Facts and Services
Locations: Martha’s Home 1 -- 1204 SW 18th; Martha’s Home 2 -- 1206 SW 18th; Mary E. Bivins Cottage -- 1210 SW 18th
Email Address: info@marthashome.org
Number of Years Operational: 22 (founded in 1987)
Type of Shelter: Intermediate term (maximum of 90 days);
Population Served: Homeless women and Mothers with children. The average age of residents of Martha’s Home is 35.
Demographic Information on Clients:
- African American: 11%
Asian American/Pacific Islander: 0%- Latino: 19%
- Multi-Racial: 1%
- Native American: 0%
- Caucasian: 69%
Maximum Capacity at any one time: Martha’s Home 1: 10 women; Martha’s Home 2: 16 women and children; Mary E. Bivins Cottage (MH3): 3 women or 3 mothers with up to 7 children; HOPE House: 8 women
Annual Number of Clients Per Year: 2008: 95 women and 125 children
Average Number on Waiting List: 246 women and 433 children annually
Average Waiting Period for Admittance to Martha’s Home: 30 days
Services Offered:
- Individual case management;
- Life skill classes where the women learn skills such as budgeting, interviewing for a job, stress management, and conflict resolution;
- Parenting classes taught at Family Support Services;
- Assistance with childcare through local and government funded programs.
- Assistance with vocational training and job placement through the Texas Work Source;
- Assistance with legal matters through Legal Aid of Northwest Texas;
- Assistance with medical problems and filling out medical forms;
- Assistance with GED tutoring, access to academic programs at Amarillo
- College, WTAMU, scholarship opportunities, and completion of scholarship applications;
- Mentoring by former Martha’s Home clients;
- Assistance with establishment of permanent housing through City of Amarillo Rental Assistance, Shelter Plus Care, etc and other programs.
Measures Of Success of Martha’s Home:
- Working at time of entrance: 17%; Working at time of exit: 93%
- Attending school at time of entrance: 2%; Attending school during stay or at time of exit: 15%
- Housing available after leaving Martha’s Home: 91%
