Stepping Stones
Joppa House Life Skills Modules

The Joppa House Life Skills curriculum emphasizes the mastery of key basic skills in life. These skills include:

• Childcare
• Personal boundaries
• Cooking
• Housekeeping
• Employment skills
• Scheduling
• Submitting to authority
• Work ethics
• Budgeting
• Finances

We ask that each tenant of Joppa House complete the coaching course to acquire these skills.

Stepping Stones is a curriculum that was developed by a committee consisting of two social workers, a teacher, and our director, Ginger Stevens. The committee outlined the specific needs of the targeted demographic which were consistent with the transitional home visions. Ultimately, the committee determined which life applications to develop to empower women and the knowledge and/or skills they need to become independent and productive citizens in our communities. The end goal of this program is to break the cycles of poverty, dependence on government subsidy, and drug use.

The Stepping Stones curriculum has six “modules,” each containing four units: one unit for each week of the month. Some units may take longer than others to complete. This depends on the depth of the unit and the level of life skills each client has. Stepping Stones is offered as independent study in our programming requirements. Residents will receive a certificate of completion as they accomplish their fulfillment of course objectives. This certificate recognizes their achievement and readiness to move on.