Youth Services are offered at no cost to clients. Instead of paying for housing and services, New Heights clients simulate the practice of paying rent by making payments to an escrow account each month. At the end of their lease, they have savings to help ensure their financial stability throughout their next chapter. Your donation could help cover the cost of a youth’s rent, utilities, food, programming, and case management.
Transportation is one of the most common barriers for families who have experienced homelessness. Harvest House provides bus passes for clients during the beginning of the program, but riding the bus can be an additional burden for someone working through countless other challenges. Clients would benefit from Uber or Lyft gift cards, as well as used cars and small SUVs that are in great working condition.
Over 65% of clients in the Freedom program come to Harvest House directly from incarceration, and they arrive with very limited resources. Some of the first work they’ll do with their case manager is get copies of important documents that are needed for employment. Clients don’t typically have access to funds until they can secure employment, so we provide welcome kits full of personal items and linens, and other assistance accessing basic needs such as important documents, laundry services, and bus passes. The weekly program fee is $210 for men and $175 which includes rent, utilities, food, case-management, addiction recovery, life-skills classes, counseling, and career placement.
We are ready to upgrade the living room furniture in our 7 emergency shelter units for families and youth and 7 men’s addiction recovery units. These units house 10 families and 4 youth in need of emergency safe housing, and 52 men and 20 veterans in addiction recovery on any given night. Harvest House has traditionally furnished units through community donations and relationships with local thrift stores, however the furniture that gets the most use needs to be durable, comfortable, clean, and uniform across the campuses. We’re excited to invest in brand new, modular, commercial furniture that will improve the quality of the client experience.
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