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The Clara White Mission was founded in 1904, but traces its origins to 1880s Jacksonville where former slave, Clara English White fed hungry neighbors from her two-room house on Clay street. Over the years her daughter, nationally recognized humanitarian Dr. Eartha M. M. White, molded the labor of love into a thriving social agency.


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Housing Program

Transitional HousingThe goal of the Clara White Mission housing program is to move homeless participants to permanent housing and independent living within 24 months. Residents are required to:


• Be working and/or in school.

• Participate in case-management and life-skills classes.

• Complete a mental-health assessment and engage in mental-health counseling as indicated.

• Complete a health assessment with the nurse.

• Maintain sobriety and participate in substance-abuse education classes and support groups, as required.


During fiscal year 2006-07, 85 people were housed, with one percent remaining in housing for less than one month. Twenty percent were with us from one-to-two months, 51% from three-to-six months, 17% from seven-to-twelve months, and 11% were enrolled for more than 13 months.