HOLY GROUND SHELTER FOR HOMELESS

A mother who has successfully progressed through our program, and who has developed the skills and the financial stability to step out on her own, is considered to have graduated from Holy Ground! With best wishes, love, and high hopes and a party! she moves from her apartment on one of our two campuses to an apartment of her own choosing. In so doing, she becomes part of our Independent Living/Aftercare program. She can still participate in all Holy Ground activities, and her family still receives case management, but she is monitored less frequently than when in our residential program. By this point, our young mom has learned how to manage her budget, maintain her own place, and balance her chosen vocation with the raising of her child(ren), so that she can sustain a healthy, stable, and productive lifestyle. Helping these moms to become self-reliant means that they and their children are not dependent on social services, thereby saving taxpayer dollars.

Holy Ground also provides services to those at-risk pregnant or parenting mothers who have a safe place to live, but who need a helping hand to survive and thrive. They are assisted with baby equipment and resources, and they also benefit from many of the services that our residential families do, apart from on-going financial support. Our Outreach program also provides emergency assistance to our mothers and children, as well as to young moms and kids in the larger community, on a limited basis. Holy Ground is there with temporary financial assistance when our young mothers encounter an unplanned financial snag, so that they do not fall deeper into debt. We have also assisted at-risk mothers and children in our community, on a limited basis, with small expenses, baby equipment and other supplies.