Annual report, 2003

State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless
Annual Report
January 1, 2004
Programs Administered by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Mike Beatty, Commissioner

The mission of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless is to support the efforts of organizations that provide housing and essential services for individuals and families striving to end their state of homelessness. These groups include:
! Nonprofits
! Faith-Based Organizations
! Community Homeless Provider Networks, and
! Public Programs
The mission of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless will be accomplished by:
! Providing Resources For The Groups Listed Above
! Supporting Opportunities That Promote Self-. .Sufficiency, and
! Forming Partnerships With Organizations That Embrace The Goal Of Ending Homelessness In .Georgia

Commissioners State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless
Kay Durand
Chair, LaGrange
Debi Starnes
Vice-Chair, Atlanta
Margaret Armstrong
Augusta
Yolanda Castillo
Smyrna
Carmen Chubb
Atlanta
Virginia B. Gray
Jonesboro
Sybil Smith
Americus
Dr. D.T. Walton, Jr.
Macon
Neatha Young
Savannah

On behalf of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission, I am pleased to submit this report for Fiscal Year 2003.
In spite of modest cuts in State dollars available to the Trust Fund for 2003 (down from $3.2 to about $3 million dollars), we are pleased to report a significant increase in funds for homeless programs and assistance to service agencies totaling $10.8 million dollars. This represents a 28% increase over last year's $7.8 million in awards. This increase is largely due to additional Federal funding for permanent supportive housing through the Shelter Plus Care program (more than 100 new units), implementation of a new permanent supportive housing project in Macon, and start-up of our new Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) project utilizing HUD dollars.
I believe that we are clearly on the right track with our continued emphasis upon the development of new permanent supportive housing beds for persons who are homeless and disabled. Based upon reporting from emergency shelter and transitional housing providers, homeless and "disabled" populations served appear to be increasing! Of 51,057 persons who received shelter or transitional housing services in 2003, 12,434 persons (24%) were reported to be "chronically mentally ill." This is up 16% from 2002. In addition, nearly 5% were reported to have developmental disabilities (up 3%), and 8% were reported to have HIV or AIDS (up 5%).
We hope to improve our ability to collaborate in the coming year with the appointment of a new State interagency council to oversee coordination of homeless programs. This proposal came out of the work of Georgia's Homeless Policy Academy. The Academy consisted of representatives from state departments such as Community Affairs, Human Resources, Planning and Budget, and Medical Assistance. Other representatives included persons from a state homeless coalition, regional mental health services and the Veterans Administration. When fully implemented, and hopefully it will be in 2004, this council would facilitate the work of State agencies with the goal of providing a more efficient combination of housing and comprehensive community-based (not institutionally-based, as we so often see) services needed to stabilize housing for our populations most in need.
Respectfully submitted,
Kay Durand, Chairman State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission

Prevention

Outreach/Intake Assessment

Emergency Shelter

Transitional Housing

Permanent Supportive Housing

S u p p o r t i v e

S e r v i c e s

Permanent Housing

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) develops an annual Continuum of Care Plan for the `Balance of State'. This document serves as the state's blueprint for providing a series of comprehensive and progressive resources to homeless individuals and families such that they become self-sufficient and permanently housed. The plan outlines specific projects and activities that the DCA and the Trust Fund will undertake in the coming year. In addition to being used as a planning tool, the continuum of care document is also a means for accessing federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Each year since 1998, the State and its many community partners have developed a plan that has generated seventeen million dollars for emergency shelters, transitional housing, mental health programs, day facilities, childcare and a host of other programs. What follows is a description of initiatives operating during the period July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2003.
Prevention
The first line of defense against homelessness is the prevention program. In State Fiscal Year (SFY03), over $400,000 was awarded to thirty organizations to help them stabilize families that experienced a temporary economic setback. Prevention funds are used to pay security deposits, past due rental and/or mortgage payments, and utility bills. This program is easily accessible to families. Once a family provides proof of financial need, the grantee makes a direct payment to the landlord, mortgage company, builder, or utility company. In addition to making these payments, many grantees coordinate consumer credit counseling courses and other services to help families increase their employability, learn financial management skills, and minimize the possibility of future episodes of financial distress.

