GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
Oasis The mission of Oasis is to
poverty line ($26,200 annual
address the challenges of
change the lives of women and
income for a family of four).
living in poverty. Our education
children by breaking the cycle of
Many Paterson residents
programs include GED,
poverty through compassionate
are Black, Latinos, or recent
ESL, Computer Training, Job
programs designed to feed,
migrants to the United States,
Readiness and Citizenship, as
clothe, educate and empower
and they suffer poverty at higher
well as fully academic after-
women and children in need
rates than average.
school programs for children
in Paterson. Paterson is a city
and teens. We provide meals in
of 150,000 people, one third
Oasis provides holistic services
our soup kitchen, food pantry
of whom live at or below the
to help women and children
packages, diapers and personal
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