HOMELite: helping families put food on the table

Most of the community knows HOME best for our residential program, where we help homeless single moms get back on their feet. However, we also have an outreach program called HOMELite that serves families who don't live at HOME but are still in need of services. We provide information and referral, case management, life skills training, emergency financial assistance, and help with food stamps.

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of partnering with America's Best Inn Main Gate East to take our food stamp services on the road. The hotel was kind enough to provide meeting space, flyers to potential clients, and even juice and cookies! We met with several families, walking them through the food stamp application process and checking their eligibility status.

Guess what? 100% of the families we met with were eligible! One family, as it turned out, even had active food stamps with money available on their card, and they just didn't know it. That family was literally able to leave their meeting with us and go straight to the grocery store to buy food. So far, that small outreach event has helped leverage over $550 per month in food stamps for families that literally couldn't afford to put enough food on the table.

These mobile food stamp outreach services are made possible through a grant from the USDA. Our next outreach event will be on June 25th, from 10-2 at the Rock Church on West 192. Hopefully we'll be able to help even more families get the food they need Sphere: Related Content