We strive to bridge the gap between despair and hope!
OUR WORK
HUMAN SERVICE NEEDS
Community Place Cafe (CPC) Food Assistance Program (FAP)
- Community Ministry and over twenty-five (25) partners (mostly churches) provide over 150-food insecure community members food assistance on a weekly basis.
Patricia Brown Sharing Fund
- Seeks donations and other funds to help needy families pay rent and vital utilities to avoid becoming homeless through eviction.
Answer and Benefits Center
- Provides referrals, counseling, and assistance to help those in need.
Step Up Program
- Provides housing education assistance and small grants to help qualified people avoid eviction through partnerships with caring congregations and other organizations, and with county government support.
House of David - 2007 Gift from David and Joan Prediger
- Model for providing additional affordable permanent housing.
HUMAN NEEDS
We Do Care
- In collaboration of Capital Area Food Bank, distributes over 50,000 lbs. of free fresh produce and other food items three times monthly to those in need including a special distribution for seniors.
- Distributes holiday food baskets, gifts and other outreach items.
EDUCATION
Stem Education Activities
- Conduct STEM mentoring support for students from six elementary schools.
health & Health insurance education & services
- Seek to reduce health disparities in our community
- With public health educators, provide early cancer detection educationand research assistance for under-served communities. For more information visit http://bit.ly/CHAMPLab.
- Conduct Community Health Expos to provide medical, dental, and mental health, education and screening services.
- Certified by the American Lung Association to provide free smoking cessation training programs at local churches funded by The Maryland Center at Bowie State University.
- Serve as a Community Partner to the Capital Health Connection (http://capitalhealthconnection.org ) providing Outreach and Education on health insurance benefits and enrollment in the Affordable Care Act.