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Victory Programs’ ReVision Family Home, located in Dorchester, Massachusetts, is a shelter for 22 homeless women and their families that provides life-stabilization services, intensive housing placement services and vocational case management services. ReVision Family Home is directly connected to Victory Programs’ ReVision Urban Farm and also provides hands on nutritional services to shelter residents. The residents of ReVision Family Home receive support for their young families in helping them learn to address their needs and increase self-sufficiency. The shelter also operates a day-care program for the children while their mothers participate in other services such as housing search or job-readiness. Since opening in 1990, ReVision Family Home has helped hundreds of homeless women and their children make healthy choices while moving toward housing stability and independence. Originally called ReVision House, the program began as a very small grassroots effort to positively impact the lives of young homeless mothers and their children. As ReVision House established itself it quickly became a proud accomplishment of an impoverished block. Concern for the nutritional well-being of both the shelter residents and the surrounding community led to the creation of a small garden to grow fresh food. This social-enterprise venture has grown into the 1-acre farm located across the street now known as Victory Programs’ ReVision Urban Farm. In 2004 ReVision House and Victory Programs formed an alliance that led to a merger of the two organizations. Today the ReVision Family Home and its companion ReVision Urban Farm are two of the dynamic and innovative programs under Victory Programs’ umbrella of services. Through our new ReVision Urban Farm Stand located on Blue Hill Ave, the bounty of these programs will be made accessible to the larger community. Victory Program’s ReVision Family Home is enhanced by a well-developed referral system and linkages to community-based services. Referral agencies provide a variety of services to program participants including maternal and pediatric health care, mental health services, child and youth development programs, education, and job training. The ReVision Family Home also collaborates with a part-time housing advocate whose primary responsibility is to assist residents in their permanent housing search. Individual meetings are provided to ensure that residents are working constructively towards their goals. |
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