DEPAUL USA INC

Between 2021 and 2023, Depaul USA intends to dramatically expand its housing inventory by adding 173 beds/units. This 65% growth will beled by the expansion of the Dax Program for homeless and housing insecure college students to new cities including New York and new affordable housing initiatives in four program cities.
The day centers in Macon and Little Rock will continue their transformative work moving people
from the streets to housing. Each year, their top-end goal will be to place 50 people in permanent
housing – thereby ending their homelessness. This work in Maconand Little Rock will be complemented by a new program addressing street homelessness in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles.

This ambitious growth will be possible by following four paths:

• Collaborating with critical partners such as the Daughters of Charity, the Vincentian
Family, public housing authorities, and health systems to expand programs and facilities;

• Leveraging Depaul USA’s expertise in the area of college homelessness and its reputation
for compassionate, impactful, and individual-centered case management;

• Developing Depaul USA’s organizational infrastructure so that it is strong enough-- but
also sufficiently nimble-- to ride out the health, financial and social impacts of COVID-19
and other existential challenges; and

• Understanding trends impacting communities, the real estate sector, and the
larger economy to identify and take advantage of opportunities when they arise.

These four paths, in turn, inform the four overarching goals of this strategic plan:

Goal 1: Depaul USA will work to end homelessness by expanding services and serving new
populations.

Goal 2: Depaul USA will develop more housing options for diverse populations.

Goal 3: Depaul USA will build a stronger organizational infrastructure.

Goal 4: Depaul USA will work to end global homelessness together with Depaul International and
its subsidiaries.

Goal 1 - Depaul USA will:
• Conclude a capital campaign for and then build and operate the first
medical respite for homeless men and women in Middle Georgia in
Macon;
• Create and operate an outreach program in Little Rock to work with men
and women living in encampments and on city streets;
• Implement a rapid re-housing program in New Orleans that moves men
and women out of hotels and into scattered site housing; and
• Develop and implement a new program to address street homelessness
in the Westlake neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Goal 2 - Depaul USA will:
• Establish Dax Houses for homeless students in New York City, New Orleans
and Little Rock and expand the Dax program in Chicago;
• Create an affordable housing program in Philadelphia;
• Launch a new capital campaign to build 5 new family houses in Little Rock;
• Acquire and rehab 3 vacant houses in Macon; and
• Work with the Macon Housing Authority to develop 16 units of housing for
chronically homeless individuals with disabilities.

Goal 3 - Depaul USA will:
• Grow a financial reserve equal to approximately 3 months of 2021 expenses
or $1.5 million;
• Provide regular Vincentian Values and management training;
• Develop a learning-based organizational culture that draws upon the
implementation of a nationwide case management system that tracks
outputs and outcomes and supports program evaluation;
• Provide additional support for the Finance Department;
• Expand and diversify the Board of Directors;
• Implement a 403(b) retirement program with an employer match for
employees;
• Offer self-care programs for staff; and
• Provide staff with training in the areas of critical policies and procedures as
well as diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Goal 4 - Depaul USA will:
• Establish a formal “sister-subsidiary” relationship with Depaul Croatia to
share best practices and lessons learned, and collaborate on
project development and fundraising initiatives;
• Organize and host regular visits by representatives of Depaul International’s
Eastern Europe subsidiaries to their diasporas in the U.S.; and
• Participate in international outreach efforts with Depaul International,
Depaul UK and Depaul Ireland.

KEY OUTCOMES 2021-23

Services - Each day center will move 50 individuals each year into permanent housing.

Housing - Between 2021 and 2023 Depaul USA plans to add 173 beds/units to its housing inventory,
thereby expanding its housing inventory by 65 percent. All existing program cities will add to their housing inventory. By the end of 2023, Depaul USA will have 441 beds/units in its housing inventory.

2021 Key strategic outcomes:

• Served 3,170 unique clients
• Housed 522 unique individuals
• Provided 100,215 meals
• Helped 218 clients attain employment
• Moved 220 formerly homeless individuals into permanent housing
• Provided 16,392 hygiene services