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Our foundation’s homeless program benchmarking and best practices analysis indicates that home ownership is important for breaking the cycle of poverty and achieving long term financial independence. Through this home ownership program, Ward Family Foundation partners with Habitat for Humanity and selected homeless programs to promote home ownership for formerly homeless families in the Greater Cincinnati area.
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There are approximately 100-150
Safe Haven programs nationally that house the chronically
homeless, mentally ill population. While Safe Havens serve
an important and especially needy segment of the population,
minimal research to assist Safe Haven operators has been
completed. Our study was published in July, 2005 and provides
a comprehensive analysis of Safe Haven program strategies
and operating practices.
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Be sure to visit our Safe Haven Blog
for regular postings and discussion.
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Our foundation published a comprehensive study of homeless shelter operating practices in July, 2002. The study evaluated the operating practices of 22 emergency and transitional shelters in the Washington D.C. and Cincinnati, Ohio areas. Key performance benchmarks were developed, and 10 potential best practices for homeless shelters and programs were identified.
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