We are dedicated to equipping the Dallas community to ensure each student has the tools, knowledge, and support needed for LIFE SUCCESS. Incarnation House partners with local organizations to provide a hub of wrap-around services meant to have a positive impact on the individual and their interactions within their family, school, and community.
Mission:
Incarnation House prepares homeless and housing insecure youth for life success by providing access to educational, emotional, and other support services.
Vision:
Transforming communities by equipping youth to end generational poverty.
Dallas County has the highest youth poverty rate in the state with 1 out of 5 children living below the poverty line. Living situations for these families range from motels, shelters, cars, doubling and tripling up, to Section 8 and HUD housing. Most of these families are one paycheck, sickness, or accident away from living on the street and often times fall through the cracks due to a lack of being identified. According to Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, homeless families are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population comprising nearly 40% of the total homeless.
Of the Dallas high school students who take college entrance exams, only 10% score in the “college-ready” range and 87% of students in DISD are considered economically disadvantaged. Persistent childhood poverty and residential instability/homelessness may contribute to difficulties in academic success. Therefore, Incarnation House strives to provide an essential wrap-around program that fills the gaps and help students overcome obstacles, achieve their goals, and reach their full potential.
Incarnation House was envisioned in 2012 when the Church of the Incarnation, in conjunction with DISD, created a Drop-in Friday program at North Dallas High School for students experiencing homelessness or those in unstable housing. The need and temporal limitations of the Drop-in program quickly illustrated potential for the growth and development of a more comprehensive and focused program, connecting these students with much-needed resources to help break the cycle of generational poverty. Incarnation House was formed in December of 2015 and opened its newly renovated center on January 6, 2016.
