2015 APPLICATIONS 3.PDF

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General information
General information | Organization Ryan House
General information | Contact First name Cathy
General information | Contact Last name LaSusa
General information | Contact e-mail clasusa@ryanhouse.org
General information | Contact phone number 602-200-0767
Address
Address | Street 110 West Merrell St, 1st Floor
Address | City Phoenix
Address | State AZ
Address | ZIP Code 85013
From what tribe is the organization requesting the grant?
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
Total grant amount request
$20,000.00
The Gila River Indian Community offers multi-year awards. If your organization is requesting a
multi-year grant for this project or program, enter the amount to be requested each year.
Amount
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Created Friday, March 06, 2015
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General information
General information | Organization Lodestar Day Resource Center
General information | Contact First name Linda
General information | Contact Last name Mushkatel
General information | Contact e-mail lmushkatel@hsc-az.org
General information | Contact phone number 480 688 3537
Address
Address | Street 1125 West Jackson Street
Address | City Phoenix
Address | State AZ
Address | ZIP Code 85007
From what tribe is the organization requesting the grant?
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
Total grant amount request
$75,000
The Gila River Indian Community offers multi-year awards. If your organization is requesting a
multi-year grant for this project or program, enter the amount to be requested each year.
Amount
Year 1 $
Year 2 $
Year 3 $
Year 4 $
Year 5 $
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Lodestar Day Resource Center Engagement and Special Programs Coordination
Identified Need and Proposed Program
With a mission to use the power of collaboration to create solutions to end homelessness, the
Human Services Campus (HSC) brings the service power of more than a dozen social service
agencies and community partners together in one place. The new proposed program will
enhance the effectiveness of interventions that engage single adults and will help remove
barriers to their moving out of a condition of homelessness. The current request would support
an Engagement and Special Programs Coordinator and a Client Care Coordinator.
At the HSC, homeless and low-income clients receive assistance in finding shelter, medical and
dental care, employment, and, most importantly, housing resources. HSC anchor government
and nonprofit partners include Maricopa County, St. Vincent de Paul, TERROS Safe Haven,
Central Arizona Shelter Services, St. Joseph the Worker and the Lodestar Day Resource
Center (LDRC). The LDRC, the grant applicant, serves as the hub of the 12-acre campus. This
agency is designed to serve as a gateway to stability, self-sufficiency, and success for homeless
individuals by changing the way they perceive the world and connecting them with services that
facilitate their finding successful housing solutions.
At the HSC Welcome Center, a trained LDRC staff team greets new clients who go through an
efficient process of triage, diversion if appropriate, and assessment. The nationally-recognized
assessment tool (VI SPDAT) allows us to prioritize those who are most vulnerable –such as
chronically homeless individuals or homeless individuals with high medical needs – and to
focus resources on those who need them most. Once assessed, clients are directed to the
LDRC. Co-located within the LDRC are such organizations as Community Bridges, Southwest
Behavioral Health, and the Chaplaincy for the Homeless, St; Joseph the Worker, the LDRC’s
Housing Department and a U.S. Post Office. These agencies provide an array of services and
programs meant to address basic needs (e.g., connection to shelter and clothing) as well as
mental or medical health resources, identification documents, legal needs, income and
employment resources, and housing connection. Two key factors contributing to positive client
outcomes are (1) the extent to which individuals are engaged in utilizing these services and in
the process of transforming their lives and (2) the LDRC’s ability to help remove barriers to
achieving success. Support for this proposal will greatly enhance the LDRC’s ability to improve
efforts in these two area. It is estimated that focused engagement and special program
activities described below will serve 1200 men and women annually.
Client engagement: Annually, more than 4500 homeless men and women are assessed at the
Welcome Center and a substantial number are referred for service at the LDRC or access the
LDRC dayroom for basic needs. However, referral is just the first step in benefitting from
available support. Men and women who have been living on the streets or in shelters often
perceive themselves as “invisible’ to the community and experience low self-esteem and
isolation. This situation often is exacerbated by accompanying medical, mental health or
substance abuse issues. Among its many responsibilities, the LDRC Client Care Department
seeks out and builds relationships with vulnerable individuals, meeting the clients where they
are geographically – on the HSC lawn or in the LDRC dayroom – as well as where they are
emotionally. In this way, Client Care Coordinators assure that clients connect with the available
services to which they’ve been referred and that they benefit from the support that is available.
This request would support an additional Client Care Coordinator focusing on outreach to lawn
and dayroom clients. Engaging with clients allows staff to identify additional resources they may
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need as well as barriers that may limit successful financial and housing solutions. With
appropriate supervision and coordination, which would be provided by the Engagement and
Special Programs Coordinator, community volunteers can supplement paid staff and play a
significant role in client engagement and special programs.
Removing barriers – Special Programs: Many adults who are trying to change their lives and
move from their homeless conditions find that they are challenged by past behaviors. On their
records are outstanding misdemeanor victimless offenses and warrants. This situation is a
barrier to reinstating a driver’s license, getting a job or acquiring housing. To address this
situation, Maricopa County established a Regional Homeless Court (MCRHC), whose goal is to
resolve such outstanding misdemeanor victimless offenses and warrants for homeless
individuals who demonstrate a commitment to end their homelessness. A Homeless Courtroom
is sited at the LDRC, and it hears cases approved from any Municipal or Justice of the Peace
Court in Maricopa County (for background on the establishment of the MCRHC view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKAzZ-xTkQk). Helping clients apply for and preparing
them to appear in Homeless Court is an extensive and detailed process. Coordinating clients,
referring provider agencies and criminal justice system/court personnel is a staff intensive
activity that requires a dedicated employee to be truly effective.
Meeting Funding Priorities
The proposed program meets two of Ft. McDowell’s funding priorities: Health and Economic
Development. Health: A typical client has been on the streets or in and out of shelter for many
years. He/she suffers from years of poor nutrition and lack of medical and psychiatric follow
up. He/she may have an unmanaged behavioral health disorder and under- or untreated acute
and chronic medical conditions such as hypertension, heart disease and diabetes. Evidence-
based practice demonstrates that these conditions are most effectively alleviated once an
individual acquires a permanent housing situation, which is the ultimate goal of the LDRC and
its Engagement and Special Programs Coordination Program. Economic Development: The
HSC and its LDRC consider themselves partners in the revitalization and development of
downtown Phoenix, which benefits the entire region. Since the HSC doors opened in 2005,
numbers of homeless individuals on downtown streets and crime levels in the area adjacent to
the downtown core have been dramatically reduced, adding to the attractiveness of university,
residential, business and event venues to those investing in and those visiting downtown
Phoenix.
Partners
In addition to program support from our campus partners, the LDRC currently receives financial
support from Maricopa County, BHHS Legacy, Dignity Health System, the Arizona Department
of Housing, the Salt River Pima Indian Community and the Valley of the Sun United Way. A
funding request recently has been submitted to the Gila River Indian Community.
Implementation Time Table
Days 1 -30: Client Care Department recruits and trains an Engagement and Special
Programs Coordinator (ESPC).
Days 1– 45: Client Care Department recruits and trains a Client Care Coordinator who will begin
engagement outreach implementation
Days 31 – 60: ESPC will establish relationships with Homeless Court key staff and client referral
sources and review/revise policies/procedures (e.g., Client Applications; Provider
instructions); fully implemented Homeless Court coordination process begins
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Days 61- 90 ESPC will establish client engagement and special programs volunteer recruitment, training and
coordination process; volunteers begin program enhancement work
Days 91+ Ongoing implementation of Engagement and Special Programs Coordination Program
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Lodestar Day Resource Center
Engagement and Special Programs Coordination Budget
The Lodestar Day Resource Center is requesting $75,000 to support the current
program proposal. The funds would be expended in the following manner:
Item Unit Cost Sub-Total Category Total
PERSONNEL
1.0 Engagement & Special $14/hour $ 29,120
Programs Coordinator
1.0 Client Care Coordinator $12/hour $ 24,960
Employee Related Expense @ $ 15,142
.28%
Total Personnel $ 69,222
MATERIALS & SUPPLIES
Office supplies $ 125
Staff uniforms $ 100
Total materials and supplies $ 225
INDIRECT @ 8% $ 5,553
TOTAL GRANT REQUEST $ 75,000