Acquisition & Rehabilitation
Each year the Trust Fund helps local governments and nonprofit organizations acquire land and buildings, or make substantial repairs to facilities used to house or provide services to homeless persons. As there is a growing need for emergency shelter space, the Trust Fund makes the largest portion of its development budget available to organizations seeking to develop additional space for shelter beds. The Trust Fund awarded over $500,000 to ten acquisition and rehabilitation projects in SFY03.
Emergency Shelters
Emergency shelters are the entry point for thousands of persons that have become homeless. Families living in these emergency facilities receive food, shelter and essential services designed to stabilize them for a period of thirty to sixty days. On some occasions, a family may stay in a shelter for six months. Shelters are frequently distinguished by large open dormitory style rooms furnished with one to several hundred blankets, cots or beds. Emergency shelter staff guide clients through the maze of social services available to them, including social security, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), employment training and other resources designed to return them to permanent housing.
Transitional Housing
The next phase in the Continuum of Care is transitional housing. These facilities are frequently co-located with emergency shelters or may exist as manufactured homes, apartments, or houses scattered throughout a city. Families in transitional housing typically have private to semi-private living quarters. The daily regimen in these facilities is more relaxed than in shelters, but greater responsibilities are placed on the families to adhere to a plan for selfsufficiency. Families typically stay in transitional housing for up to twenty-four months. In SFY03, the Trust Fund assisted 120 grantees in 5589 bed spaces in emergency shelter and transitional housing facilities with an average of 4,657 clients receiving housing per day.
Supportive Services
In addition to housing, the Trust Fund awards money to organizations that provide services designed to address issues that may have contributed to the family's homelessness. The range of services include things such as housing counseling, childcare, education, employment training, financial counseling, legal aid, mental health counseling, primary health care, and substance abuse therapy. In SFY03, the Trust Fund assisted 72 grantees in providing supportive services to an average of 11,011 clients per day.

Some homeless individuals may never become completely independent of charitable assistance from the public and private sector because of the complex nature of their homelessness. These individuals suffer from a range of medical issues that include physical disabilities, mental illnesses, and/or chemical addictions and may require long-term social and psychological support. To keep such persons housed and treated, a comprehensive support mechanism is often needed.
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
HOPWA is a federally funded program that has been in operation since 1994. It was borne out of Congress' desire to address the housing crisis associated with the AIDS epidemic. The program serves individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Because this disease often leaves individuals and families financially devastated due to accumulating medical bills and lost wages due to sickness, HOPWA makes rental assistance and supportive services available to eligible persons. For persons impacted by HIV/AIDS, this is a very important component of the continuum of care. In SFY03, the Trust Fund administered almost $1.9 million dollars to organizations in non-metropolitan areas of Georgia to serve persons affected by HIV/AIDS. During the program year, 295 families and 1,160 individuals were provided needed housing assistance and an additional 3,086 individuals were provided supportive services. Trust Fund staff efforts connected with HOPWA continue to focus on assisting designated sponsors with the expansion or enhancement of their organizational capacity and/or current programs.
Shelter Plus Care (S+C)
The Shelter Plus Care program is designed to provide housing and supportive services on a long-term basis for homeless persons with disabilities and their families. Persons served by this program primarily have disabilities associated with serious mental illness, chronic problems with alcohol and/or drugs, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or related diseases. Since Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 1995, DCA has received $16.5 million dollars in S+C commitments to assist 27 sponsors. Beginning in FFY1996, approximately $5.7 million was received to assist two sponsors with project-based rental assistance on rehabilitated units for a 10-year period and to assist two sponsors with five-year commitments for project-based rental assistance without rehabilitation. In FFY1999, DCA received an additional $3.7 million dollars to provide sponsor-based rental assistance to an additional nine agencies. In FFY2000, DCA received an additional $3.3 million dollars to provide sponsor-based rental assistance to eight additional agencies. In FFY2001, another $1.3 million dollars was awarded to DCA for sponsor-based rental assistance to assist 3 sponsors, and the award amount for FFY2002 was $2.5 million dollars. In all, 602 homeless and disabled individuals along with an additional 122 family members are targeted to receive shelter and supportive services within 512 housing units over five or ten year periods.

