Murfreesboro Cold Patrol, Inc.
615-434-2653
800 Park Avenue Suite N
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Programs
Budget
$5,600.00
Description
Several times a week, we have teams visit local encampments to build and maintain relationships, connect individuals to local resources, and encourage positive growth throughout the year. We connect individuals to existing services and help fill in the gaps to reach long term stability.
Program Successes
For the last couple years we have been building a relationship with a woman who has been on the streets for years and was unsure how to get into housing or get herself into a better position. She was receiving a disability check but was not making enough money to rent a place that required three times the rent. We worked consistently with her for the past three years and helped her apply for and receive income based housing. She just moved into her new place last week and she said she did not believe that was something she was ever going to be able to do and it took so much weight off her shoulders because now she can focus on her physical health. She is now able to renew here lease year after year without worry that she will not have a place once her lease is up. She was one of four people that moved into stable permanent housing last week through our consistency with individuals experiencing homelessness.
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
Unhoused individuals
Elderly and/or Disabled
Long-term Success
For the long term we ideally would want to eliminate homelessness in Murfreesboro. With the continued presence of our outreach volunteers we will continue to reach the population of un-housed individuals that are not reached by other organizations since we are the only outreach organization in Murfreesboro. With our continued presence in the community we could reach the goal of ending homelessness here by 2030.
Short-term Success
We have kept over 100 people safe from immediate threats of weather and provided them with necessary items or shelter when the temperatures are either very hot or very cold. These people would have ended up in the hospital emergency room or passing away from the elements without our intervention through street outreach. Once these relationships have been formed they lead to people seeing hope in their situation and knowing that they are eventually able to get off the streets. We also provide assistance to people wanting to go to rehab which can be made possible within a week of them telling us that is something they would like to do, even if they do not have insurance.
Program Success Monitored By
We know this program is working because more people have moved into housing this year than the previous year and they are staying housed. We had 25 people move into permanent housing this year versus 10 from the previous year. We also make sure that there are follow up services in place for the people that moved off the streets so that they do not end up back in the same position. We also monitor our program success on Charity Tracker where we are able to see what we have given away and how many peoples lives we have impacted through outreach.
Program Areas Served
Rutherford County
$5,600.00
Description
Several times a week, we have teams visit local encampments to build and maintain relationships, connect individuals to local resources, and encourage positive growth throughout the year. We connect individuals to existing services and help fill in the gaps to reach long term stability.
Program Successes
For the last couple years we have been building a relationship with a woman who has been on the streets for years and was unsure how to get into housing or get herself into a better position. She was receiving a disability check but was not making enough money to rent a place that required three times the rent. We worked consistently with her for the past three years and helped her apply for and receive income based housing. She just moved into her new place last week and she said she did not believe that was something she was ever going to be able to do and it took so much weight off her shoulders because now she can focus on her physical health. She is now able to renew here lease year after year without worry that she will not have a place once her lease is up. She was one of four people that moved into stable permanent housing last week through our consistency with individuals experiencing homelessness.
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
Unhoused individuals
Elderly and/or Disabled
Long-term Success
For the long term we ideally would want to eliminate homelessness in Murfreesboro. With the continued presence of our outreach volunteers we will continue to reach the population of un-housed individuals that are not reached by other organizations since we are the only outreach organization in Murfreesboro. With our continued presence in the community we could reach the goal of ending homelessness here by 2030.
Short-term Success
We have kept over 100 people safe from immediate threats of weather and provided them with necessary items or shelter when the temperatures are either very hot or very cold. These people would have ended up in the hospital emergency room or passing away from the elements without our intervention through street outreach. Once these relationships have been formed they lead to people seeing hope in their situation and knowing that they are eventually able to get off the streets. We also provide assistance to people wanting to go to rehab which can be made possible within a week of them telling us that is something they would like to do, even if they do not have insurance.
Program Success Monitored By
We know this program is working because more people have moved into housing this year than the previous year and they are staying housed. We had 25 people move into permanent housing this year versus 10 from the previous year. We also make sure that there are follow up services in place for the people that moved off the streets so that they do not end up back in the same position. We also monitor our program success on Charity Tracker where we are able to see what we have given away and how many peoples lives we have impacted through outreach.
Program Areas Served
Rutherford County
Budget
$28,000.00
Description
We provide transitional housing for up to 10 men at a time and help them work towards their goals as they transition to permanent housing. They are expected to be working full time (unless they are receiving disability), receive mental health treatment if they need it, start getting treatment for their physical needs, and work on their credit/save money for their permanent home.
