$36,615 raised by 114 donors
92% complete
$40,000 Goal
This Big Day of Giving, your support helps women and children at Saint John’s find safety, healing, and the tools to create lasting change.
For 40 years, Saint John’s Program for Real Change has helped women and children in our community overcome homelessness, trauma, and addiction and move toward lasting stability.
What began in 1985 as a small shelter on the steps of St. John’s Lutheran Church has grown into one of the region’s most comprehensive programs for women and children in crisis. Today, Saint John’s provides more than immediate relief. We provide the safety, support, and opportunities women need to heal, rebuild confidence, and create a better future for themselves and their children.
At Saint John’s, women find safe housing, nutritious meals, childcare, behavioral health support, case management, education, and workforce development all in one place. Through hands-on job training and wraparound support, families are given the tools they need not just to get by, but to move forward.
2025 Impact at a Glance
Because of supporters like you, women and children in our community are finding stability, healing, and new opportunities for the future.
656 people supported through our programs
569 women and children stayed on our campuses in safe, supportive housing
62% of women and children transitioned into stable housing after Saint John’s
115,093 meals provided
49,074 nights of shelter provided
8,806 hours of childcare provided
4,696 hours of case management provided
236 children served
134 women received one-on-one therapy
This Big Day of Giving, your gift helps make that transformation possible. Your support provides immediate care like shelter, meals, therapy, and childcare, while also investing in the long-term support that helps women and children build stable, independent futures.
Give today and help create real change for women and children in our community.
The mission of Saint John’s Program for Real Change is to provide a safe space for women and children to heal and develop the skills necessary to transform their lives. Our work is guided by a vision to end the generational cycle of trauma and homelessness.
Individual donations are a vital part of sustaining Saint John’s and the life-changing support we provide to women and children every day.
$25 provides educational tools and creative supplies for children
$50 provides a warm blanket, pillow, and sheets for one woman or child
$100 provides 24 hours of safe shelter for a mother and child
$200 provides 108 nutritious meals
$300 provides a mother and child with 24 hours of comprehensive care, including housing, counseling, therapy, parenting support, and childcare
$500 provides two weeks of nurturing childcare for a child
$1,000 provides one month of hands-on employment training for one woman
Organization name
Saint John's Program for Real Change
1985
Mission Category
Human Services
Operating Budget
$5,000,001-$10 million
Organization Need
Funding: Unrestricted, Volunteers, In-Kind Donations, Funding: Program
Demographics Served
Homeless/Underhoused/Unhoused, Low-income individuals/families, Women/Female-identifying
Local Counties Served
Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, Yolo
Address
2443 Fair Oaks Blvd. #369Sacramento, CA, US