Help Preserve Safe Shelter for Women and Families in Monterey County.

Reductions in public funding have created a projected $4.86 million shelter funding gap over the next three years. Your support can help sustain Shuman HeartHouse and Casa de Noche Buena while CHS builds a stronger, more sustainable funding model for the future.


Two Shelters. One Mission.

Shuman HeartHouse and Casa de Noche Buena provide women and families experiencing homelessness with safe shelter, meals, individualized support, and a pathway toward permanent housing.

These programs work. But reductions in public funding have created a significant gap between the cost of operating the shelters and the funding currently available.

The challenge is not creating something new. It is protecting something that already works.

50%

Move directly into permanent housing

75%

Move into permanent or transitional housing

16,745

Shelter nights provided

50,235

Meals provided

100%

Of school-aged children continued their schooling

$4.86M

Projected three-year funding gap

FY 2024–25 service and outcome data. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. $4.86 million reflects the projected three-year shelter funding gap.


Learn more about Shuman HeartHouse and Casa de Noche Buena, the people they serve, the results they achieve, and why community support is urgently needed.

View the Campaign Brochure
Keep Doors Open. Keep Hope Alive. | Community Human Services
Page 1: Keep Doors Open. Keep Hope Alive. Safeguard shelter for women and families experiencing homelessness.
Page 2: Safe Shelter Changes What Comes Next
Page 3: A message from Shawn Stone, CEO of Community Human Services
Page 4: Progress Worth Protecting: the state of homelessness in Monterey County, 2024 vs 2026
Page 5: More Than a Bed: emergency shelter is where the journey begins
Page 6: Two Shelters. One Mission. What Casa de Noche Buena and Shuman HeartHouse provide
Page 7: Shuman HeartHouse in Monterey and Casa de Noche Buena in Seaside
Page 8: Your Support Creates Real Impact: fiscal year 2024-25 results
Page 9: Outcomes that move people toward housing, FY 2024-25
Page 10: Why Your Support Matters Now: three-year shelter funding outlook, $4.86M gap
Page 11: Keep Doors Open. Keep Hope Alive. The power of multi-year commitments. Give today.
Page 12: Community Human Services, chservices.org/keep-hope-alive

Learn more about Shuman HeartHouse and Casa de Noche Buena, the people they serve, the results they achieve, and why community support is urgently needed.

Download the Campaign Brochure

Keep Doors Open. Keep Hope Alive.

Campaign funds will be tracked separately and used to support operations and related services at Shuman HeartHouse and Casa de Noche Buena.


Considering a Leadership Gift?

Carol Harney
Development Director
831-658-3811 ext. 307
charney@chservices.org

Talk With Carol

Community Human Services | PO Box 3076, Monterey, CA 93942 | 831-658-3811 | info@chservices.org | Nonprofit Tax ID #94-6367167

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