Each household is works with a support specialist who serves as a consultant, guiding residents through their transition from homelessness. Support specialists advocate for residents when needed and are a link to government agencies, doctors, schools, and other resources. Additional support services include:

Ploughshares Nursery job training program

• Employment Services
  Locating and retaining fulfilling employment with a living wage is a critical step on the path out of homelessness and poverty. Recognizing the importance of overcoming barriers to employment as central to residents’ efforts to become self-sufficient, APC created the onsite Career Path Employment Program. Career Path builds on a continuum of strategies that begin with referral and continue through employment, including: Assessment and Individualized Employment Plans, Vocational Training and Education, Job Readiness, Job Search, On-the-Job Training, Job Placement and Job Retention.
  
• Life Skills Development
  APC staff and partnering agencies provide training and workshops in financial education, budgeting, account set-up, housekeeping and locating permanent housing.
• Mental Health
  APC’s staff of counselors is dedicated to listening and providing a safe environment for residents to address mental health concerns and celebrate personal successes. In addition to one-on-one counseling, APC offers couples counseling, children and youth counseling, family counseling, assessments, education and referrals.
• Substance Abuse Counseling
  APC provides education and support to residents with chemical addictions to improve life skills and stability, maintain housing and improve quality of life.
• Children and Youth Services
  Like the adults in their families, APC resident children and youth are rebuilding their lives after a period of homelessness and trauma. Some have recently reunified with their families after a period of foster care or separation; all have been impacted by poverty, domestic violence, disabilities or mental illness in their families. APC Children and Youth Services provide focused activities that support physical and emotional safety, encourage positive life skills, promote creativity and learning, and nurture self-esteem of resident children and youth. While adults receive support services, their children participate in parallel activities in a nearby youth room.