Wesley Community Center of Houston Texas

Community services: Wesley provides a helping hand for those in crisis or needing ongoing assistance. Wesley's senior program provides breakfast and hot lunch, and helps seniors stay active with recreation, field trips, art classes, and more. In 2023, Wesley served 218 seniors and provided 16,107 senior meals. Case management staff develop personalized plans for emergency relief, which can include rent and utility assistance. In 2023, Wesley provided 1,285 individualswith emergency financial assistance. Wesley's pantry provides food to families in need up to four times per month through partnerships with the Houston food bank and other organizations. In 2023, Wesley service 9,264 clients with 60,002 bags of food through our food pantry.

Early childhood education program: Wesley offers high-quality, affordable childcare. Our early head start program serves children ages 0 to 3. Our pre-k program serves children ages 3 and 4, helping them prepare for kindergarten. With trained caregivers, Wesley provides a warm and nurturing environment for children and offers all day programming to accommodate working parents. In 2023, we served 117 children and their families.

Financial stability/adult literacy: Wesley's financial stability programming provides employment and career counseling, job placement, financial coaching, financial and small business development workshops, vocational training preparation, training scholarships, public benefits enrollment, and access to low-cost financial products. In 2023, 1,115 clients received a financial stability (coaching, workshop). Within our programming, bridges to career opportunities classes prepare low-income, lower-skilled adults for jobs with decent wages, benefits, and career tracks in sectors with strong demand, such as healthcare, early education, and customer service. In 2023, 154 clients enrolled in bridge classes. 157 clients were placed in jobs with an average wage of $15.

Youth programs: Wesley provides fun, educational, and enriching activities to help keep elementary children safe and engaged in learning outside of school. Wesley offers an abundance of after school and summer activities centered around literacy, social/emotional skill development, recreation and arts. Many of the youth Wesley serves are able to take advantage of group mental health counseling sessions. In 2023, Wesley served 99 youth during spring, summer and fall programming.

Adult education programs provide opportunities for clients seeking to prepare for higher level opportunities in education or workforce. Wesley provides ged, esl and digital literacy classes. These offerings equip clients who want to progress toward higher-level career training with the basic skills needed to do so. In 2023, 305 clients took computer skills classes and 316 clients received one on one digital literacy coaching. 56 students made progress in ged classes.