Welcome to Perseverance Home For Nurturing Girls
Get involved and Let's make our community a better place!
About Us
Mission
Perseverance Home For Nurturing Girls operates as a non – profit, approved 501c3. A community based organization with a focus on rerouting the youth trauma, with a goal of healing and growth on a community level. With the support of trauma informed professionals, Perseverance Home For Nurturing Girls mission is to provide Permanency Housing and supportive services to displaced female youth, and Respite housing for female youth in foster care.
Founder/CEO: Ms. Jovan Simmons BA, M.P.A
Jovan was born and raised in Chicago, she has engaged in community outreach for 20 years. Currently she serves as a Juvenile Detention Center Officer, providing care for girls ages 11-19 in a detained setting. Jovan not only noticed but have experienced the patterns that were unfavorable and emotionally, physically, and mentally damaging to under-served female youth entering the Juvenile Justice System. Jovan sought to create a safe environment by building Perseverance Home For Nurturing Girls.
How We're Helping
Perseverance Home For Nurturing Girls goal is to protect, nurture and educate Chicago's most vulnerable and under-served female youth. Perseverance aims to challenge poverty, child abuse and homelessness with proven methods, tools and curriculum. Perseverance was built with great ambitions, to support the needs of under-served youth utilizing a holistic approach. This approach embodies the teaching of skills, economics, literacy, healthy relationship building, and Cognitive Behavior Interventions. Please Join us in rebuilding our female youth lives.
Get Involved
Are you passionate about what we're doing? Let us know! We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision a reality. We'll help you find a way to volunteer that best suits you. We're excited to have you join the team!
Thank You
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.