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Sisters Place is a supportive housing community committed to assisting single parent families who are homeless in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Our mission is to assist families toward self-sufficiency by providing housing and supportive services. This process begins with housing, but we know that much more than shelter is necessary to provide a family with stability. It is through the supportive services and children’s programming that families are able to grow and thrive.
In 2005 the federal government began to seriously scale back funding for supportive services. We were very saddened to lose this support. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) continued to provide for housing and utilities and some services but we lost about $300,000 in funding which encouraged us to increase our development efforts in order to maintain our case management and programming.
We are committed to our mission and despite funding becoming more and more housing centered, we are not going to drift from what the intent of our service is. We work hard each year to raise approximately $600,000 to make up the difference between the services that HUD supports (rent, utilities, etc.) and the expenses that we believe change lives (supportive services, children’s programming and the provision of household goods and clothing).
Sometimes innovation is as simple as caring for others. Since taking in the first family in 1997, Sisters Place has served more than 230 families in overcoming the challenges of homelessness. In 2013 Sisters Place assisted a total of 47 families, including 81 children. We have demonstrated over the past 20 years that our model of care works.
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