Program Successes
One morning a man was found sleeping in front of our office with cuts all over his arms and a broken hip. He had been to the ER where he found out his hip was broken but then he was sent back onto the streets without any follow up care. He also has a traumatic brain injury which makes it incredibly hard for him to walk and be understood because his speech is slurred. We were able to move him into the transitional house immediately and since he moved in he has gained over 30 pounds, his hip has healed, and his doctor said she has never seen him look so healthy or happy before and she has been treating him for 6 years. He stayed with us for six months and moved into his permanent housing last week.
Category
Community Improvement, Capacity Building -
Beneficiaries
Men and boys
Unhoused individuals
Adults
Long-term Success
Long term success for this program would be 90% of our clients in the transitional house moving into stable, permanent housing by 2025.
Short-term Success
We have had 10 people move into stable housing this year and this past week one of the clients in our house moved into his permanent housing after being on the streets for sixteen years. He stayed with us for six months while we were working on all of the paperwork and information gathering period of time.
Program Success Monitored By
We perform Quality of Life Scales every month starting from the first day they move into the transitional house. This gives us an idea of where they started and if they are able to improve throughout their time with us in the house. We also check in with them at our monthly house meeting and get verbal feedback from the participants at that time.
Program Areas Served
Rutherford County
$28,000.00
Description
We provide transitional housing for up to 10 men at a time and help them work towards their goals as they transition to permanent housing. They are expected to be working full time (unless they are receiving disability), receive mental health treatment if they need it, start getting treatment for their physical needs, and work on their credit/save money for their permanent home.
Program Successes
One morning a man was found sleeping in front of our office with cuts all over his arms and a broken hip. He had been to the ER where he found out his hip was broken but then he was sent back onto the streets without any follow up care. He also has a traumatic brain injury which makes it incredibly hard for him to walk and be understood because his speech is slurred. We were able to move him into the transitional house immediately and since he moved in he has gained over 30 pounds, his hip has healed, and his doctor said she has never seen him look so healthy or happy before and she has been treating him for 6 years. He stayed with us for six months and moved into his permanent housing last week.
Category
Community Improvement, Capacity Building -
Beneficiaries
Men and boys
Unhoused individuals
Adults
Long-term Success
Long term success for this program would be 90% of our clients in the transitional house moving into stable, permanent housing by 2025.
Short-term Success
We have had 10 people move into stable housing this year and this past week one of the clients in our house moved into his permanent housing after being on the streets for sixteen years. He stayed with us for six months while we were working on all of the paperwork and information gathering period of time.
Program Success Monitored By
We perform Quality of Life Scales every month starting from the first day they move into the transitional house. This gives us an idea of where they started and if they are able to improve throughout their time with us in the house. We also check in with them at our monthly house meeting and get verbal feedback from the participants at that time.
Program Areas Served
Rutherford County
Budget
$3,500.00
Description
When temperatures reach 32 degrees or below, we staff the Coldest Nights emergency shelters (where individuals are provided a warm meal, shower, and fellowship as well as a safe place to sleep). Our outreach teams provide transportation to the shelters as necessary, actively look for individuals who are at risk, and work to ensure individuals who choose to not access shelter have access to the supplies they need to make it through the night.
Program Successes
This winter there were multiple people that did not realize there was an emergency shelter in Murfreesboro and our outreach teams were able to locate them and bring them into the shelter and get them connected to resources in the community that they did not realize were there. There was also a woman who had been stranded here and we were able to help her get reconnected with her family in North Carolina and get her a bus ticket back to them so she would not have to be on the streets any longer.
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
Adults
Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
Long-term Success
Long term success of this program would be the ability to have a shelter available year round for individuals who wanted to access it and the ability to have security available every night to open the shelter. We would also be able to open up a shelter that allows children as well. This shelter would be able to house all of the homeless that were needing shelter.
Short-term Success
This winter season up to 60 men and 25 women have been able to access shelter every night that the temperature has been below 32 degrees. We have also had up to 10 volunteers on all of those nights that have been able to help in the shelter and go out to encampments to find individuals that may not have known the shelter was open or were not able to come into the shelter. Our volunteers were able to provide them with sleeping bags, blankets, tents, hot hands, and other cold weather items.
Program Success Monitored By
The program success is monitored on Charity Tracker with the ability to check people into their beds and monitor how many people we have each night compared to the night before or the year before.
