First Place

Vision Statement: Hope, Home, and Education for every child, one family at a time. Mission Statement:First Place serves families in crisis by providing excellent culturally competent education, housing and support services enabling families to achieve permanent stability. First Place was incorporated in February 1989 and opened its doors that same year to 5 homeless children on the morning of April 10th. At that time, if you did not have a permanent address, you could not register for school. First Place was started to address that need in the community. The first full school year began in September of 89.

First Place is a private, non-profit school and social service agency devoted to empowering families and their children to achieve self-sufficiency through education and wraparound services.

We offer the following services provided by a skilled and caring team of professional:

1. Education in a classroom setting for early learning through 1st grade including assessments and evaluation.

2.  Case Management and social services to empower children and their families.

3.  Basic services such as food, clothing, transportation and health/mental health screening and referrals.

4.  Services to facilitate the student's placement and transition into the most appropriate classroom setting.