Focus Area: Early Childhood
Grant Amount: $10,000
Located in Rochester. The Jeremiah Program was founded in Minneapolis in 1993, and in recent years has expanded nationally; in 2020, JP established the Rochester campus to serve Rochester and southeastern Minnesota. JP’s mission is to disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time. The organization believes that no mother should have to make the untenable choice between investing in herself or supporting her children, so JP provides the necessary support for moms in pursuit of economic mobility, including providing transitional housing for those who need it on 9 campuses nationwide. The Rochester program serves 40 single mothers and their children. The campus includes an on-site childcare center operated by Head Start with a capacity to serve 68 children.
Grant supports expansion of its on-site mental health services through two partnerships: Fernbrook, which would embed clinicians directly in classrooms two to three times per week for observation, assessment, and individualized therapeutic support; and Coping Copilots, providing child life services as an immediate bridge for children experiencing acute trauma while awaiting longer-term care.