PCCI

PCCI Team:
Jimyu Evans, Margaret Schuelke and Danielle D. Brown

our leadership
Margaret Schuelke — Executive Director
PCCI’s efforts are led by its Executive Director, Margaret Schuelke. Margaret came to PCCI from PRISM, Progressive Redevelopment Inc.’s property management affiliate, where she served as Vice President and Director of Operations. Prior to her joining PRISM , Margaret served as the Chief Operating Officer for the YWCA of Greater Atlanta. Margaret also served as the Assistant Director of Program Operations for the DeKalb County Police Department. Her interest and exposure to the field of affordable housing came during her tenure as the Director of Fund Development and Technical Assistance for the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP), Inc. Margaret received her B.A. from Georgia State University and her Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Georgia.

Jimiyu Evans — Housing Advocate
Prior to joining PRI in 2008, Jimiyu worked for the Department of Family and Children Services as a Social Services supervisor for the Investigations unit. Jimiyu has extensive experience in social services and juvenile delinquency and has partnered with various community agencies to coordinate exceptional service to children and families in need. He earned a B.S. degree in Criminology from Florida State University, where he developed the strong passion for social services. At PRI, Jimiyu works with the homeless population as a Housing Advocate where his goal is to connect families and individuals with an affordable place to call home.

Danielle D. Brown — Housing Coordinator
Danielle D. Brown comes to PCCI from the Living Room, Inc. where she provided intensive mental health case management to homeless people living with HIV/AIDS and worked in the area of transitional housing. She graduated magna cum laude from Texas State University in 2004 and has worked since 1999 in the non-profit arena.

Since 1999, Project Community Connections, Inc. (PCCI) has been assisting individuals and families experiencing homelessness to reestablish themselves in communities and find a place to call home. In close collaboration with numerous human services providers and a wide range of property representatives, PCCI has placed hundreds of men, women and children into permanent housing settings that meet their particular needs for location, price and accessibility.

During the summer of 2005 PCCI was selected by the Mayor’s Commission on Homelessness to be the non-profit partner, joining the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs to promote and establish www.georgiahousingsearch.org, the statewide affordable housing locator base. The original thought behind the web site was to help identify affordable housing for those left homeless by Hurricane Katrina yet its mission and audience has expanded far beyond its original intent to provide housing resources to a much wider audience.

ghs

Georgia Housing Search is an on-line locator service that is key to “finding the right rental, right now, right where you want to live in Georgia.” This revolutionary innovation provides a cost effective and efficient platform with the power to:

Increase housing opportunities for Georgia’s workforce, student and senior populations;
Identify housing options for homeless and special needs individuals;
Support Georgia’s economic and transportation goals.

Since its inception in 2005, the system has registered over 100,000 housing units statewide and processes about 7,000 searches each day.

This service is free to consumers and landlords, and contains extensive unit and amenity information. The efforts of this statewide program are directed by an Advisory Council chaired by Dave Stockert, President and CEO of Post Properties. The membership includes representatives from housing authorities, large property management firms, non-profit executives and housing organization leaders.

In 2009, PCCI placed 339 unduplicated clients in housing, up from 247 in 2008.

You can find information about PCCI and GeorgiaHousingSearch (GHS) on our website at www.pccihome.org, the info about GHS is under "Finding Housing". You can find info about the GHS search engine and this national effort at www.socialserve.com.