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FUNDING PROFILE
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND
Incorporated in 1984, Food For Life (FFL), a Pennsylvania non-profit organization, under contract with PA Department of Corrections (DOC) and the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Emergency Shelters and Services (OESS), has lead by example. Food For Life has provided oversight, leadership and dedicated its work to creating successful programs and services that will mutually benefit its target population and society by moving individuals to self-sufficiency and independent living. FFL has dedicated its work to providing solutions to homelessness and the over-crowding of correctional institutions. Offenders and their families continue to be one of our target populations.
Food For Life continues to run a 38 single-home transitional housing program started in the early 90’s, in cooperation with the Department of Public Welfare, the Department of Housing & Urban Development and the City of Philadelphia. The goal of the transitional housing program is to provide the necessary support and all-important bridge to independent living.
FFL EXPERIENCE:
• FFL owns the City of Philadelphia’s largest homeless shelter.
• FFL received a grant from U.S. Department of Justice for $296,168 in August 2006 for Caring for Children & Family of Offenders (CCFO), the Food For Life program for children of incarcerated adults.
• HSS Grant for $198,400 in May, 2005 for Caring for Children & Family of Offenders (CCFO), the Food For Life program for children of incarcerated adults.
• $500,000 grant from the U.S. Administration on Aging to provide at home services for Seniors as a way to keep them flourishing in their own surroundings rather ending up in nursing homes or hospitals. This program was managed by our Florida subsidiary, Southcare.
• $8,000,000 202 Grant from Housing and Urban Development to develop 63 units for underprivileged senior citizens in Philadelphia.
• From 1990 through 2003, FFL managed two Community Correction Centers in Philadelphia, a 250-bed program run in conjunction with The PA Department of Corrections and The PA Department of Probation and Parole. The programs provided a custodial environment different from that of a penal institution with the goal to transition an offender from prison to society while minimizing recidivism.
• In 1994, Food For Life developed and managed The Veterans Residence and Resource Center, a 114-bed and counseling facility for homeless veterans at the former Dropsie College.
• FFL developed and managed Client System, a state of the art, HMIS-compliant software to enable social workers and counselors to conduct effective and timely case management for a transient population.
• Establishment of the "Pre-Release" program in 1990, geared to incarcerated individuals who were close to completing their sentences. Residency at this site, and participation in its educational and rehabilitative services, prepared them for a successful return to the community at large.
• In February, 1990, with "Penn Free Funding" from the state of PA and encouragement from the City, the FFL shelter became Philadelphia's first for recovering drug and alcohol addicts. The success of this experimental "clean and sober" shelter made it the model for other substance-free residences set up through the City's shelter system. Additionally, FFL owns the largest homeless shelter in Philadelphia.
• In 1990, FFL established the "Halfway Back" program, in cooperation with the PA Department of Probation and Parole. The program provided residency to 60 men who committed minor offenses against parole regulations.
• Managed a Community Corrections Center for the Federal Bureau of Prisons for two years with 25 inmates.
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