Westhab Inc.

“FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A HOUSING SERVICES AND OPERATIONS: Westhab's mission is: Building Communities. Changing Lives. Westhab builds communities by creating high-quality affordable and supportive housing. Westhab changes lives by delivering the services and support that people and communities need to thrive. The sum of these efforts is comprehensive community development impact. Westhab was founded in 1981 to address the affordable housing crisis in Westchester County. Since then, it has become Westchester's largest provider of housing and services for the homeless and its largest nonprofit developer of affordable and supportive housing. Westhab is also established in New York City where it currently operates eleven homeless shelters, three permanent housing programs, and five school-based programs for young people. Since Westhab's founding, it has built 1,094 affordable housing units, moved 9,149 households from homelessness into affordable housing, placed 8,099 people into employment, and delivered services to over 10,000 homeless and at-risk youth. Westhab currently operates 3,153 transitional, affordable, and supportive homes across Westchester and New York City. Westhab continuously evolves our service models to develop new solutions and meet presenting community needs. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B SHELTER OPERATIONS: Westhab has developed a unique capacity to deliver effective programs designed to help families and singles experiencing homelessness secure permanent housing and get back on their feet. Westhab has adapted the Housing First concept to meet local needs, working to ensure that homelessness is a brief and one-time experience. Westhab helped to create the homeless system in Westchester County, innovating new solutions like the Emergency Housing Apartment Program and creating full-service shelters that provide individualized services to meet each client's needs. Westhab's family shelters minimize school interruptions for students and provide comprehensive out-of-school time programs and on-site childcare support. Over the years, Westhab, through its partnership with the Westchester County Department of Social Services, has successfully reduced the need for homeless facilities in Westchester, closing two shelters and shifting our focus to developing permanent affordable and supportive housing. Westhab participates actively in the Westchester Continuum of Care for the Homeless Partnership, which has developed hundreds of units of permanent supportive housing for special needs populations. In 2021 alone, Westhab helped 154 Westchester households transition from homelessness to permanent housing. In 2016 Westhab entered into its first partnership with the New York City Department of Homeless Services, taking on the operations of a 177-bed single's shelter in the Bronx. Over the past six years, this partnership has grown and evolved, with Westhab now delivering eleven homeless shelters in New York City, serving approximately 1,864 households, including single men, single women, families with children and adult families. SINCE 2016 WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED 1,207 INDIVIDUALS FROM SHELTER TO PERMANENT HOUSING IN NEW YORK CITY, including 354 in 2021. WESTHAB HAS DEVELOPED COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAMS IN ITS family SHELTERS TO MEET THE MYRIAD ACADEMIC, ENRICHMENT AND SOCIALNEEDS OF HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE. The Westhab YOUTH SERVICES MODEL HAS CONTINUALLY EVOLVED AND WE NOW ALSO OPERATE 5 COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH CENTERS IN YONKERS (1), THE BRONX (2) AND MANHATTAN (2) TO MEET THE NEEDS OF AT-RISK YOUNG PEOPLE IN DISTRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS. IN 2021, Westhab SERVED MORE THAN 2,145 YOUNG PEOPLE IN THESE PROGRAMS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C EMPLOYMENT SERVICES: WESTHAB'S EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS FOCUS ON JOB READINESS TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT AND JOB RETENTION. WE STARTED THIS SERVICE WITH HOMELESS RESIDENTS IN OUR SHELTERS, THEN EXPANDED TO SERVING THE LARGER COMMUNITY IN MOUNT VERNON AND YONKERS BY OPENING C”

“Form 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL REPORT IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL FUNDERS AND DONORS AND IS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE and UPON REQUEST. OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE DISTRIBUTED UPON REQUEST TO ALL FUNDERS AND DONORS AND ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.”