SJC News
The latest news on SJC’s programs, advocacy, events, partnerships, and stories of transformation from the people we serve on the road home.
Support Our Mission
You are what makes the work of SJC possible. Contributions from our community are literally life-saving for the people who we serve.
Volunteer @ SJC
Volunteers are the heart of SJC’s Day Shelter, playing a central role in its operation and basic services. 2-hour blocks of your choosing make it flexible!
Employment @ SJC
SJC provides human-centered care that addresses the individual barriers to housing. We meet people where they are, accompanying them on the road home.
Mission Success: Fiscal Year 2025 Outcomes
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
253
people who worked with the Day Shelter or Outreach moved home.
3,163
people visited the Day Shelter 52,776 times
7,839
services provided to 837 people by Street Outreach
98%
of people in Permanent Supportive Housing maintained their housing for 12+ months
1,934
Day Shelter services provided to assist with state IDs and birth certificates
48%
of people in Permanent Supportive Housing gained or maintained income
🎉 40 Years of St. John Center: Help Us Share Our Story
For 40 years, St. John Center has been part of the Louisville community, helping people experiencing homelessness move toward stability and home.
One way you can celebrate this milestone with us? Invite St. John Center to speak at one of your upcoming group meetings!
Whether it's your workplace, civic group, faith community, neighborhood association, club, or other gathering, we'd love to share more about homelessness in Louisville, the work happening every day at St. John Center, and how your group can get involved.
🏠 40 years. Thousands of lives. One community working together.
📩 Invite us to your next meeting and help us introduce St. John Center to even more people in our community. Email me at amurray@stjohcenter.org
#StJohnCenter #40Years #louisville #endhomelessness #CommunityMatters
🎡 Come See Us at the Kentucky State Fair! 💙
Heading to the fair? Stop by the St. John Center booth, say hello, and help us stock our shelter!
🧴 Bring toiletries and shelter essentials like shampoo, soap, deodorant, razors, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and other personal care items.
Enjoy the fair, meet our team, and make a difference for our neighbors experiencing homelessness—all in one trip!
📍 Look for St. John Center at the Kentucky State Fair!
#kentuckystatefair #StJohnCenter #louisville #donationdrive #giveback
💙 Investing in Recovery. Creating Pathways to Stability.
St. John Center is grateful to receive $300,000 over two years through Kentucky Opioid Abatement funding to strengthen recovery and treatment support for people experiencing homelessness.
This investment helps us:
🔹 Connect people to treatment and recovery opportunities through strategic referrals
🔹 Provide harm reduction training for staff and the people we serve
🔹 Strengthen connections to resources that support recovery, housing, and long-term stability
Recovery looks different for everyone. At St. John Center, our role is to meet people where they are, respect their choices, and make sure opportunities for support and treatment are within reach.
Thank you to the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission for investing in this important work and in the people we serve.
#StJohnCenter #recovery #Kentucky #OpioidAbatement #harmreduction
Since 2017, attorney Jeff Brown has been helping unhoused men at the St. John Center shelter secure benefits. This is part of his work with our grantee Legal Aid Society, which provides free legal services to low-income Kentuckians.
"We get paid quite a bit less than a private attorney at a private practice, even an associate," Brown said, "But we make up for it, I think, by having a mission: serving the poor, making sure people have free access to the justice system. We always feel like we're on the right side of cases, for the most part."
Read more here👇️
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