Love Chatham

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“Transitional Housing: This program provides additional support for community members that are stabilizing and seeking permanent housing. This program offers more thorough casework and resources, and promotes the interests of the community member by using a housing first model as the appropriate starting point for stability. The House Manager regularly provides updates to community partners as well as a monthly summary of progress and casework. This program has some significant momentum and the path forward for more housing is being created through this program. Our first house that was setup and established at the end of 2023 is a women's transitional housing program also known a "Our House". Love Chatham is considering opportunities to expand its services through the program and developing additional capacity to serve by developing programs under this umbrella that will serve men and/or family units.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Rental/Utility Assistance: Love Chatham seeks to provide some direct monetary resources, when available, when clients have a need that is unmet by other area programs or in collaboration with other programs. Love Chatham qualifies for the Emergency Housing Funds through Chatham County (EHF) and at times will be able to work with clients to meet even more needs through this available path of funding. The majority of our emergency resources are focused on emergency housing needs and the rental/utility assistance is preventative in nature. We can often prevent homelessness by intervening with direct resources to alleviate a challenge being experienced financially. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Emergency Client Assistance: Love Chatham provides other, miscellaneous, emergency assistance when resources are available. There are many ways in which these resources may be utilized. For example, clients have been provided with much needed car repairs, gas in their vehicle, moving expenses and other ways in which Love Chatham can assist a client in need during a vulnerable time. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Furniture Ministry/Moving Assistance: We accept donations of new or used furniture and various household items to furnish new housing opportunities for clients in transition. These are redistributed to community members who have no furniture and are transitioning from homelessness. We also partner with social workers within the Chatham County school system and identify school aged students whose family may have furniture related needs, especially beds. Love Chatham has provided furniture to 120 families and individuals since the inception of this program. We have a box truck that was donated to our program that we're able to use to go get furniture and drop it off of our clients.”