Footprints, Inc.
Helping homeless Veterans and people in recovery since 2001
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Footprints addresses homelessness and its causes through transitional housing, case management, and substance abuse recovery programming.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Heroes Home Gate
Heroes Home Gate provides homeless veterans with a short-term home, three nutritious meals per day and 24/7 staff supervision. This service is offered in partnership with the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) through the Healthcare for Homeless Veterans initiative. According to the VA, HHG has the highest success rate of all transitional housing facilities in the Kansas City area. Of the 900 veterans that have lived at HHG, 80% have gone on to achieve permanent and stable housing.
The key to Footprints success in moving its clients into stable, permanent homes is its innovative, home-like atmosphere, robust case management, and wrap around services. Footprints provides for each client's basic needs, so that clients are able to focus on their recovery, moving from crisis to a place of stability and good mental health.
Wayne D. White Recovery Community Center
The Wayne D. White Recovery Community Center provides education, case management, information, referrals, a ten-week outpatient recovery program, employment assistance, job training, and peer support services for those seeking long-term recovery from substance use disorders. The center is a one-of-a-kind oasis for people in recovery and their friends and family members. The goal of the Recovery Community Center is to improve quality of life, prevent relapse and sustain long-term recovery. It is a place where life’s challenges are faced with solutions and guidance. It is a place where skills are shared and learned. It is a place where isolation becomes inclusion and strangers become friends.
MAMA's House
MAMA’s House is a safe and supportive residence for women who are in recovery from substance use disorder. The program is accredited by the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. It is staffed by individuals who have Recovery Support Specialist and Recovery Support Specialist-Peer credentials from the Missouri Credentialing Board. Most have received special training in Medication Assisted Treatment which is critical for helping to residents who struggle with opioid use disorder. Residents of the recovery house participate in the recovery services of the Wayne D. White Recovery Community Center. These include individual counseling, recovery classes, group therapy and support groups.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of homeless participants engaged in housing services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups, Work status and occupations, Health
Related Program
Heroes Home Gate
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The mission of Footprints is to build safe environments that ignite positive change through love and outreach. Our mission leads us to reduce homelessness, reduce hunger, and reduce substance abuse in our community.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
REDUCE HOMELESSNESS
Footprints provides immediate shelter and intense case management that brings clients struggling with homelessness and co-occurring mental health challenges back to a place of health. Many of our clients struggle with PTSD, trauma, untreated mental illness, and a history of abuse, which are the core causes of chronic homelessness. Case management addresses the barriers to obtaining housing. Outcomes in this area include:
Addressing client-specific needs, such as obtaining identification, renewing drivers licenses, etc.
Addressing physical and mental health needs
Obtaining transportation
Obtaining employment or a source of income
Achieving and maintaining permanent housing
REDUCE HUNGER
The community we serve experiences the lingering effects of redlining and disinvestment. Incomes are low, with families living precariously from paycheck to paycheck. Our two food pantries serve the community and provide both nutrition and hygiene items. Meeting the basic need for food and housing ensures that clients are in a better position to maintain employment and address life’s challenges and stressors, which often provoke other issues such as substance abuse.
REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
High rates of poverty affect more than just food and housing - substance abuse is more prevalent among families living in poverty, as are other risk factors for drug and alcohol abuse. Footprints has established services to help clients recover from substance abuse disorders, including a state-certified outpatient treatment program, peer support meetings (such as AA and NA), case management, and a trusted, supportive community.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Footprints, Inc. employees staff members who are experienced in the management of nonprofit organizations and in the addiction recovery field. We use addiction counselors who are credentialed by the Missouri Credentialing Board. We maintain three facilities; the Wayne D. White Recovery Community Center on Troost Avenue, Heroes Home Gate (with beds for up to 25 Veterans at a time), and M.A.M.A.'s House, which houses up to four women at a time.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Key achievements over the last 20 years include:
Providing transitional housing to 825 Veterans, over 70% of whom went on to achieve permanent, stable housing.
Providing a safe place for 17 women in recovery.
Providing substance abuse services and life skills support to over 144,000 people in recovery
Helping 18,000 people achieve sobriety through our outpatient treatment program.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Footprints, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 01/06/2023
Mr. Joel Ritchie
Jackson County Prosecutor's Office
Term: 2020 - 2023
Faye Johnson-Kendrick
Christian Fellowship Baptist Church
John Brewer
Retired, U.S. Marine Corps
Joel Bailey
Footprints
Dr. Stan Archie
Christian Fellowship Baptist Church
Raquel Williams
Keller Williams Realty
Charity Brown Ritchie
Footprints
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.