Druid Hills Night Shelter Inc D/b/a Journey

What it reported doing in 2014

Services offered journey offers care and support for men experiencing homelessness on their journey to self-sufficiency. Our loving staff and extraordinary volunteers extend essential services of shelter, food, clothing and referrals to physical and behavioral health services for up to 26 men at a time. Case management, counseling and coaching are provided in house. Program services such as job readiness and search training; life management skills training; access to ged training/testing and tutoring; basic math, reading and computer skills; addiction support groups are provided through partnerships and collaboration within atlanta's homeless service provider community. Each man is provided meals, a marta card, a secured locker and a safe place to sleep. All residents also have access to a shower, laundry facilities, and computers with internet access. Journey history the shelter opened in 1982 as a mission of druid hills presbyterian church in response to the needs of homeless men on the streets around the church. The shelter began as a seasonal shelter where men were admitted on a first come first serve basis. It was staffed completely by volunteers who served dinner and spent the night. In 1988 staff was added and the focus became serving men who were seeking employment. In 2010, druid hills presbyterian church created a visioning task force to evaluate the mission and effectiveness of the shelter. The task force proposed a revised governance structure and staff design for the shelter. In may 2011 druid hills night shelter became a 501 (c) (3) private nonprofit organization with a new board and a full time executive director. The agency began operating year round, additional services were added and the name of the organization was changed to journey men's shelter. Its primary goal is to provide residents with tools and skills necessary to become gainfully employed and thus successfully reintegrated into the community as contributing citizens. Journey facts each year since becoming a year-round shelter journey men's shelter has -seen about 30 men successfully transition to more permanent housing -worked with staff and volunteers to provide food, shelter, and support for about 65 men a year -received over 2,500 hours of volunteer support each year, serving donated meals valued at more than 38,000 -provided its residents with more than 650 weekly marta cards and 2,000 round trip rides on marta so that they could receive training, interview for jobs, and commute to and from their place of employment -averaged seeing over 70% of its men being employed on any given day -served over 18,000 meals (breakfast and dinner) -provided over 50 training sessions on subjects like resume writing, computers and financial management

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 70.2%; rating input score 70
• Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 26%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 50.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings