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Transitional housing initiative for reentry support
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Deanna Logan highlights MOCJ's transitional housing initiative as a significant investment in reentry support, providing stable housing options for individuals leaving incarceration.
- The initiative evolved from a COVID-19 emergency housing model into a sustainable transitional housing program.
- It provides a direct pathway to permanent housing for participants.
- In 2022, over 250 individuals were moved into permanent housing through this initiative.
- The program collaborates with HPD, partner providers, and utilizes emergency housing vouchers.
Deanna Logan
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Consistent with Mayor Adams vision of public safety as the prerequisite to prosperity, Mach J understands that individuals we support require housing stability.
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It's the foundation.
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It's the foundation for success.
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Without a stable place to live, individuals leaving incarceration are far more likely to face homelessness, unemployment, and may reoffend.
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MACJ is committed to ensuring that these individuals have access to stable housing options.
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Our transitional housing initiative is one of the city's most significant investments in reentry support in recent years.
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Building on the success of our COVID nineteen emergency housing, we evolved that housing model for supports into a sustainable model of transitional housing to meet people where they are and provide a direct pathway to permanent, can we say that again, permanent housing.
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Here we see return on our investment.
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Transitional housing doesn't just provide individuals a bed, it provides the foundation for stability, safety, and success.
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In 2022, we were fortunate enough to move over 250 individuals into permanent housing.
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Thanks to our sister agency HPD, partner providers, and emergency housing vouchers.