Saint Charles Lwanga America Center Washington, D.C: Key action points to counter homelessness

 Saint Charles Lwanga America Center Washington, D.C.

Key action points to counter homelessness



Introduction:

Saint Charles Lwanga America Center will have a capacity of 5 beneficiaries per month who will be with us during their transition into permanent housing. We operate a transition short term youth homeless shelter and residences to serve young people ages 18-24 for one month. Our target beneficiaries are those who are seeking a holding space before they get their own house. The shelter, support and resources we provide are aimed at empowering young people along the journey to independence and stability. Our mission is to help all youth who are between in-take moment and finding a permanent place. One does not have to pay for our services.

Location:

Front Office Manager 
3305 7th Street, NE 
Washington, DC 20017

Hours of operation: 
6 am to 8pm  (Sunday to Saturday)

Contact: 
202-674-6396 

Who We Help

Ages Served: 
Young people ages 18-24  (A legitimate form of identification is a condition)

Youth-in-Need for housing stability? 
We emphasize the need for support services toward housing stability.  But if you feel we are not a best-fit, you have the right to refuse our services.

Pregnant Teens and Young Families? 
We shall provide referrals for pregnant youth and their babies because of your unique needs.  

Teens with Emotional and Behavioral Support needs? 
We shall work with your social worker to get you a temporary place to stay until they get you a permanent one.  

Services: 
1. Emergency shelter & housing, job training, outreach programs, food pantry 

2. In-take counseling and guidance using our in-house intake forms

3. Expectations alignment sessions with shared responsibility and roles plan

4. Exit from transition housing and entry into permanent housing prep (EFTH/EIPH) talk

Walk-In/ Telephone booking? 
Yes 

Get Help Now

This is the best way to get help from Saint Charles Lwanga America Center  

If you are a young person in Washington, DC in need of crisis care, intervention, food, and other services, call our front Office manager at 202-674-6396.  

What you need to know (expectations)

Saint Charles Lwanga America Center is temporary and transition housing for one who is in a holding pattern awaiting permanent housing. We can only stay with you for one month before you get your permanent housing. So, please have available a housing voucher showing there is a permanent housing space for you in future. Our service only caters to those in a holding pattern. We are not a permanent home.

Programs and Resources 

We Offer Comprehensive Support for Homeless Youth 

Saint Charles Lwanga America Center provides a temporary and transitional safe space and wraparound supportive services to young people ages 18-24 who are facing or coming out of homelessness in Washington D.C. Our program is for youth who are in a holding pattern and about to get permanent housing. We are a temporary and transition home with a one-month stay. While you are with us, we shall go through your plans for stable housing, career, and economic confidence. We shall plan the following together:

·       Creation of individual service plans.

·       Life skills workshops and counseling services.

·       Educational assistance and access to graduation portrait opportunities such as GED.

·       Workforce development Career Pathways program.

·       Access to healthcare including mental health and medical services

·       Establish plans to be part of wider communities and organizations with education and resources to ensure progress to positive life outcomes.

 

Safety, dignity, respect and Well-being (SDRW) commitment 

You look forward to having your own place. We have this place held for you for the time you are with us. We therefore, expect you to get the best but at the same time it is our top priority that you feel welcome and safe at our facilities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. This is why we have the SDRW commitment. It is our agreement to you. A creed we believe in.  The staff and beneficiaries are dignified human-beings. We want to maintain that dignity. So, we record down movements and activities at the premises. We are equipped with security means to ensure safety goes both ways. Our staff-members dropped out of High school at one time and were once homeless persons. They got support and went through rigorous training. They now have certifications. They are committed to caring for you as professionals. This is our SDRW commitment.  

 

Youth Shelter and Transition Housing Programs 

We have one center that will serve as a shelter and transition housing. Please note: 

1.      Select emergency overnight shelter beneficiary (SEOSHB): You join us after you have made your intentions known to us through a phone call to the Front office manager. You will get your own room, we have a shared kitchen, you get a meal, a safe place to sleep, and the chance to wash and dry your clothes. There are expectations: Please remember this is a shared space so be mindful of others and at all times communicate your intentions so that you share the resources amicably.

2.      30-day temporary and transitional residential program (TDTTRP): You join us after you have made your intentions known to us through a phone call to the Front office manager. As a TDTTRP beneficiary, you will get your own room for 30-days, we have a shared kitchen, you get a meal, a safe place to sleep, and the chance to wash and dry your clothes. There are expectations: Please provide an in-take/promissory housing voucher showing you are on the path to permanent housing.  Remember this is a shared space so be mindful of others and at all times communicate your intentions so that you share the resources amicably.

3.      Temporary and Transitional housing (T.A.T.H.): We have critical path tracker (CPT) where you share a list of action points outlining what you are doing about getting into permanent housing and independent living. 

4.      Substances, drugs, smoking and enhancement paraphernalia (SuDSEP): We bring this to your awareness because we need to mention it. We are Substances, drugs, smoking and enhancement paraphernalia free space.  We do not tolerate this in any of our spaces.

5.      Fraternizing, Sororitizing and Transitional housing (FSTH)): Our space is available to you individually and those who are part of the program. We register all persons who come to our premises. The caretaker monitors the persons on the premises. Use this time for you. Find out how you can be a more fulfilled person. Get everything out of the way and plan for your own permanent housing and independent living. 

We encourage all residents to work towards the goal of independence, stability and agency (ISA). 

We don’t work in isolation 

Cascading into national goals:

1.     Scaling the Housing First approach combined with voluntary services

2.     Expanding rental assistance and affordable housing

3.     Strengthening upstream prevention to stop people from losing housing in the first place

Evidence-informed objectives:

Housing stabilization: Ensure that all conditions to keep one’s housing are explored and adhered to.

Active Life: Design and establish individual strategic plans to engage in regular working out, walking, forms of exercise that keep you busy, reaching out to others through social clubs and other plans.

Nutrition security: Establish and adopt a plan and lifestyle including feeding on time, feeding well and ensuring source of food.

Development path: along education, health, social, cultural and physical state by aligning with portraits of education graduation, health goals, social relations, cultural connections and monitoring physical status to ensure  focus on a fulfilling life.

Sustain support networks: Join or subscribe to organizations or clubs that enhance wrap-around life promoting activities.

Key Performance Indicators:

1. Housing stabilization: Ensure that all conditions to keep one’s housing are explored and adhered to.

1.     Support an identified number of recipients between with health insurance and eligibility documentation

2.     In-take processes for eligibility and expectation alignment

3.     Orientation

4.     Placement

2. Active Life: Design and establish individual strategic plans to engage in regular working out, walking, forms of exercise that keep you busy, reaching out to others through social clubs and other plans.

1.     Pin-up a work-out plan.

2.     We encourage short planned morning and evening exercises

 3. Nutrition security: Establish and adopt a plan and lifestyle including feeding on time, feeding well and ensuring source of food.

1.     Share your meal requirements

2.     Get allocated of pantry space

3.     Shopping schedule when rations run out

 4. Development path: along education, health, social, cultural and physical state by aligning with portraits of education graduation, health goals, social relations, cultural connections and monitoring physical status to ensure  focus on a fulfilling life.

1.     Share your knowledge and skills development plan

2.     Share job search or economic sufficiency plan

 5. Sustain support networks: Join or subscribe to organizations or clubs that enhance wrap-around life promoting activities.

1.     Share your community activities plan such as driving lessons, education goals and the like.

2.     Share outreach services plan such as where you need to work with other social service workers

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