Stenton Family Manor

sad , it hasnt changed since the 1960's when it was a home for good children that lost their parents or were abuse by parents or lost their home to a house fire etc,,,us kids would get beat and treated like prisoners and talked to like we were nothing or worthless . there was even a room in the cherokee unit that was a lock up,like in the hole in jails.

Enjoy doing missions here. Staff really care. Friendly & Family oriented. Love coming to give a little more HOPE. #H4TV

Open 24 hrs but won't take no one in, that there a p Process that I have to go through and I have to go down to 14th street told by the security guard

The front desk staff is friendly. If you feel led to give or donate to them, please call and ask what they need first!

The weekend supervisor stole my husbands personal care products. On our last day their I came back from work to find our stuff packed up. That’s not a problem, but the weekend supervisor that packed our things didn’t pack up our personal care items. Such as bath items, hair product, body lotions. Etc. also we didn’t receive our important information out of the room such as. Birth certificates, Social Security Cards and marriage license for my family. We only recover our clothes and my daughters toys.
Other wise the stay their was nice. It’s unfortunate that leaving this shelter actually set the family back.

I spent 4yrs.. count em 4yrs in this facility when I arrived my son was graduating 8th grade when I left he was going into his senior yr of high school! The facility in itself needs some repairs definitely new wiring and new paint throughout, the bathrooms need to be updated but the individual rooms most families receive are ok some have heating that works some don't, in the summer same with the air, the food is mediocre but hey it's a shelter can't expect 5star cuisine, the staff mostly are on power trips and can be condescending and cruel especially if they for whatever reason don't like you and your family it can be like high school very clicky their are certain staff who go above and beyond to assist families the number one being Ms.Angie Baker & Ms.Lisa (front desk daily a.m.) other than them its up to each adult in the families to maintain their composure when getting challenged by others that includes peers and staff, after four yrs I received 1 yr rent payment from rapid rehousing after that I was on my own financially and that was in the middle of the pandemic so I really couldn't get no support because most businesses including (Pha & HUD) were closed, I was able to via my own moxie and a wonderful group of women to secure a emergency housing voucher via the Philadelphia housing authority ported it out to Montgomery County where thank god finally I reside permanently with the ongoing housing voucher, thanks to SFM the supportive few staff and the rest may God have mercy on you & everyone be blessed 🫶🏿🙏🏿‼️💯

This place seems like a shelter renovated from a prison you got to bring in everything yourself soap, toilet paper and detergent the rules are fair Monday-thursday curfew is at 9 on the weekends the curfew is at 11 the food is ok events also happen here too with lots of opportunitys to get daily essentials