DEEP ROOTS INC

What they do

ENDING HOMELESSNESS ONE FAMILY and ONE CHILD AT A TIME - IN ADDITION to SERVING AS A HOMELESS SHELTER for CHILDREN and FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY, DEEP ROOTS STRIVES to BREAK THE GENERATIONAL CYCLE of HOMELESSNESS. OUR PROGRAM ENCOURAGES CHILDREN and THEIR PARENTS to ENVISION A BRIGHTER FUTURE, to SUSTAIN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, and to NAVIGATE A COURSE TOWARDS PERSONAL and SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THROUGH BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCES, WITH MENTORS, and BY PROVIDING HEALTHY LIFE-MODELS, EDUCATION, and SUPPORTS, DEEP ROOTS SEEKS to SHOW OUR FAMILIES THAT HOMELESSNESS is NOT DESTINY. ENDING POVERTY and HOMELESSNESS BEGINS WITH THE BUILDING of COMMUNITY, RELATIONSHIPS, and IN GENUINE HUMAN MEETING - BEYOND BARRIERS of RACE, CLASS, and RELIGION. COMMUNITY ENRICHES ALL OUR LIVES, and THE LIVES of OUR CHILDREN; IT LAYS THE FOUNDATION for THE GENTLE and PEACEABLE WORLD WE LONG FOR: ONE IN WHICH THE VIOLENCE of POVERTY and HOMELESSNESS HAVE NO MORE PLACE.