Helping DuPage Pads move unhoused families into their own homes!
For our Savior Good Friday offering this year, the Vestry has selected DuPage Pads. The mission of DuPagePads is to end homelessness in DuPage County. DuPagePads is the area's largest provider of interim and permanent housing, coupled with support services to help people work toward a place to call home. They provide case management and life coaching, employment support such as GED courses and job coaching, as well as engagement with employers—effectively stopping the cycle of homelessness.
Because of the pandemic, the numbers they are serving through their emergency shelters are 1/3 more than they have seen in past years, and they’re serving far more children than ever before. It’s their goal that no child will sleep in a car this winter, but rather in their hotel-based shelter or one of their PSH apartments.
Last year, they served over 1,100 unhoused individuals in Wheaton and DuPage County. You can see their impact statement for a breakdown of who they helped and how.
With a gift of $3,000, Pads can get a family into their own home instead of staying in shelters. Right now, they have a great number of families staying in their hotel-based shelter. Of their approximately 205 clients in this program, 1/3 are children. This spring and summer, they will be working with them on case management and the ability to transition into an apartment of their own. This requires first and last month’s rent and a security deposit plus moving expenses and staffing to help them get to a better place. DuPage Pads also works with their clients to ensure they have connections to medical care and remote learning so their children are healthy and furthering their educations.
Friends of the Savior, how many families will we be able to help with our Good Friday gift this year?!
When it's safe after COVID-19 for them to welcome volunteers, DuPage Pads will need volunteers to help. In addition to giving in the special offering, consider volunteering with DuPage Pads in the future.