THOSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO HELP
"Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done."
OUR PURPOSE AND SOLUTION
To improve the plight of Georgia’s homeless families, ESFSG provides vital programs and services that, when leveraged by our participants, will help them sustain self-reliance. Consequently, our programs and services will be conducted in a facility named “Exousia House of Georgia (Exousia House),” where no more than 12 Georgia families can reside. Our goal is to help enhance the life skills of Exousia House registrants.
ELIGIBLE FAMILIES
Chronically Homeless Families—As previously mentioned, Street Outreach Program activities are intended to meet the immediate needs of families experiencing homelessness in unsheltered locations by connecting them with emergency shelter, housing, or critical services and transporting them to urgent, non-facility-based care. Outreach may consist of engagement, case management, and transportation.
Families who are already homeless are considered as follows:
(1) Families who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence:• If the family’s primary nighttime residence is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including vehicles, parks, abandoned buildings, busses or train stations, airports, or camping grounds.• A family living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including congregate shelters, transitional housing, and hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state, or local government programs for low-income individuals).• A family who is exiting an institution where they resided for 90 days or less and who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution.
(2) Families who must be referred by contacting emergency shelters to find a space for their family to live for up to 90 days (in most cases).
(3) When we purchase a vehicle, we hope to provide transportation to retrieve homeless families and transport them to EH or some other available shelter. We also refer them to the Georgia voucher program, where they may receive a voucher to stay in a hotel.
Veteran Families Who Are Homeless—We provide our participants who are military veterans with contact information for the Veteran Administration (VA), which has plenty of programs and services for the homeless. Referring military veterans to the Veteran’s Empowerment Organization (VEO), an evidence-based Housing First model that provides veterans with immediate, safe emergency housing, ensures stabilization, meets basic human needs, and provides wrap-around services can be implemented for military veterans facing homelessness. At VEO, there are no barriers to getting a room or apartment, regardless of drug use, criminal history, or other typical barriers. If they are homeless or at risk of being homeless, veterans can find emergency beds at VEO. Once stable, veterans are assisted in securing long-term permanent housing.
Families Are on the Brink or At-Risk of Homelessness Due to Foreclosure or Eviction Avoidance. The At-Risk of Homelessness family must meet the following criteria to be eligible for ESFSG Referral Services:
• Rental Assistance — We seek to provide rental assistance to prevent foreclosures and evictions of Georgia families who meet the income threshold below. Program participants who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are at imminent threat of further harm must have complied with all other obligations of the program and must reasonably believe that they are imminently threatened by harm from further violence if they remain in the assisted dwelling unit.
• Utility Deposits—This service consists of ESFSG funding for participants to make utility deposits related to household gas, electricity, and water. Utility deposits can be a one-time fee paid directly to utility companies.
1. Has an annual income below 30 percent of the median family income for the Georgia county where they reside.
Family Income Chart:Family Size Below 30%2 $24,5503 $27,6004 $30,6505 $33,150
2. Meets “one” of the following conditions: • Has moved because of economic reasons two or more times during the 60 days immediately preceding the need for ESFSG assistance homelessness prevention assistance. • Is living in the home of another because of economic hardship. • Has been notified in writing that their right to occupy their current housing or living situation will be terminated within 21 days of the date of application for assistance; • Lives in a hotel or motel, and the cost of the hotel or motel stay is not paid by charitable organizations or by federal, State, or local government programs for low-income individuals. • Lives in a single-room occupancy or efficiency apartment unit in which they reside with more than two persons or lives in a larger housing unit in which there reside more than 1.5 people per room, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau; • Is exiting a publicly funded institution or system of care (such as a health-care facility, a mental health facility, foster care or other youth facility, or correction program or institution); • Otherwise lives in housing that has characteristics associated with instability and an increased risk of homelessness, as identified in the recipient's approved consolidated plan.
3. A family who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence if:• The primary nighttime residence is lost within 21 days of the date homeless assistance is sought • No subsequent residence has been identified • The family lacks the resources, family, friends, faith-based or other social networks needed to obtain other permanent housing • The family has not had a lease, ownership interest, or occupancy agreement in permanent housing at any time during the 60 days immediately preceding the request for homeless assistance • The family has experienced persistent instability as measured by two moves or more during the 60 days immediately preceding their request for homeless assistance
Those Who Require Safety from Domestic Violence
• Any family who is fleeing, or is attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions that relate to violence against any family member, including a child, that has either taken place within the family's primary nighttime residence or has made the individual or family afraid to return to their primary nighttime residence.