Providers of homeless assistance benefit from ongoing training to stay abreast of innovative social work strategies as well as resources for funding, staff and volunteers -- that's why the Trust Fund committed some $164,000 for a broad range of training opportunities in SFY03.
Best Practices Technical Assistance Program
Twenty-three organizations in Georgia participate in the Best Practices Technical Assistance Program as trainers. This innovative project is devised to have local organizations with expertise in one or more areas of homeless facilities and services provide peer training to other homeless service providers. The objective of this program is to ensure that homeless service providers have access to tools and resources that will enable them to provide high quality services to persons in need of assistance. Training under this program occurs year round in all regions of the state. To date more than 600 hours of technical assistance has been provided to some 200 homeless assistance organizations in Georgia.
Regional Homeless Resource Fairs
The Regional Homeless Resource Fairs are designed to facilitate communication between providers and effectively coordinate services offered to homeless families. These fairs were held in eleven of the State's regions last year. Homeless Services providers and others interested in homeless issues attend these events to exchange ideas, discuss new projects and propose new ways of serving homeless people. The fairs also feature national and local speakers as well as trainers from the Best Practices Technical Assistance Program. Fair participants have opportunities to attend workshops on a variety of topics such as tips for start-up organizations, policies and procedures for operating homeless facilities, and standards of care.
Staff Directed Technical Assistance Program and Grantee Monitoring
Trust Fund staff provides ongoing training to grantees and persons who are interested in starting new homeless projects. Each week, one or more members of the staff visit several facilities around the state and during those visits, one-on-one technical assistance support is offered. Another important function of Trust Fund staff is the monitoring of each Grantee's participation in the various programs to ensure compliance with program regulations. Monitoring visit reviews include such areas as financial record systems, program benefits, and other program rules. The State also provides written certifications to HUD regarding compliance of each project with appropriate environmental regulations, and all ESGP and Shelter Plus Care grantees must conform to the HUD rule for verifying homelessness. This past year all Trust Fund grantees were required to submit formal policies addressing their methods of documenting homelessness. After identifying where its homeless populations are coming from (streets, shelters, institutions, etc.), agencies must show that protocols for documentation ensuring proper eligibility are in place. Grantees receiving HOPWA and/or Shelter Plus Care funding will receive an on-site monitoring visit each contract year. Grantees receiving ESGP funding will receive on-site monitoring visits once every three years or more often as deemed necessary by Trust Fund staff based on application, reimbursements, desk audits, or reporting submissions.

