Opened in May 2008, the Bridge is a multi-purpose facility based on a unique Public-Private Partnership dedicated to serving homeless men, women and children, with the primary focus being the chronically homeless. Funds for the land purchase and building construction were generated through a $23.8 million City Bond Program passed in 2005.

The Bridge's service model will be "state-of-the-art" and based on three years of research to observe and learn from "best practices" around the nation.

The Bridge Facts

Goals:

• Provide emergency care for 700 unduplicated people experiencing homelessness, every 4 months
• Provide emergency housing for 350 unduplicated people experiencing homelessness, every 4 months
• Provide transitional care to 350 unduplicated people experiencing homelessness, every 4 months
• Provide transitional housing to 125 unduplicated people experiencing homelessness, every 4 months
• Outplace 125 unduplicated people experiencing homelessness into permanent or permanent supportive housing, every 4 months

Costs:

• $1,595,153.25, every 4 months
• $24.97 per person, per day

Notes:

• 19 Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA) organizations collaborate to provide services at The Bridge.
• The Bridge is a unique multi-service campus providing a continuum of care developed to engage people experiencing long-term homelessness in both emergency care and housing and transitional care and housing, in one location.
• Transitional services are available to people residing at The Bridge as well as to people residing in emergency housing throughout metro Dallas.
• 52 Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA) organizations collaborate to provide outplacements into transitional, permanent, and permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness accessing services at The Bridge.
  
  

Emergency Care Provisions

• Behavioral Health Care
• Laundry
• Meals
• Primary Health Care
• Recreational Activities
• Storage

Emergency Housing Provisions

• Drop-in shelter for people experiencing long-term homelessness

Transitional Care Provisions

• Care Management
• Community Service Supervision
• Jail Diversion/Reentry Services
• Job Seeker Services
• Housing Assistance
• Kennel
• Legal Services
• Mail Services
• Mental Health Care
• Social Security Benefits Assistance
• Veterans Benefits Assistance

Transitional Housing Provisions

• Shelter for people exiting hospitals
• Shelter for people needing supportive services
• Shelter for people seeking employment