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Welcome from the Williams-Sterling Foundation
Thank
you for visiting our Internet site!
The Williams-Sterling Foundation
(WSF) is a Special purpose 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation and was formed to provide disaster relief programs and real
estate development assistance as a result of the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina and the hurricanes of 2005.
Our community and faith-based grass roots redevelopment campaign has been working since the clean-up and recovery
phases of the Hurricanes of 2005 began. We are extremely proud of our past modular redevelopment successes in the City of
New Orleans and are honored to have accepted the invitation to improve the quality of life for those who suffered losses and
are still affected by the Hurricanes of 2005 & 2008.
We are extremely proud of the social good that we have
accomplished, and look forward to providing clear, recognizable and relevant change with our newly launched “Homeless
Warriors Housing Program” (HWHP). As you continue your visit with us today, you will learn
more about our approval to participate in the Department of Veteran Affairs VA Homeless Sales Program A
program that allows non-profits like the WSF the opportunity to acquire foreclosure properties to provide assistance
to homeless veterans. And our approval into the Wells Fargo REO Community Development Community & Urban Stabilization
Program (CUSP). Approval into this program allows the WSF as a 501 (c)(3) eligible to receive donated properties
from Wells Fargo's donated property programs. If you are not familiar
with our non-profit organization and your first contact with us is online: We would be pleased to hear from you! Please let
us know what your needs and questions are, we will be more than happy to help.
At present, our new inter-active content management system is still under construction that will enable us
to broadcast current program progress reports, as well as, view project progress via current mapping technologies,
so that we reach and engage our supporters and always keep you up to date. Please understand that there may be a waiting period
while each program rollout is activated. The Williams-Sterling Foundation
faces unprecedented funding pressures in our ever-changing world. Your continued financial support is so very much appreciated.
HOMELESS WARRIORS HOUSING PROGRAM Vision: To provide assistance to homeless veterans and sponsor projects
under the WSF's Homeless Warriors Housing Program that will focus on transitional and permanent housing.
Mission: All funds raised will be contributed
to the WSF's Homeless Warriors Housing Program to re-develop, re-purpose and/or restore severely distressed
properties acquired from Wells Fargo's Property Donation Program and/or to purchase Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) properties
at a discount, then renovate, re-purpose and/or restore them as single family dwellings to use as transitional and/or permanent
housing for our nations homeless veterans and their families. Commission: Williams-Sterling
Foundation the philanthropic arm of Williams-Sterling, Inc. was formed as a special purpose 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation,
to provide community and disaster relief programs in the form of gap philanthropy financing and real estate
development assistance. WSF's Community-Based
Outreach Plan (Homeless Warriors Housing Program): In
FY 2020, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the results
of the Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness, which was prepared by HUD. The report showed there was: - a less than 1% increase in the estimated number of homeless veterans
nationwide.
- 37,252 veterans experienced homelessness
in January 2020, compared to 37,085 in January 2019.
- the estimated number of veterans experiencing homelessness in the United States has declined by nearly 50% since 2010
Thank You for your Support for the Williams-Sterling
Foundation All Americans are indebted to the soldiers, sailors, airmen,
marines, and their families for their service to our country. One tangible method for expressing our gratitude to these individuals
for their sacrifices is to provide housing, job creation and training opportunities, to ensure that our homeless
and unemployed veterans are given the necessary care and support to put them on a path to success. Housing Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: Our Trustee James H. Williams served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Separate from March 14, 1964 to January 4, 1966. He has been a constant advocate and supporter of our armed forces since his days of military service. He continues his proud
tradition of serving those who sacrifice so much for our country – by identifying and implementing social entrepreneurial
and federal, state and local community-based partnerships that support housing opportunities and have strategies targeting
veteran homelessness. In FY 2014, the
WSF was approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs to participate in their VA Homeless Sales Program. In a like manner, the WSF was approved to participate in Wells Fargo's Property Donation Program under their REO Community Development Community & Stabilization Program. Our objective
and goals are to work with our community partners to acquire and receive properties, then renovate, re-purpose and/or restore them as single family dwellings to use as transitional and/or permanent housing for our nations homeless
veterans and their families.
Department of Veterans Affairs Homeless Sales Program
The WSF's HWHP is about changing the lives of our warfighters and their families, by providing
them the very information needed for them to access earned entitlements from their years of service to end their
homelessness. While providing the advocacy they need to transition them back into our society and workforce.
The program will focus (and serve) homeless veterans (specifically female homeless veterans and their families) and very
low-income Veteran families who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. The program employs a housing first
model, an approach which centers on providing homeless Veterans with transition and permanent housing benefits and services
as needed.
Homeless Warriors Housing Program (HWHP): Wells Fargo REO Community Development & Urban Stabilization Program The WSF's approval into Wells Fargo's REO property donation program has already created a
real-time opportunity to showcase how the property donation program (and its Community Development team) promotes
favorable outcomes for severely distressed properties.
Partnering
with Wells Fargo allows the WSF to align its social entrepreneurial goals to provide transitional and permanent
housing to our nations homeless veterans, with the responsible disposition goals of REO properties with community
initiatives that will revitalize blighted neighborhoods.
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