Pictured from left to right: Mike Beatty (DCA), Peggy Wood, Carolyn Grant, Brittney Reichert (Georgia Pines CSB), and Carmen Chubb (DCA)
The Georgia Pines Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Program represents a creative joint partnership between the Georgia Pines Community Service Board (CSB) and the Albany Advocacy Resource Center (ARC). This program is designed to provide permanent supportive housing for 20 homeless persons with disabilities in rural southwest Georgia including homeless persons with disabilities released from prison with no resources. The Georgia Pines S+C Program has established 10 one-bedroom apartments in Colquitt County by contracting with 2 existing housing complexes, thereby integrating homeless persons with disabilities into the community. Upon finding a shortage of affordable housing units in Mitchell County, the partners of the Georgia Pines S+C Program had the initiative to link with a local builder, Lee H. Williams Construction Company to arrange to have 10 one bedroom apartments built specifically for homeless persons with disabilities. (Mr. Williams is presently constructing additional units for non- disabled persons thereby creating a more diverse and integrated environment.) All 20 units of housing were established and the program was fully operational in record time, within 10 months of signing the contract with the Department of Community Affairs. The Georgia Pines CSB and the Albany ARC collaborate with the Moultrie Homeless Shelter, the Goodwill Program in Thomasville, and the Home Place Shelter in Thomasville. The Home Place Shelter also provides more permanent supportive housing for emergency shelter residents. The Georgia Pines S+C Program is able to offer a variety of mental health and addictive diseases services to assist Shelter Plus Care residents with stabilization, socialization and re-integration into community settings. This program was recently awarded the DCA 2003 Magnolia Award for Special Achievement in Affordable Housing under the Special Needs Category. As a 2001 Shelter Plus Care Project Sponsor, this program also represents a partnership with the Office of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless in providing permanent supportive housing for homeless persons with disabilities. The Georgia Pines S+C Program promotes many of the objectives of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless. The project utilizes the technical and financial resources of the Trust Fund in a creative and sustaining manner, supports activities that promote individual self-sufficiency, and forms partnerships with organizations that embrace the goal of ending homelessness in our State.

The Trust Fund makes important decisions about managing homeless assistance funds by consulting with parties with special interests and expertise in homeless issues. Today, several communication tools exist to support the exchange of information among homeless providers, staff, homeless persons and Commissioners of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless.
State Homeless Advisory Council
To facilitate a proactive dialog about preventing and eliminating homelessness, the Trust Fund convened one meeting of the State Homeless Advisory Council. The council is composed of about forty representatives from the homeless service provider community, local homeless coalitions, local governments, nonprofit organizations, ecumenical community and many others interested in addressing issues of homelessness. This year the Council updated and exchanged information with each of the seven continuums of care in Georgia, considered staff proposals regarding the update of DCA's technical assistance programs, worked on the planning of the Homeless Management Information System, and made recommendations concerning DCA's programs for the Trust Fund Commissioners to consider.
State Homeless Interagency Coordination Council
The Homeless Policy Academy recommendation to re-create the State Interagency Council awaits action by the Governor. Key recommendations include establishing the council and its governance by executive order, assigning responsibility for work of the council to DHR and DCA, and assigning oversight and assessment responsibilities to OPB. Work of the council would follow the recommendations of the Policy Academy.
Georgia Homeless Policy Academy Team
The State's Homeless Policy Academy continues its work to address eleven (11) specific goals. Those goals include improved access to mainstream services, the Governor's appointment of a new Interagency Council and action plan, expansion of state appropriations, improved access to SSI for homeless persons, quality planning, evaluation and outcome tools and data, access to shelter for medically fragile persons exiting hospitals, improved treatment systems for persons under jurisdiction of the courts, and work to improve discharge planning within the state's institutions (hospitals, correctional facilities, DFCS, etc.) to assure that persons are not discharged to homelessness.
Georgia Mental Health Planning Council
To address the goal of ending chronic homelessness and in procuring mainstream resources for homeless services, DCA staff now serves on the Board of this important planning council. The Council has responsibilities for the monitoring and evaluation of the state's mental health delivery process, including the provision of mental health services for individuals who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness. This past year the Council held 7 meetings.

