Empowering youth and adults to build positive relationship, strengthen employability, develop self-esteem and create healthy families.
Project Help Nevada envisions a world where adults and youth realize their potential and positively impact their communities. Our mantra, for staff and clients is "Rise Above Your Expectations"!
Description of Organization
Project HELP Nevada (PHN), founded in early 2015, is a local 501(c) 3 charitable organization serving the at-risk population in Northern Nevada. Initially, PHN was developed as a resource center to connect people in need with services that matter. The target population for PHN is our communities’ at-risk citizens: homeless adults and youth, addicts, alcoholics, those escaping an abusive situation, individuals seeking to leave the s*x work industry, and youth aging out of foster care or the juvenile justice system. The first year of existence for PHN was spent developing a strong base of volunteers and strengthening the infrastructure. The original founders had a combined 40+ year’s experiential knowledge serving the at-risk population in the community. The volunteer base brought an additional 50+ years of experience working with the at-risk population in the criminal justice systems, area social service organizations and in the business world. In late 2016, PHN sought and invited a volunteer with more than 25+ years’ experience developing and managing charitable community organizations to join the team. The addition of this volunteer, the current Executive Director, quickly became a positive experience for PHN as she brought not only knowledge of the legalities associated with not-for-profits, but also the knowledge and experience needed to identify, develop and implement much needed program components. For more info, visit www.ProjectHelpNevada.org
