Annual report, 2007

Addressing Homelessness Through Collaboration

Government

It Takes a Community...

Non-profit Community

Faith-based Community

Caring Neighbors, Family & Friends

For-profit Community
State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless
Annual Report January 1, 2008

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COMMISSIONERS STATE HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR THE
HOMELESS

Walter R. Huntley, Jr., Chairman Board Member, Georgia Department of Community Affairs
President, Huntley & Associates Atlanta

Neatha Young, Vice Chairman Retired, Wachovia Bank
President Pro Tem, Flipper's Chapel AME Church Board Member, Board of Equalization Savannah

Barbara Alexander Principle Broker, Barbara J. Alexander Realty
Company, Inc. Atlanta
Honorable Mike Beaudreau Commissioner, Gwinnett County National Accounts Manager, Ricoh Business
Solutions, Inc. Lawrenceville
Nick Masino Vice President of Economic Development,
Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Suwanee

Jo E. Maypole, Ph.D. Director of Development, MCG Health, Inc.
Augusta
C. David Moody, Jr. President/CEO, C.D. Moody Construction
Lithonia
Bernard H. Reynolds Manager of Legislative & Regulatory Affairs,
GA Electric Membership Corporation Roswell
Brian Williamson Assistant Commissioner, Community
Development & Finance Georgia Department of Community Affairs

The State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless is administered by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs / Georgia Housing Finance Authority Mike Beatty, Commissioner
Note: Commissioners &/or Staff of the State Housing Trust Fund can be contacted at: State Housing Trust Fund
Georgia Department of Community Affairs 60 Executive Park South, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30329
If you have a disability and would like to receive this publication in an alternative format, please contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs at 404.679.4915 or 1.800.736.1155 (TDD).

Introduction from the Chairman
The focus of this year's annual report is the importance of collaboration. Homelessness is a complex issue that can only be addressed when agencies and individuals work together. Federal, state, and local resources working together can mobilize resources and foster creativity.
We attempt to foster collaboration at multiple levels and in various ways. The Housing Trust Fund has been instrumental in facilitating the Georgia Interagency Homeless Coordination Council (GIHCC). Through the GIHCC, agencies work together to coordinate resources and find cooperative solutions to the challenge of homelessness. In addition, at the local level, the State convenes regional meetings through the Continuum of Care Planning Process in order to discuss the local needs of each region. These meetings help maintain a dialog between local government officials and agencies around finding solutions to the issue of homelessness. The State also facilitates the meeting of the State Homeless Advisory Council. The Advisory Council is comprised of representatives from each lead Continuum of Care organization, the homeless service provider community, local homeless coalitions, local governments, faith-based organizations, other non-profit organizations, and others interested in addressing the issues of homelessness. It is our hope that over the next year we will be successful in engaging additional business leaders and housing developers to further strengthen these collaborations.
Looking forward to 2008, we have many exciting opportunities. We have begun making significant progress in our efforts to collect and analyze data on homelessness through the Unsheltered Homeless Count, the Statewide Homeless Management Information System and the upcoming implementation of Performance Measurement for all of the Housing Trust Fund grantees. We are also excited about the additional State funding for Housing Support Specialists as well as the Housing Support Standards under development for all our grantees. Through the continuing work of the Interagency Council and DCA staff, a Memorandum of Understanding is under development which will allow for the development of a consolidated application for funding from DCA and the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases (Georgia Department of Human Resources). The coming year will bring many changes and improvements that will no doubt further our progress toward ending homelessness in Georgia.
Speaking for all of the members of the State Housing Trust Fund Commission, I would like to invite your input at any time, because if we are to adequately address the complex phenomenon that we call homelessness, every Georgian must help.
Respectfully submitted,
Walter R. Huntley, Jr.
Chairman, State Housing Trust Fund Commission

Mission Statement
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:
Non-profits
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

Accomplishments
$15.8 million dollars was awarded for 301 programs that provide shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, or services for homeless individuals and families.
Under the ESG Program, housing was provided to a daily average of 4,187 clients and supportive services were provided to a daily average of 2,821 clients.
Under the Homeless Prevention Program, an average of 293 persons were provided this assistance daily and 10,205 persons received this assistance during the operating year.
$10.6 million dollars was awarded to 43 programs under the 2007 Continuum Of Care Plan for the `Balance Of The State'.
$3,931,153 in Shelter Plus Care program funds supported 774 housing units, which provided housing assistance to 1,058 homeless persons with a disability.
$1,543,132 was administered to 9 HOPWA organizations to serve persons affected by HIV/AIDS.
During the program year, 560 households consisting of one or more persons with HIV/AIDS were provided needed housing assistance (782 persons w/ HIV/AIDS and 527 other family members) and an additional 1,210 households consisting of one or more persons with HIV/AIDS were provided supportive services under the HOPWA Program.
Six Regional Resource Fairs were held in Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Dalton, Macon, Savannah, and Valdosta.
$4.9 million dollars was awarded under the 2007 Continuum Of Care for the `Balance Of State' for 6 New / 10 Renewal Shelter Plus Care Projects in coordination with the Georgia Department of Human Resources and an additional $3.3 million was awarded to DCA's 14 Shelter Plus Care (2 New / 12 Renewal) Projects submitted through the Continuums of Care of the City of Atlanta, Athens-Clarke County, Columbus-Muscogee/Russell County, and Savannah/Chatham County.

