Program/Project Name: Taking Root

Description: We are seeking support to help provide resources to our Ada County families transitioning from homeless shelters and into their own home through our Rapid Rehousing Program, now titled Taking Root. They are provided everything needed to move in, including basic furnishings and upfront costs of moving families into their new homes.

Organization Mission: Everyone needs a home. That is why we work to create a safe, healthy, connected community by embracing Housing First best practices, empowering those without housing, building collaborative partnerships, and increasing public understanding to end homelessness.

Website: www.catchprogram.org

Program/Project Name: Direct Housing Costs for Women in Transition

Description: Funding for direct housing costs (rent, utilities, maintenance and other) for residents in our homes. While providing a safe haven, our program also provides classes, support, accountability, safety and structure. Our programs give women the tools to change their life-style and become contributing members of the community.

Organization Mission: Believing that each person is created to be a unique and valuable individual, our mission is to present an opportunity for life change by instilling purpose and vision to women whose lives have become unmanageable, by providing a safe environment in which to build healthy relationships with God, self and others through transitional living, life recovery skills, case management, spiritual growth and education.

Website: chrysaliswomenidaho.org

Program/Project Name: High School + Housing = Success

Description: High School + Housing = Success helps unaccompanied youth (ages 18 – 21) in the West Ada School District with small rent stipends so they can focus on school and graduation, rather than stress about lack of housing. The small stipends are paid to landlords or host families . When basic needs are met, education can be a priority.

Organization Mission: To provide supplemental funding to support educational projects and programs for classroom innovation and creativity.

Website: westada.org/educationfoundation

Program/Project Name: Support for homeless and housing insecure families.

Description: Giraffe Laugh will provide scholarships to children, giving them access to our high-quality early learning program while their parent works to strengthen their family through employment and housing. If a parent is at risk of losing their home (or they don’t have one at all), access to childcare is difficult to impossible to acquire. Parents are not able to adequately search for employment or housing without childcare. A loving and safe place for children to go during times of transition is incredibly important. Our goal is to provide a leg up for families in times of hardship. These past few months have been especially hard on our families. Due to the COVID19 crisis, more of our families are facing housing and job insecurity, and homelessness is a real threat to many in our community.

Organization Mission: We provide early care and education to young children in the Treasure Valley by ensuring school readiness, empowering families, and building strong futures.

Website: giraffelaugh.org

Program/Project Name: Amanda’s House

Description: Amanda’s house will provide housing for 3 young ladies who are enrolled in our program. Youth qualify for JEMfriends because they are at risk of being homeless.

Organization Mission: JEMfriends envisions that each person aging out of foster care and at-risk of homelessness has opportunities to flourish in a society that understands their adversity and supports them in becoming loving adults.

Website: jemfriends.org

Program/Project Name: Emergency Rental Assistance Program

Description: Jesse Tree’s main purpose and goal is to prevent our neighbors from getting evictions on their record and losing housing, and to ultimately reduce the number of individuals becoming homeless in our community. Jesse Tree provides eviction and homeless prevention services to families and individuals in our community who are experiencing a housing crisis. Case management and rental assistance is provided to low-income households struggling to pay rent, at risk of eviction, or in the midst of eviction, to keep them in their homes. Warm referrals to other community resources are also provided to help stabilize the household. Jesse Tree provides “just enough” financial assistance and as much case management is needed to help a household establish stability and self-sufficiency.

Organization Mission: Jesse Tree provides a hand up to people experiencing a financial crisis, empowering them to remain in their homes.​

Website: jessetreeidaho.org

Program/Project Name: Workforce Development, Food Service, Life Skills, GED Training

Description: Life’s Kitchen is a nonprofit social enterprise providing Opportunity Youth (formally at-risk youth) 16-24 years of age with wrap around work and life skills. Through our Workforce Development, Food Service, Life Skills, and GED Training Program, trainees receive the valuable skills and resources they need to become independent, financially stable, and successful. 

Organization Mission: Life’s Kitchen is dedicated to transforming the lives of young adults by building self-sufficiency and independence through comprehensive food service and life skills training, placement in the foodservice industry, and continuing education.

Website: lifeskitchen.org