Christian Outreach Center Of Baton Rouge Inc

Essential and sustainabilty services for those experiencing and at risk of homeless: our essential services offer assistance with stabilizing our clients' circumstances through providing items such as breakfasts, hygiene kits, clothing, bus passes, id's, and birth certificates. Our biggest essential service is our weekly grocery assistance program. We receive clients through word-of-mouth, referrals, and through community outreach. Our sustainability services is our seven week job readiness/financial education class in north baton rouge. Class participants receive employment case management and up to $600 in utility assistance. They are also provided transportation to and from class, if needed. We also provide this same class in east baton rouge parish prison for pre-trial incarcerated individuals in a program called "handup". Class participants in handup receive a stipend.

Grocery assistance program - each wednesday, we distribute fresh meat, produce, and other essential food staples to food insecure households in economically-challenged parts of baton rouge, such as north baton rouge. This is in partnership with the greater baton rouge food bank and door dash. The majority of the grocery bags are picked up by door dashers from the christian outreach center, but we also have some bags picked up from our purple cow store at perkins and s. Acadian. They are then delivered to the doorstep of the recipients' households. The recipient can remain in this program for up to six months; during this time, they are invited to take our job readiness and financial education class with the goal of improving their employment and financial situation.