Jeremiah Program (Campus for Single Mothers and their Children)

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Jeremiah Program

Contact: JoMarie Morris ; Email: jmorris@jeremiahprogram.org ; Phone: 507-254-7901

Known/Likely Collaborators: Families First (Fomerly: Child Care Resource and Referral) ; Jeremiah Program ; Olmsted County Community Services ; Otto Bremer Trust ; Rochester Area Foundation ; Sisters of Saint Francis

Potential Collaborators:

Related Projects

Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; Empowerment Center/Gage East Apartments ; Head Start ; Pathways Toward Prosperity and Well-Being Program ; Technology Park Affordable Housing

Impacts 

Major Impact: 

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Housing, Parenthood

Level 2: Family, C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation, Housing: Affordable Rate

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Financial Stress/Homelessness

Type of Project

Building, Planning  

Jeremiah Program Rochester-Southeast Minnesota launched its campaign for a campus in Rochester to serve 40 single women with children from Southeast Minnesota, with the assistance of a gift from the Sisters of Saint Francis, Rochester, MN.

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