Hope House Ministries provides hope, care and
compassion to nearly 2,000 individuals in need each
month.
The Community House
This
30-bed home provides a compassionate approach to crisis
intervention and a residential community for homeless
young people in need. Since 1980, the Community House
has been a home for over 2,700 young people, primarily
between the age of 16 and 23 years and now a few hundred
pass through each year. It provides a positive community
living experience where a young person can grow and
develop. The program assists in the development of
a life plan with short and long term goals and promotes
the development of interpersonal skills. The length
of stay varies based on need, averaging 12 to 18 months.
Each person is treated individually with professionalism
and the sensitivity necessary to effectively deal
with youth in crisis. The young people who live in
the Community House work full-time or attend school.
Our primary objective, where possible, is to support
family reconciliation to help the young people develop
the skills for independent living. Our secondary objectives
include : on-going education (higher education), recreation,
spiritual guidance, wholesome entertainment, coordinated
physical activities and more than all, to foster and
encourage holistic growth and the development of one's
full potential. a program of support designed to help
the young people develop the skills for productive
independent living.
Pax Christi Hospitality Center
(631) 928-9108
Each
month, Pax Christi Hospitality Center, a 25-bed emergency
shelter for homeless men over the age of 16, and the
only facility of its kind in Suffolk County, provides
a place of safety and support for approximately 450
individuals in need. Since July 1991, we have provided
beds for nearly 8,279 homeless individuals with over
48,000 beds serviced, maintaining a recidivism rate
of 7%. Each individual receives three essential components:
shelter/food, human services, advocacy and networking.
A needs assessment is done and each individual receives
a light supper, breakfast, a shower, fresh clothing
and hygiene materials. Counseling, referrals and transportation
to clinics, the Department of Social Services, Veteran's
Hospital, etc. is provided as well as advocacy with
these and other systems. The Pax Christi Staff treats
each individual with the utmost care, sensitivity
and respect. They work with each guest to find the
resources for some type of more suitable, stable housing,
job opportunities and address mental and physical
health related issues. More than 60,000 individuals
have already received services. The Center's advocacy
staff has been successful in connecting thousands
of people to Social Services as well as finding placement
for more permanent housing.
The Human Services Center
(631) 928-2377
Established
in 1984, the Human Services Center, staffed by a host
of highly qualified professional counselors, has provided
counseling services to nearly 75,000 individuals in
need with an average of 450 clients each month. Counseling
services include: individual, marital and family counseling,
addiction counseling including alcoholism, co-dependency,
eating disorders, domestic violence and sexual abuse.
The mission of the Human Services Center is to heal
the body, mind and spirit so that each individual
can build their own self worth and strengthen interpersonal
skills. In addition, the Center serves as a meeting
place for various therapy groups, workshops, seminars
and a number of 12-step programs.
Montfort
House/Monfort School
Montfort House, which opened in 1989, sees an
average of 35 young new faces each month at this compassionate
respite home for 11-15 year old children caught in
the family court system. These children come to us
at a time of great crisis in their young lives and
we provide them with a healthy, stable environment,
a school program, individual counseling, group dynamics
and educational and recreational outings.
Montfort Academy
Montfort Academy is our free standing alternative
junior-senior high school. Individualized instruction
and private tutoring are provided by qualified teachers
according to each student's needs. Both Montfort House
and Montfort Academ's staff consists of a principal
and volunteer teachers.
Wisdom
House
Often making the transition into a state of independent
living is difficult for men and women 22 years of
age and older. Since 1987, Wisdom House has been the
place where hundreds of individuals who are in crisis
or are homeless can find a semi-structured living
environment that meets their needs, both short-term
and otherwise while helping to give them focus in
their lives. The goal of Wisdom House is to help the
individual make a transition into a state of independent
living.
Siena
House
Siena House is a home for women and women with children
who are in crisis or transition, 21 years and older.
This program offers a safe, supportive environment
while empowering women to move toward independent
living and permanent housing.
The
Children and Family Center
The Children
and Family Center of Hope House Ministries is dedicated
to the growth and development of children. It does
this by enhancing the ability of parents to provide
opportunities for children to live, love and work
with a sense of mutual well-being. To achieve these
goals, the center offers an ongoing program of both
support groups and individual counseling in the
following areas: development milestones, physical
and mental development of infants, cognitive development,
social development, language development, emotional
development, temperament and personality, power
struggles and discipline, negativism, sibling rivalry,
individuality, toilet training, divorce, bereavement,
hyperactivity and oppositional defiant behavior.
These topics are covered with video presentation
followed by discussion in groups or as needed in
individual counseling sessions with parents or parent
and children together.
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