PathStone Corporation

Target demographics: Individuals, families and communities.

Direct beneficiaries per year: 41,779 participants, benefiting 75,988 family members

Geographic areas served: Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and Puerto Rico

Programs: ADULT EDUCATION, TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT: Provide quality job training and employment services leading to gainful employment at livable wages for individuals who are underemployed or unemployed. The services offered are: skills assessment, job training, career exploration, placement and retention support. Those served include: farmworkers, seniors, formerly incarcerated/returning citizens, TANF recipients, residents of targeted communities, and other low-wage workers. YOUTH EDUCATION, TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT: Enable youth to recognize educational and career opportunities as they pursue lifelong goals. The services offered are: workshops in confidence building, communication, and leadership skills, job training, high school equivalency diploma (GED), tutoring, mentoring, drop-out prevention, and family centered intervention. Those served include: youth and young adults. CHILD & FAMILY DEVELOPMENT: Provide Head Start services to children which helps them gain social, emotional and educational skills through structured classroom-based teaching and also provide family engagement activities designed to enhance healthy living and lifelong learning. The services offered are: full day preparation for school readiness, education and training information to parents, nutritious meals to children and referrals to community resources. HEALTH & SAFETY: Provide occupational and personal health and safety education and also substance abuse prevention counseling and services. The services offered are: peer-delivered HIV prevention education for at-risk populations, HIV counseling and testing, assistance in accessing quality health care services, occupational health and safety training for farmworkers, alcohol, drug, and tobacco avoidance programs for youth, and rent/utility assistance for those affected/infected by HIV/AIDS. EMERGENCY & SUPPORTIVE SERVICES: Provide essential food and shelter services to farmworkers and low-income families in crisis to stabilize participant households and enable them to regain traction toward achieving personal and program goals. The services offered are: emergency food and lodging for farmworkers and other families in need. RENTAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO: Consists of the corporate legal entities required to own and operate affordable residential rental communities and the commercial properties owned by PathStone Corporation and its affiliate entities. Limited partnerships, limited liability companies and equity holding corporations are established to maintain the long-term ownership and organizational structure required by the PathStone Corporation Board of Directors and governmental and private lenders. The portfolio provides housing for qualifying families, seniors, and people with disabilities. REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT: Work with community partners, non‐profits, private developers and government officials to design and build housing that is affordable, accessible and seamlessly integrated into the community in which it is built. The services offered are: development and acquisition of affordable rental housing for families, farmworkers, seniors, and special needs populations while also offering affordable single-family for sale home construction. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: PathStone Management Corporation, (PMC) serves as the property management company for the PathStone rental property portfolio. PMC offers a full range of property management services delivered by a highly trained team of committed and competent management professionals who ensure safe and sanitary living environments so that each tenant is afforded the opportunity to enjoy and appreciate their home. HOUSING REHABILITATION & ENERGY SERVICES: Create and preserve assets through coordinated housing rehabilitation, energy services, and community based revitalization programs. We are committed to promoting self-sufficiency and economic stability through safe, sustainable, energy efficient housing and also specialize in providing resources, access to appropriate financing, and advocacy to support homeowners. The services offered are: free and low cost home repair, energy conservation upgrades, lead-based paint remediation, and access upgrades for seniors and persons with disabilities. HOUSING COUNSELING: Provide housing counseling services from certified housing counselors that includes pre and post home purchase education and counseling, mortgage delinquency and default resolution counseling, and reverse mortgage, fair housing, rental, and homeless counseling. Housing Counselors are trained and certified to provide tools to current and prospective homeowners and renters so they can make responsible choices to address their housing needs in light of their financial situation. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING & RENTAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES: Provide supportive services for residents living in PathStone Corporation rental communities consisting of: social, educational and recreational enrichment programs, information and referrals for crisis support, and access to health, nutrition, mental health and other community-based services to tenants. Provide apartment rental assistance through Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. LENDING SERVICES & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: PathStone Enterprise Center (PECI) provides loans and technical assistance for small businesses and homeowners unable to get loans from conventional lenders. The services offered are: origination of micro and small business loans, technical assistance to small business owners, training referrals, and assistance with financing for New Market Tax Credit deals and larger SBA deals. For homeowners in upstate New York, PECI also provides closing cost and home rehab loans.