ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

To ensure our program is the right fit and can best support your growth, healing, and success, we look for applicants who meet the following criteria:

Age Requirement: Between 18 and 24 years old at the time of move-in.

Family Size: Parenting one child (must have guardianship).

Location: Willing and able to relocate to Baltimore, MD.

Education Readiness: You must have a high school diploma or GED to participate in our career readiness housing program.

Safety First: You are joining a peaceful, healing-centered community. For the safety of all residents, we cannot accept applicants with open Child Protective Services (CPS) cases or with violent offenses on record, including homicide, first-degree assault, robbery, burglary, & theft.

Independent Living: Open to living without a partner (boyfriend/husband) in the home to maintain a safe, female-led space.

Engaged Participation: Willing to actively join our weekly support circles where we grow together through budgeting, saving, parenting, cooking, wellness, career support, and sisterhood conversations.

Motivation for Growth: Committed to either working part time or attending school full time.

Financial Empowerment: Open to putting aside 10% of your discretionary income into a savings account for your family’s future.

Trust and Transparency: Comfortable being honest and communicative with staff and your “Big Sister” mentor about your financial, emotional, and health-related needs.

Community Living: Excited to share a home with other women and children, while embracing a family-like sisterhood.

Personal Responsibility: Willing to follow house guidelines and maintain cleanliness for shared comfort and respect.

Housing Instability: Currently experiencing or at risk of homelessness (this includes staying temporarily with friends or family without your own room or space).

We are looking for women who want to be successful and raise successful children, but need a support system.