The Emerge Center From Shelter into the Community: A Residential Empowerment Program
The Emerge Center provides a trauma-informed residential empowerment program for 16 young women at a time. It is a creative, experiential, and healing space that inspires self-discovery, cultivates a growth mindset, and equips participants with tools needed for independence.
Through the 11 years that we have provided educational programming to young women living in shelters, we have witnessed the many challenges they face as they take their first steps outside of the shelter, often without a family or community of support beyond Emerge. During this critical transition, these young women often need additional support while finding their first places to live, learning to travel on their own, and interviewing for their first jobs. The Emerge Center was established to fix this problem.
Programming
Mental and Emotional Health
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Volunteer-led meditation, art therapy, yoga, and more
3-Month Reintegration Curriculum
- Personal and professional development
- Technical training
- Computer training
- English language learning
- Finance and management
- Additional track-specific vocational training through future partnerships
- Interpersonal skills
4-Stage Professional or Educational Placement Program
- Introduction to future opportunities through training workshops and guest speakers
- Exposure field trips
- Experiential “trial period” through internships, job shadowing, and/or short-term academic placements
- Professional or educational placements upon program completion
Emerge Center Virtual Tour
Emerge flags
Outside the Center
Outside of the Center
Garden outside the Center
Entrance to the Center
Welcome home!
Veranda
Emerge Center Classroom
Emerge Center Classroom
Stairwell to Computer Lab, Counseling Room, Patio, and Office
Saffron Room - Dorm for 8 Girls
Saffron dorm
Lounging and recreation area in Annex
Eating area in Annex
House Mothers' Room
Lilac room - Dorm for 8 girls
