OUR PROGRAMS

Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County Your county leader in homeless funding, collaboration, and advocacy

We work very closely with the service providers at the Senator Philip D. Lewis Center, the sole homeless resource center in Palm Beach County. Our main partners are Adopt-A-Family, Gulfstream Goodwill, County Human Services Outreach Team and The Lord’s Place. By working together, we can ensure unduplicated services and optimized funding to reach as many persons as possible.

2022 Accomplishments

Creating Housing Opportunities (CHO)– through our CHO Program we were able pay first month’s rent, last month’s, rent and security deposits for 151 households and 251 individuals whereby taking them of the streets and placing them in affordable rental apartments.

Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers (4B) – our 4B program provided 88,800nutritious meals to the 70 homeless men and women living at the Lewis Center and the 120 at the Lewis Annex.

Project Homeless Connect (PHC) – With COVID finally dissipating, we were able to hold three Project Homeless Connect events in November, May and October. These events offer homeless individuals free food, clothes, haircuts, toiletry kits, health screenings, showers and other necessary services.

Park To Work (P2W)- working collaboratively with Palm Beach County Government and other community partners, more than $50,000 was invested in employing 65 homeless men, allowing them the opportunity to provide for themselves and become selfsufficient.

VIBGives Computer Program – new in 2022 providing 10 clients from our provider agencies the opportunity to enhance their employability by being a part of a ten-week program allowing them to take as many online computer courses as they choose. Laptops and mentors are provided for each of the ten-week courses.