SVdP Programs
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is concerned not only with alleviating distress but also with identifying the conditions that cause it.
Underserved Communities Initiative
This initiative includes a grant program that enables financially limited Conferences to offer financial assistance to neighbors in underserved areas during crisis and disaster.
Vincentians commit to building healthy, vibrant Conferences to continuously serve the Greater Houston area when these communities face hardships.
Systemic
Change
Initiative
After being given the fish during crisis, the Society then focuses on teaching people how to fish to feed their families for a lifetime.
The Systemic Change Initiative includes three resiliency-building programs designed to change behavioral response to poverty.
Participants examine resources necessary to achieve goals of sustainability then design the roadmap to build a better future and lift themselves out of poverty.
