BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES RECEIVES $70,000 GRANT TO ASSIST AT-RISK AND HOMELESS OLDER WOMEN IN COLLIER COUNTY
Baker Senior Center Naples, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors and their families, today announced that it has been awarded an $70,000 grant from the Women’s Foundation of Collier County through the Collier Community Foundation to prevent homelessness.
Under the “Community Lifeline to At-Risk and Homeless Older Women” project, Baker Senior Center Naples partners with Collier Resource Center utilizing the Homeless and Hunger Coalition in a seamless referral system for housing coordination. This partnership facilitates better coordination of community services to help older women who are homeless/at risk of homelessness secure housing and link up with other social services.
Baker Senior Center Naples coordinates as the lead agency with a case manager working with clients who have ongoing struggles leading to a risk of future homelessness. For this reason, the senior center continues working with clients, even after housed. The case manager supports the homeless or at immediate risk and two case managers provide monthly support through phone calls and in-person visits to those who become housed…