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Causes: Health, Health Support
Mission: House of ruth provides housing support services to individuals and families infected and affected by hiv and aids.
Programs: Hopwa: 573 unduplicated clients developed housing stability plan with hor staff to establish goals and action steps for securing and maintaining stable housing
hwh long-term housing: average length of stay: 2. 4 years (hud benchmark is . 6 years) percentage of residents who maintained housing at least 7 months: 97% (hud benchmark is 92%) percentage of residents who maintained or increased total income during program year: 67% (hud benchmark in 52%)
glade house short-term housing: 11 of 12 exited to long-term housing within 12 months 11 of 12 exited with an increase in total income within 12 months for those that remained at glade house for at least 9 months, 80% controlled their addiction and stayed housed one year after exit
other forms of financial assistance
The House of Ruth is an unprofessional and unorganized charity. If you are HIV positive or a family/friend of someone who is needing assistance, I would highly recommend you find another charity. The staff that I dealt with was unfriendly and didn't seem to know anything about HIV issues.
Review from Guidestar