Georgia Department Human Resources Housing Coalition
This group is responsible for reviewing policies and procedures related to the provision of supportive housing as a function of the State's efforts to abide by the directives of the Olmstead Decision. Two DCA staff serve on this Coalition. Eight Housing Coalition Meetings were held.
Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness
In response to the Interagency NOFA, DCA staff chaired a team that developed and submitted an application to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. While the project was to serve Atlanta, it would have been a pilot for a statewide program. The application development team included the Georgia Department of Human Resources, the Georgia Office of Veterans Affairs and several Atlanta-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter and supportive services for chronically homeless individuals. The team met seven times to develop the application. Unfortunately, due to significant national competition for these limited resources, the team was unsuccessful in attempts to secure funding through this NOFA, as well as another national competitive homeless application. Of all the applications sent from across the country, only ten grants were awarded for the Collaborative Initiative. The excellent work done on these applications may be leveraged as part of next year's CoC submissions.
Blueprint to End Homelessness in Atlanta in Ten Years
While this meeting was convened by Atlanta, it has a profound effect upon many communities within the Balance of State CoC. DCA staff participated in the nine meetings held between November 2002 and January 2003.
Homeless Management Information System
Georgia is ahead of the curve in complying with the Congressional mandate to implement a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) in 2004. DCA's partnership with Pathways Community Network, an Atlanta-based non-profit software developer, has resulted in a solid HMIS presence in each of Georgia's continuums. The project's stated purpose per Congress is to generate an unduplicated count of each CoC's homeless population; however, there are many other uses of this data to benefit the community. As we accumulate data over time we will have a much more comprehensive picture of the homeless population's needs and demographics, and be able to see how those needs and demographics change. This data will allow our agencies to better allocate resources and serve their communities in their mission, and ours, to end homelessness. DCA has provided funding to eligible agencies to assist with hardware procurement, internet connection fees, and supportive software to make this project successful.
Web Page
The Trust Fund's Homeless Services Web Page features a directory of homeless service providers in the state that receive Trust Fund money. There are also web-site links to each of the organizations listed in the directory that are on-line as well as other links to important state and federal agencies including the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Users can also read or request copies of applications, the continuum of care plan, and other useful documents. The web site is located at www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/homeless.

During State Fiscal Year 2003, the Housing Trust Fund collected the following client data from ESGP Grantees. This data is a requirement of the Integrated Disbursement Information System (IDIS) from which Federal ESGP dollars are dispersed.

Of the 51,057 clients who received housing (emergency or transitional), the number below have the following characteristics*...

Characteristic Victim of Domestic Violence Runaway/Throwaway Youth Chronically Mentally Ill Developmentally Disabled HIV/AIDS Alcohol Dependent Drug Dependent Elderly (>60 years old) Veterans Physically Disabled Illiterate or Marginally Literate Criminal History Other

Number 14,467 151 12,434 2,404 4,280 18,195 18,616 1,254 4,134 1,538 3,457 11,253 111

Percentage 28.3% <1% 24.3% 4.7% 8.4% 35.6% 36.5% 2.5% 8.1% 3% 6.8% 22% <1%

Of the 176,077 clients who received supportive services, the number below have the following characteristics*...

Characteristic Victim of Domestic Violence Runaway/Throwaway Youth Chronically Mentally Ill Developmentally Disabled HIV/AIDS Alcohol Dependent Drug Dependent Elderly (>60 years old) Veterans Physically Disabled Illiterate or Marginally Literate Criminal History Other

Number 7,589 1,065
29,599 3,285 8,153
33,593 43,529 11,101
6,496 6,550 4,835 8,927 1,972

Percentage 4.3% <1%
16.8% 1.9% 4.6%
19.1% 24.7%
6.3% 3.7% 3.7% 2.7%
5% 1%

* Since many homeless clients have dual issues, the total will not equal 100%.

