Our mission is to prevent homelessness among low-income families by providing emergency assistance and to intervene on behalf of homeless people Presentation 03/7/2016 by Mark Geallis

The - The Sky is the Limit! * Based on the 111 students and 104 pre school children that lived at the undersized and poorly located (not an area suitable for students and children) HUM STAR shelter in 2015 the increased capacity in a family friendly area will allow us to annually house and provide needed services to 205 students and 192 preschool children that are in a family unit and 32 unaccompanied youth. * HUM will convert the former Hurst School into a state of the art family community center offering safe housing, meals and services to children and their families to successfully transition to their own permanent housing through case management and rapid rehousing programs. Access to many services will be open to students living in the surrounding low income community. * Hope Place will provide 26 emergency housing rooms to house up to 136 family individuals, 10 flex apartment units to serve as rapid re-housing apartments for 40 people and a section to accommodate 32 unaccompanied youth. * Hope Place will provide valuable services to residents and the local community including a medical clinic, mental health counseling, community garden, food pantry, VPK, after school & summer meals, DSC adult classes, library & computer lab and will encourage other providers to offer on site services to help low income families with children. * The county has confirmed that all planned operations can be funded from the existing HUM operational budget and onsite program revenue. There will be new opportunities for additional donor revenue, thereby providing more robust services to meet future needs.

8 buildings brought up to code with new roofing 2 buildings for partners, the library-media center will have interior renovations completed by other service providers A community garden and recreation area to serve the neighborhood in partnership with the County of Volusia

Emergency housing for 26 families with children comprised of 108 individuals sharing common wet areas, TV & Play Rooms and the cafeteria. 10 flexible family apartments for up to 40 people in transition to rehousing The areas first large housing opportunity for 32 unaccompanied youth On campus access to all services needed for students to succeed and their families to achieve self sufficiency

Hope Place is being designed by architect William Chapin with experience in similar projects. The lay out of the Hurst facility is ideal to repurpose for this project which will allow this campus to again serve students. With HUM’s experience and using current best practices this will be a model emergency housing and family community center for others to follow. It will provide current and future students and their families all of the tools and opportunities to attain a successful, self sufficient future.