Needs
Bidwell Studios located in Folsom, California serves as our primary transitional housing site. Currently, there is no emergency housing in the Folsom area. We are hoping to make a difference in our community by providing four fully furnished studio apartments and three stationary trailers for our unhoused neighbors. The Big Day of Giving funds will be primarily used to pay for the studio apartments at Bidwell Studios.
Each studio apartments costs $1,277 per month (including utilities). Our goal of $61,300 will pay operating and maintenance costs of all our transitional housing units (4 units in total) for a year. Residents who have stable income will be asked for a small contribution each month but the main goal is to have them save money for up-front costs and fees towards permanent housing.
We feel single room occupancy type housing is the most advantageous as the clients work through the issues that put them into homelessness. All of our transitional housing clients are connected to our Case anger. The Case Manager will monitor their progress and assists them on their path to a more stable life. Presently, the cost of HART’s professional case management is approximately $36,000 a year.
HART is actively looking into additional housing options.