Making a Diff erence by Brian Manjarrez, Dominican Volunteer

My year so far as a Dominican Volunteer has been both embracing and eye-opening for me. Before arriving at HOPES Center the only experience I ever had with the homeless population was volunteering at a food pantry my last year of college. When I arrived here back in August, I was thrown into these new populations: the homeless population and those with mental illness. Populations that I barely knew about except from what I read in textbooks. I learned quickly

to meet clients where they are, get their stories, and treat everyone as equals.

As a Dominican Volunteer I have been exposed to many people and have heard many stories that, to be honest, are hard to hear at times. The clients did not ask to be homeless. Life just dealt them the wrong hand and now they are suff ering through it. What makes me grateful for what I do here at HOPES Center is when I can help a client during their diffi cult time. As I get closer to my departure, I can gladly say that I do believe I am making a diff erence here and am glad for the opportunity that Dominican Volunteers has given me. Also, the staff here at HOPES have been wonderful and have taught me a lot along the way.

HOPES Center is a sponsored ministry of the Racine Dominicans.

HOPES Center, a 501(c)3 corporation, is a collaborative, multi-dimensional

organization designed to promote awareness and off er solutions to the

causes and consequences of poverty, mental illness and social injustice.

HOPES off ers counseling, case management and healing arts services to Racine’s

homeless and mentally ill free of charge. It is funded through community support by

grants, donations and vounteerism.

521 6th Street, Racine, WI 53403262.898.2940 | HOPEScenter.org

What You Can Do to Help

Financial Contributions:

HOPES Center off ers a safe and welcoming place for people in need to come and receive services that help them transition out of homelessness. Donations help us keep the doors open, the lights on, the phones working, and the bathrooms supplied and maintained. We are always thankful for contributions of any amount to help us to continue off ering services.

In-kind Donations Needed:

HOPES Center off ers hospitality to its clients and visitors, as well as people we meet on the street at night during outreach. We are always in need of:• packets of sugar, sweeteners and creamers• tea (in tea bags)• wooden coff ee stirrers• hot chocolate packets• bottled water.

You can bring any donations to HOPES Center, 521 Sixth Street, Racine.

Volunteers:

Street Outreach Volunteers: Street outreach volunteers go out into the streets of Racine at night with a HOPES Center staff member, seeking and assisting people who are experiencing homelessness. If this sounds scary, it is probably not for you. If it sounds interesting or exciting, you would probably fi nd the work very rewarding. HOPES off ers training to volunteers, who work three to four hour shifts according to their availability, from one night a week to one night a month.

Development Volunteer: Development volunteers work a few hours a month to help HOPES Center identify and make initial contact with potential donors. HOPES has access to foundation search software, which development volunteers are able to use to look for matches between HOPES services and donor interests.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering, contact Cheryl O’Brien at cobrien@hopescenter.org, call HOPES Center at (262) 898-2940, or stop by to visit us.

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refuse our service and just want to be left alone. Sometimes they just want to have someone listen to them. In the end, we usually are able to help them with some of the items we carry, ranging from water, food, coff ee, blankets and other items for basic needs. We also provide an informational brochure with contact informa-tion for HOPES Center and other agencies that provide services for people who are homeless in Racine.

Volunteering at the HOPES Center is a humbling experience, but it is one where a person can give hope to someone in need. I urge anyone who cares about the community as a whole to come out and volunteer; a little time goes along way when it comes to charity.

Most people who visit the HOPES Center during the day don’t see Derrick Jones. He volunteers to do street outreach during night shifts, which could be from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Derrick is a veteran and, currently, a student pursuing a human services degree.

Coordinated Entry: A Pathway to Housing by Scott MetzelHOPES helps people transition out of homelessness. It provides outreach, case management, counseling, and housing services to help people who are experiencing homelessness fi nd and main-tain a place to live. As a member of the Continuum of Care for the City and County of Racine (COC), HOPES is part of a system called Coordinated Entry. Coordinated Entry links people who are home-less to housing opportunities as soon as they become available.

