BRIDGE COMMUNITIES INC

Through the help of our program partners and supporters, Bridge Communities provides free transitional housing to 130+ homeless DuPage County families each year. During the two years each family spends in our program, they are able to save money, learn budgeting skills, and obtain better employment, so they can live self-sufficiently once they graduate.

Mission: The mission of Bridge Communities is to transition homeless families to self-sufficiency by working with partners to provide mentoring, housing, and supportive services.

Vision: Our vision is a community where all families are healthy, financially stable, and living in affordable housing.

When a family enters our transitional housing program, they are surrounded by a supportive team of volunteers and staff that helps them set long-terms goals right from the start, along with the resources to achieve them:
-Safe housing
-Mentoring and financial coaching
-Employment workshops, coaching and guidance
-Educational assessment and tutoring
-Parenting classes
-Nutritional coaching
-Counseling
-Case Management

And other services as required, to help ensure the family will never become homeless again.

We're capable of helping Bridge families achieve these goals because of several components working together:

-A rigorous intake process that ensures our clients have the qualifications, drive and tenacity to achieve long-term goals;
-A highly-engaged network of community volunteers dedicated to working one-on-one with clients throughout their stay in Bridge Communities;
-A committed donor base that continues to support us in the fight to eradicate family homelessness in our community;
-And a highly capable, compassionate, mission-driven staff.

We have successfully graduated 850+ families from our transitional housing program. We have also developed our children's services into a robust program of its own, providing assessments, setting goals and connecting parents to resources for each individual child, to ensure they will recover from the traumas inflicted by homelessness. Our plans are to continue expansion to meet demand for our program, and work toward affordable housing opportunities in DuPage County.