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The Lord’s Place Receives $25,000

For Women’s Services From Admirals Cove Foundation

The Lord’s Place recently received a $25,000 grant
from the Admirals Cove Foundation to support the
agency’s Women’s Supportive Housing Initiative in
Northern Palm Beach County.

An outreach team member of The Lord’s
Place with a woman experiencing Staff member of The Lord’s Place with Culinary apprentices in The Lord’s Place
homelessness a client at the family campus Joshua Catering

As clients demonstrate
their readiness to regain
their self-sufficiency,
The Lord’s Place staff
helps them transition
to community-based
The Lord’s Place women’s services housing. More than
80 percent of women
The number of women experiencing homelessness who graduate from the
in Palm Beach County has increased by more than 30 program maintain their
percent in the last year, according to the 2023 Point in self-sufficiency on a
Time Count. There are now 270 women in our community long-term basis. Once
without a safe place to sleep at night. Research shows clients leave The Lord’s Rendering of Burckle Place III, a new 21-bed women’s housing facility opening soon
that women experiencing homelessness face unique Place housing, the staff
challenges, including a sharp decrease in their personal continues to maintain regular contact with them to ensure for the north county and Town of Jupiter. We are so
safety. Whether it is through exploitation, violence, sexual a successful transition. grateful for the foundation’s continued assistance in
coercion, or pressure to engage in substance use and Admiral Cove Foundation’s $25,000 investment in helping those who are poor and homeless,” stated Diana
harmful behaviors, women are at a much greater risk of women’s services allows The Lord’s Place to continue Stanley, CEO of The Lord’s Place.
victimization while living on the streets than their male to serve women as it opens a newly constructed 21-bed Admirals Cove Foundation exists to improve lives
counterparts. According to the National Alliance to End women’s housing facility that prioritizes women ages 55 in the northern Palm Beach County community and to
Homelessness, 80 percent report that trauma or abuse led and over. strengthen Admirals Cove through its culture of giving.
to their homelessness. Supportive housing is a critical tool “Thanks to the support of private funders like the The foundation supports nonprofit organizations, public
to end homelessness. Admirals Cove Foundation, we will increase our impact and charter school programs and initiatives that promote
The Lord’s Place Women’s Supportive Housing in Northern Palm Beach County by recruiting a greater and improve access to education for people of all ages; are
initiative provides gender-responsive supportive housing number of homeless women in these communities to committed to improving the physical or mental wellness
and comprehensive wraparound services to homeless reside in our housing programs. We plan to strengthen of children and adults; improve the lives of individuals,
women, serving both those who are single and those with our collaboration with the Palm Beach County Homeless families, children who are in need of food, shelter and
children. The agency currently offers 22 beds for single Outreach Team – the designated street outreach provider assistance.
women and 37 apartments for families with children.
Services include helping clients heal from their past
trauma and obtain new skills and resources to prepare for
a brighter future, case management, peer support, benefits
navigation, basic needs assistance (food, clothing, hygiene
items), individual and group counseling, job training
and placement, ABE/GED tutoring and health care and
coordination.
In addition, clients are introduced to new activities and
interests to enrich their lives and promote their holistic
health and well-being. These activities include on-site
yoga sessions, meditation, art lessons and self-defense
workshops. The program’s philosophy is centered on the
principle that the best environment to foster growth and
empowerment is one rooted in community and fellowship.

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