Permanent Housing
Long-term, supportive, residential facilities for those who are prepared for a stable, dignified living experience at three Bethesda facilities-Spruce Street, Bainbridge Street and North Broad Street.
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Bethesda Spruce Street
1110 Spruce Street
Year established: 1983
Hours: 24 hours, 365 days
Permanent single room occupancy (SRO) housing for 16 women who cope with chronic mental illness.
Sr. Micheletta McGee
Program Coordinator
Read the Family Matters September 2004 article about Bethesda Spruce Street.
Bethesda Spruce Street is a community of 16 formerly homeless single women with major mental illnesses. Each resident has her own private room and shares a bathroom, kitchen, and recreational spaces with other residents.
At Bethesda Spruce Street the staff offer medical, medication and financial management for the women as well as community building and life skills training. Through their work with the women, the house manager, assistant house manager and a core group of steadfast volunteers foster a remarkable supportive community environment.
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Bethesda Bainbridge
700 South 15th Street
Year established: 1986
Hours: 24 hours, 365 days
Permanent SRO housing for 30 men who have histories of addiction or mental illness.
John Mosley
Program Coordinator
Bethesda Bainbridge is a community of 30 formerly homeless men with mental and/or physical handicaps. Bethesda Bainbridge offers the same supportive services to the men who live there that are offered to the women of Bethesda Spruce Street.
The house manager, assistant house manager, case manager and volunteers coordinate the homemaking work of the men and/or assist and support them in those activities which they find difficult or are unable to perform.
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Bethesda North Broad Street
722 North Broad Street
Year established: 1988
Hours: 24 hours, 365 days
Permanent SRO housing for 49 men and women who have histories of addiction or mental illness.
Lucy Betancourt
Program Coordinator
Bethesda Broad Street is a Single Room Occupancy (SRO) community of 49 formerly homeless men and women. This facility is divided into four communities (one on each floor) consisting of private rooms with common living, kitchen and dining areas and shared bathrooms.
Staff members offer medical, medication and financial management and help with daily living skills. Volunteers are called upon to promote community spirit among the residents by providing mealtime gatherings, community outings and other group activities.
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Brothers'
Keeper
Locations throughout Philadelphia
Year established: 2008
A pilot program for up to 25 men in its first year.
Norman Brown
Program Coordinator
Brothers' Keeper takes an innovative approach to an untapped source of housing: affordable rooms and apartments owned by members of African-American churches. We match men currently residing in our shelters or SRO facilities to these rooms or apartments. The men get case management and follow-up support for their efforts to maintain their employment, manage their mental illnesses and remain drug- or alcohol-free. Landlords provide some degree of support to their Brothers’ Keeper tenants, and their churches offer programs to support the men.