Upstate, SC - The Upstate Homeless Coalition has received $2,500 from Ronald McDonald House of Greenville and Ronald McDonald House Charities. The money will be used to pay for extracurricular activities for children in the UHC transitional housing program. There are currently 40 children in the TRANSITIONS 2000 program. It is not uncommon for the Upstate Homeless Coalition to have up to 100 children during a course of a year. The types of activities the money will pay for includes dance lessons, cheerleading, band, school clubs, and camps.

The mission of the Ronald McDonald House Charities is to find, create, and support programs aimed at improving the health and wellness of children.

The Upstate Homeless Coalition of South Carolina operates TRANSITIONS 2000, a transitional housing program, in six upstate counties. The program provides housing, intensive case management, and other supportive services to help participants work towards self-sufficiency. Program participants may remain in transitional housing up to two years, so long as progress towards their goals is being made. TRANSITIONS 2000 offers homeless individuals and families the opportunity to get back on their feet. The key to success is an intensive case management approach, which emphasizes daily contact, weekly meetings, and resident accountability.

The Upstate Homeless Coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to identifying the needs of homeless people and to finding solutions to homelessness in the Upstate through programming, housing, and advocacy. The Upstate Homeless Coalition is the planning coordination organization for homeless programs in all 13 counties in the Upstate. The organization provides services for the homeless in 7 of those counties: Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Spartanburg, and Union.



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