" $13 million was awarded for over 291 programs that shelter or serve homeless individuals and families.
" Under the ESG Program, housing was provided to a daily average of 4,657 clients and supportive services were provided to a daily average of 11,011 clients.
" $400,000 was awarded to over 30 organizations under the ESG Program for the purpose of preventing homelessness.
" $7.8 million dollars was awarded to 23 organizations under the Continuum Of Care Plan for the `Balance Of The State'.
" Through the Best Practices Technical Assistance Program, technical assistance has been delivered to some 800 staff, volunteers, and partners of homeless organizations throughout the State.
" $1.9 million was administered to 12 HOPWA organizations to serve persons affected by HIV/AIDS.
" During the program year, 295 families and 1,160 individuals were provided needed housing assistance and an additional 3,086 individuals were provided supportive services under the HOPWA Program.
" $3 million dollars was awarded under the Continuum Of Care For The `Balance Of State' for 6 new Shelter Plus Care projects in coordination with the Georgia Department Of Human Resources, and an additional $327,000 was awarded to DCA's Shelter Plus Care renewal project submitted through the Tri-Jurisdictional Continuum Of Care.
" Twelve Regional Resource Fairs were held in Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Blue Ridge, Columbus, Dublin, Gainesville, LaGrange, Macon, Savannah, and Valdosta.

Allocation of Funds
From July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, $13 million dollars was awarded through the Office of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless to support homeless assistance programs operated by local governments and nonprofit organizations throughout Georgia. Monies for these programs come from federal and state agencies as well as repayments and interests from prior loan projects.
During this period, the Trust Fund received $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for two programs -- Emergency Shelter Grant

Program (ESGP) and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA). It also received a special $2.2 million award under HUD's Continuum of Care Program to administer six new Shelter Plus Care projects for fragile clients. The Trust Fund received an additional $3 million allocation from the Georgia General Assembly to match the HUD ESG award, as well as to support a series of other homeless assistance projects.
The chart below illustrates how these dollars were distributed to projects in SFY'03.

Final FY 2003 State Housing Trust Fund Allocations

Program Name Emergency Shelter Grant Matching Funds Nonprofit Technical Assistance Shelter Plus Care Permanent Supportive Housing Program (PSHP) Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Administration (Includes 5-YR SPC Awards)
Total Obligation

Amount Obligated 5,707,055 75,500 209,532 3,329,760 362,906 2,401,293 625,480 455,455
$13,166,981

% 43%
1% 2% 25% 3% 18% 5% 3% 100%

Source of Funding For Major Programs

State-HTF

Federal-HUD

Transitional Housing

Emergency Shelter Grant Program

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)

Best Practices Technical Assistance Shelter Plus Care (S+C)

Regional Resource Fairs

Housing Opportunities for Persons

Homeless Prevention

With AIDS Program

Essential Services

Permanent Supportive Housing S+C

Match for Permanent Supportive

Housing

FY 2003 Grantees
Organization
Achor Center, Inc. Action Ministries, Inc. (Central Office) Action Ministries, Inc. (d/b/a Atlanta Ministries) Action Ministries, Inc. (d/b/a Augusta Ministries) Action Ministries, Inc. (d/b/a Gainesville Ministries) Action Ministries, Inc. (d/b/a Rome Ministries) Africa's Children's Fund, Inc. AIDS Coalition of Northeast Georgia Albany, City of Albany Outreach Center, Inc. Alcove, Inc. All Saints Covenant Community, Inc. Alternate Life Paths Programs, Inc. America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, Inc. Amethyst Project, Inc. Area Christians Together In Service, Inc. Area Committee To Improve Opportunities Now, Inc. Association on Battered Women of Clayton County, Inc. Athens Area Homeless Shelter Athens Nurses Clinic, Inc. Atlanta Children's Shelter, Inc. Atlanta City Mission Corporation Atlanta Community Food Bank, Inc. Atlanta Enterprise Center, Inc. Atlanta Union Mission Corporation Augusta Task Force for the Homeless, Inc. Battered Women's Shelter, Inc. (d/b/a) The Haven Breakthru House, Inc. Buckhead Christian Ministry Bulloch County Shelter, Inc. Calvary Refuge, Inc.

