Hagar's House

Hagar’s House is a sanctuary for women and children in New Orleans that provides an open and empowering residential community, resource coordination and a safe space to transition into sustainable housing.

We are a program of First Grace United Methodist Church and of the non-profit First Grace Community Alliance. Our community and services are open to those in need without regard to race, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, national origin, age or gender identity.

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Hagar’s House offers:

• A beautiful, clean, safe place to rest and call home
• An open and empowering space that welcomes women, children and those who identify as transgender
• An intentional community that is actively engaged in undoing the root causes of poverty
• Holistic programming focused on physical health, emotional/spiritual health and social justice
• A Capacity Building partnership where residents meet weekly with staff to set their own long and short-term goals and to determine their own path for meeting those goals
• A savings program in which working residents save 70% of their income, ideally $3,000 at the time of moving out
• Healthy food and space to plant in a community garden