Project Homeless Connect (PHC) is our annual event to help homeless people gain access to resources, and ultimately to help them find their way into permanent housing.
This year’s PHC took place on Friday, December 7. Turnout was fantastic. We had 895 guests, who were served by more than 400 volunteers.
This image shows the mobile dental treatment station, set up and run by Remote Area Medical. There were four dentists and ten hygienists working at PHC last Friday. Dental treatment was just one of many vital services volunteers offered to our homeless neighbors.
We’ll debrief the event next week, and let you know more about PHC’s results and what we learned at PHC 2007.
Here are the initial results:
- Intakes: 895
- Volunteers and professionals: 419
- Housed: 2 (with 2 more housed on 12-10-07)
- Section 8 voucher applications: 82 (KCDC will track housing results from these applications)
- Housing consultations: 122
- Alcohol & Drug residential treatment placements: 10
- A&D consultations: 106
- A&D counseling sessions: 55
- A&D counseling referrals: 12
- AA onsite meeting attendees: 20
- HMIS entries: 800 (328 repeats; 472 new to system)
- Immigration assistance: 1
- Translation services: 2 (Spanish)
- HIV tests: 68
- Lunches served: 933
- Court cases: 200
- Employment info: 62
- Education & training info: 172
- Employment applications made on-site: 17
- Employment applications taken for later submission: 20
- Other employment/education supportive service programs: 35
- VA job referrals: 18
- VA consultations: 11
- Veterinarian visits (number of critters): 29
- Mental Health screenings on-site: 20
- Mental Health Counseling referrals: 16
- Mental Health Path Program placements: 17
- Mental Health intakes: 30
- Applications for identification: 85
More information will be coming in for Remote Area Medical and others….