Jctod Outreach Inc

Food distribution: in our inner-city community, many residents live in poverty, and there is a great need for access to basic food supplies to prepare nutritious meals. Many of our clients are the "working poor," just trying to make ends meet. By fighting hunger and food insecurity, we provide a stepping stone to self-sufficiency. 3,502 children received meals from the food program. In the shelter, 3,752 adults were fed three times a day, totaling 11,256 meals. The food pantry served a total of 24,501 households with 31,763 adults, 39,144 children and 6,177 elderly members. In total a grand total of 77,084 individuals were served. Total numbers of meals provided by handing out dry and canned food are 1,156,260.in september 2024, the food pantry was moved to the jpg community center at 1415 west street.

Community development: the johnson park community revitalization provides a place where homeless/ chronically homeless women, traditional and non- traditional families can get a new start. We offer emergency and permenant supportive low-income housing services for these individuals, with an 12 bed homeless shelter and 33 housing units consisting of 1 to 4 bedroom apartments. We work with these individuals to help them become stabilized, mantain housing, complete their recovery process, reunited with their family and provide education, work experience, and career opportunities. The end goal is to help these inviduals become a contributing member of the community. In addition, we provide 2nd chance services for women, life coaching, mentoring, advocacy & monitoring.during 2024 the program provided housing and second chance services for 315 people.