Please join us for a great day of golf, prizes and fellowship. We thank you in advance for your support and participation in this effort to alleviate homelessness in Charlotte Mecklenburg.

For additional information please contact the Friendship CDC at 704.391.3862.

My Sisters House Transitional Living Center
Changing The Course of Women’s Lives—One at a Time….

For I was hungry, and you gave me food:
I was thirsty, and you gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and you took me in……...

Matthew: 25:35

Mission
To stabilize and strengthen our sisters through counseling, stability in living arrangements, and education as we guide them on the path to self reliance.

My Sister’s House Goals
GOAL #1 – To acknowledge and address the lack of social and supportive services that led to homelessness. Clients work closely with Case Managers through weekly meetings and workshops to address issues that previously created barriers. Included are workshops to educate women on wellness and health issues, thus creating a healthy mind, body, and spirit.

GOAL #2– To stabilize housing and promote a sense of community. Accomplished by providing housing in the Transitional Living Center. Our guests are integrated into their own “community” and assigned duties or “chores” to maintain the living environment. The Transitional Center is home, and family members are expected to take care of their home.

GOAL #3–To provide opportunities for education and job training in preparation for employment. On site GED classes and the onsite Job readiness program at Cornerstone Career Development Center will facilitate education and job training classes to prepare women to be productive and successful in the workforce.

WHO IS SHE??…
SHE IS your Sister!

Friendship Community Development Corp (FCDC), in conjunction with Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (FMBC) answered the call to the Faith community and participated in the Salvation Army’s Temporary Satellite Shelter Project for Single Women- a program to house the overflow population of single women from the Center of Hope on Spratt St. To date, FMBC and FCDC, through its many willing volunteers and staff, have provided meals, shelter, and support services to MORE THAN 100 WOMEN over the past 18 months.

...AM I MY SISTER’S KEEPER?
YES... I AM

In accepting the call to shelter those in need, the plan for “My Sister’s House” Transitional Living Center was created.

Transitional Living Center, TLC

The “face” of the homeless in Charlotte has changed drastically over the last decade...
Through no direct fault of their own, hundreds of single women and women with children are forced into homelessness daily...

My Sister’s House - Transitional Living Center provides case management services that will focus on teaching life-skills support and on coordination of supportive services to remove barriers that led to homelessness, such as..
• Low Self-esteem
• Lack of effective transition programs
• Lack of Job retention skills
• Lack of education
• Underemployment or lack of up-to-date employment skills
• Prior eviction/poor rental history
• History of Drug /Alcohol Abuse

At My Sisters House We believe…...
Every human being— regardless of social status— has the right to be treated with dignity and respect

...Urge me not to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people will be my people and your God my God…
Ruth 1:16

Ending Homelessness requires utilization and collaboration of community resources to reduce and prevent its recurrence. We work in alliance with various community partners and agencies to provide case management and other supportive services to reduce the risk of future homelessness.

My Sisters House - sponsored through Friendship Community Development Corporation

MSH Community Partners:
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
Charlotte Mecklenburg Homeless Services Network (HSN)
Salvation Army– Center of Hope Women’s Shelter
Sisters of Mercy
Myers Park Methodist Church—Jubilee Grant
Mecklenburg County DSS
City of Charlotte-Neighborhood Development
US Charitable Gift Trust
Wachovia Foundation Grant