PALO ALTO: 2005 - 2007
Urban Blight Homelessness
WORST PART ABOUT BEING
HOMELESS?
The way people look down at me
HOMELESSNESS IS
AN EXPERIENCE
NOT AN
IDENTITY
DST IS
BUILDING TEAMS
THAT
RESTORE DIGNITY,
HOPE AND
PURPOSE AND
PROVIDE A PATH
TO RECOVER FROM
HOMELESSNESS
DST MODEL
§ Unhoused and people at-risk of homelessness (Team Members) volunteer to beautify their community
§ In return, they earn a non-cash basic needs stipend, case management, employment services and a support network
COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION
BUSINESS DISTRICTS
RIPARIAN AREAS
ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS AND OUTREACH
WEEDING/LANDSCAPING
HOT SPOTS
BASIC NEEDS STIPEND
Survival mode Goal Setting Mode
Non-cash
Food
Storage
Transportation
Housing
Communication
Stepping stone into employment
TEAM
MEETING
SUCCESS TEAM MEETING
LADDER OF SUCCESS
PEER TO PEER
Sacramento
West Sacramento Novato
San Rafael
San Francisco
Redwood City
Palo Alto
Sunnyvale
Berkeley
Oakland
Hayward
Modesto
San Jose
Santa Cruz
Salinas
FUNDING
DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATIONS (BIDs, PBIDs, CBDs)
PUBLIC WORKS
PARKS AND RECREATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
WATER DISTRICTS
CDBG - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
GENERAL FUNDS
HEAP/HHAP/HDAP
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS
REDWOOD CITY DST
WE HOPE/DIGNITY ON WHEELS
LifeMoves
JOB TRAIN
PEERY FOUNDATION/PHILANTHROPIC
VENTURES FOUNDATION
SERVING OVER 500+ PEOPLE A WEEK
7 MONTH AVERAGE TO EMPLOYMENT
9 MONTH AVERAGE TO HOUSING
REMOVING 5 BARRIERS PER TM
IT TAKES 8 BARRIERS TO GET INTO HOUSING/
EMOPLOYMENT
COMMUNITY BENEFITS
CLEANER/SAFER STREETS
COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION
IMMEDIATE RESULTS
BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION
CHANGES PERCEPTION
COME TO A MEETING
EVERY THURSDAY @ NOON
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
555 WAVERLEY
PALO ALTO, CA
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