Continuum of Care

Prevention

Emergency Shelter

Permanent Supportive Housing

Outreach/Intake Assessment

Transitional 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 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 (HUD). Each year since 1998, the State and its many community partners have developed a plan that to date has generated over $60.5 million dollars for transitional housing, mental health programs, day facilities, child-care and a host of other programs. What follows is a description of initiatives operating during the period July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007.
Prevention
The first line of defense against homelessness is the prevention program. In State Fiscal Year (SFY07), $425,500 was awarded to twenty-six 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. 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. Data on persons served through Homeless Prevention Programs around the State has been separated from the data on homeless persons served through the Supportive Services Programs for the first time this year. Through these prevention programs, a daily average of 293 individuals &/or persons in families received homeless prevention assistance. During this period, agencies throughout the State reported providing homeless prevention assistance to 10,205 eligible persons (programs are funded through the State as well as through other leveraged resources secured by grantee agencies). The majority of persons who received this type of assistance were persons in families (89%).

Emergency Shelters
Emergency shelters and outreach to unsheltered populations are the points of entry for thousands of persons that have become homeless. Families and individuals 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 apartments or houses scattered throughout a city. Families and individuals 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 self-sufficiency. Participants typically stay in transitional housing for up to twenty-four months. In SFY07, the Trust Fund assisted 102 grantees in providing 5,516 bed spaces in emergency shelter and transitional housing facilities with an average of 4,187 clients receiving housing per day. Forty percent (40%) of the persons housed by funded shelter/transitional programs this year were persons in families, and sixty percent (60%) of the persons housed were individuals.
The unduplicated number of persons who received housing through DCA's ESG grantees this operating year was similar with the number reported for the previous year. The number of housing programs for victims of domestic violence that applied for funds to support shelter/transitional housing programs was again down this year due to a reluctance to participate in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). Now that the regulations have relaxed the requirement for agencies (that serve this population) to participate in HMIS, the State expects many domestic violence service providers to once again apply for ESG funds. Over the past five years, the number of persons housed by the agencies receiving ESG funds from the State has fluctuated. Some of that may be due to agencies submitting better data with less duplication if any. It is also important to note that the specific non-profit agencies that submit applications each funding cycle tend to vary from year to year for various reasons or internal issues unique to each non-profit, and that fluctuation can also cause data fluctuations from one reporting period to the next.
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 individual's or the family's homelessness. The range of services includes housing counseling, childcare, education, employment training, financial counseling, legal aid, mental health counseling, primary health care, and substance abuse therapy. In SFY07, the Trust Fund assisted 66 grantees in providing supportive services to an average of 2,821 clients per day.
Homeless Management Information System
In the 2002 Balance of State Continuum of Care, DCA was awarded funds from HUD for a comprehensive, state-wide Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) initiative. The purpose of HMIS, as mandated by Congress, is to generate an unduplicated count of each Continuum of Care's homeless population. As data is accumulated, a much more comprehensive more

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picture of the homeless population's needs and demographics will develop, and we will be able to see how those needs and demographics change over time. This data will allow agencies to better allocate resources and serve their communities in their mission, and the State's, to end homelessness. Through this HUD grant, DCA has provided funding to eligible agencies to assist with hardware procurement, internet connection fees, and supportive software to make this project successful. During SFY2007, $54,829 was expended by 35 different organizations through DCA's HMIS grant, making it possible for many agencies to become active with HMIS or increase their level of participation. This past year, the focus has been on increasing utilization of the system by the 235+ HMIS member agencies. Significant progress has been made since the HMIS project started in 2002, both in the number of agencies using the system and in the quality of data input into the statewide Pathways Community Network's HMIS. The Georgia statewide HMIS was used to track services provided to 104,034 homeless or at-risk Georgians in the twelve months ending June 30, 2007. Of this total number, 35,323 were children and 2,419 were senior citizens. As a byproduct of collecting good homeless data, we are developing a more comprehensive picture of the homeless population's needs and are able to see how those needs and demographics change over time. This data is allowing local community agencies to better allocate resources and serve their communities in their mission, and the State's, to end homelessness. Each of Georgia's continuums has a substantial number of homeless service providers using the HMIS system. Many sectors of the homeless service/shelter system are represented information and referral, emergency shelters, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, HOPWA providers, domestic violence shelters, and service-only agencies.
Acquisition & Rehabilitation
Each year the Trust Fund helps local governments and non-profit organizations acquire land and buildings, or to 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. During SFY07, the State awarded $115,000 in funds for acquisition and rehabilitation projects through this program.

Interfaith Hospitality Network of Coastal Georgia (Savannah)

Day Center (Opening Day Celebration)

Supportive Housing
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 longterm 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)
HOPWA is a federally funded program that has been in operation since 1994. 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 assistance is a very important component of the Continuum of Care. In SFY07, the Trust Fund administered $1,543,132 in HOPWA funds to nine organizations in non-metropolitan areas of Georgia to serve persons affected by HIV/AIDS. During the program year, 560 households consisting of one or more persons with HIV/AIDS were provided needed housing assistance (782 persons w/ HIV/AIDS and 527 other family members) and an additional 1,210 households consisting of one or more persons with HIV/AIDS were provided supportive services. Trust Fund staff efforts 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 longterm 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 $34.1 million dollars in S+C commitments to assist 43 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. Grants awarded to DCA for sponsor-based rental assistance have been: FFY1999 for $3.7 million, FFY2000 for $3.3 million, FFY2001 for $1.3 million, FFY2002 for $2.5 million, FFY2003 for $2.8 million, FFY2004 for $5.8 million, FFY2005 for $4.1 million, and the most recent award for 5 new projects in FFY2006 for $4.9 million. In total, 59 S+C projects have been awarded. In all, 1,058 individuals who are homeless and have a disability are targeted to receive shelter and supportive services within 774 housing units over five or ten year periods. An additional 608 family members will also benefit raising the total estimated benefit to 1,666 persons per year.