A Little Time Goes a Long Wayby Derrick Jones

I have been a street outreach volunteer with HOPES Center for about eight months. It has given me a new perspective on home-lessness. Homelessness leaves a person without a safe, stable place to live, but it goes deeper than that. A good number of people experiencing home-lessness in our commu-nity also suff er from

some form of mental illness. According to the Nation Coalition for the Homeless (NCH), 20 to 25% of the homeless population in the United States suff er from some form of severe mental illness (Mental Illness and Homelessness, 2009). I have never been homeless, but certainly can relate to the emptiness some-one who is homeless may feel.

I decided to volunteer at the HOPES Center because I know that every little bit of help can encourage a person who may have fallen victim to homelessness for whatever reason. Helping others is my vocation, which is why I am taking this opportunity to help whomever I can. When people who are homeless realize that you are a volunteer and they are not just a number, it puts a smile of hope on their faces.

I usually volunteer at night because that’s when people are most vulnerable. The experiences I’ve had making contact with people living on the streets is unmatched by any other human-itarian program I have been a part of. Most nights are calm with very few people to engage as we drive and walk around check-ing places where people might be staying. Then, it becomes exciting as we come across a person in need. Sometimes they

Of course, there were lots of other fun activities going on that evening. The talent show had an interesting mix of talented sing-ers, dancers, and musicians. The food table was laden with all kinds of tasty appetizers and homemade desserts. Over 100 items were available via silent auction, ranging from gift certifi cates to many local restaurants and local businesses, homemade bakery, and vari-ous other interesting items such as artwork, antiques, a kid’s bike, a fi re pit, wine baskets, etc. Sister Linda and others sold tickets for the silent auction. Families and friends enjoyed the evening eating, visiting, shopping, and being entertained. Please join us next year and consider making the commitment to invite enough friends to fi ll a table. I can guarantee that you will have a great time and you will be sponsoring a great cause.

Anita is a HOPES Center supporter. She assists with special events like Got Talent? and provides all kinds of behind-the-scenes support, including items used for street outreach.

Racine Counts!Twice a year, in the middle of the night, teams rove around Racine County searching for people who are unsheltered. It is the Point-in-Time count that takes place across the United States to count the number of people who are experiencing homelessness, both on the streets and in emergency shelters. The information tracks local and national trends in homelessness and helps determine strategies for helping reduce it. The teams taking part in Point-in-Time also off er assistance and shelter to anyone who is found to be staying outside.

The summer Point-in-Time will take place on the night of July 27, 2016. The event will start at First Presbyterian Church, 716 College Avenue, which has graciously allowed the use of its facilities to organize and orient volunteers for the night of street outreach in the eastern part of Racine County. For those on the western end of the county, the event will start at the Dover Healing House, 23303 Church Road, Kansasville. Volunteers are needed for the count / outreach, as well as assistance in set-up, clean-up and registra-tion. To sign up as a volunteer or learn more, go visit the Racine Continuum of Care Website: http://racinecoc.org/point-in-time/

When someone who is experiencing homelessness works with a COC agency, they complete an assessment that uses a vulnerabil-ity index. The assessment includes questions about the length of time the person has been homeless, visits to the emergency room, whether the person has been a victim of crime or violence, any time in jail or prison, use of crisis services, debts, ability to meet basic needs, health, and more. People with the greatest needs and risks rank higher on the vulnerability index.

Completed vulnerability assessments are placed on the Racine COC’s housing prioritization list. People with the highest vulner-ability index score and who have been homeless for the longest period of time are given the highest priority. When a housing opportunity becomes available, the person at the top of the list is selected. It is more complicated than that, but that is basically how it works.

HOPES Center uses the list in two ways. The PATH program (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) works with people who are experiencing homelessness and have a chronic mental illness. PATH outreach case managers complete the vulnerability assessment with clients and refer them to the Racine housing prioritization list. Once on the list, they may be selected for rapid rehousing, transitional housing, or permanent supportive housing off ered by diff erent agencies.

While the PATH program is putting people on the housing priori-tization list, HOPES Center’s Rapid Rehousing Program is taking them off . Rapid Rehousing provides housing search and place-ment assistance, rent payment assistance, and housing stability case management to people who are homeless. Rapid Rehousing clients are chosen from the top of the prioritization list. HOPES has provided housing assistance to clients referred by HALO, the Transitional Living Center of Burlington, Women’s Resource Center and Bethany Apartments, as well as its own PATH program.

