Palisades Emergency Residence Corp (PERC Shelter)
PERC Emergency Shelter is in North Hudson, and provides emergency housing to this largely Latino, low to moderate income area. All their emergency shelter program participants are low - no income, unemployed or underemployed, disabled, or have other health, mental health, or substance abuse issues. They work with all 12 municipalities and Hudson County providers and agencies.
PERC has provided emergency shelter to 499 unduplicated homeless individuals thus far and continues to operate 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. During this period, PERC has purchased the following supplies to support the shelter operations: They purchased 25 mattresses for the shelter beds, and two laptops. They plan to purchase 15 additional mattresses by the end of the year. They also purchased paper goods, toiletry items, and cleaning supplies.
Part of the Solution, POTS
POTS proposed to use grant funds to enhance its ESOL offerings to the local community and provided a timetable listing the class sessions and levels it planned to offer in 2023. POTS successfully accomplished all goals outlined in its proposal. POTS’ goals for this program included the following: Hold two ESOL class sessions, each of which was to have at least 15 students, and meet twice a week for 4 months. 1. Track attendance and graduation rates for each class level in each semester. 2. Conduct CASAS eTests to determine improvement in the students’ English literacy skills. 3. We are proud to report that POTS achieved these goals. Each class began with at least 15 students and met twice a week for four months. Thanks to the support of the Ponce De Leon Foundation, POTS was able to help community members improve their language skills in 2023, strengthening the non- English speaking community in the Bronx by enhancing integration, fostering independence, and developing more inclusive and engaged neighborhoods.
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