Our Results
“The Return on Your Investment”
17.6% 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 2015, Louisiana’s poverty rate was 19.8% and we ranked 49th in the country. Providence House changed the outcome for more than 481 people in 2017. Seventy-seven ($0.77) of every $1.00 contributed to Providence House is used to support families and programs.
30 families
graduated from the Providence House program in 2017. Graduating families saved an excess of $50,000.
59 families
on average were served daily. Of these families, we served an average of 132 children per day between the ages of newborn to 16. Historically, children represent 77% of the agency’s total population.
36,409 meals
were provided in the “House” and 6,404 meals in the Child Development Center.
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 2017 from families seeking shelter.