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Permanent Supportive Housing Program
The purpose of the Permanent Supportive Housing Program (PSHP) is the production of affordable rental housing with accompanying supportive services for eligible homeless tenants. The program offers 100% capital financing combining the resources of the Federal HOME Investment Partnership program and the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless. In addition, project based rental assistance (Section 8) is available from the Department of Community Affairs for 100% of the PSHP units occupied by eligible residents. Homeless tenants include head of household or family members that must be either homeless or threatened with becoming homeless and preferences must be provided to individuals or household members with a disability. The disability must be of long-continued and indefinite duration, substantially impedes their ability to live independently, be improved by more suitable housing conditions, and meet the Department of Human Resources definition of a child and adolescent or Adult Core Customer.
The loans offered under the program are at 0% interest and payment of principal based on available cash flow for a period ranging from 20 to 30 years. In most instances the portion of the total loan made up of the Housing Trust Fund is fully paid off in 20 years.
The total number of units completed and under construction through the PSHP is 265 with 646 units under review. The total amount of funds, both HOME and HTF, committed to the program exceeds $44,500,000.
Client Stories
Two clients of River Edge Behavioral Center in Macon share their stories. River Edge Behavioral Health Center shares a unique partnership with the Macon Housing Authority and provides supportive housing to homeless persons with a disability through both the Shelter Plus Care program and the Permanent Supportive Housing Program.
Grove Park Village, In-Fill Housing, Inc. Macon Housing Authority and River Edge Behavioral Health Center
Samantha did not have an easy life as a child. At the age of twelve, she started drinking and using drugs. She grew up fast and found herself on her own at fifteen years old with 2 children. She had five children before she was 21 years old, 3 boys and 2 girls. She didn't know anything about drugs and their effects until her life took a turn for the worst when she fell into heavy drug use. Life became hard for her while living on the streets and she lost everything.
After being introduced to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous through her mother, she found that there was a place to go for help. She entered detox and started another journey that led her in and out of 28-day programs, long-term facilities, outpatient, inpatient, and halfway houses until she realized the cost that being a crack addict was having on her life. Samantha said that she had a spiritual experience one night and felt a fear unlike one she had ever experienced before. Samantha got off the streets that night and ultimately began working with staff at River Edge Behavioral Health Center. It has now been almost 5 years since Samantha left her old lifestyle behind.

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Jennette was first introduced to the River Edge Behavioral Center back in January, 2003. She entered the facility for drug addiction. Upon completing their 14-day long-term treatment program, Jennett was placed into an apartment in Macon through River Edge's Shelter Plus Care program where she lived for two years. Three months after moving to Macon and attending the DUAL program, (which treats clients with more than one addiction) she enrolled in Central Georgia Technical College where she graduated with honors in June, 2004 receiving a Diploma in Business Management/Supervisory Development.
In March of 2005, Jennette was able to move into Grove Park Village Apartments (PSHP), is still enrolled in Central Georgia Technical College and will graduate in June, 2008 with a second Associate Degree in Administrative Office Technology.

The following is a list of projects the populations served, and the construction status of all projects funded under this program.

Project Name Millennium Center Hearthstone Landing
Grove Park
Pines Family Campus Maxwell House
Highlands West
Colony West

Location Cuthbert Canton Macon
Valdosta Augusta
Augusta
Macon

Population Served Families w/substance abuse disorder Families experiencing domestic abuse Individuals with mental/developmental disabilities substance abuse disorders Families w/substance abuse disorder Individuals with mental/developmental disabilities substance abuse disorders Individuals with mental/developmental disabilities substance abuse disorders Individuals w/a disability that also have an Independent Care Waiver

Status Completed Completed Completed
Completed Completed
Under Construction
Under Construction

Projects currently under review with preliminary commitments are:

Project Name Dutchtown Campus
Welcome House College Square The Safety Net
Pine Ridge Columbia Hill Columbus Housing
Authority

Location Savannah
Atlanta Fort Valley
Atlanta
Rome Atlanta Columbus

Population Served Individuals with mental/developmental disabilities substance abuse disorders Individuals with mental/developmental disabilities substance abuse disorders Individuals with a disability that also have an Independent Care Waiver Youth aging out of state foster care or homeless with mental/developmental disabilities and substance abuse disorders Individuals with mental/developmental disabilities substance abuse disorders Individuals with mental/developmental disabilities substance abuse disorders Individuals with mental/developmental disabilities substance abuse disorders

Developer Union Mission
Progressive Redevelopment
Infill Housing
CHRIS Kids
Williams REIT
Columbia Residential Columbus Housing Authority

