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5 Pillars of Ending Hunger and Homelessness

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Hunger Vision

Food is a Human Right. Every unsheltered person will have a minimum of 2 meals/day - 1 Fresh and 1 Shelf stable meal by 2Q22. 

  • Accurately quantify/qualify and (as best as possible) locate all unsheltered homeless in Philadelphia

  • Every Child, Veteran and Senior will have 3 nutritious meals/day by July 4th, 2022

  • Perform GAP analysis by qualifying and locating current inventory of meals currently provided daily/weekly by Not-for-Profits (NFPs)

  • Maximize sourcing of food to the Philadelphia metro Charitable Food Supply chain

  • Beyond SNAP, document the source and use of all hunger relief funds in the city including money spent on feeding sheltered vs unsheltered homeless

  • Analyze city funding of meals for sheltered vs unsheltered

  • Solicit help from NFPs, Govt., Corporations, Foundations, Sports Teams, Celebrities and Private donors

  • Coordinate the collaboration of all applicable stakeholders to fill the Gap

  • Maximize and Optimize the food in the Charitable Supply Chain by leveraging ROcI, CSCO, and ChaaS

  • Quantify and qualify the Gap in Food Insecurity of the 300,000+ Philadelphians and launch a plan by July 4th, 2022 to eradicate Food Insecurity by July 4th, 2026. Every Philadelphian will have 3 nutritious meals per day by July 4th, 2026.

Housing Vision

Housing is a Human Right. Every unsheltered person will have safe, permanent housing by July 4th, 2026 with all Veterans and Seniors in housing by July 4th, 2022.

  • Accurately quantify/qualify and (as best possible) locate all unsheltered homeless in Philadelphia

  • Acquire Free Home (one of 40,000 vacant homes) from City, PHA, Bank, or Private party to create pilot for “Near $0 Sweat Equity Shared Housing”

  • Recruit from shelter system (Ex: SELF/IFE) 4 “Sweat Equity Participants” to transform Vacant House to THEIR home. Partner with NFPs (ex: SELF/IFE) to provide continuing case management and coaching

  • Assemble team of MissionMentors who are volunteer, experienced craftspeople that can mentor and supervise 4 “Sweat Equity Participants”

  • Solicit National/Regional manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers for all supplies needed to transform vacant houses into code-compliant homes

  • Work with City Council and Mayors office to provide 10-year tax abatements on these transformed homes AND adjust zoning issues to provide path for 4 “Co-op” units/home enabling for home ownership

  • Explore Partnering with Unions to provide mentoring and apprenticeships for Sweat Equity participants

  • Publish the Document the “cookbook” and “recipes” of pilot process and success on MissionPhiladelphia.org

  • Recruit Churches and other NFPs to “adopt” vacant houses throughout the city and replicate the pilot success

  • To maximize the number of homes transformed after the pilot, solicit help from Govt., Corporations, Foundations, Sports Teams, Celebrities and Private donors to hire full-time project managers & mentors and staff to maximize donated building supplies.

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Enrollment Vision

Every Homeless Person to be registered for Medicaid and
SNAP by July 4th, 2022

Recovery Vision

Provide Addiction and Mental
Health Treatment for Every
Homeless person that is ready
and willing to accept services

  • Enroll every homeless person on Medicaid to facilitate and maximize access to treatment

  • Qualify and Quantify the Neighbors in Need that require treatment

  • Classify the population using the “PCNA Transtheoretical Model for 5 Stages of Readiness to Change”

  • Armed with the demographics, tailor outreach programs for each group laser focused on their readiness stage, substance and/or mental illness issues, age, and other demographic factors

  • Coordinate with existing programs from Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) and Community Behavioral Health (CBH)

  • Identify and secure partner organization for collaboration on a Recovery Pillar plan and to lead these efforts.

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Prosperity Vision

Reduce poverty to below 20% by
July 4th, 2026 by escalating Job/Salary/Business Growth, Education/Vocational Training
and Home Ownership

  • Explore partnerships with the Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations to find a partner to lead Prosperity efforts

  • Engage K-12 [School District of Philadelphia (SDP), Parochial, Private], Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) and all local universities to proactively get involved with the Prosperity Pillar

  • Encourage Mayor and City Council to institute a $15 minimum wage

  • Foster development of a plan to increase K-12 literacy and math performance as well as financial literacy and graduation rates

  • Provide every adult the opportunity to improve their lives via free (in accordance with proposed Federal programs) community college or vocational training

  • Explore opportunities to use SDP Vocation training facilities for Adult evening and summer classes.

  • Quantify/Qualify the sheltered and unsheltered homeless that are not registered for Medicaid and SNAP

  • Identify the top Compass Partners in Philadelphia responsible for the registration of the homeless in 2019 and 2020

  • Establish and coordinate the scheduled, staffed participation in a weekly scheduled walk-in registration at area Hospitals, Federally-Funded Health Clinics, PA State Rep offices as well as NFP locations. Medicaid and SNAP cards will be mailed to these organizations for pickup

  • Explore financial incentives for organizations to maximize enrollment

  • Establish and coordinate a mobile registration force using NFP outreach workers and volunteers such as Social Work majors from area universities

  • Coordinate with Medicaid; United Healthcare, Aetna Better Health and BCBS Keystone First.

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