Hesed Facts

Source and percentages of funding: approximate and does include gift–in–kind donations.

Since 1983, PADS dba Hesed House has served Aurora–area communities.
Hesed House is the second largest shelter in the State of Illinois, and the largest shelter outside of the city of Chicago.
The building at 659 South River Street – the former Aurora Municipal incinerator – was acquired in 1985 and purchased in 2001.
Number of unduplicated individuals served each year through Hesed House's shelter and three housing programs: Just under 1,000
Hesed House sees 16 newly homeless individuals each week – that's one new homeless individual every 10 1/2 hours. We strive to get 16 – or 17 – individuals out of homelessness each week.
Number of meals served each year in the 3 programs: 207,000
Number of children served each year: 188
In the PADS Overnight Emergency Shelter (numbers reflect averages) ...

The waiting list to be accepted into the Transitional Living Community is generally 3 months.
6,000 volunteers, many serving through 70 PADS churches – within and beyond Hesed House's service area – touch the lives at Hesed each year.

45% of adults who stayed in the PADS Program 30 days or longer will find employment.
5% will receive further education; 20% will find some type of housing.
15% with mental health issues will enroll in treatment.
20% with substance abuse issues will enroll in treatment.
93% of the adults enrolled in the Waubonsee Community College Job Skills Training Program will complete the course and receive a graduation certificate.

The PADS® Overnight Emergency Shelter (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) provides food, shelter, laundry facilities, and on–site counseling for 155 to 207 individuals each night.
50% of the adults in the PADS Program are employed. 100% of the adults in the TLC Program are either employed, seeking employment or seeking disability benefits.
PADS® A.M. (and more!) is a Daytime Drop–In Center that offers daytime refuge and an opportunity for self–improvement and development to over 100 PADS guests a day, five days a week.
The Transitional Living Community (TLC) provides temporary on–site housing and opportunities for up to 52 homeless persons of which almost always 50% are children.
LIGHT–House Permanent Supporting Housing currently has 40 individuals placed in apartments throughout the City of Aurora.