CCM January 2023 Perspective Newsletter

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In our Cabarrus County community today: From Our Chief Relationship Officer, Jeremy Burleson WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY Without stable housing, a family cannot safely store and prepare food, they cannot establish adequate sleep or maintain proper hygiene. Without the stability of housing, it is nearly impossible to maintain the rigors of academics or the expectations of employment. Households cannot support the dynamics to nurture family life or participation in the community. Without stable housing, there is NO rehabilitation and NO recovery. HOUSING STABILITY was identified as one of the greatest UNMET needs One of the top-3 strategic planning focuses of our municipalities, our school systems, our public health authority and our hospital system is HOUSING STABILITY Cabarrus County & Kannapolis City Schools identify over 500 students being homeless at some point during a given school year (800 PEOPLE in more than 200 FAMILIES) Local law enforcement estimates over 360 individuals are sleeping in tents, vehicles or other public spaces in Concord & Kannapolis (an 80% INCREASE in the last 2 years) CCM received an average of 38 housing applications per month in Q1 2022, and 65 applications per month in the 2nd Quarter… a 71% INCREASE More than 1,800 HOUSEHOLDS in Cabarrus County exist on EXTREMELY-LOW-INCOME (ELI) An INCREASE of 350-500 TOTAL BEDS is needed to meet the CURRENT homelessness need in Cabarrus County (Source: a 5-Year Prospectus; Solving the Housing Crisis publication – 2019) THERE IS A SOLUTION! Cooperative Christian Ministry’s BOLD NEW INITIATIVE will create two new transitional housing campuses to provide a path to stability for individuals and families in a housing crisis! GRACE PLACE A SOLUTION for our lowest-income neighbors who are Seniors, our Disabled, and our Veteran’s or their Widows. Grace Place is designed to provide the basic needs of food, housing and community for the extremely low-income individuals in an environment that allows someone to establish stability and connect with vital resources while promoting personal responsibility and community engagement. THE REBUILDERS CAMPUS & BROWN MILL COMMONS The Rebuilders College is a partnership between our community and CCM to establish new transitional housing capacity that will help individuals and families experiencing homelessness and housing crisis, nutritional support and access to resources. By creating this new, transitional housing capacity, CCM COMMITS to: • Provide safety, nutrition and access to health, academic, employment and spiritual support. • Incorporate education and training services into a structured transitional housing program • Overcome barriers preventing access to vital resources for household / financial sustainability • Operate within the principles and values of affirmation, accountability, personal responsibility and perseverance. If God stirs in your heart to be a part of this capital endeavor to provide housing solutions to our community, we invite you to PRAY alongside us, and ENGAGE with CCM throughout this campaign. CLICK HERE to learn more!
CLICK TO VIEW the full Strategic Plan CCM’s Housing Program is comprised of three progressive tiers. For more than ten years they have been referred to as My Father’s House, The Mothers & Children Home, and Teaching Housing. As our beginning phase, My Father’s House has been in the “triage” stage, combatting the factors that lead to the housing crisis. At this stage, children may experience their first safe, reliable bed to sleep in. Mothers may finally connect with appropriate childcare so that they can seek and secure employment. Spiritual healing can begin to take place as physical needs are met. With the recent loss of the facility that comprised My Father’s House, CCM lost 28 beds which served 6-8 mothers and their children. In order to maintain the continuity of services and care management, all of the existing residents were relocated to the Mothers & Children Home (MaC) or Teaching Houses. The housing program is currently serving 59 individuals: 7 families at the MaC, including 10 children, and 17 families in the Teaching Housing program, including 25 children. We are blessed with an opportunity to replace a portion of the lost housing capacity in spring 2023 through space offered by a Kannapolis Church partner. CCM is hoping to assist the church with renovations to this facility in order to serve 4 families with the same care and services that have been historically provided at My Father’s House. The Homeless Count! Cabarrus County will participate in the Annual Nationwide Homeless Point-In-Time Count on Wednesday January 25, 2023. This count is helpful to convey changes in the homeless population to state and national programs addressing homelessness. Local agencies serving homeless populations will be asked to record a census of individuals and families residing in their programs on that night. Others will seek out unsheltered individuals throughout the community in an effort to identify specific circumstances and causes of homelessness that would allow our community to better respond to the need. Any individual or agency interested in participating as a volunteer can inquire at CCM@cooperativeministry.com
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