Friday, September 30, 2016

Vine Maple Place - September 2016

Our Covington Chamber Ambassadors recently attended a Vision of Hope tour at Vine Maple Place in order to gain insight into the issue of family homelessness in our community and Vine Maple Place’s innovative program to help these families work towards stability.

Vine Maple Place’s mission is to break the cycle of homelessness by helping single parents and their children build lives of hope, stability, and greater self-sufficiency. They not only help families with their immediate needs to find housing or prevent eviction, they also take an innovative approach to addressing the barriers that lead to homelessness and work towards breaking the generational cycle of homelessness.

Families in the program receive Financial Literacy training to help them learn to manage their finances and work towards long-term financial stability. They also receive Employment and Livable Wage Development focused on long term self-sufficiency through full-time livable wage employment.

What is particularly impressive about the program at Vine Maple Place is the level of support given to the children of the families they serve. The Child and Youth Services they provide engage children in activities that promote self-esteem and emotional stability through tutoring, counseling, mentoring, therapeutic intervention, and life skills coaching in order to be successful at home and at school.

Vine Maple Place has helped hundreds of families in our community break the cycle of homelessness thanks to the generosity of their donors and volunteers. If you are interested in helping then make a difference, check out their list of immediate Donation Needs and their Volunteer Needs.

We highly encourage you to attend one of the Vision of Hope tours at Vine Maple Place to see for yourself the incredible services Vine Maple Place offers to families dealing with homelessness in our community. Click here to view upcoming Vision of Hope dates.

To learn more about how Vine Maple Place helps families in our community, check out Josh's Family Story Video:
 
For more information about Vine Maple Place:
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