Support Grammy's Place, a home for trans women

We opened on October 1, 2023, and are into our second year of operation. We have served 47 people, grown 68 pounds of food, and feed an average of 122 meals to the homeless monthly during outreach.

Many of the residents stayed long enough to save money for whatever their needs where and moved on. While we tend to keep an average of 4 people at the compound on a regular basis, with people coming and going as needed, we see about 6 to 8 additional folks monthly.

We continue to provide transportation, with an average of 7 rides weekly. We have had many group therapy sessions, several safety trainings, and open conversations about our state of affairs as Black Transgender women in the deep south, the current administration's attacks on us, and how we are shifting to keep the doors open, the gardens going, feeding the homeless, and how to keep us safe as it is ever changing.

We are homesteading the property. The therapeutic value of rescue animal care and gardening has been a phenomenal success! The gardens will be extended to the front yard as well as the addition of laying hens in the near future! Rain water collection has begun so we are watering the gardens with natural, un-chlorinated and fluoride free water. No pesticides or artificial fertilizers. We are all organic, and when the hen's are added they will be fed what we grow.

Our clients appreciate the environment and are very participatory with the animals and garden, and our outreach and feeding the homeless.

We provide a list of mental and physical healthcare providers, and other resources and even assistance filling out forms and offer to pay for ID and for folks, or to use the address for secure mail collection.

Survival sex workers and chaotic substance users have found peace and started to move in ways that heal their pains so that they are seeking recovery and finding other avenues to earn an income. Giving them a place to rest, think and reflect has given them the time to hash out their paths and to be on more solid footing. Many moved into their own, bought cars, fixed their credit, started gig work, or found jobs. All took the time to reflect on themselves, not worried about their housing, food or the need to constantly make money to survive.

We have done all this with no government funding or unrealistic restrictions. If it wasn't for support from folks like you, this successful program would still be a dream. For that we are grateful.