A Place Called Home
http://www.adoptafamilypbc.org/aplacecalledhome

Adopt-A-Family’s A Place Called Home program (APCH) is a HUD-funded, permanent supportive housing program.  Homeless families living with disabilities are assessed and referred by the Senator Philip D. Lewis Center and are placed in 2, 3, or 4 bedroom apartments or houses in Lake Worth, FL. 

APCH offers much more than safe, affordable, permanent housing. Parenting classes, job training, afterschool programming, financial literacy courses, and nutrition counseling are common supportive services offered by providers such as Parent Child Center, Boys Town, CredAbility, local universities, and Gulfstream Goodwill. These services complement housing-based case management offered by the full-time case manager strictly dedicated to the nine families of APCH.  Families work closely with the case manager to design “Family Action Plans” that are tailored to each family’s goals and needs to assist them to attain or regain self-sufficiency.  

Project S.A.F.E.http://www.adoptafamilypbc.org/ProjectSAFE

Project S.A.F.E. (Stable Able Family Environment) is the oldest housing program of Adopt-A-Family.  Project S.A.F.E. provides homeless families the opportunity to reside in safe, permanent, affordable housing.  Residents are referred to Project S.A.F.E. from the various emergency shelter programs located in Palm Beach County, and have often spent time living in uninhabitable situations prior to entering this program.  The head of household must have a disability which impeded their ability to live independently.  To address the barriers and challenges the families are encountering, intensive support services are offered – including case management, advocacy, budgeting, mental health counseling, access to education and job training, financial literacy training, and childcare – all designed to help clients increase their self-sufficiency.  All families must either be attending school and/or working while in the program. Read below for a testimonial from one of our families. 

“My Name is Latoya Hatcher and I have a son named Jermaine. We have been in this program since March 2013.  I cannot express how much Adopt-A-Family has helped my son and I! This program is a place that doesn’t just help. This program goes beyond your expectations. They treat you like you’re family. Whatever you may need they will go the extra mile to get any resources needed. If I can sum it up in one word I would say this program is EXCEPTIONAL because it helps families help themselves.”