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17 ANNUAL REPORT 2024NEIGHBORHOODS DIVISION NON-PROFIT IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS Community Homebuyers CorportaƟ on (CHC) Through a DCI/ CHC agreement, NHH staff administer the First-Time Homeownership Program, provide housing counseling, and assist with board management. Similarly, the Urban Enterprise AssociaƟ on of South Bend, Inc. (UEA) is a city partner/fi scal agent contracƟ ng with DCI to administer Matching / Vibrant Places Grant. Urban Enterprise AssocaƟ on (UEA) In 2024, the UEA, in partnership with the City, awarded $50,000 to support the development of two new rental infi ll housing. The purpose of this eff ort is to help support urban neighborhoods by introducing new housing, improving the quality of life, and promoƟ ng the market potenƟ al to a broader audience. Housing Authority of South Bend (HASB) Partnership The City partnered with HASB to renovate vacant scaƩ ered site homes that are part of the public housing program. Approximately $1 million in City funds has been dedicated to repairing these units so that families can move into them. Six homes were renovated in 2024, and the partnership will conƟ nue in 2025. Support for Persons Experiencing Homelessness The City supports eff orts to address homelessness through fi nancial support for local service providers, leverage for permanent supporƟ ve housing projects, management of the Coordinated Entry tracking and placement process, and supporƟ ve services. The City’s Coordinator of Homeless Outreach works to align services across nonprofi t partners. Below is a descripƟ on of some of the City’s eff orts to address homelessness in 2024: • Provided $ 350,000 to the Center for the Homeless (CFH) to operate weather amnesty for individuals in need of emergency overnight shelter in the months of November-April. During the 2023-2024 weather amnesty program, CFH provided overnight shelter for 589 unique individuals. In November and December 2024, 340 unique individuals uƟ lized weather amnesty, with an average of 57 people per night in November and 82 people per night in December. • Funds Oaklawn’s City Outreach Team to help unhoused individuals become aware of available resources, be placed on the Coordinated Entry list for housing, and gather the needed paperwork to apply to a housing unit when one becomes available. • Provides operaƟ ng funding for Our Lady of the Road and Motels For Now to support transiƟ onal housing for homeless individuals. • Supports Oaklawn’s Crisis Center, which opened in March. The Crisis Center provides a place for people in a mental health or substance use crisis to go for care and will complement the exisƟ ng mobile crisis team and phone resources currently available. In 2024,120 unique people came into the Center. • Facilitates the Wash Wednesday and Senior Suds Night Programs, a partnership with Burton’s Laundry that allows unhoused members of our community and seniors living on fi xed incomes to wash their clothes for free every other week. In 2024 they washed the equivalent of 6,276 loads of laundry for 995 guests. The Coordinator of Homeless Outreach also convenes a monthly meeƟ ng of agencies that provide housing, mental health, physical health, and recovery services to discuss needs across the city. Separately, the City organizes 18 agencies that work specifi cally to address substance use. They have developed a framework to increase awareness, encourage reducƟ on of use, connect people with treatment opƟ ons, and create supporƟ ve community. The Coordinator of Homeless Outreach also provides training on mental health, trauma informed care, de-escalaƟ on strategies, and policies for agencies, neighborhoods, businesses and religious organizaƟ ons.