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SteppingStone Place

An Effective Practice

Description

Developing supportive housing for homeless individuals with behavioral or health problems is one of the greater challenges faced by city governments and nonprofit agencies. SteppingStone Place represents a unique effort by two nonprofit agencies, Mercy Housing Arizona and Native American Connections, Inc., to take on this challenge. These two nonprofit agencies combined their resources and expertise to acquire an historic property and transform it into a supportive housing facility for two homeless populations.

Goal / Mission

The goal of this program is to provide supportive housing for homeless people living with HIV/AIDS and/or substance abuse problems.

Results / Accomplishments

The result of this partnership is an attractive, 44 unit housing campus that will serve homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS and/or substance abuse problems. The City of Phoenix was integral to the success of the SteppingStone Place development in the areas of funding and technical staff support.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Mercy Housing Arizona and Native American Connections, Inc.
Primary Contact
Cody Williams
City of Phoenix
Housing Department
251 West Washington Street, 4th Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85003
(602) 262-4785
edemicha@ci.phoenix.az.us
Topics
Economy / Housing & Homes
Economy / Poverty
Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Organization(s)
Mercy Housing Arizona and Native American Connections, Inc.
Source
BestPractices.org
Date of publication
2000
Location
Phoenix. AZ

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An Effective Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.
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