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Place Of Promise Permanent Supportive Housing Program

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Welcome to the Place of Promise and Mothers Vineyard

Place of Promise a Permanent Supportive Housing Program and Mothers Vineyard A Housing and Tranformation Ministry for Women

Place of Promise is a Paterson-based agency in its 4th year of delivering services to men who are chronicly homeless. 


Our Coffee Pot Ministry and Lunch Program of St. Philip’s Ministry, has successfully served
Paterson’s most disadvantaged for more than 10 years.


What began as a “Soup Kitchen  (Congregate Feeding Program) " now also offers a specialized house care program.  It now delivers comprehensive housing services to  homeless.


Place of Promise's mission is to provide hope and opportunity to the homeless, assisting them to permanently leave the streets, secure stable housing, and build self-sufficient, satisfying lives.


Overall agency goals are
housing stability, educational advancement, employment continuity, life skills competence, health maintenance, and personal goals achievement. 

 

Mothers Vineyard is a Women’s Ministry that we are excited to let you know about. It is a place where a number of women come together in authentic relationships to be encouraged to live wholeheartedly for Jesus Christ.  Our long-term transitional housing program is designed to offer support services for women many who are mothers. We give them time to make the adjustment from supportive to interdependent living. They are given the opportunity to stabilize their financial futures and become healthy self-supporting members of the community. This program provides a time for personal growth in their faith in Christ; build relationships within the Christian community; and learn to love themselves as Christ loves them.

The needs of the homeless are extensive and complex. Beyond the lack of shelter and other necessities for survival, they also lack hope, opportunities, self-esteem, communication and daily living skills, positive role models, educational training, and the ability to secure and maintain employment.  They struggle to adequately care for themselves emotionally, economically, and physically. 

         

Despite these vulnerabilities, St. Philip's has found that the homeless have significant strengths, which, when properly assessed and nurtured, are keys to their success.

  

Given these challenges, the homeless require a continuum of services and resources to help them to realign their developmental trajectories and prepare for self-sufficiency which we provide.

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