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2010 Community Resource Guide
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| Housing Services
SCCAA's Housing Program provides homeless families with shelter and housing,
and helps them become self-sufficient. Services are delivered through
intensive one-on-one support that empower families by giving them the tools,
direction, and resources to build on their own strengths.
>Family Development Center
>Transistional Housing
>Family Development Center Needs
>Emergency Family Shelter Expansion Project
"Raise the Roof"
a benefit at Gretchen's in Mount Vernon
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What's
New With Housing?
>Community Action Receives $5,000 Donations
from SICBA and Windermere
Foundation for Emergency Family Shelter Help
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Family Development Center
 The
Family Development Center consists of ten individual apartment units
located in Mount Vernon, where homeless families may stay for up to 60
days. Each unit is provided free of charge with essential utilities,
furnishings, and household items. An SCCAA
family development specialist works with each family to plan for the
future, access resources, create a household budget and savings plan,
and take the necessary first steps toward stable, permanent housing and
economic self-sufficiency. Each year, this program provides more
than 100 families with safe, temporary shelter and assists them with
their plans for future independence. More than 80% of these
families move from our shelter into safe, affordable housing. |
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Transitional Housing
SCCAA’s Transitional
Housing Program helps families obtain
temporary housing and develop economic self-sufficiency
skills while they transition from homelessness to stable,
permanent housing. SCCAA provides rental subsidies to families for up to
two years with private and public
landlords in Skagit County. During this time, SCCAA family development specialists work closely with the
families to develop skills in job readiness, money
management, mental health, and wellness. With the
assurance of safe transitional housing, parents are freed to
work on employment and life skills that can help them secure
permanent housing for the long term. SCCAA enrolls up to 20 families at a time
in the Transitional Housing Program.
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Our Family
Development Center needs:
To donate items to our Family Development Center,
please e-mail
Jennifer Milton or call (360)416-7585.
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alarm clocks |
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beddings |
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beds (full size or single, no stains or tears, please!) |
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cribs |
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furniture in good repair (couches, dressers, tables) |
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gardening equipment |
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hair cuts |
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household goods |
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lawn mowers |
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movie passes for families |
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phone cards |
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SKAT bus tickets |
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telephones |
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TV/VCRs |
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For more
information about Community Action's Housing Services, call (360)
416-7585. |
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