Bridges to Belonging: Be a Buddy to Your Neighbor!
ORGANIZATION: Clare Housing
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Who We Are
Clare Housing is a Minneapolis-based non-profit agency that provides affordable housing with services to 300 neighbors living with HIV/ AIDS. Those who live with us have often experienced systemic and individual harm and discrimination, so we commit to ensuring that living at Clare Housing feels healing, empowering, dignifying, and connective. This goal is not achievable without the partnership of neighbors and friends from the broader community (such as you!).
The Opportunity
Residents in our Scattered Site program receive a rental subsidy and live independently in homes throughout the Twin Cities Metro area, with ongoing support available from a Clare Housing Case Manager. The program provides a high amount of dignified choice and independence, and, without the on-site staff and events that exist at our apartment buildings, some of these residents may not feel as connected to the communities they live in. That’s where our Bridge-builders come in!
By serving with us as a Bridge-builder, you will have the opportunity to connect with a neighbor you may not have otherwise met! What you all do together is up to you - chat over coffee at their home, go out to see a movie, cook and share a meal together, or take a walk around a local park. It’s up to you both!
Our Bridge-builders play a crucial role in expanding these residents’ sense of belonging and connection to their neighborhoods and help feed an environment and culture where neighbors show up for each other, learn from each other, and build bridges across varied life experiences.
Want to learn more? Click or tap on the orange "I want to help" button above and send us a message! You can also reach out to our Data and Volunteer Resources Specialist directly at (612)-248-2971 or brian.young@clarehousing.org
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About Clare Housing
Location:
929 Central Avenue NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413, US
Mission Statement
Clare Housing provides a continuum of affordable and supportive housing options that create healing communities and optimize the health of people living with HIV/AIDS. We envision an AIDS-free world built on a foundation of equitable access to housing and health care.
Description
Founded in 1987, Clare Housing has created an enduring legacy of providing affordable, supportive housing and compassionate care for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. Our person-focused programs are designed to bring together strategies of harm reduction, treatment and care to enhance quality of life and reduce new infections in our community.
Over the last several decades Clare Housing has grown from one residence serving four people to developing, owning, and managing seven residential programs accommodating more than 150 people. Responding to the rapidly changing complexity of the disease, we advance programs and new solutions that address the full-continuum of HIV-related housing needs in our community, with the goal of ending homelessness among individuals living with HIV.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Minneapolis, MN 55407
DATE POSTED
March 28, 2024
SKILLS
- Event Planning / Management
- Transportation
- Hospitality
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- ~2-6 hrs/shift, depending on activity chosen. Expectation to meet in-person with program partner at least once/month, with option to engage in-between (virtual or in-person)
- Required to pass background check, get fingerprinted, and complete boundaries training before starting service. If providing transportation, will need to verify current license and car insurance