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  Our mission is to help women and their families develop stable, independent, and productive lives by providing shelter, structure, and strength to embrace the future.  
  Located in a former convent in Rochester’s 19th Ward neighborhood, Sojourner House provides transitional housing for women in crisis who are committed to rebuilding their lives. Here, women and their children live for up to six months. Sojourner House provides shelter and basic needs such as food, personal care products, laundry facilities, bed linens and towels.  
  Safe shelter is only the beginning of what Sojourner House offers. A structured schedule, shared household responsibilities, family-style dinners and enforced accountability (e.g. drug testing, room inspections), all contribute to the formation of lasting habits that can lead to the changing of lives.  
  Most of all, Sojourner House offers an opportunity to develop strength of spirit. Intensive case management is given by a caring staff, who provide one-on-one counseling and crisis intervention, assistance in setting goals, referrals to area agencies and recovery programs, support and encouragement, and so much more. A community living environment, community meetings and support groups facilitate residents drawing strength from each other in their own recovery. Intensive life skills training is also a mandatory part of the program and prepares women to succeed in the long-term. Each woman will take 75+ credit hours of instruction during her stay, in subjects such as parenting skills, money management, and household organization as well as more extracurricular classes such as yoga, creative art and quilting.