Kim BrattainFounder/ CEO, Kim Brattain Media · Award-winning Corporate and Documentary Film Producer

Supportive Housing Communities -Numbers Add Up | Brand Video

17 Apr 2023 · 2 min

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The video presents Supportive Housing Communities (SHC) as a highly effective nonprofit in Charlotte, dedicated to reducing homelessness through affordable housing and comprehensive supportive services. It outlines SHC’s three main programs: permanent supportive housing at sites such as McCreesh Place, St. John’s Place, and scattered‑site apartments where caseworkers provide ongoing substance‑abuse, mental‑health, and counseling support; the PATH Street Outreach program that engages people living on the streets to connect them with services; and a Rapid Rehousing program that prepares participants for independent living within two years. The narrator highlights striking outcome statistics—96% of residents stay in stable housing, 96% of those with mental‑health diagnoses avoid emergency‑room visits, and 92% of residents in recovery remain sober. These outcomes translate into substantial public‑sector savings: the average annual cost of a chronically homeless person drops from $35,000 to $11,000, saving $24,000 per person; police calls and arrests fall 82%, and jail days decline 89%. The narrative concludes that SHC’s model saves taxpayer money, saves lives, and offers a hopeful path to a brighter future.

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At Supportive Housing Communities, the numbers add up. Our mission has always been to provide affordable housing to alleviate homelessness and human suffering. Just last year, Supportive Housing Communities helped hundreds of homeless men, women, and children with permanent supportive housing in residences like McCreesh Place, St. John's Place, and our scattered site apartments where the formerly homeless are visited by caseworkers providing our trademark supportive services. We support Charlotte's most vulnerable with substance abuse services, mental health support, and counseling. Additionally, our PATH Street Outreach Program is constantly searching for future residents that have fallen off the grid and need help. They build relationships with the homeless, connecting them to mental health services with an ultimate goal of helping them have a roof over their heads. Some people stay with us long-term, others just need a short-term helping hand. Those in our Rapid Rehousing Program prepare to live independently within 2 years. This supportive housing communities model is amazingly successful. Look at the numbers: 96% of our residents remain in stable housing, 96% of our residents with a mental health illness avoid ER services when in a crisis, and 92% of our residents in recovery stay sober. All this saves taxpayers money. Chronically homeless people cost the City of Charlotte an average of $35,000 per person a year in emergency room bills. With supportive housing, that number drops to $11,000 a year, a taxpayer savings of $24,000 per person per year. There's also an enormous savings in the number of police calls and arrests, down 82% with supportive housing communities, and days in jail, down 89%. The highly successful supportive housing communities model saves taxpayers money and saves lives. All positive steps toward a brighter future. Supportive housing communities, truly a place to live again.