March 28, 2011
Today was a busy day working with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Ohio Department of Development. First we made contact with a representative from Blanchard Valley Health Systems, Abbey Hartman, to discuss fiscal sponsorship and the use of their auditorium for community meetings. We're still waiting on a response back. Next we made contact with the Columbus division of HUD who directed us to to the the office of Housing and Community Development through the Ohio Department of Development. Patrick Hart is the representative for our region and he provided us with the information of how their organization operates, gave us more information about our own community resources and got us in contact with the director at Hope House, where a lot of partnership will take place with this project. He also helped clear up some confusion on how we can become a legal non-profit organization before obtaining a building. This is good news because we can now move forward with this project as an organization rather than seeking sponsorship to become an organization.
Basically we will not work directly with HUD, we will work with the the Office of Housing and Community Development through the Ohio Department of Development who will handle all grant applications. Any financial assistance we seek in grants will have to be certified and sent in by our county's Continuum of Care, which is Hope House. We tried getting in contact with Hope House's director, Sammie Rhodes, but she was unfortunately out of the office today. We did gather some information from the person who was in the office and have a general idea of their services and programs they offer through the community.
Tommorrow we will hopefully know more information regarding Hope House. We are also anticipating talking with the Findlay Hancock County Community Foundation about available grants in our Community. Our agenda for the rest of the week involves getting in contact with other organizations in the community such as Hancock County Bridges Out of Poverty and the Hancock County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services to see which services we can incorporate into our project.
Again, I would like to thank everyone for their support. As we move forward with this project the pieces of the puzzle will slowly fit together and as a community we will soon be able to help all of our homeless utilizing the services our county has to offer through one organization built specifically for the homeless.
Sincerely,
Rob McClelland, Founder
Monday, March 28, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
100 Supporters!
March 26th, 2011
Within the first week since the project has been announced we've gained 100 supporters through our Facebook event page alone. I've been talking to individuals and businesses in the community and the majority of these people and businesses support the project also. I'm anticipating forming a community meeting soon in which the community is welcome to come and have their questions and concerns addressed. A notice will be put in the Courier regarding the date and location of the meeting. Thank you everyone who has supported the project so far.
Sincerely,
Rob McClelland, Founder
Within the first week since the project has been announced we've gained 100 supporters through our Facebook event page alone. I've been talking to individuals and businesses in the community and the majority of these people and businesses support the project also. I'm anticipating forming a community meeting soon in which the community is welcome to come and have their questions and concerns addressed. A notice will be put in the Courier regarding the date and location of the meeting. Thank you everyone who has supported the project so far.
Sincerely,
Rob McClelland, Founder
Introduction
'Tyler's House, An Organization Determined To End Homelessness In The Findlay & Hancock Conty Area' is a project to form an organization that provides temporary housing and social services to homeless individuals of our community. Our organization intends on combining resources and programs set up in the Findlay / Hancock county area into once central location for the homeless. Combining housing assistance programs, mental health services, drug and alchohol rehabilitation programs, and job placement assistance programs will help eliminate homelessness and discourage vagrancy in our community. The Stronger we are as a community where everyone matters and has a voice, the better we are able to lift up our heads with the pride that the Findlay and Hancock County truly cares that all individuals and familes succeed. Tyler's House would offer another homeless shelter that our community so desperately needs. The project is founded by Rob McClelland, of Findlay in memory of Tyler William Morehead of Henry County. The project was inspired from the hardships Rob faced after the death of his friend Tyler lead to homelessness in Findlay. Rob's experience with homlessness points out many problems within our community regarding homelessness and what needs to be done in our community to start a homeless shelter that believes all of our homeless can succeed and become independent in areas of employment, drug & alchohol rehablitation, mental health, and housing.
This project will be partially funded by grants from the US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG). An ESG program and HUD can provide 1) homelessness prevention 2) supportive social services 3) housing programs 4) job placement assistance 5) drug and alchohol rehabilitation 6) medical assistance and 7) mental health support 8.) building renovations and 9.) administrative grants. We would also use grants available in our community through the Findlay Hancock County Community Foundation. This shelter would focus on incorporating the social services our county currently has to offer into one central facility built for the homeless and creating an effective system of services to help the homeless. Our organization believes in principles of ethics and humanity and helping all Findlay & Hancock County homeless residents. We have a strong community need to be able to provide all of our homeless residents with an organization that has a goal of ending homelessness by temporarily providing basic and social needs that will help lead a homeless individual to their own independence.
For more information on services available and laws and regulations regarding this type of shelter visit the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's website at: http://www.hud.gov/.
This project will be partially funded by grants from the US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG). An ESG program and HUD can provide 1) homelessness prevention 2) supportive social services 3) housing programs 4) job placement assistance 5) drug and alchohol rehabilitation 6) medical assistance and 7) mental health support 8.) building renovations and 9.) administrative grants. We would also use grants available in our community through the Findlay Hancock County Community Foundation. This shelter would focus on incorporating the social services our county currently has to offer into one central facility built for the homeless and creating an effective system of services to help the homeless. Our organization believes in principles of ethics and humanity and helping all Findlay & Hancock County homeless residents. We have a strong community need to be able to provide all of our homeless residents with an organization that has a goal of ending homelessness by temporarily providing basic and social needs that will help lead a homeless individual to their own independence.
For more information on services available and laws and regulations regarding this type of shelter visit the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's website at: http://www.hud.gov/.
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