Programs

The most important outcome FESCO strives to achieve is maximizing the number of families who move to more permanent housing.  In 2009-2010, 46 families who stayed with us for at least two weeks moved out.  Of those:

• 41% moved to permanent housing                                                        
  

• 30% moved to transitional housing                                                                      Les Marquis House      
  

• 9% moved to other shelters

• 20% did not report their destination

Emergency Shelter:  We served 54 families (70 adults and 127 children), providing 7,396 bed nights and 16,168 meals.  The average stay at the shelter was 37 days.

Transitional Housing

Banyan House:  At this 8-unit transitional housing facility, we served 22 families (29 adults and 48 children), providing 8,108 bed nights and 16,634 meals.  The average stay at Banyan House was 165 days (5.4  months).                                                                                                                                                                  

Third Street: Six families (7 adults and 19 children) lived in these four transitional housing units, for a total of 6,737 bed nights.  The average stay was 531 days (17.5 months).

Jobs/Housing Linkages:  Five families (5 adults and 12 children) participated in this program, which provides temporary rent subsidies to formerly homeless families.

Mental Health Counseling: We provided 440 hours of individual and family counseling sessions to 38 families (68 individuals).

Other Programs

Thresholds: Families completing our program and moving to their own homes have access to furniture, clothing, and household goods donated by community supporters through this program.

Client Support Events: 200 present and past residents participated in our August Back-To-School Backpack/school supplies distribution.   118 families were adopted in our holiday Adopt a Family program. We also distributed Thanksgiving food boxes to 60 families.                        

                                                                               
                                                                                         FESCO 2010 Backpack drive     
Shelter + Care: We helped 11 families (32 individuals) enroll in this program, which provides rent subsidies and support services to formerly homeless people with disabilities.

Finances

FESCO ended the year with a deficit of $132,283 on expenses of $1,292,781.  Of this, $119,017 was non-cash expenses -- depreciation and deferred (forgivable) mortgage interest. 

 Our income was 5% lower than last year.  The loss was entirely attributable to receiving much less foundation support than we had hoped.  Our low foundation income was offset to some extent by much higher community contributions than we anticipated.  Community contributions were 64% higher than last year and 35% higher than budgeted.  Most of this was individual giving, in response to a Challenge Fund appeal and from our new major donor.

 Expenses were 5% higher than last year and almost exactly on budget.  Salaries and wages were 8% lower than last year.  But employee benefits were 39% higher, mostly due to unemployment insurance costs.  Part of the unemployment expense was attributable to former employees who were laid off from places they worked subsequent to FESCO.

 Our sources of revenue were:  Community support, 54%; Government contracts, 35%; Foundations, 7%; and Earned Income (primarily rent), 4%.