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BY KAITLYNN HUTCHINS
The Gatehouse helps single moms with program o erings As soon as single mothers step through the gates of The Gatehouse in Grapevine, their family is given a place to call home, Program Director Chelsea Hinman said. The Gatehouse, a 501(c)(3) nonpro t, was started in 2015 with the goal of helping single moms become self-su cient. The organization supports moms by providing them with a rent-free apartment and child care while they complete either the career track or the education track. The background The career track was the only program o ered before an education track was added in March. Hinman said they noticed a desire among mothers applying for the program to go to school. “It wasn’t so much, ‘I need to get back on my feet in a career’; it was, ‘my career was furloughed as a result of COVID[-19], or my paycheck is no longer a ording what I need, so I’m needing to go back to school to increase my earning potential,’” Hinman said. While in the career track, single mothers work full time while building stability and the skills needed to keep supporting themselves after the program ends, according to the program details. The education track is for moms with two or less years left in an undergraduate or master’s degree program at a campus located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Mothers attend college as full-time students and receive a monthly stipend to pur- chase food and other necessities so they can focus on being a student.
Wade Parker, chief development o cer, and Chelsea Hinman, program director, run nonpro t The Gatehouse.
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A chapel is located on The Gatehouse’s grounds, which is open for residents of all faiths to worship.
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