Initiatives
Home Access Program
The Home Access program provides grant funding for accessibility improvements at owneroccupied homes in which an individual with a disability resides and utilizes as their primary residence. Up to $15,000 can be used for each accessibility grant, and the funds may be used to complete any of the following activities: construction of wheelchair ramps, bathroom alterations including roll in showers, installation of stair or porch lifts, interior changes needed to increase movement throughout the home, and installation of visual aids and/or audible alarms. The program is coordinated by a network of Contract Administrators located throughout the state that have experience in accessibility home improvements and providing services to those that have a disability. The total amount allocated to the program was $300,000.
Below are individual stories of four families and of how the Contract Administrator, Middle Georgia Center for Independent Living, Inc. (a/k/a Disability Connections), was able to assist them through the Home Access program. Disability Connections is located in Macon and serves twelve counties.
What it means to be without a roll in shower. For Jeffery Williams, it meant two pans (one to wash and one to rinse with), about ten wash cloths and one large bath towel; it meant a bath in the bed while being rolled over as much as possible without ever having his hair washed at the same time.
Brenda Simon told Disability Connections staff that bathing Mr. Williams is now so much easier for both of them. Mr. Williams is thrilled to now be able to have his hair washed at the same time. Ms. Simon said that they are thankful for the assistance and help from Disability Connections and the Home Access program.

Renovated Roll In Shower

Widened Doorway

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Joe has emphysema, high blood pressure and diabetes; he has trouble walking, and sometimes has trouble getting up and down. Because he gets so tired, Joe needed to have a support bar in the bath to hold onto, and he was also having trouble getting in and out of the shower without his wife's help.
Joe told Disability Connections staff that the new walk in shower and safety bars allow him to support himself and take showers without assistance. Joe also said, "I can breathe better in the shower now, because it does not take as much energy to get in. I appreciate it very, very much. If I did not get the funding to get the shower I would not have been able to get one. I do not have the money to pay for it. I would have kept depending on my wife for help."
Joe's bathroom before the renovation
Joseph was shot in the head and side 25 years ago, and as a result, he is paralyzed on his left side. Joseph cannot pick up or lift anything, has plastic in his back from 2 back surgeries, has pins in both of his hips, and can only stand up for brief periods of time.
Before the accessibility modifications through the Home Access program, Joseph wasn't able to get in and out of the tub without his wife's help. Joseph said, "Since your organization came into my home and built me a wheelchair accessible shower, it has allowed me to be a little more independent for myself. I can now pull in there with my chair and grab onto the bars and get in there. I do not have to have any help bathing now. If ya'll were not able to get me a shower my wife would still be helping me. I appreciate everything you've done for me and my family."

Before & After

Before & After

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Joanne O'Neal has suffered from three strokes. The last stroke left her more impaired than most, and she was unable to walk or stand. When she does try to stand up, she becomes disoriented and dizzy. Before the ramp was built for Mrs. O'Neal, she was not able to go outside on her own. When the van would come to pick her up, the drivers would need to literally carry her outside. Before the doors were widened and the roll in shower was put in, she would have to crawl on her hands and knees to the bathroom and pull herself into the bathtub (at one point breaking some of her ribs). The picture to the right is Mrs. O'Neal in her Wheelchair Accessible Shower.
Mrs. O'Neal said, "The ramp is wonderful. I had not been able to go outside to grill with my husband or outside with my family. I would go to bed by 7:30, but now I am up till 10:30 going up and down the ramp talking on the phone. I feel like I am becoming myself again. It is absolutely incredible to be able to go in my bathroom."
Mrs. O'Neal also noted, "Words cannot describe how grateful I am. I am so overjoyed and blessed. It has changed my outlook on disabilities. Having this gift is something I will make sure I can pay back to help other people. You have so much dignity ripped away from you. I had people come over to bathe me and it was hard. It has helped me gain independence, and the quality of work the contractor has done is fantastic."
Wheelchair Ramps
In SFY2007, the Home Access program assisted 40 homeowners across the state, using $299,432 in funding. The average project cost $7,486. The following table represents the type of projects completed under the program:

Initiatives continued
Re-Entry Partnership Housing Program
The Reentry Partnership Housing Program (RPH) involves a unique collaboration by multiple state agencies. Funding for this program was made available to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles (lead agency) through a grant from the Federal Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. The Georgia Department of Corrections is also a partner in this effort. The HTF is the administrative agent for this program.
The purpose of the grant was to develop a community based housing option for inmates who have been granted parole but have no valid residence plans. Since the grant was awarded the three agencies have worked together to establish an application and qualification process for applicants who wish to provide housing for these parolees. The program pays the housing providers $600 per month for a term generally not to exceed three (3) months, a total of $1,800. In return the housing provider shall provide room and board without charge to the parolee for this period.
All eligible participating offenders will have a current parole review summary prior to release and will be under the supervision of a Parole Officer that will work with the housing provider to assist with the parolee's successful reentry to the community and to ensure that the offender complies with their conditions of parole. Consideration for mental health placement will be made on a case by case basis, dependent upon the level of treatment.
The goal of the RPH program is to provide short term financial assistance to help stabilize an individual's reentry process in order to enhance his or her ability to remain crime free.
Successful Implementation
Through the end of the operating period, 239 parolees were placed in selected organizations i.e.: faith-based community-based non-profits, community-based non-profits, for-profit organizations, and individuals.
As the program continues to expand, it is believed that cost savings can be sustained by effective parole supervision and intervention. If these offenders had not been released it would have cost an additional $4 million dollars to incarcerate them until they discharged from prison.
Attached below is an update of the Reentry Partnership Housing Program: Parolees placed: 239 Parolees employed: 150 Parolees who had RPH housing revoked: 14 Parolees who absconded/left to unknown destination: 15 Total Amount Disbursed for RPH placement: $274,800 Total Amount Administrative Costs (DCA): $13,740
Of the 239 parolees placed under this program, 53 parolees are classified as "special needs."

