Vacaville Social Services Corporation
It starts with an address...
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
OPPORTUNITY HOUSE: WORK TO HOUSING PROGRAM Our core program offers homeless, sober women and families with children a temporary home and a pathway to a life of self-sufficiency, self-worth, and financial independence. It starts with an address. Such a simple concept, but so important. It’s a place to receive notices of job interviews, support payments, children’s report cards and letters of encouragement from family and friends. It continues with a round-the-clock team who work together to provide residents with a system of support during their residency - trained support staff, Certified Case Managers, and Clinicians. Each resident receives a personalized case plan, educational opportunities, and daily hands-on practice - tools to create self-reliance and build financial control and stability. The program may last 9 months for some and 18 months for others depending on each resident’s individual readiness – their level of confidence, skills, and the amount of money they have saved.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Homeless Shelter
The Shelter provides 6,000+ bed nights per year to those in need in Solano County. We provide counseling, life skills coaching, and vocational training to our resident clients. We also provide meals and hot showers not only to residents but to the nomadic homeless population as well.
Opportunity House Thrift Store
The Opportunity House Thrift Store and Boutique provides financial support to the Shelter. In addition, it supplies needed items and outreach to other social service agencies throughout our community.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of people using homeless shelters per week
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Multiracial people, Parents, LGBTQ people
Related Program
Homeless Shelter
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
With our increased funding sources we have been able to help and support additional individuals.
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?
Practicing responsibility, accountability, and success is built into the program. Every resident is required to:
• Have a job or be actively looking for one
• Look for rental housing – in order to build the skill of housing research for when their time comes to make that transition
• Open a bank account and save 75% - 90% of their pay check
• Take a financial literacy course
• Do at least 2 hours of community service per week
• Respect the daily curfew
• Cook dinners when their turn comes up
• Participate in daily house cleaning
• Stay sober
We offer in-house learning and counseling sessions, including: anger management, parenting, workforce preparation, financial management, family wellness, interpersonal skills, leadership, life skills, goal setting, substance abuse counseling, and grief counseling. In addition, we offer two focused programs, Healthy Eating and Health and Well Being for Children.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Providing personal case management plans for each individual is the number one strategy that we employ to help guide our residents to success. We also provide group classes on financial literacy, anger management, parenting, sobriety support, grief/goodness/guilt class. We also have a community service aspect to our program. All residents are expected to volunteer at different events, to promote giving back.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are a fully staffed, 24/7 homeless shelter. We always have 2 operation assistants available to help residents, except for the graveyard shift when only 1 operation assistant is on duty. We have 2 1/2 full time case managers, a full time program manager, as well as a Shelter manager.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In the past 3 years we have assisted over 240 individuals. 82% of these individuals have acquired a job, have consistently saved 75-90% of their earnings, have a substantial amount of money in their savings account, and are going into a permanent housing situation.
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Operations
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Vacaville Social Services Corporation
Board of directorsas of 05/19/2022
Ms. Michelle Strand
Vacaville Solanol Services Corporation
Term: 2021 - 2023
Paul McGuire
Sherri McBride
Scott Reynolds
Reynolds Law
Mack Olson
Gregrory Banks
Michelle Strand
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Jim Gemmer
John Caladim
Travis CU
Jennifer House
John Thompson
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