One year after St. Vincent de Paul set the goal to rehouse 2,025 people experiencing homelessness by the year 2025, the nonprofit celebrates its success already meeting 60% of its goal.

In this past year, the nonprofit has moved 1,289 people into permanent housing. That is 277 individuals ahead of schedule.

SVdP’s Housing 2025 initiative is in response to Arizona’s homelessness crisis. The initiative focuses on three things:

• Moving people into permanent housing
• Increasing SVdP’s permanent rehousing rate by 20%
• Offering the community a shared goal to inspire support systems for neighbors experiencing homelessness

“We’ve come this far because we’ve worked together as a community,” Shannon Clancy, SVdP’s Rob and Melani Walton Endowed CEO, shared in a press release. “We all need to be relentless in working to help people get back to lives of fulfillment and productivity. Everyone deserves that opportunity.”

St. Vincent rehouses people through its two different shelters and transitional housing programs, as well as its resource center and dining rooms. The programs work together and in partnership with agencies across the Valley to find the best permanent housing solution for each individual or family.

“As long as people are living on our streets, our collective work is unfinished,” Clancy stated.

St. Vincent has locations with services across the Valley.

The main campus in Downtown Phoenix is located at 420 W. Watkins Road and houses many different programs for guests and volunteers. Email info@svdpaz.org or call 602-266-HOPE (4673).