A Nov 2015 Report on homelessness published by the Bassuk Center states, "...More than 90% of providers agree that comprehensive support services are necessary for families to remain stably housed, and that 30 yrs. of study revealed eight components of service that families need as soon as they become homeless and should continue after they are permanently housed...which are Permanent Affordable Housing, Education, Training, and Parenting supports, Family Assessments, Trauma-informed care, Depression treatment-mothers, Family Preservation, children's developmental and mental health needs." (Bassuk 2)
Our Programs provide seven of the eight components listed via education empowerment, life-skills and employment training, and paying-it-forward via community engagement. Our work is grounded in the belief that women and children need the safety, security, permanency of a home, and accountability in order to heal, mature, and succeed spiritually, mentally, and physically. The HMP employ a systems thinking approach that requires clients to create goals with focused and intentional actions steps designed to develop skills that promote:
1) financial & technology literacy,
2) physical & mental wellness,
3) lifework planning,
4) securing & maintaining permanent housing,
5) improving emotional, social, and physical well-being. and
6) civic engagement.

The HomeMakers Program is a two-part collaboration between NATASHA House and a host of community partners committed to inspire women to become self-sufficient, family oriented home owners. The Program will equip women with the necessary skill sets to break their own homeless cycle and achieve and maintain permanent housing, even home ownership using a proven systems approach that provides 128 hrs of deliberately purposeful training. We hosts four one-hour educational groups weekly called Modules. Each module is facilitated by a community leader who is a subject matter expert in their field and is designed to assist our clients with achieving their Lifework Plan goals. Additionally, our S2T enterprise provides weekly training in CSA planning and management. We sell S2T Shares-six to eight types of vegetable and herbs-for a six week season, offer three S2T seasons-Spring, Summer, & Fall, and civically engage NHI clients to perform horticulture duties. HomeMakers & Seed 2 Table (S2T)—Career-Readiness Enterprise Program Goal(s) 1. Increase NHI Revenue Outputs 1. Maintain at least 10 S2T subscribers for the Spring, Summer, and Fall seasons. 2. Provide two cash crops for the planting season Measurement Tool(s) 1. Signed S2T contracts 2. Advertisements, flyers, or sales Outcomes 1. 80% of subscribers remain customers for all three seasons. 2. 80% of cash crop will sell. CHAMPS is a character development and ARTS therapy Program that uses educational entertainment experiences (role-playing activities) to deliver trauma-centered services that help children * Heal & self-advocate * Improve academic performance & Research Careers * Develop the character traits, life-skills, & social skills needed for lifetime success in every aspect of life; And that fosters an entertaining, developmental environment for our team members (staff & volunteers), delivers a supreme interactive communication for our sponsors (industry partners) to Champion the most collaborative solutions to care for both our communities & our environments with optimum returns on each investment. The Program pursues these goal in three main ways: civic engagement, multidisciplinary education, and career-role playing. CHAMPS Program Goal(s) 1. Help youth succeed in school 2. Youth learn to play instruments & participate in a performance Outputs 1. 15 youth participating in 3 tutoring/educational sessions per week. 2. 15 youth attend lessons & practices Measurement Tool(s) 1. Grades, test scores, & attendance 2. Youth perform for at least 2 NHI events Outcomes 1. 70% of those served increased academic performance by one letter grade in the current school year; 75% improve one letter grade in problem class/subject 2. 50% of Youth perform at 2 NHI events

We hosts four one-hour educational groups weekly called Modules. Each module is facilitated by a community leader who is a subject matter expert in their field and is designed to assist our clients with achieving their Lifework Plan goals. Clients also meet weekly with Social Workers and Human Service Interns to ensure they remain focused on their Lifework Plan Goals.

Additionally, NATASHA House maintains the following Partnerships:

A. Program Development & Counseling Interns/Facilitators
CDR, William & Mary, NSU, CNU, TNCC, ODU, VSU, Post, St. Leo, St. Mary's U,
Phoenix U, Longwood U, Newport News & York County Extension Services,
Williamsburg-James City County Community Action Agency, Hearts of Hope

B. Financial Literacy & Career Readiness Training/Facilitators
Visions 2000, Workforce Development, ALS Janitorial Svcs,
October Effect, LLC, Mason & Associates, LLC, C& F Bank, VEC,
Jr. League of HR, AARP-SCEP, Urban League of HR, YMCA, BGCA, BBBS,
Peninsula SPCA, 1st Advantage- CCFS, Langley FCU, CCFS Inc., Hampton
Redevelopment, CBH, Williamsburg-James City County Community Action
Agency,

C. Referrals, Intakes, Health, & Intervention
Lackey Free Clinic, Southeastern Virginia Health System, Dr. Amaya Rucker,
Newport News Ext Srvc, Sentara Health Care, York County Food Closet,
Peninsula Quilt Guild, Peninsula Foodbank, Network Peninsula, VA Dept of
Transportation, & Referrals-Homeless crisis hotline, Transitions, Avalon,
Burfoot House, & Peninsula Rescue Mission.

D. Community Awareness & Fundraising
NATASHA House Clubs-York, Grafton, & Tabb High Schools, Grafton, Tabb,
Peasley, & Yorktown Middle Schools, Seaford, Grafton-Bethel, & Elementary

We will ensure we are making progress in both our HomeMakers & Seed 2 Table (S2T)—Career-Readiness Enterprise and our CHAMPS Programs by monitoring our Outputs and Outcomes using the Measurements we have identified in our Logic Model.
For our HomeMakers & Seed 2 Table (S2T)—Career-Readiness Enterprise:
Outputs
1. Maintain at least 10 S2T subscribers for the Spring, Summer, and Fall
seasons.
2. Provide two cash crops for the planting season

Outcomes
1. 80% of subscribers remain customers for all three seasons.
2. 80% of cash crop will sell.

Measurement Tool(s)
1. Signed S2T contracts
2. Advertisements, flyers, or sales

CHAMPS Program:

Outputs
1. 15 youth participating in 3 tutoring/educational sessions per week.
2. 15 youth attend lessons & practices

Outcomes
1. 70% of those served increased academic performance by one letter grade in
the current school year; 75% improve one letter grade in problem
class/subject
2. 50% of Youth perform at 2 NHI events

Measurement Tool(s)
1. Grades, test scores, & attendance
2. Youth perform for at least 2 NHI events

Impact:
• Since 2010, we served over 200 families through our transitional housing and outreach programs
• Served over 100 children in CHAMPS, our children's program.
• We've pre-screened and referred over 600 families to the Homeless Crisis Hotline and other agencies
• 85% of the residents who transitioned from NH to permanent housing between 2011 and 2016 remain in their own housing.
• 38% were York County Residents; 4% were from Poquoson; 51% from Newport News; 7% from Hampton;
• 11% were Veterans of which 71% remain in their own permanent housing.
• 100 % of residents housed in the last year (2016) transitioned and remain in their own housing;
• 100% of the children of our outreach clients attend at least 2 CHAMPS sessions per month
• Our residents continue to help manage our S2T Market enterprise—which adds fresh vegetables to our clients diets, adds to cash flow to NHI, and yields over 1,000 volunteer hours annually.
• Our clients have become or are in training to be: accountants, pharmacy techs, personal care aides, data entry techs, early childhood instructors, medical assistants, early child-hood educators, medical receptionists, corrections officers, cosmetologists, administrative assistants, project managers, certified nursing assistants, culinary arts specialists, and cashiers.
• Four former Clients are now homeowners