Lamb's Fold is a non-profit Christian human services organization providing transitional housing and residential domestic violence services to homeless women and children.

We offer encouragement, tolerance, care and compassion to women of all faiths and backgrounds who have found themselves in a homeless situation due to domestic violence, financial crisis, pregnancy, or physical or emotional distress.

Our program goal is to equip women to become self-sufficient through education and physical, financial, emotional and spiritual recovery.

Residents enjoy a comprehensive set of supportive services to help them attain educational and vocational training goals and achieve recovery into self-sufficiency.

Supportive services include:

• Food, shelter, clothing
• Personal care needs
• Domestic violence services
• Transportation assistance
• Advocacy services
• Life Skills Classes
• Educational/vocational opportunities
• Tutoring
• Counseling
• Case Management

The Lamb's Fold program is divided into three phases:

Biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment; identification of assets and short-term and long-term goals.

Intensive Case Management; resource linkage and ongoing monitoring of progress.

Transition to self-sufficiency, including follow-up services.

Lamb's Fold has a scheduled curriculum of recovery classes, which help residents resolve issues and learn important life skills needed for self-sufficiency. Residents participate in a variety of classes such as:

Vocational/Workforce Development
Anger Management
Basic Budgeting
Financial Management
Pre-Natal Care/Infant Care
Conflict Resolution
Appropriate Discipline for Children
Coping Skills and Problem Solving
Unresolved Grief and Loss
Basic Nutrition
Shopping and Meal Planning
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships
Survivors of Violence Group
Infection and Disease Control
Emotional and Spiritual Recovery
Basic Parenting
Chemical Dependency
Effects of Alcohol
Effects of Marijuana
Effects of Stimulants and Opiates
Benefits of Exercise
Communication

And much more . . . . .

Residents enjoy the opportunity to interact with area business professionals and health care workers at workshops on employment topics, parenting, health issues, recovery issues, time management, money manage-ment, home records management, etc.

Specialized programs for young children help our most vulnerable residents heal from trauma and progress educationally.

A chaplain is available to meet with residents upon their request to offer spiritual support and guidance. Residents are gently encouraged to attend the church of their choice as we have found the most successful residents are those who have the support of a house of worship.

Christian Family Ministries Lamb's Fold Center for Women and Children 153 S. Ottawa Street Joliet, IL 60436 815/723-LAMB (5262) Fax: 815/723-5286 www.lambsfold.org

MISSION STATEMENT

Lamb's Fold Center for Women and Children helps homeless and abused women and children transition to successful independence through counseling, advocacy, supportive services, educational / skills enhancement and personalized recovery services.

OUR FOUNDING INSPIRATION:

To fulfill our Lord's command in Matthew 25:35-36 by feeding the hungry and thirsty, clothing the needy, praying for the sick, and taking in the homeless....Being convinced that when we do so, we have done so for our Lord Jesus Christ.

"Moving Women from Community Dependence.... To Independence"

Lamb's Fold Center for Women and Children
153 S. Ottawa Street
Joliet, IL 60436
815/723-LAMB (5262)
815/723-5286 fax
www.lambsfold.org

Christian Family Ministries, Inc.

Lamb's Fold Center for Women and Children

Transitional Housing and

Domestic Violence Services

For Homeless Women

And their Children