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Amos House

 

Entrepreneur: Eileen Hayes

Address:
415 Friendship Street, P.O. Box 72873
Providence, RI 02907

Telephone: (401) 272-0220
FAX: (401) 272-2137

Email: ehayes@amoshouse.com
Web Site: http://www.amoshouse.com

Grant Amount: $150,000

Mission Statement

Amos House is an organization providing hospitality and direct services to the homeless and poor of Rhode Island. Amos House works in collaboration with other agencies and groups to address issues of hunger, homelessness and poverty. (See "Additional Iinformation" below.)

Purpose of Grant

To provide working capital for Amos House's "More Than A Meal" micro-business that employs graduates of its ACE culinary arts program. The business provides graduates, on the road to self-reliance, a bridge from their job training at Amos House to a career in the hospitality industry.

Additional Information

Amos House provides a safe, clean, nurturing space for men, women and children in need. They include Rhode Island's working poor, homeless, unemployed and disenfranchised, many of whom are children.

Their bustling Social Service office provides a wide range of services including crisis intervention, emergency assistance, health care and housing. They provide transitional and permanent housing to 75 people each night, hundreds of people each year. On their busiest days, they serve 900 meals to their hungry neighbors.  In addition to feeding people, the Amos House Culinary Education program develops participants' culinary skills while helping to feed children at the local Boys and Girls Club. And their new micro business Amos House Works employs their ACE program graduates while providing meals to some of their local charter schools.

The late Sister Eileen Murphy founded Amos House as a house of hospitality in 1976.  It is a haven that welcomes the poor and provides safety, food and fellowship. It is named after the Old Testament prophet, Amos, who preached against social injustice.