Program areas at Johnson Park Center
Youth program: to provide programs that involve youth in a variety of education with technology, life skills and social activities along with transportation services to develop each child personal growth. The goal is to promote literacy, learning, and school success in a safe and nurturing environment for youth. During 2023 these programs served 3,397 youth (children & teenagers) un-duplicated count.
Community development: the Johnson Park community revitalization provides a place where homeless/ chronically homeless women, traditional and non- traditional families can get a new start. We offer emergency and permenant supportive low-income housing services for these individuals, with an 18 bed homeless shelter and 33 housing units consisting of 1 to 4 bedroom apartments. We work with these individuals to help them become stabilized, mantain housing, complete their recovery process, reunited with their family and provide education, work experience, and career opportunities. The end goal is to help these inviduals become a contributing member of the community. In addition, we provide 2nd chance services for women, life coaching, mentoring, advocacy & monitoring.during 2023 the program provided housing and second chance services for 309 people.
Food distribution: in our inner-city community, many residents live in poverty, and there is a great need for access to basic food supplies to prepare nutritious meals. Many of our clients are the "working poor," just trying to make ends meet. By fighting hunger and food insecurity, we provide a stepping stone to self-sufficiency. 3,397 children received meals from the food program. In the shelter, 3,513 adults were fed three times a day. In may of 2021, the food pantry started handing out 5 days worth of food instead of 3 days of food. The food pantry served a total of 25,661 households with 38,885 adults, 29,940 children and 7,210 elderly members. In total a grand total of 76,035 individuals were served. Total numbers of meals provided by handing out dry and canned food are 1,140,525.