Anita ’ s Angels

1. Anita’s Angels An Accommodating Organization

2. Mission • The mission of Anita’s Angels is to be able provide assistance to new and underprivileged families. Living in a highly competitive economy, with so many financial demands, many American families have a difficult time functioning properly. The simplistic things such as food, shelter, clothing, and employment should be accessible to all Americans. Anita’s Angels aims to help take new and underprivileged families out of their current situations and give them the necessary utensils to be able to become productive members in society. This organization also aims to raise awareness of the need for economic assistance, as well as to spread the message to every participant the psychological notion of self-initiation. • “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” (Mark Twain)

3. Our Inspiration: Anita Ann Robinson

4. Our Founder • Worked for Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Olathe Medical Center. • Volunteered at Children’s Mercy Hospital. • Member of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Parish. • Parishioner of the Year in the Kansas City Catholic Diocese. • Member of Zeta Phi Beta Incorporated. • Member of the Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure Foundation. • Member of Kansas State Nurses Association. • …..and several other accolades

5. Legacy Still Lives on • To become involved in one’s community. • To help others in any way you can. • To be strong, faithful, and self-sufficient. • To put your heart into it. • (Treat it like its your own problem)

6. The Multi-Purpose Organization • Job Search Facility • Having database of available jobs in the local and extended areas. • Interview Etiquette classes.* • Resume beautification assistance.* • Job Etiquette classes. • (Having a job, how to • keep it, and how to • get ahead.) • Financial Assistance • For those that qualify for Relative Small Grant. ($500 or less) • Extensive Loan ($5,000 or less) • In-depth research team • Must provide proof of financial debacle. • Financial planning classes. -Mapping out a financial itinerary. • Shelter facilities • Located in Topeka KS, Leavenworth KS, Kansas City(MO&KS), Wichita KS, Oklahoma City OK. • Volunteer house construction. • --for beautification of • existing houses and • new houses. • Residential stay (for those that qualify) • Short term stay. • Food, drink, bathing areas.

7. Stipulations • "The ability to triumph begins with you. Always." Oprah • With all of the funding that is provided, it is required that participants actively pursue a better lifestyle. • All participants must sign an agreement that they will adhere to the process of moving forward. (If agreement is broken, funding will cease.)

8. Study taken of Homeless • Since 1991, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) has identified households experiencing "worst case needs" across the United States. PD&R's most recent biennial report, Worst Case Housing Needs 2007: A Report to Congress, uses American Housing Survey data to highlight the demographics of families experiencing worst case needs, the availability of affordable housing stock to these families, and the poverty levels and residential patterns of neighborhoods where these renters live. • A family experiences worst case needs if it does not receive housing assistance and meets two criteria. First, the family must have very-low income, earning less than 50 percent of the area medium income (AMI), or extremely low income, earning less than 30 percent of AMI. Second, the family must have a severe rent burden (paying more than 50 percent of the family's income towards rent) and/or live in severely inadequate conditions with regard to plumbing, heating, electrical, or upkeep. • Nearly 6 million households (5.91) experienced worst case needs in 2007. This is an 18 percent increase from 2001 when only 5.01 million households faced this difficulty. Of these households, the report highlighted the following: • 93 percent have severe rent burdens (5.48 million households), the primary cause of worst case needs. • 73 percent have extremely low incomes. Study taken by U.S Department of Housing

9. Worst Case Needs Courtesy of the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development

10. More than an estimated 750,000 homeless people are on the streets any night in the United States. Only 250,000 shelter spaces are available. • This situation leaves over 500,000 people with no where else to be but in public (US Conference of Mayors, 2001). • An estimated 85,000 families experience homelessness each night. • an estimated 50,000 youth • approximately 131,000 homeless veterans, accounting for 20 percent of the entire homeless population. Courtesy of the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development

11. Funding • Government Supplement. • Teaming up with other homeless organizations like : National Alliance to End Homelessness, People’s City Mission, Red Cross, Salvation Army, National Homeless Charity, National Coalition for the Homeless, YMCA, and other local homeless shelters in surrounding areas. • Susan G. Komen Foundation. • -putting on events similar to Race for the Cure. Giving 50% of profits to Susan G. • Komen Foundation. • Chilis’ Restaurants. • Local junior and four-year colleges. • Volunteers –General public and college students • General Public Donations

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