Process Overview + Client Breakdown

Previous process for Queens Family Court

Our Client: HousingPlus

What does Poverty Mean?

What does it mean to be Homeless? How does that happen?

How do you think society in general feels about people who are struggling with Homelessness?

How do you think society feels about people struggling with Mental Health and Substance Abuse issues?

Why do you think people would devote their lives to helping others find safety and shelter so they can heal and grow?

Words that stand out as powerful images in their mission + impact statements

What do each of these words mean to you?

Community-based / Re-Entering Community

Stable / Stability / Stabilize

Access / Keeping Barriers to Entry Low

Build

Embraces

Overcoming / Goals

Handing a key / Opening a Door

Unwavering Commitment

Marginalized / Barriers

Special Focus / Target

Safe 

Home

Vulnerable

Do some idea generation by having students individually do a series of thumbnail sketches, 5 minutes per sketch - 30 to 45 minutes?

1. Draw a picture of Safety

2. Draw a picture of Vulnerability

3. Draw a picture of Re-entering Community

4. Draw a picture of an Embrace

5. Draw a picture of Stability

6. Draw a picture of being focused on

Developing Questions for the Client (interview next session!)

45 minutes?

1. 2 minutes for everyone to write down a question - read out a few to get a sense of what students are most curious about.

2. Figure out what the main 3 or 4 themes are of the questions

3. Get into groups, with each group fleshing out questions around a theme

4. Do a run through with feedback

5. All roles and questions must be clear before we wrap up