OUR PROGRAM WE WANT TO ESTABLISH AT THE SHELTER

"Stepping Stones" is the overall program that encompasses all that we envision to provide to men, women and families, who enter the shelter:

provide a safe place to live for up to a year or more
mentors assigned to each person when they enter the shelter
3 meals a day (planned by a nutritionist)
teach life/social skills
teach daily responsibilities for a healthy lifestyle
job-skills to ready them for the workplace
job-networking to help them acquire a job/career
bank accounts/financial management/debt reduction programs
clothing/laundry services
childcare for working parents
legal services/mediation
in house medical care
AA, NA & ALNON meetings
seminars to provide advice for a healthy mind, body and spirit
daily devotionals & weekly Church service
exercise program for a healthy body
fellowship with others through extracuricular activities
home placement at the end of the program
continued support for those who have moved on their own into society