We’re honored to be featured in the Atlanta Jewish Foundation’s latest Impact Story: From Crisis to Prevention: A New Zaban Paradies Center Program Is Keeping Families Off the Street.

ZPC Executive Director Danny Lester-Drew, Director of Development Taylor Thompson, and Experience & Marketing Manager Maria Englehart had the opportunity to sit down with Yadin Goldman of AJF to share how Zaban Paradies Center has evolved over more than 40 years—from an emergency shelter created in response to Atlanta’s freezing winter of 1984 to an organization helping our neighbors move from crisis toward stability, permanent housing, and self-sufficiency. Today, our work extends beyond shelter. Through the Atlanta Rising Prevention Pilot, our newest homelessness prevention initiative supported by Partners for HOME, we’re helping households at imminent risk of losing their housing with financial assistance, legal services, and individualized support. The need for this kind of intervention is significant. Within just four or five weeks of launching the program—and without advertising—we received 283 requests for assistance. The Impact Story also highlights our transition to a 24/7 residential shelter model and the dramatic increase in permanent housing exits that followed, as well as the importance of our community of donors, volunteers, partners, and supporters in making this work possible. We’re grateful to the Atlanta Jewish Foundation and their donors for supporting our work and for telling our story to shine a light on an important truth: one of the most powerful ways to end homelessness is to prevent it from happening in the first place. Read the full article here: https://atlantajewishfoundation.org/blog-zaban-paradies-center-prevention-program/ @atlantajewishfoundation @partnersforhome