HomeMakers is an acronym which means: Healing; Ownership; Motivation;Empowerment; Mentoring; Alignment; Knowledge; Encouragement; Reverence; Service.
The HomeMakersProgram (HMP) was created using systems thinking approach to empower & inspire both resident and outreach clientsto become self-sufficient, family-oriented, civically engaged homeowners. Fulfilling one of the main goals of NATHASHA House, the program trains and prepares mothers to take on the full responsibility of being a homeowner and provider. This is achieved through community support, collaboration, resources,intensive case management, intentional training, and individualized lifework planning; so that mothers master skills in housing, financial, and health literacy.
NATASHA House delivers its services via a host of community partners committed to inspire women to become self-sufficient homeowners. We serve female-headed families and at-risk youth by providing on-site transitional housing up to 2 yrs—residency and comprehensive rehabilitative, supportive services—outreach—HMP that requires clients to create goals with focused and intentional actions steps.
Our Programs equip women with the career & life-skills to break their own homeless cycle and achieve and maintain self-sufficiency via our proven 128 hrs of deliberate a using 2-part systems thinking training.
The HMP offers three segments—HMP for women, CHAMPS for the children,& the Seed 2 Table Enterprise (S2TE) a horticulture career-readiness education and therapy Certificate & Ag-STEAM Program that promotes the following: 1) Housing, Financial& Health literacy 2) career & lifework planning 3) civic engagement 4) follow-through
Our follow-through services conducts 3, 6, 9, and 12-month check-ins after residents transition into permanent housing. The transition process from NHI to their own residence also includes an exit interview, support consultations, and encouragement to give back through volunteer service with the NATASHA House,and enrollment in the Followcare program which adds monthly home visits,case-management, and attending some NHI weekly sessions.
Homeless children are twice as likely as other children to:
C.H.A.M.P.S. is also acronym that stand for: Character;Honesty; Appreciation; Morals;Perseverance; and Service. C.H.A.M.P.S. is our youth character development, mentoring, and creative Arts healing program designed to enrich homeless and/or at-risk youth with the qualities they need to become successful individuals & entrepreneurs. We use proven systems thinking training to instill five B’s: Be Healthy; Be Fit; Be Educated;Be Creative and Be of Character.
Building confidence, one child at a time.
The Seed 2 Table Enterprise Program (S2T) is our on-site career-readiness horticulture education and therapy community supported agriculture (CSA) program.
This programs employ a systems thinking approach designed for clients to experience a supportive environment that places them in a position of authority as co-managers, who are not only learning interpersonal and transferable skills to seek employment beyond NATASHA House.
Currently, our S2T enterprise provides weekly training in project management (CSA) for both our moms and children. We use organic methodologies without synthetic pesticides to grow and sell fresh sell fresh produce subscriptions called Careshares to the community for a 18-wk Growing Season (Jun-Nov).
Weekly, NHI families perform horticulture duties, provide vegetables for the community, and receive fresh vegetables for their families. This access to healthy alternatives and nutrition education help alleviate physical health issues such as malnutrition, obesity, anemia, and chronic illness that homelessness often perpetuate.
