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December 2006
Vol. 2, No. 6 |
Destination:Home Update
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Greetings!
Thank you for your ongoing interest in the progress of
implementing our community's 10-year plan to end & prevent
homelessness!
With these updates, we hope to encourage you with news of local
progress on the strategies of the plan, educate you with information
re: projects and/or homeless issues, and inspire you with news of
other activities around the country!
Send your friends and colleagues to Destination:
Home's new home on the internet to sign up for e-newsletters,
like this "Destination:Home Update." "Aurora News," and others by
typing in an e-mail address and clicking on the "Sign up for our
E-mail newsletters" button at the left of each page:
www.destination-home.info
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Champions for Ending
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sent in your endorsement yet? |
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New Commitments to
the Spirit & Philosophy of Destination: Home 
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Celebrating Two Years of Implementing the
Plan | |
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release date: Dec. 8, 2004 |
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Destination:Home
Progress 
Advocates for our community’s people who are homeless joined with
Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel, Doug Karl and Tom Vargo, of Vectren
Corporation, Patty Avery of Old National Bank, Luzada Hayes of Aurora, and
other community leaders at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 12, in the
Vectren Community Room, One Vectren Square, in Downtown Evansville to
celebrate the second anniversary of the implementation of Destination:
Home—A Ten-Year Journey to End Homelessness in Evansville and
Vanderburgh County.
Over 60 community members attended the
event, with media representatives from WIKY, the Evansville
Courier & Press, Fox 7 WTVW, and News 25.
This ambitious ten-year
plan to end homelessness as we’ve known it, instead of merely
“managing” the problem, continues to move forward. Those who attended the
anniversary
celebration had the opportunity to hear updates on projects and accomplishments
related to the plan’s strategies.
Announcements of new partnerships and projects were made as well.
Special guests were on hand too. Sherry Seiwert, Executive
Director, Indiana
Housing and Community Development Authority, spoke of State efforts
and encouraged us locally. Frank Hagaman, President, Partners
in Housing Development Corporation, shared photos and his optimism in
working with us locally to develop a supportive housing project in the
near future.
Area businesses, organizations, and congregations present signed Organizational
Endorsements to note their support of the spirit and purpose of the
plan. These new endorsements, or champions for ending homelessness, will
join the 55 others who have already signified their support. (See article
above for new additions.)
This event annually celebrates our achievements as a community toward
ending and preventing homelessness in our city and county.
Copies
of Destination:Home
are available at all local libraries and online at www.destination-home.info
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Housing projects
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NEW Website Dedicated to Destination:
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Destination: Home, the city-county ten-year plan to end & prevent
homelessness, now has its own home on the Internet: www.destination-home.info
The
expanded space allows visitors to the site to access more information,
photos and documents related to the plan and its various projects.
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Promoting "Destination:
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Community Awareness
Activities 
BUILD
THE INFRASTRUCTURE - Strategy 2: Promote Destination:Home--A Ten-Year
Journey to End Homelessness
PRESENTATIONS
Over the past two months, presentations
regarding "Destination:Home" and issues related to ending homelessness
have been made to groups or representatives of the following entities in
this community:
WorkOne community service providers' bi-annual
conference; Meet Your Legislators participants; East Evansville Kiwanis;
IMPACT Ministries staff; Wheeler Mission Care Center, Indianapolis staff;
USI students; YMCA staff; North Park Baptist Church members; and at the 2nd
Anniversary Celebration event.
IN THE NEWS
Homeless issues and "Destination:Home"
have received media coverage in recent months.
Visit the "In
the News" page on the Destination:Home website to select the media
coverage or press releases you'd like to view.
OTHER
"Housing Matters! sweatshirts are still
available. See order information at the bottom.
The annual Homeless
Memorial Service was held Wed., Dec. 20 at Trinity United Methodist
Church. For
information, photos, and more, click here
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Inspiration from Other
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What Other
Cities/States Are Doing to End Homelessness 
LOUISVILLE, KY -- Between 150 and 200 people participated on Tues.,
Dec. 19, 2006 in the "Home for the Holidays" rally for the Louisville
Affordable Housing Trust Fund! The gathering was featured in an article
in the Courier-Journal. Rep. Jim Wayne pledged publicly, "I will make
the Louisville Affordable Housing Trust Fund my number one priority in
Frankfort in 2007!"
