Island County Service Center Employees 

• 3 full time Family Service
• 2 full time Weatherization –  2 technicians *
• 1  .75FTE receptionist
• 1  .75FTE Community Voice Mail/Community Database

Client Geographic Breakdown (% of clients served) 

• North Whidbey      62%
• Central Whidbey   14%
• South Whidbey     19%
• Camano Island       5%

     # of Households Sheltered          15
     # of  Individuals in households     47
     # of Shelter Bed-nights             1410

             Age Breakdown
               ·         Birth to 5                   11
               ·         Age 6 to 11                 9
               ·         Age 12 to 17              10
               ·         Age 18 to 21                2
               ·         Age 22 to 44              14
               ·         Age 44+                      1

      The addition of Marjie’s House in February 2005 will add 3 emergency shelter units.

Homeless Prevention 
     Rental Assistance to qualified low-income households.  Limited to once in a 12-month period.  
     Average assistance = $ 298.00

     # of households      94
     # of individuals      311
     # of bed-nights     9330

        $ allocated from all sources -  $ 30,561.00

Transitional Housing Case Management  
     The Island County service center has 12 families active in transitional housing.  Vouchers are
     administered through the Housing Authority of Island County and provide up to two years of assistance. 
     Clients are contacted monthly to assess progress towards identified goals and reviewed on a six-month
     basis to determine compliance for renewal of the voucher.  In early 2005 with the addition of Marjie’s
     House another 4 units will be added to the inventory of available transitional shelter.

• Calls documented in 2004 =    3380
• Community database entries = 513

Community Resources 

• 294 Backpacks complete with supplies went to school age children
• 196 gas vouchers issued
• 344 County Solid Waste passes issued
• 1335 Foodstamp Outreach contacts
•  North Whidbey Action Fund (for crisis expenses not covered by other funding sources) - $4988 serving 72 families
• Kinship Care Support Program * – provides short term emergency assistance to kinship caregivers to facilitate care of their relative children – 3 families served

Community Jobs Community 
     Jobs is a contracted program through DSHS providing intensive case management services to referred
     clients with significant barriers to employment, allowing them opportunities to increase their skills and
     address issues.  Currently the service center has 5 individuals under contract and placed in employment
     situations.  The existing contract allows for up to 12 referrals.  The program has secured placements at
     WAIF Thrift Stores, both Oak Harbor and Freeland, Skagit Valley College and Island County Parks 
     Dept. This continues to be a program that experiences serious funding restrictions.

Community Voice Mail (CVM)

• Participating agencies using CVM =  10
• Total # of  client users Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2004 =  89
• Total #  of clients served to date =  382

Objectives and self reported outcomes from those using voice mail: 
     70%  who were looking for housing found housing
     61%  who were unemployed found employment
     69%  used CVM for safe communication
     61%  used CVM for health care and received it promptly

The Island County service center has a full “Programs Objectives and Outcomes Summary” report for this project since it’s inception date of October, 2000.  You may receive a copy by calling Sherri Stuart, CVM Manager at (360) 679-6577 x 134

Childcare Resource     
     # of classes for child care providers:  
          1 for 6 hours of continuing education credit
          1 on Camano for 3 hours of credit

* Not reflected in the Island County Service Center budget  

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