New Bethany

Housing assistance New Bethany's housing advocates help remove barriers to safe and stable housing for low-income households by gathering and preparing necessary paperwork, assisting households in locating housing, working with landlords, and providing rental assistance to obtain or maintain permanent housing. In 2022, New Bethany distributed over $3.5 million in rental assistance and helped 929 households obtain or maintain safe, stable, and permanent housing.

Supportive housingnew Bethany's supporting housing for families and children and for single adults mitigates the negative impact of homelessness by providing a safe, secure, and supportive home while they work to resolve the challenges that led to their being unhoused. In 2022, we provided supportive housing and case management to 33 families (20 successfully moved into permanent housing) and 29 individuals that would otherwise be experiencing homelessness through our single room occupancy units in bethlehem and coplay. The coplay site is owned by community help partnership, of which New Bethany is the general and managing partner.

Southside drop-in centerthe southside drop-in center offers a range of services (in english and spanish and with access to a language line for additional support) designed to help people stabalize their lives. It starts with a meal and other street-level human services, including showers, laundry services, mailing address, and monthly access to our food pantry, and continues with housing assistance, job search support and tools, and case management. In 2022, the southside drop-in center served over 22,000 hot, nutritious meals and provided street-level human services to nearly 1,500 people, including showers and access to laundry and mailing services, bill payment, emergency supplies, health clinics, and case management.

Choice food pantrychoice food pantry provides a three-day supply of nutritious food (including fresh produce, perishable proteins and fresh dairy) to neighbors experiencing food insecurity. Clients select their groceries in accordance with their preferences and cultural and/or religious needs. New Bethany also provides nutritional information and referrals to our services and those of our community partners. In 2022, choice food pantry distributed nutritious groceries to create more than 192,000 meals for over 1,500 individuals (nearly half of whom were children and seniors). The pantry received 95,982 pounds of donated food from grocery stores, local food drives, individual donations, and area farms.

Permanent housing programsnew Bethany's permanent housing programs provides safe and affordable housing to low-income households at wyandotte apartments, and two single family residences in bethlehem. In 2022, 10 households remained stably housed through these programs.

Representative payee programnew Bethany's representative payee program prevents the trauma of homelessness and sustains self-sufficiency for low-income people who lack the cognitive and other resources (whether temporarily or permanently) necessary to successfully manage their finances on their own. In 2022, New Bethany fostered and sustained self-sufficiency for 70 low-income people.

Trinity kitchentrinity kitchen is located in north bethlehem and serves people experiencing food insecurity and poverty with a daily hot, nutritious meal. Clients are connected to all services available at the southside drop-in center. In 2022, trinity kitchen served nearly 18,000 hot, nutritious meals to nearly 500 people.