HOUSING RESOURCE OUTREACH REPORT

Ever wonder what I do as the Housing Support VISTA for Brighton Center?  Well, read the following report that I just wrote this week about one of my main projects.  What’s funny about this is that my total number individuals I’m supposed to reach for the whole year of my service is 500.  Read my report and see what my actual number is for one month.  Below is the whole report:

HOUSING RESOURCE OUTREACH REPORT

TL Jackson – Housing Support VISTA

7/16/2010

The Housing Support VISTA distributes the Northern Kentucky Informational Packet, which includes the Rental Resource Guide insert, to various in-house departments and partnering agencies throughout the Northern Kentucky community. The four channels through which the Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and the Rental Resource Guide are distributed are as follows:

1) Primary Outreach Distribution List – Weekly updates of the Rental Resource Guide and periodic updates of the Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet are distributed to 146 community partners. These community partnerships agencies are comprised of, (includes Safety Net members and other community agencies), Family Resource Youth Services Centers, Brighton Center Career Connections, and local libraries. The graph below depicts this breakdown:

The Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide are sent to 58 agency’s contacts (40%), 75 Family Resource Center’s contacts (52%), 11 Career Connection’s contacts (7%), and 1 local library’s contact (1%) on a weekly basis. On a monthly average, both the Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide are distributed to a total of 584 individuals (146 community partner contacts x 4 weeks).

The Housing Support VISTA expects this monthly average to continue to grow as outreach continues with additional community agencies and the Family Resource Centers. Recent efforts in outreach to Northern Kentucky Area libraries, churches, apartment complexes, and the One Stop in Covington and Florence will continue to influence these numbers.

2) Community Partnerships Distribution List – Community partners receiving the Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide updates distribute this information intra-agency and inter-agency, as well as, directly to individuals and families. Reported monthly averages from 34 community partner contacts out of 146 community partners reveal that Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide are provided to 2944 individuals within the community. In order to determine the full extent of the distribution through these community partners it will be necessary to receive weekly averages from the remaining 112 community partners.

3) Safety Net Alliance (SNA) Website & E-mail List – The Housing Support VISTA distributes the Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide for posting on the SNA website at http://www.nkysafetynet.org. Website tracking logs reveal monthly average downloads of 57 times a month. In addition, SNA distributes the Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide to their e-mail list of 100 SNA members which accounts for a total of 400 individuals. SNA website and e-mail list distributes to 457 individuals.

4) Brighton Center’s Family Center – Brighton Center Family Center’s staff distributes an average of about 93 Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide to individual and families per month. In addition, Family Center staff stock and distribute 12 Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide from the West End building. This accounts for a total of 100 individuals per month receiving the Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide from the Brighton Center’s Family Center. The graph below shows the actual monthly count for the both lobbies since the Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide started being distributed.

In conclusion, 4085 individuals per month receive housing assistance resource information and services by the Housing Support VISTA in the form of Northern Kentucky Housing Informational Packet and weekly Rental Resource Guide. This number will continue to increase as outreach continues to agencies and Family Resource Centers, as well as new partnerships with community partners. Additionally, the Housing Support VISTA plans to identifying new outreach opportunities and improving the outreach system in preparation of the next Housing Support VISTA.

TL