Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form<\/p>\n
Organization Name: Housing Families, Inc.
\nLegal Name (if Different):
\nAlso Known As: HFI
\nMailing Address: 919 Eastern Avenue
\nCity: Malden
\nState: Massachusetts
\nPostal Code: 02148
\nMain Phone: 781-322-9119
\nMain Fax: 781-322-9292
\nOrganization Website: Housingfamilies.org
\nEmployer ID Number: 04-2925846
\nOrganization Tax Status: 501 (c) (3)<\/p>\n
Proposal Information<\/p>\n
Today’s Date: December 12, 2017
\nRequested Amount: $10,000<\/p>\n
Project Title: GREAT Youth and Families Program
\nProject Description:<\/p>\n
Housing Families is the only agency in Massachusetts to offer its unique blend of services–shelter, housing, case management, eviction prevention services, legal services, and a trauma-informed therapeutic program for children. Most notable is the GREAT Youth and Families Program–where Growth, Resilience, Empowerment, Acceptance and Trust are fostered every day–which provides mental health, academic enrichment, and advocacy services to help children heal and grow.<\/p>\n
The experience of homelessness is particularly toxic for children, who often have not completely developed the ability to adequately express their experience. Childhood exposure to stressors such as those caused by homelessness negatively influences development in parts of the brain that affect a child’s’ mental health and capacity for learning. GYFP services help children in the Greater Boston Area recover from housing instability and learn healthy academic, social and emotional skills that will help them to break the cycle of homelessness.<\/p>\n
All services in GYFP are trauma-informed. Staff, interns and volunteers are trained to work with children and parents who are experiencing toxic stress, and are supervised by a licensed social worker who began the program in 1996. GYFP operates year-round, offers enriching programming during the summer, and individualized mental health and support during the academic year, collaborating with children’s parents and teachers to determine needs.<\/p>\n
To this end, children receive individualized homework assistance and tutoring: participate in art and play therapy to help them identify and express their feelings and emotions; engage with their peers in positive social interactions while having new experiences to build essential soft-skills in a safe environment; participate in Summer Enrichment Camp and Saturday School Programs; and preschool aged children participate in the PEACH (Physical and Emotional Awareness for Children who are Homeless) program, a curriculum developed by the National Center on Family Homelessness.<\/p>\n
Total Project Budget: $647,034<\/p>\n
Other Funding
\nSources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed: $128,500 private; $310,892 public. Pending: $53,750 private; $100,000 public<\/p>\n
Project Duration: Operates on a July 1 – June 30 fiscal year
\nGeographical Area Served: 175 children living primarily in Malden, Everett, Revere, Medford as well as Chelsea and Greater Boston
\nAge Group To Be Served: 0-18<\/p>\n
Contact Information<\/p>\n
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
\nContact First Name: Hilary
\nContact Last Name: Wolkan
\nContact Title: Senior Development and Communications Associate
\nContact Phone: 781-322-9119 ext.124
\nContact Email: hwolkan@housingfamilies.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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