Services
Beatitude House strives to offer well-rounded programs with a focus on betterment of the individual through creating of homes, providing educational opportunities and fostering healthy families. Through the empowerment of the individual, these women go on to develop their personal education goals to secure and maintain meaningful employment, family stability and continued economic growth.
Creating Homes
Transitional Housing
Our transitional housing program, A House of Blessing, provides a family with a fully furnished apartment for one year, with an opportunity to renew for second year if certain criteria are met, while mothers work on their educational goals. To be eligible, a woman must have custody of at least one child age 13 or younger, be willing to attend a full-time educational or career preparation program and be drug and alcohol free for at least one year.
Case manager and counselors 
meet with the mothers on a regular basis to assist them in overcoming the obstacles they face. The program is designed to empower women — giving them the skills and self-esteem they need to break the cycle of poverty.
Permanent Supportive Housing
In addition to the transitional housing program, Beatitude House also offers a permanent supportive housing program. To be eligible, a woman must be homeless with a documented disability or have a child whose disability prevents her from working.
Women in this program receive regular home visits from a staff member. A lease agreement is arranged by the woman and, if she becomes able to maintain her life without support from Beatitude House, she may leave the program and keep her housing.
To aid women in reaching their goals, we also offer support services for families including case management, budgeting and time management to maintain stability and prevent housing loss.
Providing Educational Opportunities
Our career and education program, The Potter's Wheel, provides disadvantaged women the opportunity to achieve their career and education goals. Services offered include computer skills classes, academic preparation classes, GED classes, English as a Second Language classes, as well as life skill courses in communication, writing, nutrition and financial management. The classes offered are flexible to meet the individual career and education needs of each participant.
Many disadvantaged women lack the necessary job skills and experience to find sustainable careers. Beatitude House Green Clean, a cooperative owned and operated by the women in the program, enables them to learn the valuable skills they will use throughout their career paths.
Fostering Healthy Families
In fostering healthy families, Beatitude House offers programming to teach mothers how to interact in a positive nurturing way with their children, through participation in educational, enrichment and socialization activities. All of this is done in an atmosphere of love and respect to facilitate the best results.
Our Child Advocate works to meet the individual needs of each child. For example, school-aged children are assessed at school to ensure they are provided the services they need for success. If they are lacking in an area of study, a tutor is provided.
Children are given the opportunity to participate in a variety of enrichment activities. From music lessons, to art classes, to attending summer camps or participating on sports teams, Beatitude House strives to provide children with the opportunity to develop into well rounded, confident individuals.