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Housing Services for the Homeless
Housing Services for the Homeless: STVCC partners with local homeless families and individuals living in Ingham and Clinton County to work toward self sufficiency. STVCC provides housing stability along with support services including, but not limited to, casework support, employment assistance, education development, development of parenting skills, financial management, etc.
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If you are not a customer of STVCC, it is not regular business hours and you are you are in need of help call 211
- Read about the types of services provided by STVCC Housing Services for the Homeless.
- Learn how to access Housing Services.
- Find out about our hours and location.
- Find out about volunteer opportunities.
- Read about the history.
- Check out our service statistics.
Types of Services Provided
STVCC assists homeless families and individuals in finding safety through the security of a home. The expert staff then work closely with our customers to help them gain the skills and obtain the tools to become self sufficient.
There are three programs within the umbrella of STVCC Housing Services to the Homeless:
- Transitional Housing for the Homeless (Also known as Ballentine Stepping Stones).
- Housing Support for Homeless Families
- Permanent Housing for Homeless with Disabilities
- Rental Assistance is provided through rental subsidies to allow for rental payments by customers to be based upon 30% of their gross adjusted income.
- STVCC provides casework support in a number of areas to help foster long term housing stability for those we serve. An STVCC caseworker helps customers overcome barriers to self sufficiency through personal assistance and connecting them with needed community educational and management recourses. Such assistance includes, but is not limited to:
- Obtaining and maintaining transitional and permanent housing.
- Goal development.
- Financial and household management.
- Parenting skills.
- Education plans.
- Healthcare.
- Employment.
- Acquiring mainstream resources and referrals to community resources.
Accessing Housing Services for the Homeless
- Services are available to people of all beliefs, ethnicities, genders and disabilities.
- Must be age 18 or older.
- Services are available to those who are homeless.
- Income must be at or below 30% Area Median Income (AMI) to qualify for services in all areas.
- Interpretation and translation services can be made available in a variety of languages.
- Transitional Housing for the Homeless (Also known as Ballentine Stepping Stones).
- Must be a single adult with no children or a single adult or married couple with 1 to 3 children in their custody.
- Services are available to residents of Ingham County.
- Must be a single woman, single man, or married couple with at least one child in their custody.
- Services are available to residents of Ingham and Clinton Counties.
- Must be a single adult with physical or emotional disabilities or substance dependency challenges.
- Services are available to residents of Ingham and Clinton Counties.
- To schedule an appointment, please call (517) 323.4734.
STVCC Housing Services to the Homeless Hours and Location
- Office Hours are Monday – Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Appointments are made in advance and cancellations require 24 hour notice.
- STVCC is located at 2800 W. Willow St. Lansing, MI 48917.
- To see a map and receive directions, CLICK HERE.
Volunteer Opportunities
- Family Mentors: Assist families and individuals with connecting to community resources, providing assistance with education, employment skills, and parenting.
- Office Assistant: Assist case managers with providing services to families and individuals including office assistance and transportation.
- Education Support: Provide workshops or one-on-one assistance to customers in areas such as financial literacy, parenting, substance abuse, healthy relationships, time management, job readiness skills, etc.
- Housing Assistant: Assist the case managers with working with local landlords to acquire housing for customers, teach home management techniques and financial literacy.
- For more information call (517) 323.4734 ext. 1204 or CLICK HERE.
History of STVCC Housing Services for the Homeless
STVCC services to the homeless populations began in 1994 with the opening of the Transitional Housing for Homeless Mothers (Also known as Ballentine Stepping Stones). In 2006, homeless services were expanded to provide rental assistance and case management services to homeless families residing in Clinton and Ingham Counties.
With the increase in homelessness STVCC worked to expand their services to meet the growing need. In 2007, STVCC began providing rental assistance and case management in a permanent supportive housing setting to homeless individuals with disabilities in Ingham County.
In 2008, services were expanded to provide a community case manager working closely with the Ingham County Continuum of Care to provide case management to homeless populations who are in need of locating and acquiring stable housing.
Today STVCC Housing Services for the Homeless is the only provider of tenant based rental assistance to homeless families in the Lansing area. The program also has the two largest permanent supportive housing service programs in Mid Michigan.
Service Statistics
First, here are some Federal and State stats on homelessness:- The average homeless person is 9 years old.
- There are approximately 60,000 homeless living in Michigan and over 10,000 of them live in Mid-Michigan.
- 1/3 of the homeless in Michigan are the working poor.
- In a given year 600,000 families and 1.3 million children experience homelessness in the U.S.
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