Community Care Fellowship
Programs
Budget
$600,000.00
Description
Mobile Housing Navigation Center (MHNC) is a collective impact initiative with nonprofit partners,
Metropolitan government, and partner congregations to provide temporary housing for our neighbors
experiencing homelessness throughout the Nashville area, including those in encampments.
Metro Homeless Impact Division utilizes Coordinated Entry to provide hyper-local referrals off the By
Name List to enter into the MHNC. The MHNC provides temporary housing for individuals for up to
90-120 days with a goal of connecting each guest with income, addiction and mental health services,
permanent housing, and a strong network of support from members of local churches. Our hope is
that the MHNC's will help congregations develop a new missional understanding of the church and
provide opportunities to grow in love of God and neighbor.
The focus of our approach is to link people with Rapid ReHousing as quickly as possible.
Program Successes
MHNC's first location opened in Bellevue on 11/25/2022 due to hiring staff, building out space and preparing for occupancy. Since then 36 people have been served (moved off the streets/out of encampments). Of those 17 have moved into or will be moving into permanent housing within an average of 36 days.
The Bellevue MHNC focused on assisting people out of the Brookmeade encampment. The population at that encampment has gone down from approximately 85 people in summer 2021 to about 45-50 people currently. It takes a community and collaborative approach with all provider agencies to move people to housing. MHNC's are designed to be a part of the solution, not the sole solution. Systems goals only work when permanent supportive housing is available for the population served by MHNCs.
MHNC's second location opened in Madison on 1/26/2022. Since then 49 people have been served (moved off the streets/out of encampments). Of those 19 moved to permanent housing within an average of 4
Category
Housing, Shelter - Transitional Housing
Beneficiaries
People with Other Health Conditions
Unhoused individuals
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
Purpose: MHNC were set up to provide options to move people off the streets (including out of encampments) as quickly as possible to immediately work with them on a path to housing while providing intensive support services. MHNCs serve some of the most vulnerable people and a major goal is to offer an alternative temporary housing (as compared to large shelter settings such as the Nashville Rescue Mission, which this population is not utilizing). Therefore, the sites are set up for small group settings, which allow the intensity of services that is needed for this population while creating a community setting and NOT overwhelming a site.
Systems approach: MHNC are part of Nashville's systems approach and referrals to MHNC sites happen through a communitywide coordinated entry process to serve the most vulnerable people, some of whom have the highest barriers to housing.
Systems goal: Metro adopted a goal of housing people within an average of 90-120 days. That is a systems goal that
Short-term Success
Total of 85 people provided temporary housing through our MHNC program.
Participants have access to documents to help them become housing ready, employment opportunities, counseling, food, and transportation.
Case management, housing navigation, and wrap around services provided to guests to help build self-sufficiency skills.
Protect the most vulnerable populations living in encampments.
Utilize the Coordinated Entry process to prioritize/select people for program
Utilize church space as temporary housing
Program Success Monitored By
CCF Staff and Metro
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
$600,000.00
Description
Mobile Housing Navigation Center (MHNC) is a collective impact initiative with nonprofit partners,
Metropolitan government, and partner congregations to provide temporary housing for our neighbors
experiencing homelessness throughout the Nashville area, including those in encampments.
Metro Homeless Impact Division utilizes Coordinated Entry to provide hyper-local referrals off the By
Name List to enter into the MHNC. The MHNC provides temporary housing for individuals for up to
90-120 days with a goal of connecting each guest with income, addiction and mental health services,
permanent housing, and a strong network of support from members of local churches. Our hope is
that the MHNC's will help congregations develop a new missional understanding of the church and
provide opportunities to grow in love of God and neighbor.
The focus of our approach is to link people with Rapid ReHousing as quickly as possible.
Program Successes
MHNC's first location opened in Bellevue on 11/25/2022 due to hiring staff, building out space and preparing for occupancy. Since then 36 people have been served (moved off the streets/out of encampments). Of those 17 have moved into or will be moving into permanent housing within an average of 36 days.
The Bellevue MHNC focused on assisting people out of the Brookmeade encampment. The population at that encampment has gone down from approximately 85 people in summer 2021 to about 45-50 people currently. It takes a community and collaborative approach with all provider agencies to move people to housing. MHNC's are designed to be a part of the solution, not the sole solution. Systems goals only work when permanent supportive housing is available for the population served by MHNCs.
MHNC's second location opened in Madison on 1/26/2022. Since then 49 people have been served (moved off the streets/out of encampments). Of those 19 moved to permanent housing within an average of 4
Category
Housing, Shelter - Transitional Housing
Beneficiaries
People with Other Health Conditions
Unhoused individuals
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
Purpose: MHNC were set up to provide options to move people off the streets (including out of encampments) as quickly as possible to immediately work with them on a path to housing while providing intensive support services. MHNCs serve some of the most vulnerable people and a major goal is to offer an alternative temporary housing (as compared to large shelter settings such as the Nashville Rescue Mission, which this population is not utilizing). Therefore, the sites are set up for small group settings, which allow the intensity of services that is needed for this population while creating a community setting and NOT overwhelming a site.
