The mission of The Inn Between Supportive Housing Program is to provide supportive housing and promote stability to diverse homeless families and individuals by utilizing community resources, advocacy, and life skills training. Thus, our program stabilizes those in crisis, who earn less than 40% of Area Median Income (AMI), with an affordable housing option and support services to develop self-sufficiency. Children perform better in school, it can allow adults to re-enter the workforce, pursue higher education, and develop new skills. According to numerous studies and promoted largely by HUD (Housing and Urban Development), quality, stable housing, is a foundation for self-sufficiency. In the midst of it, time and energy are spent just surviving.

The constant struggle to make ends meet is its own type of storm to weather. There is no single cause, yet all have a shared basic need of an affordable place to live. They might be occupying a motel room, “doubled up” with friends or family, sleeping in a vehicle, or living in any other unstable or non-permanent situation. Those experiencing homelessness do not necessarily live on the streets. Consequently, to spend the recommended 30% of gross income on housing an annual salary of $55,960 is required to afford more than double the Colorado minimum wage. While Longmont continues to offer the most affordable housing market in Boulder County, the community still faces the negative effect a growing population has on housing affordability, putting the median home sale price in Longmont out of the reach for any family in Longmont earning even 120% of Median Household Income. The average rent for an apartment in Longmont is $1,399 (RentCafe, 2019). Homelessness is an especially salient issue in Boulder County, where high median household income, net in-migration, and a lack of developable land has caused a shortage of affordable housing. Goal: Enhance supportive services in alignment with client needs.Ĭurrent Programs Include population and numbers served, as well as expected results. Goal: Continue to build a workplace culture of belonging, diversity and inclusivity. Goal: Provide safe, time limited, low cost supportive housing to those facing homelessness. While housing capacity and services have evolved, the essential design of the Supportive Housing Program has not changed because of its proven efficacy.

Vrain Valley community needs, growing in number of people served and scope of services provided.

Housing capacity increases demonstrate The Inn’s responsiveness to St. In June 2020, a sixth 10-unit building was purchased to expand transitional housing capacity.

In January 2020, development of the Micah Homes Project was completed, providing 6 additional permanent supportive housing units for elderly and disabled residents. The agency received 501(c)(3) status in 1999, and grew to include 6 buildings with a total of 88 units. Initially, The Inn operated under a parent agency, Family Extension, providing housing and support services in one 31-unit building. Although existing community organizations provided basic needs services for the homeless, there was a need for an agency that could provide both affordable housing with supportive services. (The Inn) was established in 1993 out of the collective efforts of 23 community agencies looking to address homelessness in the St.

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