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- EIN 23-2602243
- contact@KeystoneOpp.org
- (213) 723-5430
- 104 N Main Street, Po Box 64183 Souderton PA 18964 USA
- www.keystoneopportunity.org
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Causes: Adult Education, Education, Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Housing Support, Human Services
Mission: To help community members in need by offering a comprehensive array of social services that educate, encourage and empower them to become self- sufficient.
Target demographics: house the homeless, feed the hunger, and provide literacy and citizenship education so people can reach self-sufficiency
Geographic areas served: Upper Montgomery and Bucks counties of Pennsylvania
Programs: Housing/shelter/case management: keystone opportunity center's housing programs serve both bucks and montgomery counties and provide comprehensive housing assistance including homelessness prevention, diversion, emergency shelter, rapid re-housing, transitional housing and permanent affordable housing. The housing programs are supported by a complete social services team with case managers, social workers and a housing locator. See schedule o for additional information.
education: keystone opportunity center provides adult basic education (adult ed) classes in english as a second language (esl); english language/civics (el/civics); graduate equivalency diploma (ged) test preparation; job training and career readiness; and for parents and their children, family literacy. All participants are supported by a student advisor and volunteer tutors, and are able to use an independent learning center (ilc) and distance learning program (dlp). See schedule o for additional information.
food security is provided through a food pantry which supplements food supplies for eligible local residents in the local school district with approximately one week of food per month. Produce and other food are obtained through local donations, federal and state programs, and collaboration with the local nutrition coalition, a consortium of 7 local food pantries and larders. In the souderton area school district, 514 households were served (792 adults, 545 children) a total of 276,820 pounds of food, toiletries, cleaning and paper products were distributed including 153,926 pounds donated from community and 137,506 pounds government programs with the assistance of more than 120 volunteers (serving 2,956 hours).