Program areas at Abraham House
Since early 2023, Abraham House has refocused its programming on serving recently released men from prison with housing and supportive services for a permanent and successful reentry into society. In some cases, this includes elements of Abraham House's former alternative to incarceration program. For this project Abraham House is subcontractor to the fortune society in its contract with the mayor's office of criminal justice.abraham House has a capacity of 30 beds for residents staying in our program for an average of +/-180 days as we work with them on their purpose post incarceration, which includes supportive services focused on education, employment and permanent and affordable housing. Abraham House also operates a weekly food pantry distributing on average 200 bags each saturday. The food pantry is operated by the program residents at Abraham House to help them develop a sense of service for others.
Family & pastoral center (fpc):the fpc serves as a place of community and strength, where families affected by incarceration and other social factors, can find hope, solace, friendship, and support. The family center component provides critical support services including: case management, counseling, advocacy, immigration services, educational support, workshops and referrals to essential services, in order to help families deal with crises and ongoing challenges. The pastoral center community outreach including a food pantry, and a clothing bank.the participants of our pastoral center have been building and maintaining strong ties among themselves where they respect each other, and find support, friendship, and a sense of a spiritual growth, individually as well as for their families and the community.program highlights: our family and pastoral center provided critical support services to approximately 182 families. These services included: counseling, referrals, immigration services, educational support, housing support interventions, workshops, clothing bank distribution, and food pantry packages. Our food pantry distributed 7,245 food pantry packages.