Interim Placements

The Lord’s Place is dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness by providing innovative, compassionate, and effective services to men, women, and children in our community. For 30 years, The Lord’s Place has been changing the lives of homeless families and individuals in Palm Beach County. The Lords Place was incorporated in 1982, but the organizations charitable work began years before when the founder, Joe Ranieri, opened a soup kitchen to feed the homeless in 1979. In 1983, the organization expanded its services by opening the first shelter in Palm Beach County specifically for homeless families. Throughout the mid-1980s and into the 1990s, The Lords Place grew in size and prominence becoming Palm Beach Countys first real voice for homeless issues. Today, The Lord’s Place continues to assist homeless families and individuals in restoring and securing economic stability. In October 2007, the agency put into place an internal continuum of care of innovative programming designed to break the cycle of homelessness through nourishment, targeted personalized support services, and housing. In January 2009, The Lords Place introduces the Café Joshua Job Training and Placement Program filling the invisible void that is missing for the homeless with most employment programs. The program employs an educational model that teaches the hard and soft skills in a supportive environment as well as meets the participant where they are by not asking them to be something they are not …

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