The Salvation Army Janesville Receives First Ever Pathway of Hope Achievement Award
The Salvation Army of Janesville has been awarded the 1st ever Pathway of Hope Achievement Award. This award, presented at the opening banquet for the Territorial Social Services Conference, was established to recognize those units that have demonstrated excellence in implementing the Pathway of Hope approach in their work with families and local communities. At the conference, the Janesville Corps was one of only five locations from the Central Territory recognized.
For many families, the Pathway of Hope program provides a light in an otherwise dismal future. Families seeking assistance with food, clothing and other basic needs are often stuck in a cycle of crisis and vulnerability that impacts not just themselves but their children.
For the past two years The Salvation Army in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan has been addressing this cycle head on through the implementation of Pathway of Hope, an approach to providing targeted case management services to families with a desire to take action to break this cycle and increase their stability. This approach emphasizes quality over quantity and recently the 100th Pathway of Hope Family was enrolled in Wisconsin & Upper Michigan.
Families that successfully complete participation in Pathway of Hope have experience increased stability, reduced barriers to sufficiency, increased levels of hope and a reduced need for emergency and supportive services.