Open
the Door Campaign advocates that: "The Mayor and the Metro Council
must make the Louisville Affordable Housing Trust Fund a top priority in
January 2007 by creating a Louisville Affordable Housing Trust Fund and
funding it at the necessary level of $10 million annually in ongoing
dedicated public revenue. The immediate passing of the Louisville
Affordable Housing Trust Fund is necessary to gain leverage for passing
bills to enable Louisville to raise more funds and dedicate them to the
Trust, working with Kentucky Representatives and Senators in the 2007
Kentucky General Assembly, which begins Jan 2007."
What is the Housing Trust Fund? A distinct fund established by a
city, or other government entity, that permanently dedicates a renewable
pubic revenue source to support local affordable housing efforts.
Nationally, Housing Trust Funds have been part of the solution for
over 350 cities, counties and states struggling to offer affordable
housing for their citizens. For more on Louisville's fund details, visit
www.openthedoorlouisville.org/what
In Indiana, the Indiana Affordable Housing and Community Development
Fund was established in 1989. The Fund can only be used to support housing
for those earning less than 90% of the Area Median Income (AMI), and at
least 50% of spending must serve Hoosiers living at or below 50% of AMI.
(For Evansville & Vanderburgh Co., our AMI is $56,000. So, 80% would
be $44,800 and 50% is $28,000. The greatest need for affordable housing in
our area is most often for households at 30% or $16,800, since very little
exists yet that is truly affordable.)
Visit www.ourindianahome.org
to learn more about the State level fund.
Discover what organizations,
businesses, etc. have already endorsed the Fund and consider doing so as
well. Click
here to see the current partners list.
Contact us to find out how to advocate locally for housing
that is affordable to everyone in our community:
Email- info@destination-home.info or
Phone: 812.428.3246
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Looking Forward &
Staying Informed 
Accessing the Full Plan
Destination Home can be found
on-line at www.destination-home.info.
Copies are also located in the Reference Section of all branches of the
Evansville-Vanderburgh County Public Library and the Willard Library.
Getting Involved
If you would like to explore a strategy
for development, participate in an ongoing strategy or would like more
detailed information, please contact
Destination Home Resource Coordinator, Luzada Hayes, at 428-3246 or
e-mail
info@destination-home.info.
Funding Sources
Destination Home is funded in part by:
Bussing-Koch Foundation, City of Evansville, Fifth Third Foundation,
Mission & Ministry Inc., Trinity United Methodist Church and Vectren
Corporation.
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Your donation supports the city-county implementation of
"Destination:Home" strategies, which ultimately aims at empowering ALL
residents to arrive at their Destination: Home.
"We are called to heal wounds,
to unite what has fallen
apart,
and to bring home
those who have lost their
way.
- St. Francis of Assisi
To financially support Destination:Home
strategies and
endeavors,
send checks made payable to
Aurora, Inc., 1100
Lincoln Avenue, PO Box 74, Evansville, IN 47701-0074.
You may also make
donations online via PayPal or your checking/debit card by clicking on
the "Make a Donation" button above.
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"Housing Matters!"
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Order your
"Housing Matters!"
sweatshirt today!
ONLY $8.00 each while supplies last!
To order, print out
and complete this form:
Name: _____________________________________
Phone: _________________
Organization (if any):
__________________________________
Address: _________________________
City _______________ Zip __________
E-Mail:
_______________________________________ Fax: _________________
Quantity & Size: _______________________________
Adult sizes
only at this time. M, L, XL, 2XL
(quantities of some sizes are limited;
very few S and 3X are available)
Amount Enclosed:
___________________________
Make checks payable to Aurora.
Mail or drop off payment (check or cash only) to:
Aurora, 1100
Lincoln Ave., Evansville, IN 47714
PRE-PAID ORDERS ONLY!
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