What you should know about StepUP

Self-sufficiency is the goal.
Our comprehensive program is focused on education, employment, & housing.
We are grounded in 21 years of experience.
Over the last year, 185 unemployed have been placed in jobs and 66 graduated from our Life Skills program.
The grade point average of adult scholarship recipients is 3.3.
In the next 12 months over 500 adults and 125 children will have their lives transformed by this ministry.

StepUP Ministry provides individuals and families with a second chance in life, supporting them in their commitment to be independent, productive members of our community. The StepUP program teaches basic life skills, offers the support of a caring community, provides safe housing, and opens the door for life-sustaining employment. Each person served by StepUP has the capacity to make decisions that lead to self-sufficiency. With your help, that capacity will be realized and lives will be transformed.

Values and Beliefs
As a caring community, StepUP staff, volunteers, and participants are guided by shared values and beliefs.

We witness to and are inspired by a loving God.
We believe that people have the capacity to change their lives.
We value each staff member, volunteer, and participant.
We hold fast to compassion, mutual respect, and a shared hope.
We expect honesty, discipline, and fairness of ourselves and others.
We honor diversity and understand that every individual has a voice.
We understand that collaboration and mutual support are vital to our mission.
We strive to be careful stewards of human and financial resources.
We joyfully celebrate effort and success.