PINE STREET INN INC
444 HARRISON AVENUE, BOSTON, MA 02118 www.pinestreetinn.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PINE STREET INN PARTNERS WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO HELP THEM MOVE FROM THE STREETS AND SHELTER TO A HOME AND ASSISTS FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN RETAINING HOUSING. WE PROVIDE STREET OUTREACH, EMERGENCY SERVICES, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,JOB TRAINING AND CONNECTIONS TO EMPLOYMENT. WE TIRELESSLY ADVOCATE FOR COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO END HOMELESSNESS.

THE MISSION OF PINE STREET INN IS TO END HOMELESSNESS.

PINE STREET INN'S EMERGENCY SERVICE PROGRAMS PROVIDE 100% OF BOSTON'S ADULT HOMELESS STREET OUTREACH AND THE LARGEST SINGLE SHARE OF EMERGENCY SHELTER BEDS IN BOSTON. IN FY20, WE PROVIDED SHELTER AND STREET OUTREACH SERVICES TO OVER 7,300 INDIVIDUALS. THE PROGRAM GOAL IS FIRST TO PRESERVE LIFE SAFETY FOR ALL WHO NEED IT AND, THROUGH ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC HOUSING PLACEMENT SERVICES, HELP AND EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS ON THE PROCESSES AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO MOVE FROM THE STREET AND SHELTER TO PERMANENT HOUSING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND ULTIMATELY PREVENT CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.

PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSINGPINE STREET'S SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM PROVIDES THE LARGEST SINGLE SHARE - 30% - OF PERMANENT HOUSING DEDICATED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH A LONG HISTORY OF HOMELESSNESS HAVE A PERMANENT HOME AND GAIN GREATER LEVELS OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY OVER TIME THROUGH INDIVIDUAL SERVICE PLANS. THOSE SERVICE PLANS FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING:* LIFE SKILLS COACHING, INCLUDING EVER INCREASING AMOUNTS OF COMPUTER SKILLS EDUCATION THROUGH THE USE OF ZOOM FOR TELEHEALTH WITH CLIENT PROVIDERS * EDUCATION AND COACHING ON JOB SEARCH, ATTAINING, AND MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT* EDUCATION AND COACHING ON SELF-ADVOCACY IN SEEKING, COORDINATING, AND MAINTAINING HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES* EDUCATION AND COACHING FOR PROSOCIAL BEHAVIORS IN HOUSING (COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/ENGAGEMENT, LANDLORD/RENTEE RELATIONSHIPS, NEIGHBOR RELATIONS)* BASIC EDUCATION ON SUBSTANCE USE, MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST AID, FIRE PREVENTION, AND SAFETY SKILLS * SOCIAL SKILLS EDUCATION AND SUPPORT, SPECIFIC TO BOUNDARY SETTING WITH FAMILY/FRIENDS WHEN THESE RELATIONSHIPS IMPACT A TENANT'S HOUSING STABILITY. * EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR HOUSING RETENTION; INCLUDING BUDGETING, HOW TO PAY RENT, HOW TO MANAGE ONE'S OWN UTILITIES (WHERE APPLICABLE), MONITOR AND REPORT MAINTENANCE NEEDS, ETC. THE PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN 850 UNITS OF HOUSING AND THE CLINICAL SUPPORT SERVICES NEEDED TO STABILIZE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS IN THAT HOUSING. IN FY'20, PINE STREET'S HOUSING PROGRAM SUPPORTED 1,112 INDIVIDUALS IN HOUSING WITH 97% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS RETAINING THEIR HOUSING. THIRTY-FOUR TENANTS REACHED SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND MOVED ON FROM PSI'S SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY-BASED LIVING. THIS CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER HOUSING TO 34 NEW TENANTS WITHIN OUR EXISTING HOUSING PORTFOLIO.

HOUSING PLACEMENTPINE STREET INN PARTNERS WITH BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDERS IN DELIVERING HOUSING PLACEMENT AND STABILIZATION SERVICES. IN FY20, MORE THAN 1,164 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE STREET AND SHELTER WERE HOUSED THROUGH THESE SERVICES. OUR SERVICES ARE BASED ON EVIDENCE-BASED MODELS, INNOVATION AND ONGOING RESEARCH, WHICH LEVERAGES ALL POSSIBLE RESOURCES TO BRING INDIVIDUALS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. OUR HOUSING PLACEMENT SERVICES START AT THE FRONT DOOR WITH TRIAGE WHERE WE WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS IMMEDIATELY TO RESOLVE THEIR HOUSING CRISIS. IN FY20, 37% WHO RECEIVED TRIAGE SERVICES WERE REUNIFIED WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS LENGTH OF SHELTER STAY. FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MORE COMPLEX HOUSING BARRIERS, RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES PROVIDE HOUSING SEARCH, PLACEMENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED STABILIZATION SERVICES. FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, A SPECIAL HOUSING NAVIGATION TEAM WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON CONTINUUM OF CARE TO ENGAGE AND MATCH INDIVIDUALS WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

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