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Poverty,
New funding opportunities are available
California
to stimulate the economy and may help
struggling to address, especially in light
support your organization.
of unemployment in the aftermath of
are
hunger,
issues
and
homelessness
including life skill classes, a work program,
throughout
and other service offerings to assist them
States
in their path of restoration and self-
communities
and
the
United
are
COVID-19, as well as complex factors including mental health, past traumas, and addiction. More than forty years ago, the Jesus Center, located in Chico, California, sought to help its community address
these
challenging
issues
and
embarked on its mission to restore those
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suffering from isolation to community integration.
Today,
the
Jesus
Center
provides shelter and transitional housing as well as vocational training through the Jesus Center Farm’s community supported agriculture (CSA) program, Harvest Hope CSA, and their Bloomin’ Hope flower cart.
August 2013, the Jesus Center opened the House of Hope as a next step for Sabbath House participants, providing structured transitional housing and support services to women and children. In February 2016, the Sage House opened for senior women experiencing
homelessness.
In
October
2016, two more housing opportunities were opened: the Myrtle House for single women with children and the Birch House, the Jesus Center’s first transitional housing program for men. In March of 2017, the St. Joseph
sober shelter for women.
anyone that needed one. Eventually, the Jesus Center acquired its own building, allowing the non-profit to expand its
kitchen and a dining area, where the
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effectiveness, the Jesus Center began to
to a local thrift store, providing meals for
the
floor of this facility was a commercial
There is always something new going on,
program’s
brought slow cookers of home-made food
of
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House
their newborns. The Holly House quickly
days
capacity and service offerings. On the first
past season.
Sabbath
volunteers
early
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Lily House opened for pregnant women and
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sufficiency.
Jesus Center staff and volunteers served breakfast and dinner six days a week to their guests, averaging 100,000 meals a year at the height of its service. Upstairs was the Sabbath House, an overnight shelter with 26 beds for sober women and their children. Sabbath House participants were invited to a comprehensive program
Alongside
housing,
the
Jesus
Center
identified the need for vocational training for these participants as a way to invest in their own futures and build a sense of dignity through work. The Jesus Center established a farm internship program by transforming a generous donation of land in 2012 into the Jesus Center Farm. The crops grown on the Jesus Center Farm are sold through Harvest Hope CSA subscriptions and are also provided to the Jesus Center
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