Over the past weekend PHC’s in-office program Every Day Connect (EDC) celebrated its 3rd birthday! EDC was created in 2012 to bridge the gap between quarterly large-scale PHC service events, and the daily needs of our participants. Our team of Resource Specialists works with participants in our office to access life-changing resources. Here are a few… Read More
Every Day Connect Resource Specialist Yuri Na writes about a recent participant’s success: During my first month as a Resource Specialist with Every Day Connect, I met a young woman named Melissa. After losing her housing, she came into the office in search of direction. She told me she was experiencing some mental health issues… Read More
Last week, Project Homeless Connect and HOPE hosted a social services happy hour at Runway in the Market Square building. The event was designed to celebrate the hard work and dedication of front line staff and to provide an opportunity to network. The happy hour was a great opportunity for over 40 service providers to… Read More
When Steven first contacted Every Day Connect, he was in constant pain. Years of homelessness, coupled with drug use when he was younger, had taken its toll. Now sober for many years and settled into SRO housing, he was experiencing a variety of health issues. First and foremost, he had lost a number of teeth,… Read More
As you might imagine, many of Project Homeless Connect’s participants are used to surviving with a small number of personal possessions. As you also might imagine, when you don’t have much, there’s an extra sting that comes with having one of your belongings stolen. This was unfortunately the situation a woman named Ellen woke up… Read More
Photo by Jamey Thomas, 2013 One of the things we’ve been excited about lately is the expansion of services within our Every Day Connect program. With this new program and its growing capacity, we’ve been able to focus our efforts on helping people locate important resources, not only through daily, one-on-one assistance, but through small-scale… Read More
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