In the first year of operation, we will focus on 60
families—about 150 people—who were homeless
at one time but have gotten out of that situation.
Or who are near-homeless, who are floating from
place to place, looking for stability but not yet
finding it.
In the next few weeks, we will hire several new
staff members to provide this support to many
more families and children than we are able to
reach currently.
The institute will be led by our Director of Client
Services, Justin Sanders, a Masters-level Social
Worker.
Members of the institute—parents—will access our
Learning Center, where they will take financial
literacy courses; search for jobs; receive help with
resumes; participate in practice job interviews;
receive one-on-one budgeting assistance; and if
they don’t have their high school diploma, we will
help them get their GED.
Many of the children enrolled in the institute will
be able to attend our summer program, which
runs for 8 weeks and then turns into an afterschool program which provides opportunities for
academic and personal growth outside of the
classroom.
Our House, in partnership with the Heart of
Arkansas United Way, is grateful for this chance to
give hundreds of children a way out of poverty—a
stable home, consistency at school—the foundation
for a successful future.