New Opportunities, Inc. Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Region 5

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New Opportunities, Inc. Homelessness
Preventionand Rapid Re-HousingRegion 5
Greater Danbury area

• Danbury Housing Partnership
• Year 1 - Project Summary

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Greater Danbury HPRP Provider Agencies

• Association of Religious Communities
• Community Action Committee of Danbury

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Year 1 Activities (10/1/09 09/30/10)

• 82,687 Total Expended on Financial Assistance
  Payments
• 35,648 utilized for Security Deposits
• 298 Adults/Households Assisted with Financial
  Payments
• 606 Total Customers Served including 308 children

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Lessons Learned

• Just over 50 of the children in households
  receiving services were between the ages of 0 and
  6
• Demand for program assistance and financial
  services is far greater than availability
• Security Deposit Utilization increased with
  closing of DSS Security Deposit Program
• Staff training and support for data entry, and
  customer service a key for success

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New Opportunities, Inc. Region V

• Bill Rybczyk Director of Research,
  Development, and Planning 203.575.4238
• Eileen Walsh HPRP Coordinator Region V
  203.575.4361