Housing
Stable, affordable housing represents the biggest need among families and individuals who come to IOCP for services. IOCP assisted 541 households in 2009-10 with housing-related needs. In addition, our CONECT program serves more than 800 households a year.
IOCP provides a full range of services, from emergency to long term. The Housing Continuum illustrates how our programs are integrated.
Emergency Assistance
Emergency Housing Assistance helps families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless with emergency shelter, rent or mortgage, basic needs, critical home repairs, and referrals to resources.
Supportive Services
Supportive Housing Services provides extended support services that help families stabilize and pursue life improvement goals:
- Project Success combines extended rent subsidy, case management and support services (tenant training, budgeting and financial literacy training, employment services, and group support) that help families toward increased economic self-sufficiency for up to two years.
- CONECT (Community Organizations Networking Compassionately Together) offers ongoing services focused on housing and family stability, employment, youth school success, connection with community resources, and the building of healthy neighborhoods at 8 multi-unit apartment complexes in Plymouth.
- Homeless Case Management Services provide affordable housing and in-home intensive support services for formerly homeless families focused on family and housing stability and healthy community connections.
Long-Term Initiatives
Long-term Housing Initiatives include housing partnerships focused on development and increase of affordable housing units and affordable housing education and advocacy with state, county, and local governments in the communities IOCP serves.
