OUR PROGRAM

'PATHWAY TO INDEPENDENCE' PROGRAM HELPS FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

How is Agape House Different?

Since 2013, the Agape House of Prescott has become an important part of the solution to homelessness in the Prescott area. We are the largest organization in the area which offers a support structure that keeps homeless families together to facilitate a return to long-term independence.

Agape House focuses on families in crisis. We are not a shelter or dormitory. The Pathway to Independence gives families a place to call home. The support system is a four-phase program of stability, personal wellness, life skills training, and sustainability. Our mentors lead a team of over 90 volunteers that continually provide support to the families by mentoring, coaching, and building relationships so that the families can thrive and succeed. In the end, rebuilt and transformed lives live independently and self-sufficiently for years to come. Sadly, homelessness travels from generation to generation. Agape House helps each member of a family to break the future chain of homelessness.

Pathway to Independence

Agape House journeys every step of the way with the families during the rebuilding and transforming process.  The process of the Pathway to Independence has provided an 86% success rate of families living an independent life after graduating from the Agape House of Prescott program.

Four Steps to a Life of Independence

1

30 Day Stabilization

  • Focus on immediate physical needs, get organized, get out of crisis mode, setup a budget, and get a credit score.
  • Start mentoring and discipleship.
  • Utilize community resources.

2

Personal Wellness

  • Focus on core issues, root causes, and heal internal health.
  • Begin saving 30%, stay within budget, and learn how an emergency fund will help for future needs.
  • Develop a debt repayment plan.

3

Life Skills

  • Focus on discipleship to strengthen relationship
    with God.
  • Life Skills and External Health.
  • Begin re-entry, debt reduction, healthy choices with mentor guidance.
  • Find support group.
  • Making better choices in healthy relationships.

4

Sustainability

  • Continued Healthy Relationships and reintegration.
  • Savings is built, budget is livable, credit score is good.
  • Committed to a support group.
  • Church and small group relationships have been established.

"A Weight Has Been Lifted!"

 

“When I first came into the program, I was not sure what I was getting into. I wasn’t sure if I could trust the Agape staff fully! I guess everything takes time. Agape House set me up with a mentor that meets with me once a week to work on my budget and finances. It was hard work, and I am still learning. Looking back, I was not fully honest with the Agape mentor. I kept praying to the Lord God to help me and to guide me through my situation. I had to face the consequences of my past actions, but now that I came clean and totally honest, I feel like a weight has lifted off my back. Now, I can move forward with my life.”

~ Graduate of Agape House Pathway to Independence program

Agape House of Prescott • 303 E. Gurley St. #459 • Prescott, AZ 86301
Phone (928) 910-1089