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Rosehedge/Multifaith Works 

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Rosehedge/Multifaith Works' transformative and compassionate care-giving is expanded into collaborative partnerships around the Seattle area to create inclusive spiritual communities of learning, teaching and empowering people who are isolated and marginalized.

Mission Statement
Rosehedge/Multifaith Works serves vulnerable men and women living with HIV/AIDS by providing housing, compassionate health care and supportive services that enhance the quality of their lives.  In addition, we unite communities of compassionate care and inclusive spirituality with people living in isolation and loneliness.
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Rosehedge/Multifaith Works
1401 East Jefferson St, Ste 401 
Seattle 
WA
98122 
206/ 324-1520 

James Marshall-Ward 
Executive Director 

Programs

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works Programs

The CareTeam Program provides a team of 5 to 7 volunteers dedicated to each house and other clients outside of the system.  The team provides practical support such as driving clients to doctor appointments, and educating clients on how to build supportive, successful relationships by providing healthy social interactions. 

The Shanti Program provides volunteers for housing residents and others throughout the community, offering one-on-one support through non-judgmental listening.  This provides each client a safe place to explore complex personal and emotional issues, helping to bring them out of isolation.

Our housing program provides supportive low-income housing to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Recent Successes and Current Challenges

  • The Enhanced Assisted Living Program (EALP) is the longest running HIV/AIDS housing and health care program in the entire Pacific Northwest and has housed over 500 men and women.
  • Since the Transitional Housing Program opened its doors, over 600 people have called us home.
  • We have trained over 4,000 volunteers who are active in the community.
  • Four years ago we formed the “Stronger Together” collaboration with four partnering agencies (Gay City Health project, Dunshee House, Seattle Counseling Services) to better serve our clients and reduce replication of care.
  • The Enhanced Assisted Living Program and the Transitional Housing Programs have both received outstanding reviews from their Federal funders who consider them to be models of successful HIV/AIDS housing.  These annual reviews have earned us repeated funding.
One of the biggest challenges we face due to scare funding, is how to meet the rising cost of food yet maintain our high-quality meal program for the men and women we serve.  It’s vital that each resident continue to receive nutritional meals that help boost their immune system, working in concert with their medications to provide them with the best health care possible.

Evaluation


Rosehedge/Multifaith Works provides housing and 24-hour care to men and women living with HIV/AIDS as well as organizing care teams to provide practical support.

Proven Success
Rosehedge and Multifaith Works merged in January 2011 and brings together two organizations serving one of the most hard to serve populations: men and women who are homeless, or on the verge of homelessness and are living with HIV/AIDS. The merger builds upon each organization’s strengths by building capacity through joint programming and administrative consolidation and creating a larger voice for advocacy.

The work of Rosehedge empowers those with HIV/AIDS to stabilize their housing and their health, and re-establish compassionate human connections. Through four programs, Enhanced Assisted Living, Transformational Housing, CareTeams and Shanti, Rosehedge provides medical and emotional support to individuals in need. Rosehedge and Multifaith Works housing programs have become models for service-enriched housing in the region.

Leadership
September 2011 their executive director resigned and they named an internal member of the staff to be the interim executive director. He has been on staff for the past eleven years and has also served as a CareTeam and Shanti volunteer, and is a former Multifaith board member.

Fundraising
They hired a Major Gifts Officer in May 2011 and are building their development plan

Sustainability
With merger logistics complete, the agency continues to work toward a unified culture to ensure that staff at multiple locations are integrated and working at an optimal level. The merger has streamlined overhead costs and reduced administrative expenses. It has helped them become a stronger advocate for HIV/AIDS services. Both organizations entered the merger with money in reserves and that is helping to cover the costs of the merger and they hope to not have to use all of their reserve funds.

Grant History with The Seattle Foundation:

Grants Awarded through The Seattle Foundation Grantmaking Program:

DateAmountPurpose
9/17/2008 $15,000.00support general operating expenses.
10/5/2006 $15,000.00support general operating expenses.
6/17/2004 $20,000.00support general operating expenses.

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