Lodestar Day Resource Center
Engagement and Special Programs Coordination
Long-Term Funding Resources
The LDRC is a primary partner of the Valley of the Sun United, who strongly
supports our organization’s coordinated assessment regional leadership role
and implementation process. It is anticipated that the portion of their funding
allocated to the Client Care Department will continue as will support from the
Dignity Health System and BHHS Legacy. It is expected that many of the
client engagement and coordinated assessment functions carried out by the
LDRC will become eligible in the next funding cycles for support from the U.S.
Department of Housing through its McKinney-Vento and ESG programs. The
LDRC also will look for support to other Foundations with a focus on special
populations, such as the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust and the Nina
Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
LDRC development activity also has a successful track record of generating
revenue through individual contributions. With strong support from their
Boards of Directors, the LDRC and Human Services Campus have
collaborated on such fundraising events as their annual I Am Home Breakfast.
The LDRC has received between $100,000 and $150,000 per year from this
event alone.

Last updated: 03/10/2015
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General informat ion
Organization Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation
Contact First name Jessica
Contact Last name Martin
Contact e-mail jmartin2@phoenixchildrens.com
Contact phone number 602-933-2609
Address
Street 2929 East Camelback Road, Suite 122
City Phoenix
State Arizona
ZIP Code 85016
From what t ribe is t he organizat ion request ing t he grant ?
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
Tot al grant amount request
10,000.00
The Gila River Indian Communit y offers mult i-year awards. If your organizat ion is request ing a
mult i-year grant for t his project or program, ent er t he amount t o be request ed each year.
Amount
Year 1
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Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
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