Adult Learner Program (ALP)
The Adult Learner Program offers a basic adult education
to more than 50 low-income women a year. It
combines full time, intensive academics with creative
programming to foster each woman's empowerment and
self-development in mind, body, and spirit. Basic
literacy, GED preparation, career advising, case
management, leadership development, and a soon-to-added
program of English for Speakers of Other Languages are
among the program’s offerings. Since its
foundation, the program has provided quality adult
education for 450 homeless/formerly homeless and
low-income women whose average educational level is 6th
grade. Of the 175 women who entered the program at
the 9th grade level or above, 90 achieved their GED.
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Career Development Services
Career Development Services offers a range of resources
so low-income women can advance economically, including:
career planning; goal setting; referrals for schools,
training and job placement; intensive career exploration retreats;
financial literacy workshops; career coaching; and more.
Services are targeted to women with children in the
Dudley area of Dorchester/Roxbury. The Transition to
Work Collaborative, a partnership with eight family
shelters in Boston, extends our comprehensive career
services to more than 250 homeless parents each year
currently staying in these partner shelters.
Our Employer Partnership program provides case management and job training to prepare individuals for a career in the healthcare field. Three different programs are set up to provide training to individuals at all levels and to prepare them for employment with our business partners. Find out more about our Open Houses.
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Children's Center
The Children’s Center is a high-quality, nationally
accredited child care center for 26 homeless and
low-income children, ages 0-6. Only 18% of Boston
centers achieve this rigorous standard of national
accreditation. The center promotes the whole child’s
physical, social, emotional and intellectual growth;
targets children in crisis and with special needs;
involves parents in promoting family literacy and
kindergarten-readiness; and works for better access and
quality child care in the broader community.
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Family Child Care Business Enterprise (FCCBE)
The Family Child Care Business Enterprise is an
innovative venture that trains 30 low-income women a
year for child care careers and oversees a network of
20+ home-based family day care businesses.
Trainees take part in college-level child development
coursework, internships, and business preparation.
The day care providers are assisted with their
professional development and business success. Women
gifted in caring for children gain the skills and
support leading to decent-paying jobs, running their own
businesses, or working in child care centers, while
other low-income mothers in the workforce gain access to
quality care for their children.
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Family Shelter
The Family Shelter was one of the first homeless
shelter for families in the state and remains
a model for its respectful and empowering approach.
Approximately 20 women and their children are
sheltered each year. The women are assisted to
secure permanent housing and to connect with Project
Hope's adult education and career development
opportunities.
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Housing Services
The Housing Services Department assists more than 400
Dorchester/Roxbury families from becoming homeless each
year. A team of experienced staff provides housing
counseling, landlord negotiation, housing search
assistance, budgeting advice and training, emergency
rental funds, and more. Project Hope is in the process
of growing its homelessness prevention activities and
better integrating them with our career development
services so women can improve their economic conditions
in order to keep their families housed long-term.
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One Family Scholars
One Family Scholars is a pioneering program offering
low-income and formerly homeless women with college
scholarships, mentoring, and leadership development
opportunities. Project Hope was one of two original
sites and is a lead architect of this growing initiative
that soon will serve 200 women a year at several partner
sites in Massachusetts.
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