2013 Social Impact Report Now Available

We are pleased to provide you a copy of the 2013 Villages at Cabrillo Social Impact Report. This second annual report tells the unique story of our collaboration and its effectiveness in combating homelessness.

An affiliate of Century Housing, Century Villages at Cabrillo (“CVC”) is the 501(c)3 nonprofit community development organization that owns, develops, and manages the 27 acre Villages at Cabrillo campus in Long Beach. The Social Impact Report (“Report”) represents the culmination of an extensive effort to aggregate social impacts across ten of our community’s nonprofit service providers. The report is underpinned by a data-driven approach that is ultimately focused on the mission-inspired “outcomes” we are seeking to create in combating homelessness. The Report also highlights just some of the many human success stories that we witnessed this past year.

CVC worked closely with Professor Beth Manke, Ph.D. from the California State University, Long Beach to create this Report, with information received from our nonprofit service providers and aggregate-level data mined from the City of Long Beach’s HMIS database. We’d like to share with you the following highlights from the 2013 Villages at Cabrillo Social Impact Report:

CVC’s housing options are 12.8 times more cost effective than the alternative costs of chronic homelessness.
2,085 individuals were housed at the Villages at Cabrillo last year across a spectrum of housing.
Campus service providers leveraged more than $11,003,431 of annual service funding to support their programs and services.
205 staff are employed across CVC and its partners.
Child development outcomes were 2.85 times more effective at the Villages on site center as compared to other centers outside the Villages, operated by same provider.
70% of residents graduating from short term housing programs moved into either permanent housing, transitional housing, or another shelter.
CVC hosted more than 12 community events to offer opportunities for resident and staff engagement, including a first ever Villages at Cabrillo Halloween Haunted House, annual Spring and Summer Festivals, holiday parties, Staff Appreciation Luncheon and Awards, Dedication of the Landscape Barrier and the new Elizabeth Ann Seton Residence, and the Grand Re-Opening of the Oasis Community Center.
89% of residents who completed surveys (n=300) were either somewhat or very happy living at the Villages at Cabrillo.

As revealed above, CVC and its many collaborative partners delivered tremendous social and economic impacts last year. Viewed within the context of the capital invested in creating the Villages, these annual impacts represent a “social dividend” against the more than $75 million of capital investment in the Villages since 1997 (and tens of millions more of annual supportive service funding). This level of continued public and private investment requires accountability and a commitment to outstanding performance. Moreover, the gravity of our collaboration’s cause demands excellence in the work we do. CVC is committed to producing the Villages at Cabrillo Social Impact Report on an annual basis to serve as a barometer of performance and intends to use this information to improve future collective performance against our mission.

Looking forward to the remainder of 2013 and beyond, we see many exciting opportunities and adapative challenges. In navigating the future, CVC is committed to excellence in its role as steward of the Villages; a role we define as the great responsibility to protect, preserve, and enhance the Villages for the benefit of our residents. On behalf of our community, thank you for your generous support of our work at the Villages. Please accept this Report as a small token of our gratitude. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 310-642-2059. Thank you and we look forward to being in touch with you soon.

Acknowledgements

The success of the Villages at Cabrillo community is attributable to a pioneering public-private partnership. To this end, we must acknowledge the City of Long Beach for its leadership and support over the years without which the Villages at Cabrillo would not be possible. In particular, we thank Mayor Bob Foster, Council District #7 Councilman James Johnson, the Health & Human Services Department, the Housing Services Bureau, the City of Long Beach Housing Authority, and the Planning Department, among others. We also offer our gratitude to the County of Los Angeles, the Community Development Commission, the Department of Mental Health, and our 4th District Supervisor, Don Knabe, who has provided extensive support to the Villages at Cabrillo campus over the years. A debt of gratitude is owed to our many financial supporters whose generosity has helped to create the special place that is the Villages. Lastly we would like to especially thank each of our service provider partners for their trust and cooperation in this process and their abiding commitment to ending homelessness.