Organization Description The Homeless Garden Project (HGP) founded in 1990 provides job training, transitional employment, and support services to people who are homeless. HGP's vibrant community education and volunteer program for the broad community blends formal, experiential, and service-learning. The programs take place in our 3-acre organic farm and related enterprises.
Our Mission: In the soil of our urban farm and garden, people find the tools they need to build a home in the world.
Our Vision: We envision a thriving and inclusive community, workforce, and local food system.
We Value: The capacity of every individual for growth and renewal. The joy that comes from growing and sharing healthy food. And the well-being created by vibrant social and natural ecosystems.
Program Information The Homeless Garden Project (HGP), founded in 1990, provides job training, transitional employment and support services to people experiencing homelessness. In direct complement, HGP operates a thriving community education and volunteer program that serves more than 2500 people each year. HGP's programs take place in a 3.5 acre organic farm and related enterprises. Social Work Interns work with HGP's Connecting with Community program. Social Work Interns work one-on-one with trainees to promote trainees' full participation in our job training and transitional employment programs by addressing needs such as health care, legal issues, transportation and shelter. With Social Work Interns, trainees identify goals that will create and sustain their own well-being. Social Work Interns monitor trainee progress toward goals and support meaningful engagement in accomplishing goals. In addition, Social Work Interns foster trainee progress toward unsubsidized employment as a key long-term goal.
Our social work program is supervised by Francis Krebs, LCSW, and uses motivational interviewing within a positive psychology framework. Social Work Interns are assigned trainees and meet with their trainees weekly. Learn more at homelessgardenproject.org