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St. Luke's Community House

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5601 New York Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209, USA

EIN Number: 62-0484183

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Phone: 615-350-7893

Hours: Closed

Mon - Fri 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)

Sat Closed

Sun Closed

Website: https://www.stlch.org/

Email: info@stlch.org

NTEE Code: P40: Family Services

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

St. Luke's mission is to create a community where children, families, and seniors from different backgrounds can easily access the resources needed to live fulfilling lives. St. Luke’s began in 1913 and over the past 109 years, we have evolved and adapted to meet the needs of our neighbors. St. Luke’s serves hundreds of Davidson County residents every day. St. Luke’s doors of hope are open to anyone in need in Davidson County. We serve children, seniors, individuals, and families. Our clients are socio-economically and ethnically diverse and demographics vary within each of our programs by age, income-level, family size and need.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Early Childhood Education/Preschool The Early Childhood Education program addresses the need for quality, affordable, and accessible childcare for low-income working parents in Nashville. In our Preschool, services include comprehensive curriculum to prepare children, ages six weeks to five years old, for entry into the elementary school system. We work to provide early childhood education literacy with regular assessments to ensure they are developing and progressing appropriately. Tuition is set on a sliding scale so that families of all financial means can afford the program, which operates year-round, five days a week, 6:30am-5:30pm. In 2021, 153 children were served in our Preschool. Mobile Meals & Senior Services The Mobile Meals Program addresses nutritional needs, as well as safety and health needs of the elderly and home-bound population. In 2021, we served over 19,000 nutritious, prepared meals through our Mobile Meals program. We operate six routes, two days a week, providing meals to roughly 90 seniors per day. Volunteer drivers make regular contact with meal recipients, ensuring that they have someone checking in on them and receive healthy nutritious meals daily. Through our Senior Friends activities we provide area seniors with social outings, shopping trips, and regular assessments. Many of our older residents live on less than $800 a month. The programs through St. Luke's give them added resources to stretch their dollar a little farther. Food Bank St. Luke’s partners with Second Harvest Food Bank to provide emergency food boxes to families and individuals in need. Food boxes provide three meals for two days for each person in the household. Diapers and hygiene items are also available in the Food Bank. In 2021, St. Luke's distributed over 40,000 meals in food boxes through our Food Bank. The economic fallout of the pandemic has disproportionately affected low-income families who rely on our Food Bank as a regular source of food. Family Empowerment Program The Family Empowerment Program seeks to break the cycle of poverty for families. The primary focuses of the program are on employment, education of adults and children, housing stability, increasing financial capability, building social capital, and improving the health and well-being of the family. There is a possibility for moderate financial assistance.