Systems approach: MHNC are part of Nashville's systems approach and referrals to MHNC sites happen through a communitywide coordinated entry process to serve the most vulnerable people, some of whom have the highest barriers to housing.
Systems goal: Metro adopted a goal of housing people within an average of 90-120 days. That is a systems goal that
Short-term Success
Total of 85 people provided temporary housing through our MHNC program.
Participants have access to documents to help them become housing ready, employment opportunities, counseling, food, and transportation.
Case management, housing navigation, and wrap around services provided to guests to help build self-sufficiency skills.
Protect the most vulnerable populations living in encampments.
Utilize the Coordinated Entry process to prioritize/select people for program
Utilize church space as temporary housing
Program Success Monitored By
CCF Staff and Metro
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
Budget
$16,000.00
Description
We serve breakfast 5 days a week and hot lunches 4 days a week. On average we serve 2500 plates of food per month in this program.
Program Areas Served
None
$16,000.00
Description
We serve breakfast 5 days a week and hot lunches 4 days a week. On average we serve 2500 plates of food per month in this program.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$158,175.00
Description
We offer showers, laundry, clothing and hygiene products to guests from 9 am to 3 pm Monday through Friday. On the average, we provide 50 showers and 20 laundry each day.
Program Areas Served
None
$158,175.00
Description
We offer showers, laundry, clothing and hygiene products to guests from 9 am to 3 pm Monday through Friday. On the average, we provide 50 showers and 20 laundry each day.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$30,000.00
Description
We also launched the career counseling program in April 2019. In the career counseling program, CCF partners with a social enterprise, UNLOCKED (www.becomeunlocked.com), which employs unhoused or socially displaced female guests transitioning to make jewelry, while earning a living wage. Each guest attends an 8-week curriculum of financial training that includes saving, budgeting, and goal setting. Guests are also eligible for a minimum of six months of housing assistance from CCF in partnership with Urban Housing Solutions. Other wrap around services include career and mental health counseling.
Program Successes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMU6UIOVVro&feature=youtu.be
Gwen has been a guest of CCF for many years and recently returned, this time as an employee at Unlocked, a Nashville-based jewelry social enterprise. By partnering with Unlocked, we have developed a career counseling program that allows guests and Unlocked Makers to gain meaningful employment, housing case management, career counseling, mental health counseling, and more.
As one of Unlocked's Makers, Gwen became eligible for housing, and we were so happy to be there with her to celebrate this success!
Speaking to former CCF guest, Mike Brown, it is easy to see how a successful individual is just a series of unfortunate events away from being homeless. After having his money stolen and his business torn a part by his wife and business partner, he gave everything he had to save his employees' jobs, repay debts, and start over. When he found himself on the streets of Nashville, homeless, and with no other options, he stumble
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
Unemployed, Underemployed, Dislocated
Long-term Success
Unshoused and socially displaced guests of CCF will complete the 6-12 month program building self-sufficiency skills, starting a career and moving into housing. Career counseling program members with meet with their mentor for a period of two years.
Short-term Success
Unshoused and socially displaced guests of CCF will meet with a career counselor, interview for one of our career connections and complete the 8 week financial training.
Program Success Monitored By
Executive and Associate Director
Program Areas Served
None
$30,000.00
Description
We also launched the career counseling program in April 2019. In the career counseling program, CCF partners with a social enterprise, UNLOCKED (www.becomeunlocked.com), which employs unhoused or socially displaced female guests transitioning to make jewelry, while earning a living wage. Each guest attends an 8-week curriculum of financial training that includes saving, budgeting, and goal setting. Guests are also eligible for a minimum of six months of housing assistance from CCF in partnership with Urban Housing Solutions. Other wrap around services include career and mental health counseling.
Program Successes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMU6UIOVVro&feature=youtu.be
Gwen has been a guest of CCF for many years and recently returned, this time as an employee at Unlocked, a Nashville-based jewelry social enterprise. By partnering with Unlocked, we have developed a career counseling program that allows guests and Unlocked Makers to gain meaningful employment, housing case management, career counseling, mental health counseling, and more.
As one of Unlocked's Makers, Gwen became eligible for housing, and we were so happy to be there with her to celebrate this success!
Speaking to former CCF guest, Mike Brown, it is easy to see how a successful individual is just a series of unfortunate events away from being homeless. After having his money stolen and his business torn a part by his wife and business partner, he gave everything he had to save his employees' jobs, repay debts, and start over. When he found himself on the streets of Nashville, homeless, and with no other options, he stumble
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
Unemployed, Underemployed, Dislocated
Long-term Success
Unshoused and socially displaced guests of CCF will complete the 6-12 month program building self-sufficiency skills, starting a career and moving into housing. Career counseling program members with meet with their mentor for a period of two years.
