A FORCE FOR CHANGE | FisCAl YEAR 2011 ... - St. Patrick Center

Agency Programs & Services
Program Highlights continued
Elaine St. Clemmons
Chief Program Officer
As case managers, receptionists, dock workers,
volunteers and management, we are all very fortunate
to help make a lasting contribution in the lives of
those who come through our doors for assistance.
In the short amount of time that clients are with us,
our desire is to help change lives for those who are
ready to move from just “living life” toward permanent
housing, economic stability and sound mental and
physical health. The road is often tough because
it requires leaving behind negative thoughts and
environments that hinder personal growth. But the
road is not impossible to navigate and change is just
around the corner.
In Fiscal Year 2011:
St. Patrick Center is honored to be a part of that
change. Through quality case management, we
provide several training programs that help adults obtain
employment and education classes for those needing
GED certification. Housing assistance is available for
those who want to move into permanent housing.
Counselors are on hand to help with addiction and
mental health challenges. Other support services such
as the clothing room and food pantry are also available.
All of these St. Patrick Center resources are geared to
positively impact the small window of time we have
with our clients. We are privileged to be a part of helping
adults and families build permanent, positive change.
Elaine St. Clemmons
Chief Program Officer
• 662 clients & their dependent children placed & maintained in permanent housing
• 562 clients placed into full-time & part-time jobs
• 3,193 clients dealing with mental illness &/or substance abuse received services
Rosati Group
Home: The Rosati
Group Home is a
housing program of
St. Patrick Center
with a mission to
serve homeless adults
with severe and persistent mental illness. It is designed to
serve as a therapeutic environment that assists individuals
in stabilization. In FY11, we provided counseling, daily
living skills instruction and 24-hour protective oversight
to 32 clients who are mentally ill. Of the 18 who were
discharged, 11 moved into more independent living
quarters after acquiring daily living skills and stability.
City Seeds Urban Farm: Mentored by Gateway
Greening, St. Patrick Center clients take classes in
horticulture while learning hands-on vegetable production
and landscape maintenance. Since establishing City
Seeds Urban Farm in 2006, 37,000 pounds of sustainably
grown produce has been distributed. In FY11, 33 clients
participated in the City Seeds Urban Farm training.
Mobile Outreach: In 1988, St. Patrick Center initiated
its Mobile Outreach Program to identify homeless
individuals who are living on the streets and may be
mentally ill, substance abusing or both. The ultimate
goal of the program is to encourage persons who are
chronically homeless to access agency programs that will
lead them to permanent housing and financial stability.
In FY11, two full-time counselors, using bikes or vans,
developed trusting relationships with 163 homeless
mentally ill people living on the streets and provided
mental health, psychiatric, employment and financial
guidance services to 60 clients.
Program Highlights
Job Experience Training: Celebrating 10 years
in 2011! Job Experience Training (JET) prepares
clients for careers that provide livable wages, benefits
and advancement opportunities. The program offers
courses in Automated Office Systems, Customer Service,
Keyboarding and Food Safety and Sanitation. In FY11,
30 active clients participated in this intense computer
skills training program that includes an eight-week
training class with stipend followed by a four-week
paid internship with a local employer. In addition,
37 took classes to receive a nationally recognized
ServSafe Certificate.
Veterans GO! Green: As part of the United States
Department of Labor Veterans Workforce Investment
Program (VWIP), Veterans GO! Green provides job
training to assist in reintegrating veterans into meaningful
employment within the green industry. Services are
provided through a case management approach that
networks with federal, state and local resources for veteran
support programs. In FY11, we placed 45 veterans into
green jobs and 18 into housing. We added 25 employers to
our list of program supporters, many of whom provided
veterans with green industry training and generated
23 green industry paid
internships.
Fast Track GED:
St. Patrick Center’s
Fast Track GED
program provides
clients with a fastpaced
curriculum to
help improve their
reading, writing and
math skills, and obtain
their GED. The program was created in 2009 to directly
impact the lives of SPC clients who need their GED
certification in order to obtain employment. Partnering
with St. Louis Community College, the program’s goals
include (1) graduating a large percentage of all who sign
up for classes; and (2) helping the graduates gain either
employment or college campus enrollment in advanced
education. Since the program’s inception, 22 students
have graduated.
Program Numbers
Fiscal Year 2011
Housing Programs
Independent Living Skills/ABE & GED: 520
participants and 200 graduates learned parenting and living
skills that support their move to permanent housing and
self-sufficiency. We taught reading, writing and math skills
in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Education
Development (GED). In addition, 22 clients have received
their GED in a Fast Track program that began in 2009.
Neighborhood Support: Agency-wide, 714
poverty-level individuals (484 families) in existing
housing were assessed for and/or received utility or
rent payment assistance to overcome housing crises.
Project Protect: This regional partnership provided
family stability, substance abuse, financial stability and
housing services for 200 families with 343 children
affected by parental substance abuse.
Rosati Apartments: We provided case management
services and housing for a year or more to 18 chronically
homeless men and women in our permanent, supportive
housing complex. In addition, 3 residents graduated
into independent apartments in the community and
2 were moved to more supervised settings to meet their
treatment needs.
Rosati Assertive Community Treatment
(ACT): We provided permanent housing, mental health
and substance abuse counseling, and employment and
financial guidance services to 19 Rosati Apartments ACT
residents and up to 32 chronically homeless individuals
living at other sites in the community.
Rosati Group Home: see previous copy
Employment & Training
Programs
BEGIN New Venture Center: 15 new companies
signed on with the BEGIN New Venture Center small
business incubator, for a total of 24 companies with
mission sensitivity to provide employment opportunities
for St. Patrick Center clients.
BEGIN Training & Education Center: 120 clients
graduated from BTEC employment programs, including
construction, green jobs, painting, safety training and
GED education.
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