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Shelter from the Storm Ministries Business Overview for a homeless shelter Mission: Shelter from the Storm Ministries (SFTSM) is a Christ—centered organization seeking restoration for families during the storms of life. Our goal is to stop generational homelessness by establishing mentoring relationships with our case managers that address health and wellness, budgeting, parenting and spiritual maturity with an end result of obtaining permanent housing. Primarily SFTSM works to alleviate impending or current homelessness by providing short-term shelter that seeks to obtain long- term housing, establish mentoring relationships with our case managers, and secure stable employment for our clients. Shelter from the Storm Ministries (SFTSM) is a not-for-profit entity classified and registered as a 501©3 with an EIN #47-1676099. SFTSM consists of 5 executive board members and 200+volunteers representing over a dozen different churches in the Sun Prairie and Madison areas. SFTSM is concentrating it's efforts on families consisting of single mothers and their children who are homeless or facing homelessness in the Sun Prairie area. We are currently seeking donations to fund a down payment on an existing property located at 3392 Brooks Dr. in Sun Prairie. It is also governed by the Town of Burke. See attachment for proposed build out of this quality building. Our plan to do the build out in phases is located below. Our long term plan is to become the area's highly visible and respected organization for building strong families through a united community of churches and a highly coordinated database of volunteers. Vision Statement SHELTER: Finding housing for those facing homelessness TRAINING:Teaching life skills leading to independence OPPORTUNITY: Providing a network of community resources RELATIONSHIP: Connecting with God, self, others and creation MENTORING: Modeling with compassion and accountability SUPPORT: Encouraging through prayer, listening and leadership Legal form of Business As stated above, SFTSM is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. See attachment of IRS Determination Letter and SFTSM bylaws. Ministry History Shelter From The Storm Ministries began 3 years ago when a group of individuals learned of a large homeless population within our own school district (75+ children). We were passionate about fixing it and knew that something must be done to fix it,thus SFTSM was born. The SFTSM executive board members meet weekly to address homelessness in Sun Prairie. This year(2014-15),for example,the Sun Prairie school district has identified 83 registered homeless students.