Short-term Success
Unshoused and socially displaced guests of CCF will meet with a career counselor, interview for one of our career connections and complete the 8 week financial training.
Program Success Monitored By
Executive and Associate Director
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$80,617.00
Description
Our neighborhood was lacking an affordable childcare program that serves preK children and their families. The Dare To Dream Child Development Center, which launched in June 2019 and is the only preschool program connected to the James Cayce public housing neighborhood. Access to affordable childcare is one of the biggest barriers to steady employment for our immediate neighbors, and we are meeting that need while simultaneously equipping children with the skills they need to be kindergarten-ready. By structuring the program to empower both child and parent we are laying a foundation for future educational success.
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Families
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
he Dare to Dream Child Development Center utilizes the evidence-based HighScope Curriculum. This curriculum utilizes a wheel of learning that begins with the hub of active learning and utilizes the spokes of learning environment, daily routine, assessment and adult-child interaction. The literacy, language and communication focus of this curriculum includes activities designed toincrease development in speaking, listening and comprehension, phonological awareness, alphabetic knowledge, reading, book enjoyment and knowledge and writing. The progression of each child in these areas will be measured utilizing the COR Advantage developmental assessment. Teaching staff, parents and volunteers will collaborate through daily interactions, assessments, workshops, creating a highly effective learning environment and a literacy rich home environment. This holistic approach empowers children and parents through education in order to break the poverty cycle.
Short-term Success
We will evaluate students at the beginning of the program to form a benchmark, and again mid year and at the conclusion to measure developmental growth. At the end of the program, our goal is to have a minimum of 90% of the students to increase their benchmark scores in speaking, listening and comprehension, phonological awareness, alphabetic knowledge, reading, book enjoyment and knowledge and writing utilizing the COR Advantage Assessment. Parents will attend at least 3 of 4 quarterly literacy workshops. Parents will log at least 25 books read during the program duration. 10-20 parents will assess their children's literacy and over all development utilizing the COR Advantage Assessment.
Program Success Monitored By
Dare To Dream Director, Executive and Associate Director. DHS Program Evaluator.
Program Areas Served
None
$80,617.00
Description
Our neighborhood was lacking an affordable childcare program that serves preK children and their families. The Dare To Dream Child Development Center, which launched in June 2019 and is the only preschool program connected to the James Cayce public housing neighborhood. Access to affordable childcare is one of the biggest barriers to steady employment for our immediate neighbors, and we are meeting that need while simultaneously equipping children with the skills they need to be kindergarten-ready. By structuring the program to empower both child and parent we are laying a foundation for future educational success.
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Families
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
he Dare to Dream Child Development Center utilizes the evidence-based HighScope Curriculum. This curriculum utilizes a wheel of learning that begins with the hub of active learning and utilizes the spokes of learning environment, daily routine, assessment and adult-child interaction. The literacy, language and communication focus of this curriculum includes activities designed toincrease development in speaking, listening and comprehension, phonological awareness, alphabetic knowledge, reading, book enjoyment and knowledge and writing. The progression of each child in these areas will be measured utilizing the COR Advantage developmental assessment. Teaching staff, parents and volunteers will collaborate through daily interactions, assessments, workshops, creating a highly effective learning environment and a literacy rich home environment. This holistic approach empowers children and parents through education in order to break the poverty cycle.
Short-term Success
We will evaluate students at the beginning of the program to form a benchmark, and again mid year and at the conclusion to measure developmental growth. At the end of the program, our goal is to have a minimum of 90% of the students to increase their benchmark scores in speaking, listening and comprehension, phonological awareness, alphabetic knowledge, reading, book enjoyment and knowledge and writing utilizing the COR Advantage Assessment. Parents will attend at least 3 of 4 quarterly literacy workshops. Parents will log at least 25 books read during the program duration. 10-20 parents will assess their children's literacy and over all development utilizing the COR Advantage Assessment.
Program Success Monitored By
Dare To Dream Director, Executive and Associate Director. DHS Program Evaluator.
Program Areas Served
None
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| Our childcare development program rose out of the needs of the local community. Our elementary school, Kirkpatrick Elementary and a local nonprofit discontinued its PreK program, and there are no other comparable offerings in the area. We chose to expand on our successful after-school and summer programs and offer full-time care so that the parents in the Cayce homes and surrounding neighborhood don't have to choose between employment and safe, reliable care for their children. We continue to connect with other organizations to support our adult programs as well. Each of our programs are vital to this community. We need volunteers to help with all of these programs, especially the children programs. Volunteers for all programs will need to have a clean background check. |
