Project Homeless Connect
Thank you Bellingham and Whatcom County for another successful PHC event! With the generous support of donors and local businesses, we mobilized more than 300 community volunteers and providers from over 30 health and human service agencies to deliver encouragement and service to roughly 675 homeless neighbors on March 5, 2011. (Click here to view our 2011 donors, sponsors, and service providers) Once again, your time and interest made a powerful statement: We are one community and our prosperity is tied to the health and safety of every citizen.
Project Homeless Connect (PHC) is a national initiative sponsored by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), and is now implemented in well over 200 communities across the United States as well as Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia. Bellingham/Whatcom PHC was first adopted in 2007 during Phase 3 of the Whatcom County 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. United Way of Whatcom County is our fiscal agent.
Our next PHC event will take place on the campus of Bellingham High School on Cornwall Ave. in downtown Bellingham on Friday July 27, 2012.
This 1-day, 1-stop event will again mobilize community volunteers and local service providers in order to:
· invite and welcome homeless people
· reduce barriers to service
· provide immediate and complete service outcomes
· create sustainable and long term service partnerships
· track and publicize results that connect to the 10-Year Plan
Our pre-event outreach effort will extend throughout Whatcom County to invite guests from the most vulnerable subpopulations: Including youth, veterans, and the chronically homeless. Among the many services available at PHC, guests can receive dental exams, vision and hearing screenings, housing intakes, DOL photo ID, haircuts, general medical exams, employment screenings, health insurance applications, legal assistance, GAU and SSA help, pet care, and community voicemail. Referrals for follow-up care are made whenever possible.
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