Program Areas Served
Rutherford County
$3,500.00
Description
When temperatures reach 32 degrees or below, we staff the Coldest Nights emergency shelters (where individuals are provided a warm meal, shower, and fellowship as well as a safe place to sleep). Our outreach teams provide transportation to the shelters as necessary, actively look for individuals who are at risk, and work to ensure individuals who choose to not access shelter have access to the supplies they need to make it through the night.
Program Successes
This winter there were multiple people that did not realize there was an emergency shelter in Murfreesboro and our outreach teams were able to locate them and bring them into the shelter and get them connected to resources in the community that they did not realize were there. There was also a woman who had been stranded here and we were able to help her get reconnected with her family in North Carolina and get her a bus ticket back to them so she would not have to be on the streets any longer.
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
Adults
Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
Long-term Success
Long term success of this program would be the ability to have a shelter available year round for individuals who wanted to access it and the ability to have security available every night to open the shelter. We would also be able to open up a shelter that allows children as well. This shelter would be able to house all of the homeless that were needing shelter.
Short-term Success
This winter season up to 60 men and 25 women have been able to access shelter every night that the temperature has been below 32 degrees. We have also had up to 10 volunteers on all of those nights that have been able to help in the shelter and go out to encampments to find individuals that may not have known the shelter was open or were not able to come into the shelter. Our volunteers were able to provide them with sleeping bags, blankets, tents, hot hands, and other cold weather items.
Program Success Monitored By
The program success is monitored on Charity Tracker with the ability to check people into their beds and monitor how many people we have each night compared to the night before or the year before.
Program Areas Served
Rutherford County
Budget
$40,000.00
Description
We have a designated street outreach director who actively works with individuals experiencing homelessness one-on-one to eliminate barriers to permanent housing, mental health services, physical health services, and substance abuse treatment. We are able to assess individuals for what services they are eligible to receive and eliminate barriers and facilitate the connection to those services.
Program Successes
Five people moved into housing within the past week and their time on the streets being un-housed totaled 50 years all together. Every single one of them receives a disability check and one of the main reasons they were un-housed was because they did not know the resources that were available to them and were struggling to navigate the system effectively. They also were unable to afford rent on their income and needed to find income based housing. The ability to have a case manager work directly with them to overcome those obstacles and follow along with them every step of the way was crucial.
Beneficiaries
Unhoused individuals
Long-term Success
Long term success for our case management would look like hiring a couple more street outreach workers which would be able to bridge even more gaps in the homeless community to get everyone connected to the resources they are in need of or did not realize were available to them. Long term we would like to be able to house 90% of the un-housed population.
Short-term Success
This past term, because we now have a street outreach worker performing case management, 25 people have moved into housing. Just in the last week 4 people moved into their forever homes and one more is moving in next week. Out of those five people they have been on the streets for a combined total of 50 years on the streets. Our case management has allowed us to target the chronically homeless and get them to a form of stability in their lives.
Program Success Monitored By
The program success is monitored by case notes that are kept in Charity Tracker by the street outreach worker and notes on demographics, housing success rates, mental health appointments, physical health appointments, and the number of individuals getting into treatment.
Program Areas Served
Rutherford County
$40,000.00
Description
We have a designated street outreach director who actively works with individuals experiencing homelessness one-on-one to eliminate barriers to permanent housing, mental health services, physical health services, and substance abuse treatment. We are able to assess individuals for what services they are eligible to receive and eliminate barriers and facilitate the connection to those services.
Program Successes
Five people moved into housing within the past week and their time on the streets being un-housed totaled 50 years all together. Every single one of them receives a disability check and one of the main reasons they were un-housed was because they did not know the resources that were available to them and were struggling to navigate the system effectively. They also were unable to afford rent on their income and needed to find income based housing. The ability to have a case manager work directly with them to overcome those obstacles and follow along with them every step of the way was crucial.
Beneficiaries
Unhoused individuals
Long-term Success
Long term success for our case management would look like hiring a couple more street outreach workers which would be able to bridge even more gaps in the homeless community to get everyone connected to the resources they are in need of or did not realize were available to them. Long term we would like to be able to house 90% of the un-housed population.
Short-term Success
This past term, because we now have a street outreach worker performing case management, 25 people have moved into housing. Just in the last week 4 people moved into their forever homes and one more is moving in next week. Out of those five people they have been on the streets for a combined total of 50 years on the streets. Our case management has allowed us to target the chronically homeless and get them to a form of stability in their lives.
Program Success Monitored By
The program success is monitored by case notes that are kept in Charity Tracker by the street outreach worker and notes on demographics, housing success rates, mental health appointments, physical health appointments, and the number of individuals getting into treatment.
Program Areas Served
Rutherford County
