Neighborhood House

Food support: our two food markets, fresh produce distributions, snap & naps are a cornerstone for struggling families and individuals across saint paul. The food support program at Neighborhood House provides participants of all ages with access, not only to nutritious food, but also helps participants to get signed up to receive additional government assistance if needed. In fy23, our food support program distributed 665,320 pounds of food to individuals and families. Our food support team helped 10,452 individuals and 4,668 families. We work with people with varying levels of need in our food markets, with some participants visiting weekly or even multiple times per week to participants who only come in occasionally or as needed. Neighborhood House continuously works to end hunger in st. paul.

Adult education:we provide adult education services at Neighborhood House. Adult education is designed to provide education to adults (ages 16+) with the goal of helping learners gain the skills to pursue economic self-sufficiency. Individuals can take classes on english as a second language (esl), ged, computer classes, u.s. Citizenship, job trainings, and other trainings for adults both online and in-person. In fy23, 430 students enrolled and attended at least 12 hours of english literacy, ged and u.s. Citizenship test prep, or job training classes. Of the 128 students taking english literacy classes, 51% achieved a level gain as measured by the Minnesota adult basic education system (mnabe.org).

Housing stability: when an individual or family faces a situation that puts them at risk for homelessness, Neighborhood House will work to help figure out a solution to keep them sheltered, this includes helping with rental assistance, damage deposits, utilities and other housing-related expenses. In fy23, the housing stability program served 4,394 individuals and 3,042 families. The program also helped 121 families help avoid eviction by assisting families involved in housing court. We surveyed a sample of participants six months after receiving services and 98% reported they maintained housing stability.

Youth program:neighborhood House provides focused youth literacy programming to students in various school systems across st. paul. In fy23, instructors tutored 154 children in st. paul schools, 87% of whom showed improvement in their reading skills as measured by the fountas & pinnell assessment tool and youth increased their fluency and comprehension reading skills after pre/post testing. Our youth literacy teachers worked to find fun and exciting ways to keep students engaged. One of the events that was a big success is our bingo for books event, where we have snacks, games and bingo where each student walks away with a book of their choice. We also provide youth programming at Neighborhood House. 278 youth were served and 5,341 program hours, 100% of youth participants in summer sunrise day camp report building a relationship with a caring adult and 77% of youth said summer sunrise taught them to believe in themselves