County
Fulton Multi-Co
Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Clarke Dougherty Dougherty Walton Fulton Fulton Chatham Bulloch Bulloch Clarke Clayton Clarke Clarke Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Richmond Lowndes DeKalb Fulton Bulloch Clayton

FY 2003 Grantees
Organization
Camden Community Crisis Center, Inc. Carroll County Emergency Shelter, Inc. Central City AIDS Network, Inc. Central Presbyterian Church Outreach Center Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless Cherokee Family Violence Center, Inc. Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Christian League For Battered Women, Inc. (a/k/a Tranquility House) Citizens Against Violence, Inc. Clayton County Family Care, Inc. Clifton Presbyterian Church, Inc. Clifton Sanctuary Ministries, Inc. (f/k/a Lake Claire Community Apts.) Coastal Area Support Team, Inc. Cobb Family Resources, Inc. Cobb Human Services Coalition, Inc. Colquitt County Serenity House Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc. Community Action for Improvement, Inc. Community Advanced Practice Nurses, Inc. Community Concerns, Inc. Community Connection of Northeast Georgia, Inc. Community Housing Resource Center, Inc. Community Outreach Service Center, Inc. Comprehensive AIDS Resource Encounter, Inc. Congregation Shearith Israel Cook County House of Help and Hope, Inc. Coordinated Health Services, Inc. Covenant House Georgia Crossroads Community Ministries, Inc. CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. Decatur Cooperative Ministry, Inc.

County
Camden Carroll Bibb Fulton
Chatham Cherokee
Fulton Bartow Bulloch Clayton Fulton Fulton Glynn
Cobb Cobb Colquitt Muscogee Troup Fulton Fulton Clarke Fulton Houston Wayne Fulton Cook Richmond Fulton Fulton Richmond DeKalb

FY 2003 Grantees
Organization
DeKalb Fulton Housing Counseling Center, Inc. (a/k/a Metro Housing) Douglas County Community Services Board (CSB) Douglas County Shelter, Inc. Druid Hills Presbyterian Church Economic Opportunity for Savannah-Chatham County Area, Inc. Extension, Inc (The) Faith Community Outreach Center, Inc. Faith in Action of Fannin County, Inc. Families First, Inc. Family Crisis Center of Walker, Dade, Catoosa & Chattooga Counties, Inc. First Monumental Faith Community Outreach Center, Inc. Flint Circuit Council on Family Violence, Inc. Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, Inc. Forsyth County Family Haven, Inc. Fulton County Board of Commissioners Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, Inc.
Gainesville, City of (Gainesville-Hall County Community Service Center) Gateway House, Inc. Genesis Shelter, Inc. Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness, Inc. Georgia Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Inc. Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. (Augusta) Georgia Mountain Women's Center, Inc. (a/k/a Circle of Hope) Glynn Community Crisis Center, Inc. Golden Harvest Food Bank, Inc. Golden Rule, Inc. GRN (Gwinnett, Rockdale, Newton) Community Service Board (CSB) Gwinnett Housing Resource Partnership, Inc. Habersham Homeless Ministries Inc., f/k/a Refuge Ministries Halcyon Home For Battered Women, Inc. Healing Place of Athens, Inc., (The)

County
DeKalb Cobb
Douglas Fulton
Chatham Cobb
Dougherty Fannin Fulton Walker
Dougherty Henry Clarke
Forsyth Fulton Fulton
Hall Hall Fulton Cobb Fulton Richmond Habersham Glynn Richmond Taylor Gwinnett Gwinnett Habersham Thomas Clarke

FY 2003 Grantees
Organization
HIV/AIDS Volunteer Network, Inc. HODAC, Inc. Houston Homeless Shelter Action Committee, Inc. HomePlace Shelter, Inc. (The) Hope House, Inc. Hope House of Savannah, Inc. Hope Shelter, Inc., (The) Hospitality House for Women, Inc. House of Grace Inc. House of T.I.M.E., Inc. Housing Initiative of North Fulton, Inc. Inner City Night Shelter, Inc. Interfaith Hospitality Network of Augusta, Inc. Interfaith Hospitality Network of Coastal Georgia Interfaith Outreach Home, Inc. Jerusalem House, Inc. Jewish Family & Career Services, Inc. Liberty House of Albany, Inc. Lighthouse Missions, Inc. Loaves and Fishes Ministry of Macon, Inc. Lowndes Associated Ministries to People (LAMP), Inc. Lowndes County Board of Commissioners Macon Bibb County Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. Macon Rescue Mission, Inc. Maranatha Outreach, Inc. Marshlands Foundation, Inc. Martin Luther King Jr. Poor People's Church of Love, Inc. Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, Inc. Metropolitan Columbus Task Force for the Homeless, Inc. Midtown Assistance Center, Inc. Ministries United for Service and Training, Inc. Mulberry Street United Methodist Church

