MISSION STATEMENT

"The Ford Street Project provides shelter, housing, substance abuse treatment and employment services to the homeless, addicted and disabled of Mendocino County." 
(Adopted by the Board of Directors December 9, 2003)

Organizational Description The organization has been serving Mendocino County since September, 1974.  During that time it has gone through two changes of name (Mendocino Alcohol Project to Alcohol Rehabilitation Corporation to Ford Street Project).  It began serving the homeless population in 1982, and the agency has grown steadily since that time.   Ford Street operates in three basic areas:  housing (including shelter), drug and alcohol treatment, and job training/development.  These three areas, as you will note from the enclosed list of services, break down into many programs.  Ford Street is the largest provider of homeless housing and support services in Mendocino County.  Almost one-half of Ford Street’s $1.75 million budget is from County contracts with Mental Health, Social Services, Public Health, Sheriff’s Department and the Division of Alcohol and Other Drug Programs.  Additional organization information will be brought out by the other application categories.

Evaluation of Effectiveness   Ford Street utilizes a wide variety of factors to evaluate the effectiveness of its services.  In housing, we track the ability of clients to move through the shelter-transitional housing system to obtain and maintain permanent housing.  In treatment, we analyze recidivism in this particular system and measure long-term recovery progress through Shelter Plus Care groups, contact with County ADP.  Ford Street utilizes weekly case conferencing with a wide number of agencies to review its effectiveness in housing and generally reviews its programs in collaboration with other agencies.  Statistical data for each program are developed each month and analyzed for consistency, comparison and, whenever possible, outcome.  All of our programs in the housing and treatment areas are subject to regular review by State ADP, HUD and county AODP.

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