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The impact of your gift is both immediate and lasting. It reaches beyond the individuals we serve, to help mend the fabric of our community.
West County Community Services (WCCS) is seeking progressive social investors whose values align with ours: strengthening our community one person at a time.
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Housing the homeless saves individual lives AND public money.
Study after study confirms that it costs less to bring a person out of homelessness than to leave them on the streets, where many rely on emergency services and the jail system to provide their lifesaving needs (tinyurl.com/National-Alliance).
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is the most cost-effective method of reducing homelessness. PSH links housing with services that address causes of homelessness like addiction and mental illness, and that build skills for a sustainable home, social, and work life.
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Paragraph Founded in 1978, WCCS is a highly regarded public service non-profit organization based in western Sonoma County. The agency manages multiple housing and homeless services sites and effectively integrates these programs with its employment, senior, and mental health services. The WCCS homeless housing site, Mill St., was rated by the funder Sonoma County Continuum of Care as the county’s top-ranked housing project three years in a row. WCCS also manages the only four walk-in peer mental health sites in Sonoma County, including the Empowerment Center in Monte Rio—where people in mental health recovery are trained to support their peers. Overseen by a 10-member Board of Directors, WCCS employs 65 full and part time staff and manages a $6 million annual budget.
WCCS is uniquely positioned to manage GH and provide cost-effective and impactful responses to the main drivers and impacts of homelessness:
- Lack of affordable housing
- Addiction and mental health
- Social disconnection from supportive services
Life expectancy in Sonoma County is 82 years. For the homeless, it is 55 years—the span of a full generation!
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THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY | The Lower Russian River is home to 1% of Sonoma County’s total population. 6% of the county’s homeless live here.
A shortage of affordable housing, mental health and addiction challenges are the main drivers of homelessness. Homelessness perpetuates homelessness as people weaken, both mentally and
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