Grand Avenue Economic Community Development Corp.

1) Reduce the number of persons sleeping on the street in our community 2) Assist formerly homeless persons with maintaining permanent housing 3) Residents experience increases in quality of living and income 3) Do all of the above with maximum cost savings to the community

1) Provide affordable, decent housing for formerly homeless persons 2) Provide supportive services to our residents, as well as leverage community resources to provide additional contracted supportive services to our residents.3) Provide economic opportunities  through culinary training and employment to our residents and very low and low income residents of the community through our programs, Sobik's and Pathlight Kitchen. 4) Provide social and economic opportunities to low income and homeless persons with severe mental illness through our Pathways Drop In Center program.

1) Operating and managing over 500 affordable, decent permanent housing units for the homeless in Central Florida 2) Expertise to develop additional affordable, decent permanent housing units for the homeless in Central Florida  3) Expertise to provide supportive services to chronically homeless persons in Central Florida 4) Expertise to provide economic opportunities through culinary training with our three kitchens and culinary staff 5)Operating and managing a drop in center for consumers with severe mental illness.

We have just begun the measurement process. We have determined that we are housing chronically homeless persons at an average annual cost of $13,500 per person which includes provided supportive services on site. This cost is approximately $5,000 less than the average cost of other supportive housing programs in our community as calculated by the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness in its 2018 report.