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Comprehensive Day Services for
Chronically Homeless Men & Women
Who
We Serve
Why There Is A Need
The Program
Our Successes
Our Location
How You Can Help
Contact the Program
| Who We Serve |
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Chronically homeless men and women who are not eligible to reside in the traditional shelter system because they refuse to participate in treatment programs or to complete the documentation required by the Department of Social Services (DSS).
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Why
There Is A Need
In the fall of 2005, the overnight drop-in shelter operated by the Westchester County Department of Social Services (DSS) was relocated from the Westchester County Airport to 85 Court Street in White Plains. This shelter, which only operates from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., serves the chronically homeless, the most at-risk members of the homeless population.
Each evening, homeless men and women are picked up at designated bus stops in White Plains and dropped off at the Court Street location. At 6:30 a.m. the next morning they are dropped off in the street in front of the Open Arms men's shelter. There was a need for services to keep these individuals from congregating in the streets, library, parking lots and malls of White Plains during the day and Project Trust was opened to fill that need.
| The Program |
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Project Trust operates in partnership with the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) and provides a safe haven for homeless men and women who do not live in the traditional shelters. Although Project Trust services are used primarily by clients of the Court Street overnight shelter, they are available to any homeless man or woman in need. |
At Project Trust, the homeless can can receive counseling services from mental health professionals, get a clean change of clothing, receive bus tokens or assistance in the job application process. They can also take advantage of services offered at the nearby Open Arms men's shelter. There they can eat a nutritious breakfast and dinner, shower, get a clean change of clothing, do their laundry and use the computer facilities. Lunch is available at the GCCC Soup Kitchen.
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Project Trust services are available from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. when buses again pick up clients for their return to the Court Street and other overnight emergency shelters.
A primary objective of Project Trust is to encourage individuals suffering from chronic mental health and/or substance abuse disorders to enter into longer-term rehabilitative treatment. To accomplish this, GCCC has partnered with two other providers, the Westchester County DCMH Homeless Outreach Team and CHOICE (Consumers Helping Others in a Caring Environment), a peer directed and staffed non-profit agency, which provides direct client services and outreach alongside the Project Trust staff. |
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Five-year funding for Project Trust is being provided by the federal government Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Our Successes
An average of 50-55 men and women from the Court Street shelter, as well as numerous "drop-ins" from the street, seek assistance at Project Trust every day. Project Trust has already assisted over 1,000 individuals and helped many of them move toward greater independence.
- 90 individuals were placed into either permanent housing or into the shelter system and out of their condition of homelessness.
- 40 individuals were placed into drug treatment facilities
- 11 individuals were assisted in relocation to their original states of residence
- 20 individuals found jobs
- 2 individuals were placed into Job Corps where they received free job training
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Our
Location
Project Trust is located at 96 East Post Road, White Plains, NY The facility is just two doors down from the GCCC Open Arms men’s shelter
How
You Can Help
Project Trust clients are encouraged to seek employment. To ensure that they look presentable for interviews a clothing cupboard with suits, dress shirts, ties and shoes is being set up. Donations to the cupboard are welcome. All clothing must be in good, clean condition.
Donations of new underwear, socks, pajamas, winter scarves, gloves, hats and toiletries are also appreciated.
Contact
the Program
Team Leader: Henry Wilson
Phone: (914) 948-5044
E-mail: henrywilson@gcccares.org
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