Coordinated entry is a fair and transparent way that the Racine community is working together to serve those with the great-est needs fi rst. HOPES Center is proud to be part of this eff ort that helps people move out of homelessness and into their own homes.

Great Time Great Cause by Anita WelchWe had a great time attending the HOPES Center talent show on March 12, 2016. This year I was a member of the zumba dance-exercise group that entered in the talent show. The Club EP (Elmwood Plaza) Zumba Group led by Norma had so much fun sharing a zumba dance with the crowd. The best part was getting many members of the audience on their feet to join us in our conga line that snaked through the tables at St. Rita’s hall. Little kids, eighty-year-olds, Sister Linda, Martice and baby, and many others joined us by actively dancing, clapping, singing, and grin- ning with the happiness that dancing brings. It was a joyful way to raise both awareness of and funding for HOPES Center.

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HOPES Center has been blessed by awards over the last year from local foundations that support and enhance the Racine community. We would like to thank:

Catholic Community Foundation for support of our outreach program.

Racine Community Foundation for operational support.

Racine Dominican Mission Fund for operational support and grant matches.

S.C. Johnson Fundfor operational support.

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Walk for HOPES 2016—New Twistby S. Carol Wester, OPFriends of HOPES Center are invited to join together for the annual Walk for HOPES on Saturday morning, October 8, 2016. This year’s walk will focus on the intercon-nectedness of HOPES Center with the Racine Dominicans and will begin at Siena Center, 5635 Erie Street, the motherhouse of the community. As a sponsored minis-try of the Racine Dominican Sisters and Associates, HOPES Center’s ministry carries on the mission of the Sisters—Committed to Truth, Compelled to Justice.

After a short introductory program at Siena Center that will include information and displays by a number of organizations who provide services to persons experi-encing homelessness in our community, walkers will be invited to take one of two

possible routes: a four or eight mile challenge, or a more leisurely two mile route. The

longer route will be a walk to the Eco-Justice Center, another sponsored ministry, at 7133 Michna Road. Walkers will be given a tour of this environmental treasure and then can return to their starting point on foot or will be given a ride back to Siena (hence the four or eight mile walk). The shorter route will wind around the Siena Center property and will feature short presentations on the other ministries

and programs associated with the Sisters—Bethany Apartments, Senior Companion Program, Siena Retreat Center, St. Catherine’s Middle and High School, Eco-Justice Center, Shorelight Memory Care, and the Associate Program.

All proceeds from the Walk will be used to continue HOPES Center’s programs. Participants will be given a tee shirt with the Walk for HOPES logo and a list of this year’s sponsors on the back. The regis-tration fee for either walk is $30 per person or $10 for a student.

Registration for the event ($30/individual, $10/student, $100/group of four) guarantees a tee shirt if received on or before October 1. For more information or to obtain a registration form, call HOPES Center, 262-898-2940, or visit our website at HOPEScenter.org.

Making a Diff erence by Brian Manjarrez, Dominican Volunteer

My year so far as a Dominican Volunteer has been both embracing and eye-opening for me. Before arriving at HOPES Center the only experience I ever had with the homeless population was volunteering at a food pantry my last year of college. When I arrived here back in August, I was thrown into these new populations: the homeless population and those with mental illness. Populations that I barely knew about except from what I read in textbooks. I learned quickly

to meet clients where they are, get their stories, and treat everyone as equals.

As a Dominican Volunteer I have been exposed to many people and have heard many stories that, to be honest, are hard to hear at times. The clients did not ask to be homeless. Life just dealt them the wrong hand and now they are suff ering through it. What makes me grateful for what I do here at HOPES Center is when I can help a client during their diffi cult time. As I get closer to my departure, I can gladly say that I do believe I am making a diff erence here and am glad for the opportunity that Dominican Volunteers has given me. Also, the staff here at HOPES have been wonderful and have taught me a lot along the way.

HOPES Center is a sponsored ministry of the Racine Dominicans.

