Our Mission St. Vincent de Paul Georgia empowers people, regardless of their background, ethnicity or faith, to achieve stability and self-sufficiency by offering financial, material, educational and spiritual support and by collaborating with others to develop and deliver programs and services.
"Faith is to believe what you do not see.The reward of faith is to see what you believe.” - St. Augustine of Hippoon
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Client Story Latoya's Silver Lining
When Latoya first entered the Motel to Home (M2H) program she was living in a motel with two of her four daughters. She earned $11/hour and was barely earning enough to pay her motel bill, let alone anything else. She desperately wanted a stable home where her girls could thrive. With the help of her two SVdP caseworkers, she applied and was accepted into the Gwinnett Housing Corporation’s Pathway Home program. This program provided Latoya and her girls with a 2- bedroom town-home at below market rent for two years. She finally got the break she was looking for and was eager to pay off her debts, build some savings and improve her credit score.
Unfortunately, Covid-19 had other plans and she was let go from her job.
SVdP stepped in with some emergency rental assistance and referred her to a staffing agency that found her a new job within a week. Latoya’s story does have a silver lining: she now earns $14/hour and has cut her commute from 30 minutes to 10.
“I am still working at my new job and enjoy it very much. Motel to Home has prevented me from feeling like I had nothing to live for and now I am ready to face my doubts and have hope in my future. I have yearned for stability and security my whole life and now have finally been able to experience it. This has been so motivating for me and my girls,” said Latoya.
But her story isn’t finished yet. Latoya recently began taking classes at Gwinnett Tech online to fulfill her dream of becoming a Human Resources professional. Her caseworkers noted that, “She is a very bright, interested, enthusiastic young woman who never had any opportunities for even minimal education or nurturing. She tends to be a little fearful, but when she trusts she listens and absorbs like a sponge. She has followed all our suggestions and is really trying to make a better life for her girls.” We can’t wait to see what she is able to accomplish next!
*Names changed to protect privacy.
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Program Highlight Community Pharmacy: Hope Transformed
SVdP Georgia is preparing to launch a Community Pharmacy that will fill maintenance medications to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, and other chronic conditions at little to no cost. Our goal is to provide medicines to individuals in need so that they will not be faced with the choice of treating a potentially life threatening illness, or putting a meal on their table.
Our pharmacy services will complement our neighboring Mercy Care Clinic’s services and we are excited to partner with students from Mercer College of Pharmacy who will perform client intake and education. We will also partner with Good Pill, a non-profit home delivery pharmacy, who will help us keep medications in stock and mail medications to clients in need.
Population Served by the Pharmacy
Family income no greater than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
Uninsured individuals 18-64
Live within the State of Georgia
Valid prescription(s) for the medication needed
This pharmacy program will be a community wide effort of people of all faiths, races, and backgrounds. It will have the support of a resident pharmacist who will fill prescriptions as well as local physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals to support the pharmacy by providing a variety of volunteer pharmacy services.
The Community Pharmacy is part of SVdP Georgia’s Hope Transformed Capital Campaign. Learn more about the campaign here
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Preventing Homelessness, Fighting Hunger, and Changing Lives.
Founded in 1903, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia provides immediate relief to those on the edge of poverty. We helpneighborsin crisismaintain self-sufficiency and dignity by providing emergency mortgage, rent or utility payments; food, clothing, medicine; legal aid; loan or tax assistance, and career guidance. SVdP puts hope into action to prevent poverty from spreading to another family.
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When Latoya first entered the Motel to Home (M2H) program she was living in a motel with two of her four daughters. She earned $11/hour and was barely earning enough to pay her motel bill, let alone anything else. She desperately wanted a stable home where her girls could thrive. With the help of her two SVdP caseworkers, she applied and was accepted into the Gwinnett Housing Corporation’s Pathway Home program. This program provided Latoya and her girls with a 2- bedroom town-home at below market rent for two years. She finally got the break she was looking for and was eager to pay off her debts, build some savings and improve her credit score.
