Project

Hope Village of Allentown

Host Organization: Operation Address The Homeless Allentown, PA, United States Https://www.operationaddressthehimeless.org

About

Hope Village of Allentown will be a community where homeless people can feel safe and secure their belongings, go to work, and live life. A place that offers addiction and mental health services to individuals who need them. Most importantly Hope Village will be a way out of the cycle of homelessness and back into being an stable and integrated member of society again. Helping the homeless community regain their empowerment, and achieve their goals, helping to their quality of life.

Need

The City of Allentown has an increasing number of unsheltered residents living in the community. The Eastern PA COC's Lehigh Valley Regional Homeless Advisory Board reports that 678 individuals were experiencing homelessness in the Lehigh Valley in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the numbers of those experiencing homelessness to rise exponentially.

Long term impact

Residents will 1. Obtain gainful employment while in the program. 2. Maintain sobriety and control over their physical and mental wellbeing. 3. Complete necessary educational milestones which may have been hindered in the past. 4. Reconnect with their family and build healthy relationships with their fellow community members. 5. Move into permanent housing after completion of Hope Village of Allentown's programs. 6. Helping to lower costs incurred on the city, county, and state.

About the Organization

MISSION STATEMENT: It is the mission of Operation Address the Homeless (OATH) to strengthen and support our communities by providing short term solutions and individualized services to individuals and families who are homeless and to advocate for collaborative, locally driven means to end homelessness.Helping improve the quality of life.

EIN
81-4152325
GlobalGiving Categories:
  • Justice and Human Rights

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Total Goal
$50,000
Remaining Goal
$41,394
What is a Project?

Domestic and international programs and services housed within organizations, addressing specific needs of community groups.