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What overhead activities are present in a homeless shelter? List two. Remember: overhead costs (and activities)...

What overhead activities are present in a homeless shelter? List two. Remember: overhead costs (and activities) are those costs directly related to producing products or providing services that are not direct labor or indirect materials.

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Homeless shelters are a type of homeless service agency which provide temporary residence for homeless individuals and families. Shelters exist to provide residents with safety and protection from exposure to the weather while simultaneously reducing the environmental impact on the community.

Housing Opportunities For Persons With AIDS (Federal Program): 1 lead administrative agency representing 3 separate agencies on Maui, Kauai and Hawaii Island

  • Provide permanent housing placement with security deposits and ongoing rent subsidies for homeless persons with HIV/AIDS.
  • Provide ongoing case management/mentoring to maintain stability in housing.
  • Provide short-term rent, mortgage and utility assistance (STRMU), which is a short-term homelessness prevention and intervention benefit.

Housing Placement Program (TANF Funded):  4 agencies

  • Assist eligible Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) families who are homeless and at imminent risk of becoming and have income below the threshold of 300% federal poverty level.
  • Provide for client assessment, linkage to appropriate landlords, and landlord/client intervention to assist with the transition into a rental unit.
  • Provide assistance to families to quickly exit homelessness, return to housing in the community, and avoid future homelessness.
  • Cultivate and outreach to new prospective landlords to rent to at imminent risk of homelessness or transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing in possession of Welfare to Work or a Section-8 voucher.
  • Provide case management service and/or shall serve as the liaison with the landlord to ensure good landlord – tenant relations.
  • Provide one to three payments of any combination of security deposit, first month’s rent, utilities deposit or past due utilities, if necessary.
  • Assist with increasing income to sustain permanent housing.

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