Agency Collaboration
Pines Family Campus
Valdosta
The Pines Family Campus is the culmination of a five-year collaboration with the objective of treating families at risk of homelessness due to substance abuse. Developed and owned by Better Neighborhood Housing Corporation, Valdosta's non-profit community development corporation, the Pines serves 28 families with children by providing supportive housing with longterm substance abuse treatment, family and individual therapy, and life skills training. The Pines supportive housing programs enables participating families in many cases to reclaim their children from the foster care system, reconstitute their families, achieve and sustain long-term sobriety.
Newly constructed in 2005-2006, Pines Family Campus consists of a 10 acre campus 2 miles south of downtown Valdosta with 28 apartments, 10 two-bedroom units and 18 three-bedroom units. Project amenities include an administrative/supportive service building, child care center, playground, large playing field, laundry, security fencing and gate, and extensive landscaping.
A network of local, state and federal resources and agencies worked together to create and operate Pines Family Campus. Construction/permanent financing came from the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless, federal HOME financing through DCA's Permanent Supportive Housing Program, and local philanthropists. The supportive services are funded by the State Department of Human Resources. The Valdosta Housing Authority manages the property. The residents receive Section 8 Rental Assistance, provided by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, and upon graduation, continue to receive the rental assistance to assist them in continuing to rebuild their lives.
Volunteers of America, a 110-year old national non-profit with its roots in the 19th century Christian social justice movement in New York City's notorious Bowery, delivers the treatment services to the 28 residents and their children. The treatment program consists of four substance abuse recovery phases, with the tenants assessed at the end of each phase on compliance with program rules and achievement of set treatment goals. Individual and group counseling is a major component of the treatment program. The tenants are also assessed for their vocational and educational needs, with placement in a vocational or educational program in the community. Also provided are parenting classes, providing training in nutrition, child care, child discipline, neglect and abuse issues, and raising children while in recovery.
The Pines Family Campus represents many of the objectives of the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless. Utilizing the financial resources of the Trust Fund in a creative and sustaining manner, supporting activities that promote individual self-sufficiency, and forming partnerships with organizations that embrace the goal of ending homelessness in Georgia, the project fills an important, much-needed social service need in South Georgia.

Collaboration & Communication
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.
CoC/HMIS Planning Group
Seven (7) Continuums of Care (CoC) collaborate to implement a single Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) in Georgia. On the first Thursday of each month, representatives of the seven "CoC Lead Organizations" meet with representatives from Pathways Community Network (the HMIS provider) and other interested organizations (the GA Coalition to End Homelessness, HUD entitlement communities, etc.) to work toward two goals: (1) the best possible HMIS implementation for our state; and (2) the success of every Continuum in Georgia. Topics include HUD HMIS requirements for the CoC and the status of each CoC in meeting those requirements, needed HMIS enhancements and the status of ongoing enhancements, reporting, research, and other topics of mutual interest. This planning group is co-led by DCA HTF and Pathways staff.
State Homeless Advisory Council
To facilitate a proactive dialog about preventing and eliminating homelessness and strategies to more effectively develop and implement CoC programs, the Trust Fund regularly convenes meetings of the State Homeless Advisory Council. The council is composed of lead organizations from Continuums of Care, the homeless service provider community, local homeless coalitions, local governments, non-profit organizations, ecumenical community and many others interested in addressing issues of homelessness.
State Homeless Interagency Coordination Council
Established by Executive Order by Governor Perdue and co-chaired by DCA Commissioner Mike Beatty and DHR Commissioner B.J. Walker, the Homeless Action Plan (The State's Plan to End Chronic Homelessness in Ten Years) developed by the Council was endorsed by the Governor on November 29, 2004, and significant work is underway. This collaborative initiative is focused on ending chronic homelessness; policies that will eliminate discharging clients back into homeless situations; improving state agency coordination; improving access to SSI with a consideration given to presumptive eligibility; evaluation of fiscal effectiveness; effective homeless prevention policies; and coordination strategies that will best achieve the Council's and the Governor's goals for ending chronic homelessness in Georgia.

Collaboration & Communication continued
Mainstream Planning Efforts In recognizing that the planning and strategizing necessary to address homelessness cannot be confined to `homeless-only' planning processes, DCA actively participates in mainstream planning efforts throughout the State. To address the goal of ending chronic homelessness and in procuring mainstream resources for homeless services, DCA staff has membership on the Mental Health Planning Advisory Council. This entity is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the State's mental health delivery process, including the provision of mental health services for individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
DCA participates in the meetings of the Georgia State Association of Not-For-Profit Developers (GSTAND) and of the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) Housing Coalition. DCA staff also regularly work with and are members of the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities, which completed a five year strategic plan which includes a housing emphasis to enable individuals with developmental disabilities to live independently within their community
DCA has continued its participation in two of Governor Perdue's "New Georgia" Task Forces the Prison Re-Entry Policy Team and the Community Care for Behavioral Health an Developmental Disabilities Policy Team.
Metro Atlanta United Way's (Regional) Commission on Homelessness DCA continues to collaborate with the Mayor's (Atlanta) Homeless Commission in an effort to
address needs in the larger metro region. Twenty-five (25) of the counties in the 28-county Atlanta MSA are within the Balance of State CoC plan. The Balance of State CoC counties of Clayton, Douglas and Rockdale have joined in this regional effort. Extending from this effort is the Metro Atlanta United Way's Supportive Housing Council. This group is specifically working to establish new resources for housing chronic homeless persons in the metro Atlanta area.
Regional Planning Partnerships
DCA regularly attends local homeless coalition and CoC planning meetings throughout the State. Examples include the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless; the Valdosta, Columbus, Macon, Athens, and Augusta Homeless Coalitions; and others. In addition, DCA participates with entitlement jurisdictions as they do their HUD consolidated planning around "homelessness." A significant effort this past year included attendance at a meeting of Dalton providers to address emerging issues of homelessness within its Hispanic/Latino population.
POVERTY DATA ON CHILDREN IN GEORGIA
There were an estimated 2,332,567 children in Georgia ages 0-18 in 2004
1.5 million children were enrolled in Medicaid or PeachCare in 2005 more than half of all children
20% (480,040) of Georgia's Children Live in Poverty
35% of children live in single-parent families.
The number of households with children receiving food stamps increased from 183,305 in 2003 to more than 208,000 in 2005
For the past 10 years, 42% or more of Georgia's school children have been eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals.
Source: Family Connection Partnership: Georgia 2006 KIDS COUNT,

