Learn about our strategy for providing quality human services with measurable outcomes, and what those services mean to the people we serve.
Step #1
Identify trends in what happens to low-income families when financial instability is left unchecked.
Step #2
Design programs whose goals disrupt those trends and contribute to the stability of the household.
Step #3
Mobilize financial resources, products, volunteers and the larger human services community to implement those programs.
Step #4
Achieve program goals, get feedback from recipients and contributors, quantify outcomes, innovate programs.
Made possible by the most wonderful community of volunteers in the world.
Homeless Prevention
Our primary focus is on preventing homelessness in families that were financially stable but experienced a sudden loss of income, unforeseen expenses or other events that resulted in them facing homelessness. From rent assistance, utility assistance, rehousing and personal finance classes, our case managers assess each family’s unique situation and then stabilizes their household.
Every week, our doors are open to provide emergency services to individuals and families facing financial hardships. Anyone can come to our warehouse and receive food, beverages, baby items, toiletries, assessments for emergency housing and job placement, and referrals to over 30 agencies that we partner with who provide complimentary services.
We accept request for help from entire low-income apartment communities and deliver a range of human services directly to their homes. If the apartment complex has 400 units, then we arrive with services like free groceries, beverages, medical screening, and public benefits planning for all 400 units. This is Human Services Home Delivery at its best.
Services for Children + Children in Community Service
We provide human services for over 3,000 children every year; making sure kids have school supplies for the fall and spring semesters, toys and food for the winter holidays, access to classes about modern technology, access to medical screenings, and family financial planning. Many of the packages that we distribute to children are "Made for Kids by Kids". Human services for children combined with volunteer opportunities for children is our hope for generational changes.
Every Thanksgiving, Christmas, Martin Luther King Kr. Holiday, and Easter we produce a festival of human services that each use almost 1,000 volunteers to serve 7,000 people in one day. A full hot meal, clothing, haircuts and styling, showers, live entertainment, medical screenings, employment assistance and legal aid are free to everyone who attends.
In line with our primary focus being homeless prevention, we produce programs that guide individuals into a better understanding of being self-sufficient and what that means for their unique circumstance. Our annual Labor of Love event and Women’s Life Skills program are just two of the programs that promote employability, financial responsibility and upward mobility.
Hosea Helps partners with over 30 other human service agencies to strengthen their capacity to serve. We provide these organizations with food, clothing, cleaning supplies, office supplies, furniture, volunteer support and training in event production. We provide these services free of charge and work to bring these organizations together for coordinated efforts.
For almost 15 years, Hosea Helps has travelled with teams of human services and medical professionals to provide services to communities in Haiti, Venezuela, Uganda and the Philippines. So far have built high schools, distributed medicine, food and school supplies, and administrative support to local nonprofits for a social impact of thousands of people.
From serving over 3,000 families that arrived in Atlanta after Hurricane Katrina, to raising and shipping over 500,000 pounds of water to Flint Michigan, to rehousing families in Georgia displaced by floods and storms, Hosea Helps is a first responder in mobilizing the resources that are needed to provide relief to Americans suffering from natural and manmade disasters.
You can click the “Learn More” button under each program to learn about how to participate in that program. If you need emergency food or water or would like to get or renew your food stamps, or speak with a case manager, you can click the button below to find our weekly operating hours and contact information.
Sponsoring a program allows you to determine the exact social impact that your financial gift will have. You will have a chance to understand the program’s goals and the communities it will impact. During the program, you can stay connected to outcomes, and get feedback from the people you helped.
