The Provident Bank Foundation Awards Community Grant to Visions and Pathways

Bridgewater, N.J. (January 5, 2017) – Visions and Pathways (visionsandpathways.org), a nonprofit agency that helps abused, neglected, homeless, and runaway youth throughout New Jersey recently received a community grant in the amount of $5,000 from The Provident Bank Foundation. The funds will support the Prosperity program. Prosperity provides life skills training and employment assistance for vulnerable youth throughout Morris and Somerset counties. Many of the program’s youth are aging out of foster care.

“Visions and Pathways is grateful for the very generous donation from The Provident Bank Foundation,” said David Walker, Visions and Pathways Executive Director. “Each year, approximately 800 youth in New Jersey “age-out” of foster care and are expected to be independent when they turn 18 years old. Very often they do not have support from their families. They cannot access safe, affordable housing or a steady job. Our Prosperity program helps them find a job and keep it, continue their education, and hopefully find an affordable place to live. Thanks to the financial support of foundations like The Provident Bank Foundation, we can help hard working youth get the support they need to become successful adults.”

“Visions and Pathways fills an important need in the community by offering support and assistance to vulnerable youth and teens,” said Jane Kurek, executive director of The Provident Bank Foundation. “We are proud to provide funding to Visions and Pathways’ efforts and to the success of the Prosperity program and the youth they are serving throughout Morris and Somerset counties.”

Since 1970, Visions and Pathways has helped over 8,000 youth by providing; temporary housing, independent skills training, street outreach and prevention services to combat the spread of the opioid epidemic and human trafficking (streetsmartoutreach.org), comprehensive case management, counseling, financial literacy instruction, and many other services.

For more information about Visions and Pathways, visit visionsandpathways.org or contact David Walker, Esq., MSW at 908-526-6606 ext. 304 or dwalker@visionsandpathways.org.

About Visions and Pathways

Visions and Pathways (formerly Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children) provides abused, neglected, homeless, and runaway youth with housing, a stable environment, and supportive services that guide them in becoming self-sufficient. Since 1970, over 8,000 youth throughout New Jersey have come to seek shelter, food, clothing, and support services. The agency provides 11 programs: Brahma House residential crisis intervention program; Passages, My Place and Whitney House residential transitional-living programs; Prosperity independent-living skills education program; Street Smart street outreach program; Transitional Learning Center for in-house education instruction; Bridge House and Village House, supportive-housing for aged-out youth, an Arts and Recreation Program, and Transitions aftercare program. Visit online at visionsandpathways.org.

Visions and Pathways is a charity recognized as tax-exempt by the IRS under Section 501(c)(3).

The agency’s residential programs are located in Bridgewater, New Jersey. There is a satellite Street Smart street outreach office in Morristown, NJ. Visit online at visionsandpathways.org.

About The Provident Bank Foundation

The Provident Bank Foundation was established in 2003 by Provident Bank to enhance the quality of life in the region through support of not-for-profit groups, institutions, schools and other 501(c)(3) organizations that provide services in communities served by the Bank. Since inception, the Foundation has granted more than $22million to not-for-profit organizations and institutions working toward stronger communities. For more information about The Provident Bank Foundation, visit www.ProvidentNJFoundation.org or call (862) 260-3990.

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