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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

 

What's New With Housing?

>Community Action Receives $5,000 Donations from SICBA and Windermere Foundation for Emergency Family Shelter Help

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.

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.

 

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

 

 

For more information about Community Action's Housing Services, call (360) 416-7585.

 

 

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Last updated: January 2010