Training & Technical Assistance
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 $73,500 for a broad range of training opportunities in SFY07.
Regional Homeless Resource Fairs
The Regional Homeless Resource Fairs are designed to facilitate communication between providers and effectively coordinate services offered to homeless families. 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. Using State HTF dollars, DCA is able to fund and support local sponsors of regional homeless resource fairs in all of Georgia's 12 regions. These fairs were held in six of the State's regions last year.
Staff Directed Technical Assistance Program and Grantee Monitoring
Trust Fund staff provide ongoing training to grantees and persons who are interested in starting new homeless projects. Each week on average, 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. For the past four years, all Trust Fund grantees have been required to submit formal policies addressing their methods of documenting homelessness. After identifying where their 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 onsite 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.
HMIS Training and Technical Assistance
The training plan has been adjusted to address the individual needs of each agency in the collection of HMIS data. The Pathways training has been narrowed to assisting agencies with local reporting, program element data collection and teaching the importance of collecting the HUD data standards. In addition to focused classroom training programs, Pathways has

Training and Technical Assistance continued
begun to provide individualized, one-on-one agency "on-site training". This one-onone "on-site training" has begun to identify specific problems with the HMIS implementation and continually address ways to better utilize the HMIS system.
The second annual HMIS Users' Conference was held March 21 and 22 at the Classic Center in Athens. Conference participation continues to grow with over 175 persons in attendance, up from about 120 in the first year. The conference participants had an opportunity to benefit from hands-on systems training and were also able to delve into broader planning issues. Conference topics included ethics and confidentiality, HMIS and emergency preparedness, HMIS for reporting, customizing systems, and computer and laptop security. Attendees represented all seven of Georgia's Continua of Care and included both new and experienced users. Speakers were from DCA, Pathways Community Network, Abt Associates, and the University of Georgia, as well as panel presentations from agencies successful integrating Pathways HMIS into daily operations.
The statewide user survey is being used to provide good accurate data from the HMIS agency executive levels and user levels. The feedback has been used to direct the training efforts statewide and assist with determining system enhancements priorities. Additionally, the user survey provides feedback in the following key areas: HMIS customer service, HMIS ease of use, User training experience, Ability to collect homeless information from clients, ability for agency to produce HUD APR from HMIS.
HIDDEN COSTS OF HOMELESSNESS
A Clarke county study released in February 2007 found that Athens hospitals, which are required to treat everyone regardless of ability to pay, spent at least $12.4 million in 2005 caring for the homeless, an average of almost $20,000 per homeless patient. A total of 576 homeless people made 7,000 visits to Athens Regional Medical Center and St. Mary's Hospital in 2005. (1) Comparatively, the Shelter-Plus Care program currently has 21 apartments in Athens and 28 in the greater Athens area. At an annual cost of $110,000, the program spends roughly $4,000 annually for each resident, or the cost of roughly six emergency room visits.
A study done in Portland, ME found that placing individuals in permanent supportive housing cut emergency room costs (62% reduction), health care costs (59% reduction), ambulance transportation costs (66% reduction), police contact costs (66% reduction), incarceration (62% reduction), and shelter visits (98% reduction). (2)
Sources: (1)- "Cost Analysis of Medical Services to Homeless Persons" (2007) Athens-Clarke County Dept. of Human and Economic Development; (2)- "Cost of Homelessness" (2007) http:/www.mainehousing.org/Documents/HousingReports/CostOfHomelessness.pdf

Beneficiary Data
During State Fiscal Year 2007, the Housing Trust Fund collected the following client data from ESG Grantees. This data is a requirement of the Integrated Disbursement Information System (IDIS) from which Federal ESG dollars are dispersed.

Of the 33,831 clients who received housing (emergency or transitional), the number below have

the following characteristics...

Characteristic

Number

Percentage

Chronically Homeless (by HUD

5,886

17.4%

definition)

Severely Mentally Ill

2,254

6.7%

Chronic Substance Abuse (alcohol

10,850

32.1%

&/or drug)

Persons with HIV/AIDS

846

2.5%

Other Disability

1,746

5.2%

Veterans

2,020

6%

Victim of Domestic Violence

7,211

21.4%

Elderly (>62 years old)

762

2.3%

Illiterate or Marginally Illiterate

1,155

3.4%

Criminal History

5926

17.5%

Other - Evictions (tracked by one

92

.3%

agency)

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

Of the 102,998* clients who received supportive services, the number below have the following

characteristics*...

