Workforce Development

Willie, pictured with his brother at the festive graduation! A proud grandfather and proud man, though Willie W. found himself without a home, he took every opportunity that came his way and enrolled in the Workforce Development Program at Camillus…

Orlando Sanchez’s path to stability has been a strenuous one. More than 25 years ago, Sanchez arrived in Atlanta for a job at a Thai restaurant with a plan to save and send money to his struggling family in Costa…

Camillus House is a temporary place for clients to come and find help to get their life back on track. Once that goal is achieved, what then? The next step is CamillusYOUniversity (CamYOU) for short, an expansion of Camillus House’s…

Becoming homeless in late 2019 came as a complete shock to Xiomara who with four children and with another one on the way, this one a high-risk pregnancy, it meant she couldn’t work. Her abusive partner at the time left…

With an estimated 3,400 people living on the street in 2022, on Give Miami Day Camillus House wants to inspire you to help us serve Miami-Dade’s homeless. Since the pandemic began, life became more difficult for many Miamians, especially for…

He was only six in 2007, but Lorenzo A. still remembers the nine-hour trip to Miami. He recalls piling into the car with his mother and three sisters and heading south. “My mom was trying to get away from my…

MIAMI, FLA – Today, Camillus House recognizes its 62nd Anniversary of serving homeless persons in Miami-Dade County. In 1960, Brother Mathias Barrett, founder of Camillus House, came to Miami and responded to a need to aid Cuban immigrants arriving in…

Apartment Investment and Management Company, a diversified real estate investment company, has pledged $1,000,000 to Miami-based Camillus House to support expanded workforce development programs. In discussions with Miami’s civic and community leaders it became clear that despite a strong job market, many of Miami’s…

For all the disruption it’s caused, the pandemic hasn’t stopped a successful kitchen-cook training program. Initiated less than four years ago, the joint project between Camillus House and Miami-Dade College has already produced good fruit. Many who were once homeless…

For individuals at Camillus House, the path out of homelessness is not under construction. It is in construction thanks to the support of community partners SE Overtown Park West CRA, Community Awareness Construction Services, and Florida International University’s Moss…