Program areas at Kingdom Causes Bellflower Good Soil Industries
Kingdom Causes Bellflower's (kcb) homeless care & housing stability program supports individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness on their journey off the streets. This program provides homeless outreach, case management, financial assistance, housing navigation assistance, transportation to appointments (i.e. Housing, medical, dmv), and referrals to partner agencies. Kcb provides housing services to the homeless neighbors in artesia, Bellflower, cerritos, compton, downey, lynwood, norwalk, and paramount. In 2022, kcb permanently housed 25 individuals and prevented homelessness for 208 individuals.
Margaret's house is a hospitality home that provides transitional housing and support services for families with children. This program of Kingdom Causes Bellflower provides each family with supportive assistance and a dignified, high-quality short-term living experience in return for adherence to program rules. Margaret's house is a unique and effective model for housing at-risk families and remains a key program for impacting underserved populations in the community.
Good Soil Industries (gsi) is a landscape social enterprise program of Kingdom Causes Bellflower (kcb) with a mission to help hard-to-hire neighbors work their way out of poverty. The program provides transitional jobs for men and women experiencing homelessness or housing instability, justice system involvement, and other employment barriers. Today, the program services over 125 commercial and residential properties. In 2022, gsi provided workforce development training, mentoring, life skills development opportunities, and the dignity of earning a paycheck for 21 low-income neighbors in the community. Since its inception, gsi has provided on-the-job training for over 250 local residents.