Advocacy

More than a meal, Amos House is a voice. Championing the rights of the poor and homeless and engaging them in advocacy work related to poverty and housing. We recently took part in a SAVE NOP rally at the State House in Rhode Island to restore funding for the Neighborhood Opportunities Program (NOP).  This program enables developers to set rents low enough to serve very low-income households. Sadly, record levels of men, women, and children continue to fill Rhode Island's homeless shelters, yet we are facing a 97% loss in state funding for affordable housing, including NOP and bond funding for such housing. Please tell your elected officials that it is time to invest in ending homelessness in our state.  

In addition to supporting this campaign, members of our community have visited legislators in Washington, DC to ask for more funding for federal programs that help the poor. Amos House representatives serve on boards, coalitions and task forces, from the Providence Mayor's Re-entry Task Force to the Rhode Coalition for the Homeless.  In fact, we were a founding member. Advocacy is just another way we are "Helping people help themselves."