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Barrett Foundation, Inc.
In Loving Memory: Linda
Cotton Barrett Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico, helping homeless women and children build better lives. In addition to food, clothing and shelter, Barrett Foundation provides case management, critical skills training, and the support needed to plan and establish a more stable future, for themselves and their children. Programs include:
Since its founding as a nonsectarian institution twenty years ago by Brother Mathias Barrett, Barrett House has given refuge to more than 8,000 women and children. In February 2005 Barrett House moved to a new, larger emergency shelter in which 43 homeless women and children can be sheltered each night. The Barrett Foundation expects to provide more than 8,500 shelter nights and 19,000 meals during the coming year. HUD has created a web site called "Help the Homeless," which has some excellent information you might want to read. To visit their site, please click here.
Emergency shelter is important – but not enough. Barrett Foundation’s wide range of services helps restore women and their children to more stable lives. For example, more than 80% of the women who have participated in our Bridges transitional program have succeeded in living independent lives. The roots of homelessness are many – personal tragedy, loss of a job, abuse, trauma . . . and often mental illness, along with inadequate funding for the mentally ill. Homelessness has a devastating effect on families. Therefore, the more a family can experience normality while living at an emergency shelter, the less traumatic their time of homelessness will be. Barrett House works with other community organizations to link women with the services they need – health and dental services, education for their children, and employment opportunities.
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