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Yes, Community of hope and intervention program is a two years program combining paid work with transitional housing and social services for formerly homeless individuals, we have responded to the national crisis of criminal victims and have adapted C.H.I.P to meet the needs of individuals re-entering society after incarceration. We offer C.H.I.P-Residential for formerly homeless individuals in need of housing, and C.H.I.P-Day for individuals under parole supervision who have housing but can benefit from transitional employment and social services as they stabilize and integrate back into their communities. The C.H.I.P-Residential program is 24 months and the C.H.I.P-Day program is 6 to 12 months — from intake to graduation — with on-going, lifetime graduate services thereafter. While the core of the C.H.I.P program is full-time paid transitional work, as well as the maintenance of sobriety, we offer a number of additional services and resources throughout a trainee's experience. The flow of C.H.I.P from day 1 to graduation and beyond. No. We offer rolling admission, meaning that at any given time, trainees living in a particular facility (or in the C.H.I.P-Day program) will be at various stages of the program. For example, some trainees will be participating in program orientation; some will be working in a C.H.I.P Fund venture, and some will moving on to independent housing all at the exact same time. We hold one graduation celebration per year for all individuals who reach and maintain graduate status in that year. A trainee will graduate when he or she obtains and can maintain full-time, permanent employment, independent housing and sobriety. In order to achieve graduate status and be recognized in our annual graduation. C.H.I.P is a model for providing a successful path for formerly homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals to re-enter society and achieve self-sufficiency. After more than 5 years of results, C.H.I.P has earned a reputation among government, service providers and communities as a leader and a compassionate program that offers a "hand up" rather than a "hand out." Many individuals seek our services after hearing about C.H.I.P in shelters, prisons or on the street. In the cities where we operate we receive referrals from government agencies, churches, hospitals working with homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals. For all C.H.I.P-Residential programs, applicants are eligible if they are: For all C.H.I.P-Day programs, applicants are eligible if they are: Our program participants are paid an hourly wage for providing their valuable job program for the 24 month of work in a C.H.I.P venture program. We pay by-weekly and require trainees to save a portion of their earnings. Yes, to mirror the rent and other obligations that they will face when they leave the program, all residential trainees pay a modest program fee of $150 per week. In addition to the extensive programming offered by Community of Hope and Intervention Program each trainee is provide with three nutritious meals per day and access to community rooms, libraries, computer labs, and gardens in our facility. We also have a mandatory saving program to help trainees save for future expenses associated with the transition to permanent housing. Our C.H.I.P-Residential program is tied to the number of transitional housing beds we have in our facilities. In Dallas this number is varies; The C.H.I.P-Day capacity is limited only by available funding. Currently we have few slots. No. While we only house men in C.H.I.P transitional housing, the C.H.I.P-Day program is open to men and women. The Community of Hope and Intervention Program holds itself to the highest standard. The graduates must not only achieve the triple crown of employment, housing and sobriety, they must keep in touch to repeatedly confirm their success. Our current success rate is 69%. The Community of Hope and Intervention Program is located in Dallas Texas, For more information, please see our Facilities Page We are funded through a variety of public and private sources. While the exact percentages may vary from year to year, The Community of Hope and Intervention Program uses the following funding model: 1/3 is from government grants; 1/3 is from donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations; and the final 1/3 is earned through contracts, from our housing programs, and our Social purpose ventures. The Community of Hope and Intervention Program currently operates 6 business ventures. The Community Improvement Cleanup services provide supplemental street sanitation services; Lawn Service trains participants in integrated Yard management; Mass Mailing Service is a full-service direct mail house; Food Preparation Services prepare participants for careers in the food service industry; Home Remodeling and Sales; will prepare participants for careers in the home remodeling industry and Uniform Manufacturing will prepare participants for careers in the uniform clothing industry. In every case, a successful The community of Hope and intervention Program venture has met three criteria’s — job creation and training appropriate for the skills and interests of C.H.I.P trainees; a competitive, market-oriented business model fulfilling customer demand; and the generation of revenue sufficient to cover the cost of both business and training. Yes, None at the present moment, hope in the near future. No. The Community of Hope and Intervention Program will also involve in running Permanent transitional housing Program for low-income individuals as well. We also working on Veterans Program, and Prisoner Reentry Workforce Investment. |
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