Our Mission
To provide services, support, advocacy, education, career development, and employment for the unsheltered, youth and adults with mental health challenges and disabilities, the previously incarcerated, and those in crisis - through best practice programs in collaboration with community agencies and resources.
REFLECTIONS UPON 2023
State of Delaware Contract through the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation to provide Competitive Employment Services; Career & Job Development, Focused Job Search, Community-based Work Assessments, Placement and Retention, Work Readiness, and Job Coaching.
90% Placement and Retention Rate
Serving over 200 unsheltered individuals, and 21 families through providing food, solution-based sustainable survival needs, household goods, case management, barrier reduction, and advocacy with support of our partners; Bethel Lutheran Church, St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church, High Roads School (Elkton. DE & Wilmington, DE, Wawa, and Cradles to Crayons (Philadelphia).
A grand Christmas Celebration for our unsheltered friends in North East. Food provided by High Roads Schools, stockings filled with sustainable items such as solar lanterns, flashlights, solar chargers, and gifts of new blankets, warm coats, beanies, gloves, and more...thanks to St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church, Bethel Lutheran Church, and individual donors.
So many who were served had not celebrated Christmas in many years, and the blessings and appreciation brought so many tears of JOY!
CHECK OUT OUR LAST 2023 HEART TO HEART BLOG!
Our GREATEST NEED: WE NEED OFFICES -
A Central Resource Center
in North East,MD
to provide all of our services and to serve
our unsheltered friends.
We are sponsoring a solution-based, sustainable living environment for those without housing in North East, Maryland. Launch date forthe development of The Healing Hearts Community is March 7, 2024! STAY TUNED for further details forthcoming on how you can participate and help us reach our goals.
It's time to change mindsets and eliminate the stigma about people without homes. Time to realize they are people who have fallen on hard times, and require services to get them back on their feet again; through employment and the provision of resources they so desperately need for a breakthrough.
Our Purpose
The Heartlight Foundation is comprised of a group of individuals whose passions have resulted in them choosing to become “Agents of Change.” The purpose of our foundation is to make a difference in the lives of the disadvantaged, underserved, and disregarded; to bring about cultural and systemic change in the treatment of children, youth, and adults in crisis and those who are homeless, and with disabilities and to insure individuals are supported, served, and educated through professional best-practice programs and services.
Our Foundation provides services, survival goods, supports, and resources to those who are without employment, are unsheltered and in crisis. Professional Development for Educators and Employers; Leadership, Diversity & Disability Training; Mentoring & Tutoring Programs; Rehoming Services, Advocacy, Mentoring & Tutoring, Consulting Services & Mediation; Individualized Career, Work Skills, and Accommodation Assessments, Employment Placement Programs; and continued On-Site Coaching Supports for retention and career growth. Our goal is to support the populations we serve in successfully navigating the challenges of a complex and often broken system. The Heartlight Foundation is here to serve, educate, and support!
*Heartlight’s Passionate Partners*
A huge THANK YOU to our partners as we continue to increase our programs and services in 2024!
Bethel Lutheran Church, High Roads Schools MD and DE, St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church, Ray of Hope, Cecil Pregnancy & Family Resource Center, Cradles to Crayons
Memberships
Contact us for Services - heartlightorg@gmail.com
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