Overview of The
ProgramWarren Village helps motivated low-income, single parents move
from public assistance to self-sufficiency through subsidized housing, on-site
childcare, counseling, and education or job training. Warren Village provides
three on-site integrated programs: Housing
includes 93 one, two and three bedroom apartments accommodating families of up
to four children and one adult. The
Greta Horwitz Learning Center provides quality childcare and early childhood education
for 130 children, ages six weeks to twelve years. The Learning Center uses a multi-cultural
and gender-fair curriculum developed for at-risk urban kids. The
Family Services Program provides comprehensive case-management; vocational assessment;
evening life-skills classes; child enrichment activities; mentors; and resident-initiated
leadership opportunities. Applicants who are accepted into the program must
be committed to making changes in their lives. To remain in the program they must
demonstrate consistent progress toward personal and economic self-sufficiency
goals. |