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- Adult Learner Program
- Children's Center
- FCCBE
- Family Shelter
- Housing Services
- Workforce Development & Employer Partnerships
Adult Learner Program (ALP)
The Adult Learner Program offers a basic adult education
to more than 80 low-income women a year. It
combines full time, intensive academics with creative
programming to foster each woman's empowerment and
self-development in mind, body, and spirit. Basic
literacy, GED preparation, career advising, case
management, leadership development, and English for Speakers of Other Languages are
among the program’s offerings. Since its
foundation, the program has provided quality adult
education for homeless/formerly homeless and
low-income women whose average educational level is 6th
grade.
Children's Center
The Children’s Center is a high-quality, nationally
accredited child care center for 26 homeless and
low-income children, ages 0-6. Only 18% of Boston
centers achieve this rigorous standard of national
accreditation. The center promotes the whole child’s
physical, social, emotional and intellectual growth;
targets children in crisis and with special needs;
involves parents in promoting family literacy and
kindergarten-readiness; and works for better access and
quality child care in the broader community.
Family Child Care Business Enterprise (FCCBE)
The Family Child Care Business Enterprise is an
innovative venture that trains 30 low-income women a
year for child care careers and oversees a network of
20+ home-based family day care businesses.
Trainees take part in college-level child development
coursework, internships, and business preparation.
The day care providers are assisted with their
professional development and business success. Women
gifted in caring for children gain the skills and
support leading to decent-paying jobs, running their own
businesses, or working in child care centers, while
other low-income mothers in the workforce gain access to
quality care for their children.
Family Shelter
The Family Shelter was one of the first homeless
shelter for families in the state and remains
a model for its respectful and empowering approach.
Approximately 20 women and their children are
sheltered each year. The women are assisted to
secure permanent housing and to connect with Project
Hope's adult education and career development
opportunities.
Housing Services
The Housing Services Department assists Dorchester/Roxbury families with various housing issues. A team of experienced staff provides housing
counseling, landlord negotiation, housing search
assistance, budgeting advice and training, emergency
rental funds, and more. Project Hope is in the process
of growing its homelessness prevention activities and
better integrating them with our career development
services so women can improve their economic conditions
in order to keep their families housed long-term.
Workforce Development & Employer Partnerships (WDEP)
WDEP was founded to assist women—single mothers predominantly—and other community members in the Dudley neighborhood who found that without adequate training and an accessible path to employers their dreams of living wage jobs were out of reach. WDEP provides the link between community residents and work, supporting them with: 1) job readiness training, 2) access to career ladder job opportunities, and 3) ongoing case management support during the program and for a full year after job placement. At twice monthly Open Houses – which attract more than 1,400 inquires and 600 attendees per year – all interested applicants undergo screening and assessment. To find more information on enrolling in our Employer Partnerships Program and to register for an upcoming open house, click here.