As The Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut celebrates 25 years of doing good in our state and community, we want to celebrate one of our past beneficiaries and the amazing work in our state, and ask them questions about their organization and The ISC of All CT.
Today we highlight St. Philip’s House program at Chrysalis:
- 1. What year(s) was your organization a beneficiary of The Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut?
- 2017 & 2018
- 2. What are the services you provide for the community?
- Chrysalis Center has been providing supportive housing services and case management services to individuals who are living with HIV/AIDS for over 20 years. St. Philip House Community Case Managers (CCM) work with individuals to locate, lease up, maintain housing, as well as apply for state entitlements, connect to primary healthcare or mental health providers, assist in managing healthcare, and assist with job training and employment services and other community resources. This program is funded by HOPWA allocations through the City of Hartford and charitable contributions. Our successes are in our performance benchmarks that include 88% of individuals served are undetectable and/or virally suppressed based on current lab results contributed to the rate of compliance with medication and comprehensive follow-up by our community case worker and 100% of clients served rated positively in each of the domains of access to services, quality of services, outcomes, participation in treatment planning, respect, recover, and general satisfaction with services. The program is designed to provide flexible support services to individuals and their families living with HIV/ AIDS and experiencing mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness.
- 3. What memories do you have working with The Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut?
- The Court were an incredible group to work with. We as a team were able to attend several of the events that were to benefit our St. Philip House program at Chrysalis Center and were very appreciate of the funding they provided. These were dedicated, talented individuals with St. Philip House in their hearts. We miss your involvement and would love for you to become involved with our organization again!
- 4. What were you able to do with the funds your organization received from The Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut?
- All funds were used to support the individuals and families who were part of the St. Philip House program. In a recent survey, 87% of our participants reported that their service needs were being met. 63% reported that staff helped them obtain information they needed so that they could take charge of managing their illness. 100% reported being treated with dignity and respect by the staff. 89% reported that the quality of their life had improved since they entered the program. There were no gaps in service or concerns raised by clients. Clients identified needing linkages with mental health services, substance abuse, and medical providers. These are all areas that the case manager can assist clients with through referrals.