County
Dougherty Bartow Thomas
Richmond Chatham Fulton Floyd Cook Muscogee Fulton Chatham
Richmond Chatham DeKalb Fulton Fulton
Dougherty Bibb Bibb
Lowndes Lowndes
Bibb Bibb Baldwin Chatham Fulton Fulton Muscogee Fulton Cobb Bibb

FY 2003 Grantees
Organization
N.O.A.'s Ark, Inc. Nicholas House, Inc. North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network, Inc. Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence, Inc. Northeast Georgia Homeless Coalition Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center, Inc. Open Door Community House, Inc. Partnership Against Domestic Violence, Inc. Pathways Community Network, Inc. Peace Place, Inc. Phoenix Alliance, Inc. Polk County Women's Shelter, Inc. Project ADAM Community Assistance Center, Inc. Project Community Connections, Inc. Project L.O.V.E., Inc. Troup Quest 35, Inc. Rainbow Village, Inc. Rockdale County Emergency Relief Fund, Inc. S.H.A.R.E. House, Inc. Safe Haven Transitional, Inc. SAFE Homes of Augusta, Inc. SafeHouse Ministries, Inc. Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc. Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Albany) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Augusta) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Columbus) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Griffin) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Macon) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Rome) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Savannah) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Thomasville) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Warner Robins)

County
Lumpkin Fulton Fannin Hart Clarke
Whitfield Muscogee
Fulton Fulton Barrow DeKalb
Polk Barrow Fulton Fulton Gwinnett Rockdale Douglas DeKalb Richmond
Elbert Fulton Dougherty Richmond Muscogee Spalding
Bibb Floyd Chatham Thomas Houston

FY 2003 Grantees
Organization
Salvation Army, (Atlanta), d/b/a Metro Atlanta Family Emergency Services Salvation Army (Atlanta), d/b/a Metro Atlanta Red Shield Services Samaritan House of Atlanta, Inc. Savannah Area Family Emergency Shelter, Inc. Shepherd's Rest Ministries, Inc. Social Apostolate of Savannah South Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, Inc. St. Jude's Recovery Center, Inc. St. Stephen's Ministry of Augusta, Inc. St. Vincent de Paul Society, Inc. Stepping Stone Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Sullivan Center, Inc., (The) Support in Abusive Family Emergencies, Inc. (SAFE, Inc.) Transition House, Inc. Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.
Tri-County Protective Agency, Inc. Trinity Community Ministries Turning Point Enterprises, Inc. Union Mission, Inc. (Savannah) United Ministries of Savannah, Inc. W.O.L. Inc. / d/b/a Carter Hope Center Wayne County Protective Agency, Inc. Wesley Community Centers of Savannah, Inc. Women In Need of God's Shelter, Inc. Women Moving On, Inc. Women's Crisis Center, Inc. Young Adult Guidance Center, Inc. Young Women's Christian Association of Greater Atlanta, Inc. Young Women's Christian Association of Northwest Georgia, Inc.

County
Fulton Fulton Fulton Chatham Paulding Chatham Lowndes Colquitt Fulton Richmond Fulton Fulton Fulton Union Fulton Fulton Liberty Fulton Fulton Chatham Chatham Whitfield Wayne Chatham Laurens DeKalb Fulton Fulton Fulton Cobb

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