St. Joseph Center

St. Joseph Center’s Family Center and Food Pantry and Homeless Service Center are central to the agency’s efforts to help working poor and homeless families and individuals achieve stability as they move toward self-sufficiency.  The Family Center and Food Pantry aids families in achieving short-term goals such as alleviating hunger and provides case management, emergency services, educational workshops and recreational opportunities for low-income, housed clients.  The Homeless Service Center provides long-term case management aimed at permanent housing and offers emergency services such as shelter placement, showers, laundry, and mailboxes, as well as referrals for critical interventions such as substance abuse treatment and medical care.  During each of the next two years, 850 families will be helped to achieve self-sufficiency through the Family Center & Food Pantry and another 2,400 individuals will access services through the Homeless Services Center.  St. Joseph Center will also improve and align intake and coordination procedures between both programs to ensure that clients’ multiple needs are met and referrals are timely and appropriate.