Resident Fellowship Program (formerly known as the Christian Men and Women's Shelter Program)

Program Mission Statement:

(self-reported)

The Resident Fellowship Program (formerly known as the Christian Men and Women's Shelter Program) provides the basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, medical and recovery services, love and encouragement to a broad base of chronically and short-term homeless men, women and their children. The program is designed to help residents address the personal issues and behaviors that caused them to be homeless while equipping them with the skills and self-understanding necessary to be successful in their recovery. The program provides residents with the tools required to bring about permanent change in the quality of their lives and to help restore them to independent living, breaking the cycle of homelessness in their lives.

Score Summary

Overall Score:	Better
Practice Principles:	Good
Faith Related Elements:	Better
Outcome Measures:	Good
Change Process:	Excellent

Program Facts

• Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 14
• Program Participants Last Year: 602
• Meets about 30 time(s) with each participant per month
• Participants remain in the program for 3 months

Board Activities

Funding Overview

(self-reported)

	This Program	This Organization
Organization Budget: $2,547,000 Program Budget: $1,178,300
Foundation Grants	2%	1%
Government Grants/Contracts	0%	0%
Individual Gifts	79%	77%
Business/Corporate Gifts	8%	8%
Congregation/Denominational Gifts	8%	8%
Dues/Fees/Income	3%	2%
Other	0%	4%
	Average Program Funding From All Samaritan Programs	Average Organization Funding From All Samaritan Organizations
The next charts display the average funding sources for all programs currently in the Samaritan Guide for your comparison. Average Organization Budget: $3,820,907 Average Program Budget: $417,789
Foundation Grants	19%	18%
Government Grants/Contracts	6%	8%
Individual Gifts	37%	33%
Business/Corporate Gifts	9%	8%
Congregation/Denominational Gifts	10%	10%
Dues/Fees/Income	8%	9%
Other	9%	11%

It is important to maintain diverse income sources for your programs and for your oganization as a whole. Doing so provides long-term financial stability to your organizations and programs. It is also important to note that government funding often comes with stipulations and restrictions. More information is available in the Raising Resources Toolkit - pdf.

Score Details

Program Focus
Program Mission	Clarity and specificity of the program's mission statement.	Excellent
Target Population	Clarity and specificity of the programs target clientele.	Excellent
Eligibility Criteria	Clarity and specificity of the program's eligibility criteria.	Excellent
Program Requirements	Well defined requirements for client participation.	Excellent
Referrals From Other Organizations	Do other organizations recommend this program to their clientele.	Excellent
Referrals to Other Organizations	Does this program recommend other programs to their clients?	Better
Volunteer to Staff Ratio	Are volunteers effectively incorporated into the program?	Good
Past Participant Recruiting	Are past program participants recruited as volunteers?	Good
Evaluation and Practice Princples
Practice Principles	How supports and resources are provided to increase outcomes.	Good
Outcome Measurement	The ability to measure stated program outcomes.	Good
Change Process	Specific and measurable statement of the program's goals.	Excellent
Faith Related Elements	Integration of faith related elements.	Better
Measurement Frequency	Frequency of measuring client outcomes.	Excellent
Program Evaluation	Level of the budget allocated to measuring client outcomes.	Excellent
Institutional Stability
Organization Age	A measure of the organization's durability.	Excellent
Board Oversight	How involved in the program are the members of its board?	Excellent
Program Duration	Average duration of a clients participation with a program.	Good
Finances
Budget Diffusion	Diversity of the programs funding sources.	Good
Government Funding	Does this program accept little or no government funding?	Excellent

Program Score Details

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Outcomes & Measures:

(self-reported)

Scoring for this section is based on the organizations ability to provide at least three clear and specific outcomes with corresponding measures in which a relationship is shown between outcomes and measures.

Outcome 1: 50% of men exiting our program will exit to independent living arrangements.

Measure Used:
Exit interviews and outcome measurement forms tallied to determine independent living status.

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Outcome 2: 60% of the men who enter the long-term program will remain abstinent from alcohol and addictive drugs through their entire stay at the Washington City Mission.

Measure Used:
Outcome Measurement Form that indicates relapse and/or drug/alcohol usage during residency.

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Outcome 3: 60% of women exiting our program will exit to independent living arrangements.

Measure Used:
Exit interviews and outcome measurement forms tallied to determine independent living status.

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Outcome 4: 60% of the women who enter the long-term program will remain abstinent from alcohol and addictive drugs through their entire stay at the Washington City Mission.

Measure Used:
Outcome Measurement Form that indicates relapse and/or drug/alcohol usage during residency.

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Outcome 5: N/A

Measure Used:
N/A

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Change Process:

(self-reported)

Scoring for this section is based on the organizations ability to provide clear, measurable, client-focused stages of change based on participant participation.

A homeless person enters the Mission as a guest and is assigned a bed. Food, clothing, shelter, medical care and counseling is available. Resident receives psycho-social and medical evaluations. Resident either enters the program or is referred to appropriate services. Program participants work toward individual needs-based stability through the program and collaborative services for their first three months (Phase I). Resident increases program responsibility by participating is a series of classes and groups in addition to work training, counseling and job-seeking (Phase II). After six months, resident begins outside employment, develops a savings plan, and begins seeking outside housing in preparation to establish independent living arrangements (Phase III). The resident then moves into independent housing. The program seeks to help homeless men and women address problems and self-destructive behaviors so that when they leave the program they will be connected to a support system and possess the skills and self-understanding to be successful and not return to the self-destructive behaviors causing them to be homeless.

Program Score - Historical Review

Note: Significant decreases in scores may be the result of incomplete data in a Samaritan Award application.

End Notes

Incomplete Applications

Significant decreases in certain scores may indicate failure to comprehensively complete certain sections of the Samaritan Award application. Please be sure to fill out every question in the Samaritan Award application.

Relative Scoring

Total program scores are partially computed against other programs from within the same pool of applications and so are not cumulative.

Additional Reference Material

More information on scoring and methodology may be found on the Samaritan Guide and Award website.

Acton Institute Relationship

The Samaritan Guide and Samaritan Award are projects run by the Acton Institute. Inclusion in the Guide does not signify endorsement by the Acton Institute. More information on why the Acton Institute runs this project is available online.