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| FAST facts |
Providence Homes has an impressive 15-year track record of measurable results
Ratio of staff to residents is 1:4
24-month program of high retention levels
80% of our residents meet most or all of their goals
The Dallas area has a great need:
19,206 family violence calls- Dallas Police Department (2002)
117 women were killed by intimate partners (2002)
5,181 homeless people in Dallas County (2003): 47% were women and children
Dallas Providence Homes is changing lives at a cost of less than $40 per day per resident
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| Dallas Providence Homes |
Our homes offer families the benefits of living in 'healthy interdependence' and more time to foster economic and self-sufficiency. Residents live in a highly structured environment with direct supervision from live-in counseling staff as well as extensive community involvement. A unique 24-month length of stay gives the women the time they need to transform their lives as they move toward wise choices and stability.
The success of the program centers on the ability to promote a sense of family. Each supported community home will have a sponsoring church to uniquely provide additional support, mentoring and a sense of community. The church and its members adopt the resident with direct input from live-in staff, the counseling team, social services and individual members of the sponsor church. The depth of this support network greatly increases the potential for positive change with each resident.
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| Emily's Place (Plano, TX) |
The Mission of the Dallas Providence Homes, Inc. is to transform lives through a 24 month continuum of care,counseling,housing, and life-skill training which allows women and their children who are victims of domestic violence to become self sufficient.
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| The Blessed Hope House (Seagoville, TX) |
The home is a partnership with Robinwood Baptist Church. Located thirteen miles southeast of downtown Dallas on Highway 175, out first home became operational in 2003. This home has one live-in counselor and four residents. Shirley Mann is the Director of this home.
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| The Providence Vision For DFW |
Our vision is to have 10 homes in the Dallas area within 10 years. We are focused on adding homes in Dallas and Collin County.
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| Awards & Recognitions |
The Providence Network has received several awards as follows:
- Public acknowledgement by the U.S. Federal Home Loan Bank and the Federal Housing Commissioner
- 2004 Runner up in the prestigious Samaritan Awards given by the Acton Institute
- Top 10 ministries for effective programming and evaluation of metrics- 2004
- Listed in Guide to Effective Compassion
- In 2005 Providence Homes received the Acton Institute's Center for Effective Compassion annual Samaritan Award as one of nine Honorees (out of 650). This award evaluates performance factors based on Dr. Marvin Olasky's Seven Principles for Effective Compassion. Providence Homes is included in the CEC's Guide to Effective Compassion.
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