Characteristic

Number

Percentage

Chronically Homeless (by HUD

6,589

6.4%

definition)

Severely Mentally Ill

5,792

5.6%

Chronic Substance Abuse (alcohol

11,322

11%

&/or drug)

Persons with HIV/AIDS

3,079

3%

Other Disability

2,983

2.9%

Veterans

5,499

5.3%

Victim of Domestic Violence

3,377

3.3%

Elderly (>62 years old)

2,761

2.7%

Illiterate or Marginally Illiterate

2,208

2.1%

Criminal History

4,512

4.4%

Other (recurring homelessness)

390

0.4%

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

*Demographics on clients that received homeless prevention assistance are not included in this number. Due to the nature of

the service, many of the non-profit agencies that provided homeless prevention did not collect this information.

Allocation of Funds
From July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, $16.9 million dollars was allocated by the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless to support homeless assistance programs operated by non-profit organizations, including faith based organizations, and local governments 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 $3.8 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for two programs -- Emergency Shelter Grant

Finances
Program (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA). It also received $8.6 million in awards under HUD's Continuum of Care Program to administer five new Shelter Plus Care projects for fragile clients. The Trust Fund received an additional $3.3 million allocation from the Georgia General Assembly to match the HUD ESG award and to support a series of other homeless assistance projects.
The chart below illustrates how these dollars were distributed to projects in SFY07.

Final FY 2007 State Housing Trust Fund Allocations

Program Name Emergency Shelter Grant Matching Funds Non-profit Technical Assistance Shelter Plus Care Re-Entry Partnership Housing Home Access Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Administration (Includes 5-YR SPC Awards)
Total Obligation

Amount Obligated %

4,298,400 25%

630,590

4%

73,500

.5%

8,283,637 48%

109,200

.5%

299,432

2%

1,638,772 10%

496,033

3%

1,125,257

7%

16,954,821 100%

Source of Funding For Major Programs

State-HTF

Federal-HUD

Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)

Continuum of Care Coordination

Shelter Plus Care (S+C)

Regional Resource Fairs

Housing Opportunities for Persons

Homeless Prevention

With AIDS Program

Essential Services

Match for Permanent Supportive Housing

Supportive Facilities

FY 2007 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) Advantage Behavioral Health Systems Agape House Ministry, Inc. AIDS Alliance of Northwest Georgia, Inc. AIDS Athens, Inc. Albany, City of Alternate Life Paths Programs, Inc. Amethyst Project, Inc. Area Committee To Improve Opportunities Now, Inc. Athens Area Homeless Shelter Athens Nurses Clinic, Inc. Atlanta Children's Shelter, Inc. Atlanta Community Food Bank, Inc. Atlanta Enterprise Center, Inc. Atlanta Union Mission Corporation Augusta Task Force for the Homeless, Inc. Braxton, Vikki Brother Charlie Rescue Center, Inc. Buckhead Christian Ministry C. A. R. E. Services of Pickens County, Inc. Calvary Refuge, Inc. Camden Community Crisis Center, Inc. Caring for Others, Inc. Carroll County Emergency Shelter, Inc. Center for Family Resources, Inc. Central City AIDS Network, Inc. Central Presbyterian Outreach & Advocacy Center Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless Citizens Against Violence, Inc. Clayton County Family Care, Inc. Clifton Sanctuary Ministries, Inc.

County
Fulton Multi-Co
Fulton Richmond
Hall Clarke Fulton Bartow Clarke Dougherty Fulton Bulloch Clarke Clarke Clarke Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Richmond Fulton
Tift Fulton Pickens Clayton Camden Fulton Carroll Cobb
Bibb Fulton Chatham Bulloch Clayton Fulton

FY 2007 Grantees Organization
Coastal Area Support Team, Inc. Cobb County Senior and Homeless Services, Inc. Cobb-Douglas Community Service Board Colquitt County Serenity House Project, Inc. Columbus Alliance for Battered Women, Inc. Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc. Community Advanced Practice Nurses, Inc. Community Concerns, Inc. Community Connection of Northeast Georgia, Inc. Community Service Board of Middle Georgia Comprehensive AIDS Resource Encounter, Inc. Concerted Services, Inc. Congregation Shearith Israel Coordinated Health Services, Inc. Covenant House Georgia, Inc. Crossroads Community Ministries, Inc. CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. Dalton Whitfield County Nonprofit Development Corporation Decatur Cooperative Ministry, Inc. DeKalb County Community Services Board DeKalb Metro Housing Counseling Center, Inc. Disability Link, Inc. Disability Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc. Douglas County Continuum of Care Coalition, Inc. Douglas County Shelter, Inc. Drake House, Inc. (The) Druid Hills Presbyterian Church Economic Opportunity for Savannah-Chatham County Area, Inc. Extension, Inc (The) Faith and the City, Inc. Faith Community Outreach Center, Inc. Families First, Inc. Family Crisis Center of Walker, Dade, Catoosa & Chattooga Counties, Inc. Fannin County Family Connection

County
Glynn Cobb Cobb & Douglas Colquitt Muscogee Muscogee Fulton Fulton Clarke Laurens Wayne Ware Fulton Richmond Fulton Fulton Richmond Whitfield DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb
Hall Douglas Douglas
Fulton Fulton Chatham Cobb Fulton Dougherty Fulton Walker Fannin

