H.E.L.P. Center

SVDP By The Numbers April 2013.pdf

Many who are homeless or in need don’t have the ability to find the services they require to survive. Often the homeless have a lack of transportation, education and/or lack of direction many who live on the streets would benefit from the services available to them at one location. St. Vincent de Paul has created a “one stop” center to provide crucial services to the homeless and those in need in North Idaho all under one roof. The building formerly known as the Coeur d’Alene library at 201 E. Harrison Ave. provides the space needed to accommodate such a facility and the central location to be easily accessible to those in need of our services. St. Vincent de Paul operates 7 buildings all within 1 block of the Coeur d’Alene Library making the St. Vincent de Paul H.E.L.P. Center central to our overall operations. With the location of the library to our campus allows easy access to our store, both emergency shelters, future day center, transitional housing and our warehouse.

In this approximately 10,000 square foot building facility, is home to the following agencies:

• St. Vincent de Paul’s administrative offices
• St. Vincent de Paul’s Social Service offices including payee services and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
• St. Vincent de Paul’s Affordable Housing offices-Emergency, Transitional, Housing First and affordable housing
• St. Vincent de Paul’s ICARE program teaching parenting & child abuse prevention
• St. Vincent de Paul’s USDA Child Care Food Program-USDA food for day care centers in the 10 Northern Counties
• Crosswalk North Idaho-working with kids at risk and runaway children
• Social Security Disability Insurance paperwork
• Idaho Department of Labor and Commerce-employment services
• Idaho Department of Veteran’s Services-working with Veterans and the needs they require
• Dirne Community Health Clinic-medical and dental checkups
• NAMI-National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• Panhandle Health District-Improve location to serve more
• Community Partnerships  
• We are exploring the possibility of having a bus stop nearby (possible partnership with Citilink).

Working in this community, collaborating with other homeless serving agencies and being intimately involved with the City of Coeur d’Alene’s 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness, the St. Vincent de Paul’s  H.E.L.P. Center would bring together many of the common services needed by those who are homeless or in need.