Our Impact

Freedom House has walked alongside nearly 1,500 families and over 2,800 children throughout the past 25 years.

In 2016, we served a total of 134 families in our programs.

Shelter

• 55 families (60 adults and 123 children) were sheltered for 10,604 nights.

• Our adults attended 45 parenting and budget/job readiness classes.

• Our adults were connected to housing resources/support services during 295 case management meetings.
• 45% of our families increased their income.
• 57% of our families increased their employment skills.
• 25 children were cared for in our shelter's State licensed onsite child care center.

Aftercare

• 503 contacts were made with 66 past families (83 adults and 194 children).

• 79.35% of the needs of these families were met (care packages of hygiene and cleaning supplies, food, Goodwill vouchers and more).

The Bridge

• 13 families (14 adults and 28 children) participated in our program.
• 183 case management meetings provided additional assistance for families.
• 17 children were enrolled at our State licensed group child care center.

Brown County Housing Trends

• Families have had difficulty in finding affordable housing in the past two years.
• Families are moving in with family/friends due to lack of affordable housing.

In early 2017, Freedom House began implementing the Family Index, a data collection process developed by Ecumenical Partnership for Housing (EPH) to improve the "solutions" offered to the families we serve. The Family Index is completed by a trained case manager upon the entrance and exit of a family into and from programming. The Family Index examines 18 categories that impact a family's self sufficiency. The Family Index will provide a more targeted approach for developing and improving programming as well as case management focus. In addition, the Family Index is designed as a communication and development tool for our families. We expect to report the results of this new data collection process in 2018.