OUR IMPACT
improving outcomes for people, systems, and communities.
CHOM is committed to creating positive, lasting impact within communities and for the people who call them home. Through meaningful partnerships, thoughtful projects, and a focus on empowerment, CHOM works to strengthen connections, uplift voices, and support sustainable growth so that communities can thrive today and for generations to come.
JUST THE NUMBERS
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREATED
PEOPLE HOUSED SINCE CHOM'S INCEPTION
PEOPLE WHO NOW HAVE THEIR OWN HOME
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OF PEOPLE IN CHOM HOUSING WITH A DISABILITY
GOALS
IMPROVE HEALTH & WELLNESS
Housing is a key social determinant of health
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ACHIEVE COMMUNITY INCLUSION
Everyone deserves to be part of their community.
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UNITE
FAMILIES​
Families adequately supported and brought together create a reduction in state custody and foster care costs
INCREASE SELF ESTEEM & SELF WORTH
People feel secure, healthy, and feel best when they belong, and have a safe and stable place to call home
REDUCE
COSTS
Smart policies create system-wide cost savings in emergency services, shelter, and healthcare costs
GENERATE
ACCESS
People thrive when we remove barriers and create access to jobs, social interaction, and education
RECOVERY RESIDENCES
CHOM also focuses on creating recovery residences. This type of supportive housing offers a balance of comprehensive support, structure, accountability, and real-world flexibility in encountering relapse. These very structured programs help people successfully rebuild their lives.
CHOM helps individuals integrate into mainstream society, obtain employment, establish more permanent residences, and live life to their optimal potential.
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The people and families who have lived in CHOM's recovery residences have experienced great success with recovery and long-term stability. Data from two of CHOM's recovery residences is below.
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PEOPLE HOUSED
IN TWO PORTLAND-AREA RECOVERY RESIDENCES TO DATE
PEOPLE REUNITED WITH THIER FAMILY, INCLUDING THEIR CHILDREN
PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETELY
SUSTAINED FROM
USING OPIODS
PEOPLE ARE PERMANENTLY
HOUSED IN THE COMMUNITY
FUSE INITIATIVE
Frequent Users System Engagement (FUSE) Greater Portland was a cross-sector collaborative serving Cumberland and York counties from 2015-2026. Launched in Portland in April 2015, FUSE brought together housing providers, outreach teams, shelters, healthcare partners, behavioral health providers, corrections, and other community organizations to coordinate housing stability solutions for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and those with the most complex and acute needs.
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Using a by-name, data-informed approach, FUSE helped partners coordinate resources, remove barriers, and develop individualized housing strategies. Over its 11½-year history, more than 20 organizations collaborated through the initiative, contributing to more than 538 people being housed and an average housing retention rate of 90 percent. Data collected throughout the initiative also highlighted the relationship between housing stability and reduced involvement with emergency systems.
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While the formal initiative concluded in Fall 2026, its legacy continues through the partnerships, coordinated practices, and data-informed approaches that now form the foundation of Greater Portland's homelessness response system.
PEOPLE HOUSED THROUGH THE FUSE INITIATIVE
TO DATE
SUCCESS RATE IN HOUSING THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE SINCE IT BEGAN
MORE LIKELY TO BE
IN JAIL WHEN
UNHOUSED
VS HOUSED
MORE LIKELY TO BE
IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN UNHOUSED
VS HOUSED
SYSTEM-WIDE COST SAVINGS
It is widely documented through research that permanent supportive housing lowers overall system-wide costs. When unhoused, certain people tend to ricochet through emergency rooms, hospitals, homeless shelters, jails, and police and rescue systems. Permanent supportive housing stabilizes lives and stops this cycle of expensive crises.
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CHOM's Inclusive Housing Model embeds permanent supportive housing into larger, multi-family housing projects. This allows housing to effectively include people with the longest histories of homelessness and most acute needs.
The data below, from a research study conducted in 2015, demonstrates the efficacy of this housing model, pioneered at CHOM's Danforth on High project in Portland.
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