HOPES Center, a 501(c)3 corporation, is a collaborative, multi-dimensional

organization designed to promote awareness and off er solutions to the

causes and consequences of poverty, mental illness and social injustice.

HOPES off ers counseling, case management and healing arts services to Racine’s

homeless and mentally ill free of charge. It is funded through community support by

grants, donations and vounteerism.

521 6th Street, Racine, WI 53403262.898.2940 | HOPEScenter.org

What You Can Do to Help

Financial Contributions:

HOPES Center off ers a safe and welcoming place for people in need to come and receive services that help them transition out of homelessness. Donations help us keep the doors open, the lights on, the phones working, and the bathrooms supplied and maintained. We are always thankful for contributions of any amount to help us to continue off ering services.

In-kind Donations Needed:

HOPES Center off ers hospitality to its clients and visitors, as well as people we meet on the street at night during outreach. We are always in need of:• packets of sugar, sweeteners and creamers• tea (in tea bags)• wooden coff ee stirrers• hot chocolate packets• bottled water.

You can bring any donations to HOPES Center, 521 Sixth Street, Racine.

Volunteers:

Street Outreach Volunteers: Street outreach volunteers go out into the streets of Racine at night with a HOPES Center staff member, seeking and assisting people who are experiencing homelessness. If this sounds scary, it is probably not for you. If it sounds interesting or exciting, you would probably fi nd the work very rewarding. HOPES off ers training to volunteers, who work three to four hour shifts according to their availability, from one night a week to one night a month.

Development Volunteer: Development volunteers work a few hours a month to help HOPES Center identify and make initial contact with potential donors. HOPES has access to foundation search software, which development volunteers are able to use to look for matches between HOPES services and donor interests.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering, contact Cheryl O’Brien at cobrien@hopescenter.org, call HOPES Center at (262) 898-2940, or stop by to visit us.

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refuse our service and just want to be left alone. Sometimes they just want to have someone listen to them. In the end, we usually are able to help them with some of the items we carry, ranging from water, food, coff ee, blankets and other items for basic needs. We also provide an informational brochure with contact informa-tion for HOPES Center and other agencies that provide services for people who are homeless in Racine.

Volunteering at the HOPES Center is a humbling experience, but it is one where a person can give hope to someone in need. I urge anyone who cares about the community as a whole to come out and volunteer; a little time goes along way when it comes to charity.

Most people who visit the HOPES Center during the day don’t see Derrick Jones. He volunteers to do street outreach during night shifts, which could be from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Derrick is a veteran and, currently, a student pursuing a human services degree.

Coordinated Entry: A Pathway to Housing by Scott MetzelHOPES helps people transition out of homelessness. It provides outreach, case management, counseling, and housing services to help people who are experiencing homelessness fi nd and main-tain a place to live. As a member of the Continuum of Care for the City and County of Racine (COC), HOPES is part of a system called Coordinated Entry. Coordinated Entry links people who are home-less to housing opportunities as soon as they become available.

A Little Time Goes a Long Wayby Derrick Jones

I have been a street outreach volunteer with HOPES Center for about eight months. It has given me a new perspective on home-lessness. Homelessness leaves a person without a safe, stable place to live, but it goes deeper than that. A good number of people experiencing home-lessness in our commu-nity also suff er from

some form of mental illness. According to the Nation Coalition for the Homeless (NCH), 20 to 25% of the homeless population in the United States suff er from some form of severe mental illness (Mental Illness and Homelessness, 2009). I have never been homeless, but certainly can relate to the emptiness some-one who is homeless may feel.

I decided to volunteer at the HOPES Center because I know that every little bit of help can encourage a person who may have fallen victim to homelessness for whatever reason. Helping others is my vocation, which is why I am taking this opportunity to help whomever I can. When people who are homeless realize that you are a volunteer and they are not just a number, it puts a smile of hope on their faces.

I usually volunteer at night because that’s when people are most vulnerable. The experiences I’ve had making contact with people living on the streets is unmatched by any other human-itarian program I have been a part of. Most nights are calm with very few people to engage as we drive and walk around check-ing places where people might be staying. Then, it becomes exciting as we come across a person in need. Sometimes they