anniversary luncheon celebrates

More than 200 supporters came out to commemorate Joseph’s Home 11th anniversary at a June 30 luncheon celebration at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Independence, Ohio. Guests enjoyed lunch, a keynote address from Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus President Dr. Michael Schoop and a unique art show featuring paintings created by Joseph’s Home residents.
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New Wellness Support Program Provides Expanded Services for Residents

To help further address emotional and mental health concerns, Joseph’s Home has formed a partnership with Recovery Resources to provide assessment and counseling services to residents as part of a new Wellness Support Program. Joseph’s Home residents now have access to a wellness support specialist up to 12 hours a week through a generous grant from the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland.

All residents admitted to Joseph’s Home have immediate physical health issues, either temporary or acute, which are deemed critical. There can also be co-existing conditions that are often undiagnosed at the time of admission. Addressing these undiagnosed conditions and the negative impact they have on the resident’s successful transition to independence prompted Joseph’s Home to seek expanded wellness services.

“The need for supportive mental health services is critical. For the past year, we have experienced a much higher level of acuity of residents with undiagnosed emotional and mental health problems,” said Joseph’s Home Executive Director Georgette Jackson. “If left untreated, the result is often a premature exit from the program, prohibiting residents from achieving an income and permanent housing.”

The Wellness Support Program becomes one more component in a wide range of services and activities used in developing individualized care plans for each resident within 24 hours of their arrival. Each resident’s plan outlines his personal set of program goals, which include a positive or stable outcome for their physical health condition, and may include other rehabilitation goals for co-existing conditions. The Wellness Support Program helps ensure the residents experience a smooth transition to restored health and permanent housing—and, ideally, a more stable and productive lifestyle—by providing coping mechanisms and tools to deal with stress and anger management, and embrace healthy daily living skills.

The new program offers individual, on-site mental health assessments and tailored follow-up treatment services. The wellness support specialist works in tandem with the Joseph’s Home social worker and continuity of care specialist to ensure the diagnoses identified are treated immediately and continue for the appropriate amount of time.

“Treatment is a key imperative of residents’ stabilization goals and as they work toward sustained permanent housing. The grant allowed us to implement this important program and increase our capacity to address residents’ mental health needs,” added Jackson.

New Board Member Enjoying Her New Role

I grew up in the greater Cleveland area and, like most Clevelanders, have always felt a strong responsibility to give back to this great city. In my younger years “giving back” meant writing a check or two to various charities and for a while it was enough for me. Somewhere in the last few years, though, I began to wonder exactly how the funds I donated were being used and, more importantly, how much my particular skills, energy, and time could multiply the value of those funds to an organization. I decided to find out. Business Volunteers Unlimited told me about the great work Joseph’s Home does for men and families in the community. I wanted to help. After several interviews with board members, I felt honored to be asked to join the organization.
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Joseph’s Home Celebrates 10 Years of Serving Homeless Men
Well wishes pour in from across Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio (March 8, 2010) Ten years ago, Joseph’s Home opened its doors to homeless men in need of a place to recuperate after being discharged from local hospitals. In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Joseph’s Home, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, has unveiled a new logo (shown above) and announced two upcoming events that the public is invited to attend.
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Joseph’s Home Names Anthony Coe Continuity of Care Specialist

Anthony Coe has joined Joseph’s Home, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, as the continuity of care specialist. In this newly created position, Coe will work with former residents of Joseph’s Home to provide them with ongoing support to aid in their continued recovery and growth.
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