Bethesda Project FY 2021 Highlights and Benchmarks
Guests and residents, like Troiye, a resident at Bethesda North Broad, thrive through our housing and case management support services. Troiye lives with a mental illness that impacts his day-to-day life significantly. Recently, he began to struggle in ways that caused site staff to step in and take creative steps to help Troiye address his mental health symptoms. With a dedicated approach and support from program staff, Troiye became the proud pet father of a female beta fish named Nema. He also helps other residents at the site and provides assistance to staff to help keep the site clean. When asked what his favorite part about Bethesda North Broad is, he said, “the community.” The support and care he receives from residential and social services staff - in addition to the camaraderie and relationships built with both fellow residents and volunteers help him grow and succeed.
Guests and residents flourished thanks to our critical partnerships over the past year • Bethesda Project maintained operations of a City of Philadelphia COVID Prevention Space on Oxford St, which has individual rooms for 44 guests who are at high risk of COVID-19 and opened a new winter shelter at the Church of the Holy Trinity Rittenhouse Square as a part of our Church Shelter Program • The Pew Fund provided a Tech Grant for a new case management database (Apricot 360) Each partnership allowed us to provide enhanced, focused, and impactful services - despite the reduction of overall capacity and walk-up services due to COVID-19 restrictions - by adding two additional sites, receiving a new case management system, and incorporating internships and skills-based volunteering.
Thanks to your impact,
872*
573+
100
3,757*
guests and residents received housing, shelter, walk-up, and outreach services
drop-offs of donations (such as meals, clothes, hand sanitizer, PPE, etc)
donation drives were held on our behalf
volunteer hours provided (virtually and on-site!)
*Decreased numbers due to COVID-19 restrictions
We continue to work with guests and residents to create strong relationships, avenues of success, and a home. Entry-Level Programs
Emergency Shelter
Total Served: 265* Chronically Homeless: 205 Average Length of Stay: 120 Days
Occupancy Rate: 95% Average Length of Stay: 7 Years Total Overnight Guests: 380* Maintaining Housing Stability: 97% Daytime Walk-Up Guests: 67* Meals Served: 35,248* Referrals to Outside Providers: 852* *Decreased numbers due to COVID-19 restrictions
Engagement with vulnerable individuals experiencing street homelessness to build trusting relationships and meet their most basic needs utilizing a Harm Reduction approach
Connecting guests who are episodically homeless to resources, moving them to stable housing, and ending housing crises quickly at our 149-bed shelter
Permanent Housing
Maintaining long-term residential housing stability through case management and supportive services in our 150 total units
Our Guests and Residents Guests and Residents’ Racial Diversity White: 27% Asian: 1% Black/African: 67% Multiracial: 1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1% Data unknown: 3%
9% 85%
of guests and residents identify as Hispanic/Latino of guests and residents have an accompanying disability
FY2021 Financial Highlights TOTAL SERVED: 872* **DOMENIC FUND: $461,149 **TOTAL REVENUE: $5,368,486 **TOTAL EXPENSES: $5,588,084 (**unaudited)
1630 South Street l Philadelphia, PA 19146 l www.bethesdaproject.org l info@bethesdaproject.org