To improve the plight of Georgia’s homeless families, ESFSG provides vital programs and services that, when leveraged by our participants, will help them sustain self-reliance. Consequently, our programs and services will be conducted in a facility named “Exousia House of Georgia (Exousia House),” where no more than 12 Georgia families can reside. Our goal is to help enhance the life skills of Exousia House registrants.
ELIGIBLE FAMILIES
Chronically Homeless Families—As previously mentioned, Street Outreach Program activities are intended to meet the immediate needs of families experiencing homelessness in unsheltered locations by connecting them with emergency shelter, housing, or critical services and transporting them to urgent, non-facility-based care. Outreach may consist of engagement, case management, and transportation.
Families who are already homeless are considered as follows:
(1) Families who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence:• If the family’s primary nighttime residence is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including vehicles, parks, abandoned buildings, busses or train stations, airports, or camping grounds.• A family living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including congregate shelters, transitional housing, and hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state, or local government programs for low-income individuals).• A family who is exiting an institution where they resided for 90 days or less and who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution.
(2) Families who must be referred by contacting emergency shelters to find a space for their family to live for up to 90 days (in most cases).
(3) When we purchase a vehicle, we hope to provide transportation to retrieve homeless families and transport them to EH or some other available shelter. We also refer them to the Georgia voucher program, where they may receive a voucher to stay in a hotel.
Veteran Families Who Are Homeless—We provide our participants who are military veterans with contact information for the Veteran Administration (VA), which has plenty of programs and services for the homeless. Referring military veterans to the Veteran’s Empowerment Organization (VEO), an evidence-based Housing First model that provides veterans with immediate, safe emergency housing, ensures stabilization, meets basic human needs, and provides wrap-around services can be implemented for military veterans facing homelessness. At VEO, there are no barriers to getting a room or apartment, regardless of drug use, criminal history, or other typical barriers. If they are homeless or at risk of being homeless, veterans can find emergency beds at VEO. Once stable, veterans are assisted in securing long-term permanent housing.
Families Are on the Brink or At-Risk of Homelessness Due to Foreclosure or Eviction Avoidance. The At-Risk of Homelessness family must meet the following criteria to be eligible for ESFSG Referral Services:
• Rental Assistance — We seek to provide rental assistance to prevent foreclosures and evictions of Georgia families who meet the income threshold below. Program participants who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are at imminent threat of further harm must have complied with all other obligations of the program and must reasonably believe that they are imminently threatened by harm from further violence if they remain in the assisted dwelling unit.
• Utility Deposits—This service consists of ESFSG funding for participants to make utility deposits related to household gas, electricity, and water. Utility deposits can be a one-time fee paid directly to utility companies.
1. Has an annual income below 30 percent of the median family income for the Georgia county where they reside.
Family Income Chart:Family Size Below 30%2 $24,5503 $27,6004 $30,6505 $33,150
2. Meets “one” of the following conditions: • Has moved because of economic reasons two or more times during the 60 days immediately preceding the need for ESFSG assistance homelessness prevention assistance. • Is living in the home of another because of economic hardship. • Has been notified in writing that their right to occupy their current housing or living situation will be terminated within 21 days of the date of application for assistance; • Lives in a hotel or motel, and the cost of the hotel or motel stay is not paid by charitable organizations or by federal, State, or local government programs for low-income individuals. • Lives in a single-room occupancy or efficiency apartment unit in which they reside with more than two persons or lives in a larger housing unit in which there reside more than 1.5 people per room, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau; • Is exiting a publicly funded institution or system of care (such as a health-care facility, a mental health facility, foster care or other youth facility, or correction program or institution); • Otherwise lives in housing that has characteristics associated with instability and an increased risk of homelessness, as identified in the recipient's approved consolidated plan.
3. A family who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence if:• The primary nighttime residence is lost within 21 days of the date homeless assistance is sought • No subsequent residence has been identified • The family lacks the resources, family, friends, faith-based or other social networks needed to obtain other permanent housing • The family has not had a lease, ownership interest, or occupancy agreement in permanent housing at any time during the 60 days immediately preceding the request for homeless assistance • The family has experienced persistent instability as measured by two moves or more during the 60 days immediately preceding their request for homeless assistance
Those Who Require Safety from Domestic Violence
• Any family who is fleeing, or is attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions that relate to violence against any family member, including a child, that has either taken place within the family's primary nighttime residence or has made the individual or family afraid to return to their primary nighttime residence.