Jericho Project is celebrating 30 years of helping people change their lives this year; an important anniversary for an organization that was started in 1983 by three churches that took up the call to help New York City address its burgeoning homeless crisis.

 Three decades later, with the homeless population at a record high and poverty impacting a growing number of New York City residents, Jericho Project is now providing housing, employment and other critical programming to more than 1,000 adults and children in five service areas:

Supportive Housing: Started as a small 35-unit program, Jericho now provides 477 units of supportive housing through seven congregate residences and a 92-unit scatter-site program.

Workforce Opportunities: Started as a small job training and placement program, the Workforce Opportunities Program now provides services to hundreds of men and women, including clients not residing in Jericho’s traditional supportive housing programs.

 Family Programs: Started as a program to help reunite mothers with their children in foster care, Jericho's family programs now provide housing and critical parenting skills to over 100 New York City families.

Veterans Initiative: Started in 2006, Jericho's veterans program provide housing, employment and critical support services to low-income and homeless veterans.

Homeless Prevention and Housing Placement: Started in 2012, Jericho's On with Life and Homeward Bound programs are providng affordable housing placement to low-income New Yorkers.