Some of Rochester’s most vulnerable citizens are facing the harsh reality that programs currently in place to help them are going to be cut.

“There’s 16 women and children that have come from situations of domestic violence, people with mental illness living in the home that would all be impacted,” said Sean Tracy, Executive Director of the Sojourner House.

Tracy said that the Sojourner House, which helps homeless families, said the nearly one million dollars in cuts to funding is going to hurt those who need it the most.

“When you think about it it’s probably about 77 people just at sojourner house impacted,” said Tracy.

At Homeless Continuum of Care, coordinator, Amy D’Amico said the programs lost are some of the most crucial to permanent success.

“The types of programs that were lost is really important in a holistic sense,” said D’Amico.

Case management, one of the programs cut, is supplemental to housing, and D’Amico said it’s necessary to make sure people aren’t just given a home and no other support to make sure that they stay there.

“That’s for our homeless folks that are high needs, maybe they have substance abuse problems, mental illness and they need a case manager on site or off site, but working with them,” said D’Amico.

D’Amico said that more than 1700 high needs homeless people will lose case management, as well as health and legal services because of these cuts.

“In real terms, it means, those agencies have to scramble, those not for profits, have to find funding,” said D’Amico.