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Pathway to Success
To qualify for the program, your household must:

• Need three months or less or rent or utility assistance, currently living in an unsafe home that needs an inspection.
• Have income that can be verified
• Willing to participate in case management for 6 months to receive assistance with Job Readiness and Financial Literacy, Daycare and more. 

If you meet these qualifications, call 336.273.5572

How we help Prevent Homelessness

The Salvation Army provides emergency financial assistance for rent and utilities to help households prevent homelessness. Because each community is unique, the details of financial assistance programs vary between our different commands. There are requirements for assistance that vary by location. These often include but are not limited to, a valid photo identification card, your social security card, and various other supporting documents.

You can also call us at: 336.273.5572

The Supportive Services for Veteran Families

The Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program aims to provide homeless, low-income veterans and their families with workable housing. If clients qualify, SSVF can also provide emergency assistance, food, gas, auto repair, etc.

Due to the intensity of the rapid transition into permanent housing, all potential clients will be required to take part in SSVF services which help with financial counseling, landlord/tenant relationship classes, needed health appointments, etc.

During the subsidy period, staff will help clients locate and secure safe, permanent, affordable housing. An SSVF Case Manager will assist clients with identifying and pursuing goals for increasing their income or removing personal barriers which stop clients from maintaining permanent housing. This is a collaborative grant program with The Veterans Administration, United Way, NC Housing, Goodwill, and The Salvation Army.

Rapid Rehousing - Permanent Supportive Housing

You can also call us at: 336.273.5572

The essential idea of Housing First is that people's need for housing is a basic need that should be met as quickly as possible, without any preconditions. A Housing First approach assumes that people should start with stable permanent housing. They may then choose to address other life issues. But in most cases, after a brief housing crisis, people return to permanent housing and do not experience homelessness, whether or not other problems in their lives are resolved.

There is considerable support for this concept. A randomized research design determined that being prepared for independent housing via months or years of transitional programming did not result in more stable housing, fewer psychiatric hospitalizations or less substance abuse than the experimental Housing First program.

By helping people get or keep their housing, first, their stress levels can begin to return to normal and they can avoid the many negative outcomes of homelessness (job loss, poor school attendance/performance, inability to follow medical regimens, and/or increased substance abuse). They are also more likely to be willing and able to choose to take steps toward longer-term stability.

It is important to note that Housing First is a "First" step. Program participants who move into new housing need to meet the same demands as other tenants: paying rent and not engaging in behaviors that could lead to eviction or non-renewal of their lease, and, potentially, a return to homelessness.

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