Matt Talbot Expands Services to Help Defeat Homelessness

Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach (www.mtkserves.org) received a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to place chronically homeless individuals and families in permanent supportive housing. The project is called First HOPE and will use the Housing First model, an evidenced based best practice for housing the homeless. The grant will allow individuals and families to live in one and two-bedroom units. All clients must be chronically homeless which is defined very specifically as one family member having a disability.

At last count, there were 110 permanent housing beds available in Lincoln, but 143 individuals remain chronically homeless. “By providing scattered site rental assistance through First HOPE, at least 18 more safe and warm beds will be made available to the chronically homeless” said Susanne Blue, Matt Talbot’s executive director. “Once those individuals are stably housed with support services in place, we expect to be on our way to making a significant contribution to defeating chronic homelessness in Lincoln!”

A position of Housing Locator has also been created to work with landlords and property managers to provide housing to the homeless who may not meet some of the current rental agreement criteria. The Housing Locator ensures tenants and property managers get support and assistance throughout the rental agreement. This new project is called the Landlord Liaison Project.

Learn more about Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach at www.mtkserves.org.

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