Bethel New Life Programs
For information on specific programs, please see the sidebar at left.
Bethel New Life strives to empower the whole person, the whole family and the entire community. We provide services for each neighbor at every level. Why? Because everyone has a place in our community.
Family + Individual Support
We provide safe and inspiring learning environments for young children, while strengthening and supporting their families and caregivers with the goal of making sure that each child is healthy and school-ready by age five.
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Community of Elders
We serve seniors who need or desire personal independence along with a sense of belonging, continuity and respect, by working closely with each client, their loved-ones, caregivers and the community to provide a quality of life worth living.
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Housing + Economic Development
We can let you take the practical steps in achieving your dreams by opening the door to home and commercial property ownership, along with other sustainable solutions to community development.
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Community Development
We empower individuals to change their lives through supportive housing and employment services, a revolutionary Community Savings Center and our Community Building programs that knit neighbors together with neighbors.
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Bethel New Life is a place-based (West Garfield Park) community development corporation (CDC) with faith at its foundation. Since 1979, we have faithfully innovated to developed initiatives that deal with the causes of problems in ways that build on the strengths of the people and community. This approach is known as asset-based community development, and runs counter to the more common "needs-based" model of community development.
Bethel is outcome-oriented, striving for a healthier, sustainable community. We call it a community of choice. Again, this approach runs counter to widespread process-oriented planning, which questions the details of the process more than corresponding effects and outcomes. All programs & initiatives at Bethel New Life, Inc. are conceived with sustainability in mind, and must be:
1) wanted by the community
2) financially viable
3) mission appropriate
Bethel's programs could not have become what they are today without the help of our partners and collaborators. Take a look at our Links page to see all the people and organizations Bethel works with every day! |
