STELLA BURRY

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• STELLA BURRY
• COMMUNITY SERVICES

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About Stella Burry Community Services (SBCS)

• Incorporated in 1995.
• Governed by a volunteer, community-based Board of
  Directors and an Executive Director.
• Employs over 80 professional staff engaged in the
  provision of counseling and support services,
  housing development and property management as
  well as education and technical skills training
  and business development.
• During the past year, SBCS delivered services to
  more than 500 individuals.

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The Circle of Hope

• Meeting the needs of participants, where they are
  in life.

Supportive Housing
Individual Group Counseling
Employment Readiness
Walkingwith People
Emergency Shelter
Skills Training Development
Social Enterprise Development
Long Term Affordable Housing
Residential Treatment Programs
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Residential Programs

• SBCS is recognized as a leader in this province
  for the development of supportive housing for
  people with complex mental health issues and for
  employment programs that teach real skills and
  offer meaningful work experiences.
• Approximately 40 of all SBCS program
  participants are between the ages of 16-30.
• Youth with serious mental health issues generally
  enter through Naomi Centre or Emmanuel House.

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Residential Programs
Emmanuel House
Naomi Centre

• An alternative mental health treatment facility
  for men and women aged 16.

• Shelter and support services for homeless women,
  age 16-30.

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Carew Lodge

• Provides 14 safe and secure apartments for low
  income singles.
• An extension of 10 more units is planned.

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Women Offender Project - Carew Lodge

• A resource centre and support services for
  women leaving prison.
• Assists women with the transition back into the
  community.
• 1-800 number for women to call from anywhere in
  the province.
• Offers peer mentorship and peer support group.
• Provision of gender specific addictions
  services.
• Assistance with finding housing and the
  provision of concrete services.

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Community Support Program

• Targets individuals with complex mental health
  needs and histories of institutionalization.
• Intensive service coordination 110 ratio.
• Accredited home care agency employing 20 staff.
• 73 fewer days in prison.
• 39 fewer days in hospital.
• 1.588M savings to federal and provincial
  programs.
• Vastly improved quality of life!

• 25 of participants are youth.

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Affordable Housing Development

• SBCS owns or manages in excess of 45
  properties in St. Johns.
• Seven homes acquired through the Surplus
  Federal Properties Initiatives have
  created a solid
• base of equity which is being leveraged to
  acquire other buildings for renovation into
  affordable housing.

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Newest Housing Renovation

• SBCS will continue to use SFRPHI equity to
  acquire additional properties.
• Property is renovated into 3 units of affordable
  housing.
• Funding for renovation is provided by NLHC-RRAP.
  
• Renovations provide work placements for New
  Beginnings participants.

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Linking Housing and Jobs

• SBCS residents and program participants are more
  likely to succeed when affordable housing is
  linked to education and employment supports as
  part of an integrated program strategy.
• Preparing people for work can only be successful
  when linked to real jobs that can pay living
  wages.
• A number of youth have been employed in
  renovation projects.
• Establishing relationship with the Carpenters
  Trade Union.

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Education and Employment

• Two Employment programs that work with
  individuals to empower them to discover their
  talents and create opportunities for work that is
  both meaningful and sustainable.

• Personal Development Employability Skills
• Literacy and Adult Basic Education
• Technical Skills Training
• Woodworking
• Craft Development
• Home Repair Maintenance
• Retail/Food Service Programs

• Graduation to
• Advanced Education
• Self-Secured Employment
• Employment in SBCS Social Enterprises

HOPEworks
New Beginnings
Program EntryOvercoming ObstaclesPutting it
into PracticeAchieving Success
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Rawlins Cross Development
The W.J. Murphy Property
2006
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Creating Food Services Capacity

• A café open to the public which will serve a
  daily menu of fresh, wholesome food
  usingnatural and local ingredients.
• A meal service for program participants.
• A community kitchen that brings participants
  together monthly to learn how to make nutritious
  meals which they can enjoy at the café, and then
  package up the leftovers for another meal at home.

• The program will be led by a professional chef,
  supported by a team of New Beginnings/ HOPEworks
  graduates who are training for the food service
  industry in Newfoundland.

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Social Enterprise Income Strategies and Community
Outcomes
Stellas Café Craft Shop
Stellas Clean Beautiful
SBCS Job Bank
Income opportunities for SBCS and participants
Mr. Fix-It Home Handyman Business
Stellas Meals to Go
Landscaping and small-scale agriculture
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Future Focus

• 135 Military Road
• Future home for HOPEworks employment programs
  and Adult Basic Literacy
• Stellas Fitness Centre
• 14-16 affordable housing units.

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Thank You

• Jocelyn Greene
• Executive Director, Stella Burry Community
  Services