being much more than a stop-gap for a single client, but instead provides the solid foundation from which all the individuals living in the home can build.