MCKEMIE PLACE INC
Where Needs Are Met, Hope Is Given, And Lives Are Changed.
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What we aim to solve
Homelessness impacts the entire community with increase needs for emergency medical care, mental health services, and interactions with law enforcement and the legal system. According to the Point-in-Time count, a survey of individuals experiencing homelessness conducted each year by the Homeless Coalition of the Alabama Gulf Coast Continuum of Care, 62% of the 505 people experiencing homelessness in Mobile and Baldwin counties in 2019 were women. The hard truth is these women often become victims of assault and rape when left on the streets with no where safe to go. McKemie Place is the only emergency overnight shelter for unaccompanied women in Southwest Alabama.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
McKemie Place
To provide temporary, emergency overnight shelter (including a meal and a shower) for unaccompanied homeless women in the Mobile, Baldwin and Washington County area.
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Our results
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Average number of service recipients per month
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Population(s) Served
Women and girls
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Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The mission of McKemie Place is to provide a safe haven, spiritual encouragement, and access to resources that help meet the needs and promote the well-being of unaccompanied homeless women. The main goal of McKemie is to provide a safe place for homeless women to stay while encouraging them towards self sufficiency and helping them regain their independence. Women come to us broken, hopeless, and in distress. Our greatest hope is for them to grow personally and spiritually while in our care and leave us in better mental and emotional health ready to sustain long term self sufficiency.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
McKemie Place is the only emergency overnight shelter for unaccompanied women in Southwest Alabama. In 2019, 462 unaccompanied homeless women found a safe place to stay, to store their belongings, to receive mail, and to take a hot shower at McKemie. They have been provided at least one meal and more importantly a support network to help them on their path to self sufficiency and connection with resources to help them regain their independence.
Each potential client undergoes an intake process with a McKemie Place staff person to collect data and understand the woman’s situation and needs. This application process includes a Statement of Homelessness, Release of Information, and Income Certification. We currently utilize the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to store the collected information and track the impact the services we provide are having on homelessness in South Alabama.
Upon admittance into our shelter, within three days a guest is required to meet with our case manager to create a 90-day plan of action to move towards self sufficiency. Once her plan is established, she is connected with the appropriate resources to help her meets goals and achieve each step. These resources include, but are not limited to mental health counseling, job readiness training, and medical care.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
McKemie Place currently provides a place for up to 50 women to temporarily stay overnight. Through the gracious assistance of dedicated volunteers, who prepare, bring and serve our evening meals, we are also able to provide dinner each evening to our guests. While in our program, clients meet with a case manager who assists them with creating attainable goals and meeting achievements that enable them to regain their independence and restore their self confidence. Women are connected with local resources to help them with furthering their education, encouraging them in their faith, obtaining employment, and finding a more permanent living arrangement.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
McKemie has a rich history of helping homeless women regain their independence and helping them heal from the wounds of life. We have been very fortunate to have the assistance of partner agencies with providing day shelter for our clients, but the many changes of location for the day shelter through the years and even now with safe havens being provided through churches on the weekends, we can’t give our guests the stability they need while rebuilding their lives. Having to constantly change locations perpetuates the instability they are already feeling and adds to their overwhelming sense of hopelessness. In 2019, the Board of Directors voted to enter into a Lease to Purchase Agreement Contract with Southland Capital Realty Group, LLC. for a property which is currently undergoing renovations to become our permanent shelter for unaccompanied women in distress in South Alabama. We are ready for and need a place of our own to properly take care of local women in their greatest time of need.
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
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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, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
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MCKEMIE PLACE INC
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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? Yes -
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? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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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 ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- 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 measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- 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.