(ANITA) BACK AT 5 WITH A
PLEA FOR FUNDS.
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE HIT
THE CHOPPING BLOCK AND
NOW SALVATION ARMY'S HOPE
VILLAGE NEEDS YOUR HELP.
(TOM)
IT'S A TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING PROGRAM TO HELP
WOMEN GET A NEW START IN
LIFE.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
MARIELENA BALOURIS JOINS
US NOW WITH MORE ON THE
BUDGET
GAP.
(MARIELENA) WHAT IT
BOILS DOWN TO IS THE
FEDERAL GRANTS ARE BEING
WRITTEN FOR QUICK
TURN-AROUND PROGRAMS, AND
THE SALVTAION ARMY
DOESN'T WANT TO MAKE
THEIR PROGRAM ANY SHORTER
THAN IT ALREADY IS.
(MARIELENA) OVER THE LAST
SEVEN YEARS, THEY'VE
HELPED
MORE THAN 130 WOMEN
TRANSITION FROM
HOMELESSNESS, INTO THE
HOPE VILLAGE, AND
THEN INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING. IT COSTS BETWEEN
400 AND 425 THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO RUN THE
PROGRAM EACH YEAR. AND
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING
THE
PUBLIC FOR HELP.
(MARIELENA BALOURIS)
BASKETBALLS, BENCHES AND
BIKES -- HOPE VILLAGE
LOOKS LIKE MANY OTHER
NEIGHORHOODS. EXCEPT THE
RESIDENTS HERE ONLY HAVE
SIX MONTHS TO
STAY. MARY MANN, SOCIAL
SERVICE PROGRAM MANAGER
FOR
HAMPTON ROADS SALVATION
ARMY
"WHEN THEY COME IN AND
KNOW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE
A LOT OF TIME, IT'S A LOT
ALONE.
THE SALVATION ARMY NOT
ONLY PROVIDES THE
BUILDINGS, THEY PROVIDE
PROGRAMS TO GIVE WOMEN
THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO
LIVE ON THEIR OWN. MARY
MANN, SOCIAL SERVICE
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR
HAMPTON ROADS SALVATION
ARMY
"WHETHER IT BE BUDGETING
THOUSAND DOLLAR FEDERAL
GRANT.
WOMEN -- AND THEIR
CHILDREN -- COULD STAY
FOR UP TO 24 MONTHS.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT
STARTED CHANGING THE
CRITERIA FOR GRANTS --
AND SOON THE HOPE VILLAGE
PROGRAM WAS SHORTENED TO
ONLY SIX MONTHS. THE
SALVATION ARMY ISN'T
WILLING TO GO ANY SHORTER
THAN THAT. MARY MANN,
SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM
MANAGER FOR
HAMPTON ROADS SALVATION
ARMY
"WE COULD'VE CHASED THE
MONEY, BUT WE LIKE OUR
PROGRAM THE WAY IT IS SO
WE'VE STRETCHED IT OUT AS
LONG AS WE CAN. WE FEEL
LIKE WHAT WE DO WORKS."
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOW
TURNING TO PRIVATE
FOUNDATIONS FOR GRANTS --
AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR
HELP.
THEY'VE ALREADY RECIVED A
21-THOUSAND-DOLLAR
DONATION FROM FARM FRESH.
AND THEY HAVE A PRIVATE
DONOR WILLING TO MATCH
DONATIONS UP TO
60-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
HOPING THEY CAN RAISE
ENOUGH TO KEEP THE DOORS
OPEN.
MARY MANN, SOCIAL SERVICE
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR
HAMPTON ROADS SALVATION
ARMY
"THE GOVERNMENT IS MOVING
TO RAPID REHOUSING, IF
THEY'RE HOUSED THEY'RE
NOT
HOMELESS. AND WE'RE
SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO
BE HOMELESS AGAIN IF WE
DON'T HELP THEM."
(MARIELENA) THE SALVATION
ARMY SAYS THEY'VE SECURED
THREE EMPTY LOTS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD-- AND IF
THEY'RE ABLE TO RAISE
ENOUGH TO MEET
THEIR OPERATING COSTS,
THEY'RE HOPING TO BUILD
MORE HOUSES.
I'M MARIELENA BALOURIS,
