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Philadelphia

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Depaul USA has five programs in Philadelphia that provide services for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness.

Program Overview

Depaul USA opened its first program in Philadelphia in 2009 and currently operates five different programs and a social enterprise. Depaul USA’s services provide comprehensive services to help individuals transition from homelessness to lives of greater stability and fulfilment.

Programs in Philadelphia provide various services to help individuals exit homelessness; including:

  • Housing
  • Case management
  • Financial education
  • Consumer-centered employment assistance

Programs

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Depaul USA’s first program, Depaul House, is a 27-room recovery house for men in Philadelphia. All referrals originate with the Philadelphia Office of Addiction Services (OAS). This program is innovative in its employment-focused approach to help men move out of homelessness. It seeks to achieve systemic change: breaking the cycle of poverty by working with people who are living on the margins and integrating them into the community.

 

For more information contact Christelle Champagne at christelle.champagne@depaulusa.org.

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Depaul USA opened St. Raymond’s House in 2015 to provide supportive housing for 27 men and women with chronic medical conditions and a history of housing instability. Staff work with residents to identify goals that will help them maintain their tenancy. St. Raymond’s House, is located in the East Mount Airy neighborhood and hosts an on-site medical clinic one day per week staffed by students from Drexel University College of Medicine.

 

For more information contact Brandon Doll at brandon.doll@depaulusa.org

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Next Chapter Project is a year-long transitional housing program for young adults (ages 18-24) who are interested in gaining a secondary education. Participants live in 1 of 5 scattered-site rowhomes in Philadelphia with 2 other Next Chapter participants. During their time in the program, young adults have the opportunity to explore what field they’d like to enter.
For more information contact Jon Galdames-Henry at jon.galdames-henry@depaulusa.org
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Depaul USA opened the St. Joseph’s House Dax Program in 2020 to offer safe and stable housing to homeless college students. St. Joseph’s House partners with multiple universities throughout Philadelphia to provide supportive, wrap-around services to the young people living in the program.

 

For more information contact Nakiya Glover at nakiya.glover@depaulusa.org

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Provides 12 months of rental assistance through scattered-site units with short-term subsidies and case management assistance. Depaul USA houses 25-35 men, women, and families per year in scattered-site units throughout Philadelphia and helps individuals gain employment and maintain their housing.

 

For more information contact Sherron Ross at sherron.ross@depaulusa.org

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Immaculate Cleaning Services (ICS) is a for-profit commercial cleaning franchise, operated by Depaul USA, which offers employment opportunities to Depaul House residents and graduates.

 

For more information contact Brendan Sculley at brendan.sculley@depaulusa.org

Outcomes

In 2019, Philadelphia programs served 222 people.

49 male residents

100% secured employment

Provided 24,105 meals

77% of the residents completed the program and moved to permanent housing.

95% of the residents increased or obtained benefits

Housed 31 adults

96% of the residents remained housed for more than one year.

Earned the highest score for a Permanent Supportive Housing renewal project in the local Continuum of Care competition submitted to HUD

Housed 73 individuals

36% transitioned to permanent housing

85% remained housed one year after leaving the program.

Provided case management services to 66 individuals recovering through respite care.

Herbert

Herbert could no longer afford rent and was evicted from his home. He sought help from Depaul USA and we provided him with a room at Depaul House. Herbert’s goals were to improve his health, get a job, reconnect with his family and move into his own place. While working on these objectives, Herbert became overwhelmed. He started using drugs. Herbert wanted to enroll in a residential drug treatment center but he was afraid he would lose his room at Depaul House. We assured Herbert that he could return to Depaul House when he finished the treatment program.

Thirty days later, Herbert returned to Depaul House with a smile on his face saying he felt stronger than ever before. Currently, Herbert is doing well. He continues to attend outpatient treatment and has a full-time job at a local college. He reconnected with his family and moved into his own apartment. He says, “Depaul USA believed in me even when I could not. I can’t believe that I have my own place!”

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