Porchlight Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010

Signed

Sep 21, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$5,679,884

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Hospitality house: opened in 1990, hospitality house is both a multi-faceted resource center and a warm, safe place for homeless and near-homeless families and individuals to seek assistance. In 2010, 6,641 guests received a variety of services from simply a place to warm up to housing/employment counseling, telephone/mail services, and medical/legal assistance. Hospitality house, located at 1490 martin st., serves on average over 80 people each day. As a direct result of counseling by porchlight staff, 1,024 households secured housing. A recent addition to hospitality houses programs is an eviction prevention program known as digs (dwelling intervention grants and sustenance). Digs is a collaborative effort with area faith communities to centralize emergency eviction prevention assistance. In 2010, a total of 1,434 households were counseled and 1,932 received some form of financial assistance through digs. Follow-up checks on a group of those receiving financial assistance through the city grant confirm that 80% of those families assisted remain in housing at six months and 75% remain in housing at twelve months.

Activity 3

Safe haven: to address the growing number of homeless individuals with a severe mental illness, our safe haven began operating in june 1995. Men and women with serious and persistent mental illness are often unconnected to the shelter system and necessary social services. Safe haven is a "soft-entry" program, allowing staff to slowly develop relationships of trust with participants and ultimately connecting them to appropriate housing and mental health services. With semi-private rooms, three meals per day, bathing and laundry facilities, storage space, and a mailing address, safe haven provides an atmosphere of support for this vulnerable segment of the homeless population. In 2010, 63 mentally ill persons received 3,745 nights of shelter, and an additional 150 persons received drop-in services.

Filer

EIN

39-1579521