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PROGRAMS
MATTHEW 25 Success Formula
FOUR key words identify the success formula
that MATTHEW 25 offers its residents: WORK, SAVE, LEARN, and
PROGRESS.
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WORK. Each person must be employed to remain
at MATTHEW 25. Under special circumstances, a person may
enter MATTHEW 25 without permanent employment or may lose a
job. The staff works with residents to help them secure
full-time employment or upgrade jobs to earn enough to
sustain permanent housing. Residents are encouraged to
achieve job stability and to become long-term employees.
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SAVE. A key component of MATTHEW 25's
success formula is the mandatory saving's program. Residents
stay at MATTHEW 25 "free of charge" which enables
them to save 75% of what they earn. Their savings are
deposited in a special account so funds will be available
for each to move into permanent housing at the end of his
stay at MATTHEW 25. Each person is provided with assistance
by our staff in finding affordable, permanent housing.
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LEARN. The problems of homelessness go much
deeper than the lack of jobs and housing. Many of the
homeless must change the way they think and behave.
Mandatory classes help them to acquire positive work habits
and critical life skills. Classes range from the 10-week
Adkins Life Skills/Career Counseling Program to special
classes on topics ranging from AIDS Prevention to Life
Coping Skills.
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PROGRESS. Many homeless are content simply
to live from day to day. At MATTHEW 25 we help them to
"look" beyond tomorrow by setting goals in key
life areas. Residents are encouraged to "progress"
toward accomplishing the goals they set. MATTHEW 25 is not a
place to hang out but a place where the homeless work on
improving their lives.
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