Rhode Island Coaltion for the Homeless
Street Sights
Crossroads
First Step
John Joyce
Amos House
St. Johns Meal Site
Hypotermia Sanctuary
The Urban League of RI
Office of Homelessness
Housing Resources Commission
208 Prairie Ave
Harrington Hall The Overflow
Providence Intown Churches Association
Providence Rescue Mission
Mathewson Street UnitedMethodist Church
Mcauley House
GRASS ROOTS
TOP DOWN
DIRECT SERVICES
INDIRECTSERVICES
Housing Opportunities for People Eveywhere
Homeless Peoples Action Committee
hOMELESSNESSin RHODE ISLAND
STREET SIGHTS
Working under Stan and other homeless individuals devel-oping a calendar the features creative writing from people who are experiencing homelessness in Providence.
Several interviews with Elisabeth Ochs at R.I. Coalition for the Homeless gave me valuable information and con-nected me with the other homeless advocacy groups.
KEY POINTS
-Go to the shelters -Eat at the soup kitchen. -Talk to John Joyce HPAC
HPAC + HOPEST JOHNS MEAL SITE
-Founded, Organized, and Run by HPAC headed by John Joyce
-HPAC are all homeless individuals and spend their days doing outreach for other homeless in Providence.
-John has been my main advisor for insights into the homeless lifestyle.
-HOPE headed by Megan works collaboratively with HPAC
partnerships with
FIELD rESEARCH
-Meet the community
-Hang out
-Eat at the soup kitchen
-Spend an evening at the shelter
-Share your experiences
-Learn about others
-Observe
-Listen
Insights from the community
-Not having an id is the only factor that would deny you acess to Crossroads Shelter. If the beds are full you sleep on the floor.
-After 911 it is against the law for shelters to pro-vide storage.
-You Have to be out by 9 am and checked back in by 5 pm.
-You have to carry your possessions with you throughout the day.
-Many choose not to stay at the shelters because it is “degrading”
-If it’s raining you and the contents of your packs will get wet.
-Between 5 different meal sites in Providence you can eat three meals a day most days of the week.
OpportunityFor Ingenuity
Develop a pack system with people experiencing homelessness that can make the homeless experience less difficult. The product must be afford-able and could create job opportuni-ties.
How could your pack be better?
-Water Proof
-Light weight
-Durrable (over packed)
-No weak zippers
-Ability to Add on
-Tall and thin for public transportation
-Potential protection from weather
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scrap material RESEARCH + testing
-Local Material Scrap
-Local Manufacturing Cut-off
-Single Use Packageing
-Second life
bUSINESS MODEL
Local Scrap/Excess Materials
Currently Homeless Entrepreneurs
Social Responsible Product Idea
Product Manualand Training
Business Venture
Micro Loan for Production Tools
(Sewing Machine)
Production ofProduct
Sold by Local Social Responsible Retail at
$5x over production cost
$1x
$1x
Subsidized Productfor Homeless Individuals
$3x
thought process
Basic StructurePrototype 3/4 scale
In this Prototype
-$1.50 of Material
-2 hrs labor