You Partner.
We Support.
Women Heal.
Together we empower women and children to heal, grow, and thrive.
Together We Change What Is Possible
WHY THE CHURCH
Poiema exists at move women and children from brokenness to restoration through Christ-centered transitional living and support. We do that through housing, trauma recovery, life skills, job readiness, and spiritual formation because we believe that every person is designed with value and made for purpose as God’s poiema.
The local church is our most natural partner in that work. You pray. You serve. You give. You amplify. And when a woman in your congregation faces homelessness, domestic violence, substance use, or reentry after incarceration — needs that may exceed what your congregation can support — Poiema is your resource. We provide the high-structure, wraparound care that empowers her to rebuild with dignity, purpose, and hope.
“Resilience is not the absence of breaking. It is what you build from the pieces.”
—Tiffany Barber, Executive Director
What we build together
What the church provides: Prayer, volunteer support, financial partnership, and a community for a woman to belong to after the program ends.
What Poiema provides: High-structure residential care, trauma recovery, housing, transportation, life skills, job readiness, and wraparound accountability in a Christ-centered community.
Together we do what neither can do alone. A woman who is housed, healed, and held by a community that empowers her to restore her life.
WHAT WE BRING
How Poiema Shows Up for Partner Churches
We Answer Hard Questions
When someone walks through your doors in crisis and you are not sure what to do next, call us. We will help you discern next steps and recommend resources.
We Accept Referrals from Anywhere
When a woman in your congregation needs more than the church can give, Poiema is your next call. We accept referrals regardless of where she lives. Learn more about our admission criteria here.
We Make the Mission Visible
Invite Poiema to speak at your Sunday service or a special event. We give your congregation a chance to hear directly from the women whose lives have been restored.
HOW TO PARTNER
Five Ways to Get Involved
Pray
What It Looks Like
Set a 2:10 PM daily alarm. Invite your congregation to pray for the women and children at Poiema at that moment every day.
What it Produces
A congregation connected to the mission every single day, whether they ever visit or not.
Serve
What It Looks Like
Host a Serve Day, prepare a meal, organize a supply drive, or bless residents for a birthday, graduation, or Christmas.
What it Produces
A congregation that serves alongside Poiema doesn't just meet needs. They leave changed by what they witnessed.
Give
What It Looks Like
A one-time offering, a mission budget allocation, or a monthly support. Every gift sponsors a resident journey.
What it Produces
Women who stay long enough to actually heal. Sustainable care for families who have nowhere else to turn.
Refer
What It Looks Like
When a woman in your congregation needs more than the church can give, call Poiema. We accept referrals from anywhere.
What it Produces
Women who get the long-term structured support they need. And a pastor who knows exactly where to send her.
Amplify
What It Looks Like
Every voice that joins ours is a woman who finds her way home. Invite Poiema to speak. Share our story. Be the reason she finds us.
What it Produces
A wider community that knows Poiema exists and gives, serves, and refers when the moment comes.
Witness the Impact
Curious about what transformation actually looks like? Take five minutes and meet Melissa. Once a resident, today she serves on our staff, scheduling the volunteers and logistics that keep Poiema running every day. Her story is not an exception. It is the point.
GETTING STARTED
What Saying Yes Looks Like
Three steps. No committee. Just a clear path from conversation to connection.
01
Come to Be Our Guest
Experience Poiema firsthand. Meet the team, hear the stories, ask every question. This is where most partnerships begin.
02
Have the Conversation
A 30-minute Zoom with Tiffany or our development team. We will listen, share what partnership looks like, and help you find your lane
03
Choose Your Impact
No pressure. No minimum. Just a commitment to show up in the way your congregation is best positioned to. We take it from there.
BE OUR GUEST
The First Step Is an Invitation
Come and see what God is doing. Be Our Guest is an open door for any church leader who wants to understand the mission before they commit to it. One invitation. One visit. One partnership that invites your congregation to make it possible.