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Hiaoa4 HA4t4, <br />Providing Shelter for Women & Children <br />)uly 8, 2010 <br />Contact: Dana Sale, Exec. Dir. <br />Phone: 903-785-2777, or 903-272-2971 <br />Address: 777 Bonham St. & 805 Lamar St, <br />Address: P.O. Box `87 Paris, TX 75461 <br />Email: m_maker@att.net <br />Project Name: Models of the Maker, and Ryan's Heart Teen Facility <br />Statement of Need <br />With our facilities more than quadrupling in size and ability to house an average of 65 <br />women and children since November of 2004. The need for unrestricted funds to meet <br />the needs of standard operations is essential, We hope the City of Paris will continue to <br />partner with us in filling the needs of homeless women and children of Paris. We <br />respectfully request $10,000 as the year before. Below you will find a brief table of <br />numbers that we have served. <br />Paris & <br />Lamar Gty <br />20(}6 <br />2007 <br />2008 <br />2009 <br />Resident <br />258 <br />301 <br />325 <br />487 <br />Non-resident <br />148 <br />187 <br />210 <br />987 <br />Total <br />406 <br />488 <br />535 <br />1474 <br />Program Description <br />Models of the Maker is a faith-based, non-profit organization, with a strong <br />volunteer base and governed by a dedicated board of directors. We serves as a <br />emergency shelter as well as a long-term program for the homeless women and <br />children. <br />Phase I- Entry level of the shelter provides food, clothes, shelter, educational <br />classes as well as spiritual training. We have added a Chapel to our facility. That <br />includes Sunday and Wednesday Services as well as a Biblical based Substance Abuse <br />Recovery class weekly. This is offered to our clients at absolutely no cost to them. <br />Phase I time frame is handled individually according to the mental state and severity of <br />the problems of each client. Also during this phase we have a mandatory work program <br />96 <br />