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DeKalb County Commissioner Robert Patrick has partnered with other officials to aid two local nonprofits, St. Vincent de Paul Georgia and Frontline Response.

Patrick represents District 1, which encompasses the northern part of the county.“ I’m happy to help these two wonderful organizations,” he said. 

“St. Vincent de Paul Georgia has done a lot to help neighbors in need, and Frontline Response has been instrumental in helping people to get off the streets due to homelessness and escaping sex trafficking.”

St. Vincent de Paul Georgia
The DeKalb Board of Commissioners approved $100,000 in county funding for St. Vincent de Paul Georgia to to help people facing eviction or foreclosure. The Atlanta nonprofit helps individuals in need by stabilizing those in crisis and creating paths to self-sufficiency.

The funds will be used for eviction prevention, “specifically to increase housing stability for the neighbors in crisis that we serve by providing emergency housing and helping other neighbors forced to call hotel rooms home gain long-term housing stability,” said Bea Perdue, the group’s chief development officer. Services also could include financial and budget education training and transportation assistance (car repairs, MARTA, hired transit) when needed.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Georgia’s home ownership rate was 65.5% in 2023, and DeKalb’s rate was 57.9% from 2018 to 2022. Though the state, through Atlanta Legal Aid, offers programs to aid individuals and families facing eviction or foreclosure, they are limited. Perdue said with COVID-19-related pauses on evictions and foreclosuresending soon, SVDP Georgia is thankful for the funds DeKalb has provided.

“Without the support of agencies like DeKalb County we couldn’t have the impact on the number of neighbors we are able to help avoid evictions and foreclosures,” she said. “The effects of the pandemic are going to be felt for some time as we look at the current data combined with the projections for housing needs in the future. This support also helps to leverage our message to other potential supporters who have the capacity to help us address our housing crisis throughout the state.”

For more information on St. Vincent de Paul Georgia, visit svdpgeorgia.org. 

Frontline Response
Earlier this year DeKalb and the city of Decatur entered into an agreement with Frontline Response to offer the county’s first full-service warming center. Frontline Response is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that aims to rescue the homeless and men and women from sex trafficking and keep vulnerable children from falling into it.

Located in Decatur, the warming center provides shelter for the homeless and is raising its capacity from 20 beds to 100 this year. During the winter, the center is open 24 hours a day. It also serves as a county intake center and day service center.

Frontline Response, which has five facilities in Georgia, Florida and Texas, has an annual operating budget of $8 million.

For more information on the warming center, visit frontlineresponse.org/warmingcenter.

Patrick partners to aid St. Vincent de Paul Georgia, Frontline Response

September 15, 2024

DeKalb County Commissioner Robert Patrick has partnered with other officials to aid two local nonprofits, St. Vincent de Paul Georgia and Frontline Response.

Patrick represents District 1, which encompasses the northern part of the county.“ I’m happy to help these two wonderful organizations,” he said. 

“St. Vincent de Paul Georgia has done a lot to help neighbors in need, and Frontline Response has been instrumental in helping people to get off the streets due to homelessness and escaping sex trafficking."

St. Vincent de Paul Georgia
The DeKalb Board of Commissioners approved $100,000 in county funding for St. Vincent de Paul Georgia to to help people facing eviction or foreclosure. The Atlanta nonprofit helps individuals in need by stabilizing those in crisis and creating paths to self-sufficiency.

The funds will be used for eviction prevention, “specifically to increase housing stability for the neighbors in crisis that we serve by providing emergency housing and helping other neighbors forced to call hotel rooms home gain long-term housing stability,” said Bea Perdue, the group’s chief development officer. Services also could include financial and budget education training and transportation assistance (car repairs, MARTA, hired transit) when needed.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Georgia’s home ownership rate was 65.5% in 2023, and DeKalb’s rate was 57.9% from 2018 to 2022. Though the state, through Atlanta Legal Aid, offers programs to aid individuals and families facing eviction or foreclosure, they are limited. Perdue said with COVID-19-related pauses on evictions and foreclosuresending soon, SVDP Georgia is thankful for the funds DeKalb has provided.

“Without the support of agencies like DeKalb County we couldn’t have the impact on the number of neighbors we are able to help avoid evictions and foreclosures,” she said. “The effects of the pandemic are going to be felt for some time as we look at the current data combined with the projections for housing needs in the future. This support also helps to leverage our message to other potential supporters who have the capacity to help us address our housing crisis throughout the state.”

For more information on St. Vincent de Paul Georgia, visit svdpgeorgia.org. 

Frontline Response
Earlier this year DeKalb and the city of Decatur entered into an agreement with Frontline Response to offer the county’s first full-service warming center. Frontline Response is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that aims to rescue the homeless and men and women from sex trafficking and keep vulnerable children from falling into it.

Located in Decatur, the warming center provides shelter for the homeless and is raising its capacity from 20 beds to 100 this year. During the winter, the center is open 24 hours a day. It also serves as a county intake center and day service center.

Frontline Response, which has five facilities in Georgia, Florida and Texas, has an annual operating budget of $8 million.

For more information on the warming center, visit frontlineresponse.org/warmingcenter.

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