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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Human Services
Mission: Concord coalition to end homelessness (cceh) works to eliminate the causes of homelessness in the greater concord, nh community. Cceh facilitates collaboration among homeless service providers and other stakeholders; operates a drop-in day center for people experiencing homelessness; and operates a permanent supportive housing program for chronically homeless individuals. Cceh is preparing to operate a winter shelter program beginning in december 2017, and is constructing an accessory building to be used as reliable space for a winter shelter.
Programs: Concord coalition to end homelessness (cceh) facilitates collaboration among service providers and other stakeholders to bring best practices for ending homelessness to concord under the city's plan to end homelessness. Cceh also operates a drop-in, daytime resource center where people experiencing homelessness can meet their immediates needs. At the resource center, guests can receive their mail, use the phone and internet, take a shower and do laundry, and meet with a caseworker for help in accessing mainstream services, benefits, and programs.
concord coalition to end homelessness (cceh) operates housing first concord, a permanent supportive housing program for chronically homeless individuals. Cceh provides intensive case manager support to clients to help them make the transition from long-term homelessness to staying successfully housed. Rental assistance, provided through another agency, allows the client to afford an apartment in the private market.
cceh has been engaged in the planning and development of a winter shelter to serve the concord area. Cceh applied for public funding to purchase its existing resource center property and build an accessory building in the back for use as a shelter, including funding from nh housing finance authority and nh community development finance authority. Cceh developed a plan for operating the shelter starting in december 2017.