FY 2007 Grantees Organization
Fellowship Deliverance Ministries, Inc. Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, Inc. Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. Fulfilling God's Assignments, Inc. (d/b/a The Light Homeless Shelter) Fulton County Board of Commissioners Fund for Life, Inc. (a/k/a Family Advancement Ministries) Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, Inc. Gateway Community Service Board 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. Georgia Mountains Community Service Board Georgia Rehabilitation Outreach, Inc. Glynn Community Crisis Center Golden Harvest Food Bank, Inc. Golden Rule, Inc. Greenbriar Children's Center, Inc. GRN Community Service Board Gwinnett Housing Resource Partnership, Inc. (d/b/a IMPACT Group) H.O.P.E. Through Divine Intervention Habersham Homeless Ministries Inc. Healing Place of Athens, Inc., (The) Heavenly Home, Inc. (The) Highland Rivers Community Service Board Hillard, Mr. Wesley Hinesville, City of HODAC, Inc. Homeless Resource Network, Inc. Homeless Shelter Action Committee, Inc. Hope House, Inc. Hope House of Savannah, Inc.

County
Troup Clarke Clarke Barrow Fulton
Bibb Fulton McIntosh
Hall Fulton Cobb Fulton Richmond Habersham
Hall Fulton Glynn Richmond Taylor Chatham Gwinnett Gwinnett Fulton Habersham Clarke Thomas Floyd
Bibb Liberty Bartow Muscogee Bartow Richmond Chatham

FY 2007 Grantees Organization
Hope Shelter, Inc., (The) Hospitality House for Women, Inc. House of T.I.M.E., Inc. Housing Initiative of North Fulton, Inc. Impact International, Inc. Inner City Night Shelter, Inc. Interfaith Hospitality Network of Athens, Inc. Interfaith Hospitality Network of Augusta, Inc. Interfaith Hospitality Network of Coastal Georgia, Inc. Interfaith Outreach Home, Inc. Jerusalem House, Inc. Jesus Set the Captive Free, Inc. Jewish Family & Career Services, Inc. Kennesaw State University Loaves and Fishes Ministry of Macon, Inc. Lowndes Associated Ministries to People (LAMP), Inc. Lowndes County Board of Health (a/k/a South Health District 8-1) Macon Bibb County Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. Maranatha Outreach, Inc. Maxwell House, LLC (a subsidiary of PRI) McIntosh Trail Community Service Board Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, Inc. Middle Flint Behavioral Health Care Middle Georgia Center for Independent Living, Inc. Midtown Assistance Center, Inc. Ministries United for Service and Training, Inc. Mulberry Street United Methodist Church N.O.A.'s Ark, Inc. New Horizons Community Service Board Nicholas House, Inc. North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network, Inc. Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence, Inc. Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center, Inc. Oakhurst Recovery Program, Inc.

County
Fulton Floyd Muscogee Fulton Carroll Chatham Clarke Richmond Chatham DeKalb Fulton Fulton Fulton Cobb Bibb Lowndes Lowndes Bibb Baldwin Richmond Spalding Fulton Sumter Bibb Fulton Cobb Bibb Lumpkin Muscogee Fulton Fannin Hart Whitfield DeKalb

FY 2007 Grantees Organization
Oconee Community Service Board Open Door Community House, Inc. Our House, Inc. Park Place Outreach, Inc. Partnership Against Domestic Violence, Inc. Pathways Community Network, Inc. Pineland Area Community Service Board Pines Family Campus, Inc. Progressive Hope House, Inc. Progressive Redevelopment, Inc. Project Community Connections, Inc. Project Interconnections, Inc. Quest 35, Inc. Rainbow Community Center, Inc. Rainbow Village, Inc. River Edge Community Service Board Rockdale County Emergency Relief Fund, Inc. S.H.A.R.E. House, Inc. Safe Haven Transitional, Inc. Safe Homes of Augusta, Inc. Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc. Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Augusta) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Columbus) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Macon) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Savannah) Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation (Thomasville) Salvation Army, (Atlanta), d/b/a Metro Atlanta Family or Red Shield Services Samaritan House of Atlanta, Inc. Satilla Community Service Board Savannah Area Family Emergency Shelter, Inc. Shaw, Curtis M., Jr. Shepherd's Rest Ministries, Inc. Simpson, Kellie R.

County
Baldwin Muscogee
DeKalb Chatham
Fulton Fulton Bulloch Lowndes Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Newton Gwinnett
Bibb Rockdale Douglas
DeKalb Richmond
Fulton Richmond Muscogee
Bibb Chatham Thomas
Fulton Fulton Ware Chatham Fulton Paulding Fulton

FY 2007 Grantees Organization
Social Apostolate of Savannah South Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness South Georgia Community Service Board Southside Medical Center Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, Inc. St. Jude's Recovery Center, Inc. St. Vincent de Paul Society, Inc. Sullivan Center, Inc., (The) Support in Abusive Family Emergencies, Inc. Transition House, Inc. Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Tri-County Protective Agency, Inc. Trinity Community Ministries Union Mission, Inc. (Savannah) United Ministries of Savannah, Inc. Urban Residential Development Corporation, Inc. Valley Interfaith Promise, Inc. Wesley Community Centers of Savannah Women In Need of God's Shelter, 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
Chatham Lowndes Lowndes
Fulton Colquitt
Fulton Fulton Fulton Union Fulton Fulton Liberty Fulton Chatham Chatham Fulton Harris Chatham Laurens Fulton Fulton Cobb

Notes

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