Stewpot Community Services Inc
Faith Meeting Needs in Our Community
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Community Kitchen
The Community Kitchen provides a noontime meal to anyone- no questions asked- seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Matt's House Shelter for Women and Children
Matt's House Emergency Shelter for Women and Children provides shelter for homeless women and children who have no other place to go. The residents receive an evening meal and a light breakfast in addition to a safe place to sleep for the night.
Billy Brumfield Shelter for Men
The Billy Brumfield House provides emergency shelter for men seeking a safe, warm place to sleep. The program also offers a drug-work transitional program and a special needs program.
Food Pantry
The Stewpot Food Pantry serves over 600 people a month. Each family is given a four-day supply of groceries to cover the entire household.
Opportunity Center Day Shelter
The Opportunity Center is a "home base for the homeless"; a safe place where the homeless can come during the day for community and resources such as laundry, mail services, and computer access. The Opportunity Center operates as an emergency shelter during the cold, winter months.
Rapid Rehousing
Stewpot's Rapid Rehousing program helps people move from homelessness into stable housing by providing short-term rental subsidies. Case managers help participants find the support they need, including job training and mental health resources, to stay housed permanently
Children and Teen Programs
Stewpot operates an after-school program for both children and teens during the school year in addition to a summer camp each year.
Clothing Closet
The Clothing Closet provides quality clothing for all who come to Stewpot. The Clothing Closet is stocked with clothing donated from residents of the Jackson Metro area.
Street Outreach
Stewpot employs outreach workers to go out into the community and form relationships with people experiencing homelessness, connecting them to resources and services available to them.
Meals on Wheels
Each weekday, staff and volunteers make and deliver plate lunches to 70 elderly, ill, and disabled people who cannot make it to lunch at Stewpot.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Stewpot Community Services Inc
Board of directorsas of 3/22/2022
Rev. Dr. Ricky James
First United Methodist Church of Clinton
Dr. Caroline Compretta
Tony Edwards
David Miller
Mike Upton
Gretchen Butler
Cory Collins
Gina Halfacre
Dr. Mary Jackson
Clay Lewis
Rev. Molly MacWade
Max David Marsh
Dr. Teresa Mendenhall
Patrick O'Brien
Rocky Shack
Barbara Powell
Rev. Linda Smith
Peter Smith
Cassandra Stovall
Landa Strum
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.