Our Results
“The Return on Your Investment”
In 2020, 28% of all households in Louisiana experienced food insecurity. This means that at some point during the year families could not provide food due to poverty. In 2019, Louisiana’s poverty rate was 19% and we were ranked the poorest state the country. Providence House changed the outcome for more than 249 people in 2020. Seventy-seven ($0.77) of every $1.00 contributed to Providence House is used to support families and programs.
25 families
graduated from the Providence House program in 2020, 58 of those people being children ages 0-17. Graduating families saved an excess of $50,000.
59 families
on average were served daily. Of these families, we served an average of 136 children per day between the ages of newborn to 18. Historically, children represent 77% of the agency’s total population.
94 people
graduated from workforce development courses at Providence House through our partnership with Bossier Parish Community College.
197 people
were housed on average per day via the “House” and 40 apartments throughout Shreveport and Bossier City.
2,403 calls
were received in 2019 from families seeking shelter.
