Community Supported Shelters

“Members of the board of directors serve a term of three years and can be elected for no more than three consecutive three-year terms. Elections occur at the annual meeting or after any vacancy has occurred.”

“Form 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm and then reviewed/revised by the finance committee. It is then sent to each member of the board of directors inviting them to review, discuss and approve prior to filing.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy covers the board of directors and all employees of the organization including the co-directors (director of philanthropy, director of operations, and director of community impact). Insiders are required to disclose annually any interest that could give rise to a conflict of interest. The personnel manager and director of philanthropy maintain a list, updated annually, of those persons with potential conflicts of interest. The director of philanthropy monitors the list and reports conflicts to the board president who then refers them to the board of directors.”

“Available upon written request.”

“Community supporter shelters offers transitional shelter, personal development, and skill building to unhoused individuals living in safe spot communities (also known as the city of eugenes rest stop program). These communities are a model for legal and sanitary homeless encampments. Each client in the community receives one-on-one support from a dedicated service team: a community facilitator helps them fit in a positive community culture, support workers provide mentorship and friendship, and a service navigator helps them develop life-improvement plans and connect with needed resources in lane county, oregon.”

“Volunteers help with the following operational activities: manual labor to build conestoga hut micro-shelters and other temporary shelter construction projects, some food preparation for meals after camp work parties and special events, laundering of clothes and linens of residents, shower facility coordination and management, and organizational governance is performed by a group of volunteer board members.”

“Our reboot hygiene/shower station provides showers for all of our clients utilizing a shower trailer bought and serviced by a private donor. Service team expansion: the css service team has expanded dramatically, with a new service delivery model to accommodate the newer safe spot communities. The new model provides teams of community facilitators, support workers, and service navigators to coordinate their efforts. The service team helps clients rebuild their lives. Assistance includes individual, one-on-one mentoring, counseling, advocacy and referral, assistance arranging for medical, emotional, psychological and/or dental services, help finding jobs and housing, and much more. We continue to participate in the homeless management information system (hmis), which shares data with the city of eugene and lane county. Program success: we have welcomed 215 clients this fiscal year, 49% of whom transitioned to hud-approved positive housing situations.”