Our History

Jericho Project’s mission is to end homelessness at its roots by creating a community that inspires individual change, fosters sustainable independence, and motivates men and women to reach their greatest potential.  Jericho’s nationally-recognized program model combines supportive housing, individualized relapse prevention counseling, family reunification support, vocational and educational programming, and ongoing aftercare to an average of 300 formerly homeless individuals each year.

Jericho Project provides 280 units of supportive housing to formerly homeless men and women in New York City.  Jericho owns and operates one congregate residence in Central Harlem and four in the Bronx that provide 174 single room occupancies units with shared kitchens and bathrooms and 79 small studio apartments.

In 2008 Jericho implemented two important initiatives to expand its supportive housing program. Our Scatter-Site Program provides one-and-two-bedroom apartments in the Bronx and the full-range of Jericho’s support services to 27 individuals on probation and at high-risk for homelessness and incarceration.  Jericho created a unique partnership with the New York City Department of Probation for its scatter-site pilot program, the first such partnership between the Department and a supportive housing agency.

Jericho is also developing two new supportive housing residences for homeless and low-income veterans in the Bronx — the first new housing programs for veterans in New York City in 15 years.  The residences will be state-of-the-art, “green” buildings that will feature small studio apartments, staff offices, community rooms, computer labs, and gardens and will enable Jericho to provide an additional 130 units of supportive housing by 2011. 

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