About Bethesda Project
Since 1979, Bethesda Project has been providing emergency shelter, housing, and supportive services for thousands of individuals experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia. Across its 15 locations, Bethesda Project offers a home and safe environment where guests and residents can stabilize and regain their dignity and self-worth. No matter how the world changes, Bethesda Project remains committed to its initial calling — to find and care for the abandoned poor and to be family with those who have none.
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Our Housing First Approach
Bethesda Project operates a continuum of care throughout Center City Philadelphia utilizing a Housing First approach that minimizes barriers to access and allows each individual to take their own journey of healing at one's own pace. Rooted in the six values of social work, Bethesda Project seeks to meet the needs of individuals where they are and in what they need. As an Equal Housing Opportunity provider, Bethesda Project does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, and/or disability.
Our services also offer individualized case management. The overall goal of Bethesda Project's case management services is to assist its guests and residents in becoming more stably housed and increase their overall independence. Each guest and resident completes an Individualized Care Plan with their own case manager, which allows them to identify goals they wish to achieve. With the Care Plan in place, case managers and engagement specialists connect guests and residents to services in the community that assist in achieving their goals.
