Keystone Mission
Building a Community of HOPE
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Keystone Mission has recognized that there is a need for a homeless shelter in the Northeastern Pennsylvania area. The Mission is looking to build a Transformation Center (shelter and program center) to assist the homeless, hungry, and hurting. Lastly, we are looking to expand our distribution to reach more people in the area.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Mobile Outreach
Staff and volunteers hit the street Friday through Monday providing a meal and clothing to men and women experiencing homelessness.
Emergency Shelter, Code Blue
Keystone Mission in partnership with the cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre provides overnight shelter for men and women experiencing homelessness during the months of November–March. Guests will come into one of the two locations, check-in with staff or volunteers, be assigned a cot, have access to water and food, and have a warm night of sleep.
Code Blue is a county alert. When the temperature reaches 20 degrees or colder, or, a foot or more of snow is expected in the weather. The Scranton and Wilkes-Barre emergency shelters will open for guests.
Day Center
The Keystone Mission Day Center is available Monday through Friday from 9:00 am –3:00 pm in Scranton. Men and women experiencing homelessness will be able to come in receive breakfast and lunch, case management and resources with a Life Coach or volunteer, access to do laundry, and make connections to community resources for life transformation.
15-bed Transformation Center
Keystone Mission is opening in Spring 2022 a 15-bed Transformation Center for men in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Men enrolled in the center will be in a structured 5-pillar program: Heart and Mind, Job Readiness Training, Spiritual Training, Life-Skill Training, and Self-Care. The purpose of the center is to train men and help them to become self-sufficient in a healthy community. The center has community partners that are providing the services and training for the men.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of clients experiencing homelessness
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Day Center
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of meals delivered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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 main goal of the organization is to build relationships and connect those experiencing homelessness to the right resources for independent, sustainable living.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
This would be done on a seven step process. This starts with saving the individual. This would be the outreach part of the pursing life change program. The second and third part of the steps are sober and stable which happens in the shelter area of the program. Fourth and fifth steps, skilled and secure happens in the transformation living part of the program. And finally is the settled and serving which is the apartment and living on their own with life coaches.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Presently we are working with other community partners and churches who help in the stability of clients through mental/medical help, drug/alcohol rehabilitation, career training, housing, education, mentorship, and more. We have two dayroom centers that allow individuals to come off the streets and speak with trained staff and case managers to direct them individually on next steps towards sustainable independence. We are currently looking to purchase a building that will act as transitional housing for homeless families.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
1. Opened two Dayroom Shelters
2. Run an emergency shelter during the winter months to bring individuals further into our services
3. Opened a 24/7 residential program for males.
4. Created and launched a Go Green Community Clean Up as part of bringing the community and our clients together and to better serve the community.
5. Advocated and secured shower access for individuals experiencing homelessness
6. Created and implemented a vocational training program in the Dayroom shelters
7. Run a weekend meal outreach in two cities
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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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Keystone Mission
Board of directorsas of 01/22/2024
Mr. Michael Goffer
Law Office of Michael Goffer
Robert Thomas
East Stroudsburg University
Al Thomas
Mary Kay Newsome
FNB Bank
Theresa Curto
Community Bank, N.A.
Dennis D'Augsotine
Steamtown Church
Christine Leandri
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.