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Safe Havens

A Safe Haven is a place where residents may go to access needed services. Many of the Safe Havens have after school programs to help youth increase their test scores and grade point averages. Some also have partnered with other agencies to provide needed services to their neighborhoods.

Partner agencies with the Safe Havens include REAL Services, AIDS Ministries, Robinson Community Learning Center, South Bend Community School Corporation, Center for the Homeless, Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and Healthy Communities Initiative. The following are the current Safe Havens for the Weed & Seed area: La Casa de Amistad, Charles Black Recreation Center, West Side Neighborhood Partnership Center, St. Adalbert/St. Casimir Church and School and Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

Listed below is the contact information for the Weed & Seed Safe Havens. All have some programming available for youth and adults. For more information about the Safe Havens and programs being offered you may contact the following:

Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 206 S. Falcon St........... 288-7487
West Side Neighborhood Partnership Center ..617 S. Pulaski St........... 235-5800
Charles Black Recreation Center...................3419 W. Washington St.. 235-9446
La Casa de Amistad...................................746 S. Meade St. ..........233-2120
St. Adalbert Church/School ........................2420 Huron St.... ..........288-5708
Laymen Chapel ........................................303 S. Kenmore St.... ... 287-2500.