Grant Description

TLCC is a small, focused program that seeks to do one thing well: inspire and empower homeless and low-income individuals to become financially self-supporting through job and life skills training.

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Description
TenderLove Community Center (TLCC) is one of those non-profits on the front lines, uniquely focused on helping individuals break the cycles of poverty that have led to homelessness, but addressing their specific needs for healthcare, education, legal assistance, and life- and job-skills training. While temporary shelter, meals and clothing are all essential to marginalized and homeless people, we give individuals the support they need to overcome homelessness, rather than continuing to count them as ‘served,’ without counting their situation as ‘solved.’ Our founder experienced homelessness herself and recognized the need for a program that does more than simply provide short term solutions, assisting individuals to rise above their traumatic experiences and build self-sufficiency. TLCC offers a free year-long training and mentoring program, teaching homeless and near-homeless individuals marketable life skills using sewing and fashion design as the platform. This is the kind of sustained support and mentoring needed to help homeless people escape from the cycle of poverty. During this unprecedented time of COVID -19, our services remain uninterrupted both at our Recovery / Transitional Housing and Job Training programs. Our goal is to house homeless people for up to six months, help them find a job and assist in moving them to their permanent housing with thorough case management and encouragement for job retention.

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