Brookside Community Development Corporation

Housing program:brookside Community housing exists to provide dignity, stability, and accountability to both individuals and families that struggle with inconsistent and unreliable housing. Participants experience peace and connection through the relationships that come with being a part of the Brookside family. Each restoration project brings together volunteers and staff that reflect the diversity that is so important to the Brookside Community. Each project is more than a home. It's an investment in the people who make our neighborhood unique. Brookside Community housing currently owns 36 addresses.

Play program:brookside Community play is a youth Development program for children, teens, and families in our Community. Research shows that children and teens who grow up in underresourced neighborhoods like Brookside experience trauma at higher rates than their peers. This trauma often results in behavior issues and poor academic performances. Our elementary-age program helps children grow socially and emotionally, while our education & employment academy helps teens find their place, purpose and passion. Play also offered a 5 week summer play camp/learning lab in partnership with the mind trust.

Reentry program:brookside Community reentry's mission is to care for those reentering from incarceration, addiction, and homelessness. We do this through the bridge worship service, a weekly service that offers Community and support for individuals throughout their reentry journey, and our isaiah house program. Over the past 10 years, 158 men and women have benefited from the isaiah house program. This year we added more program coordinators to provide better support for our program participants. We have expanded our violence interrupter program to now serve on average 28 individuals weekly, aiming to reduce Community violence and support positive reintegration with the younger population we serve.