PADUA Path

Committed to building a world where no one is left behind, where everyone has the opportunity to learn, create and contribute. 

Welcome!

We’re so glad you’re here

At Padua National, we know ending poverty is possible — and that it takes bold, compassionate, and research-driven solutions to make it happen.

Together

We’re walking alongside individuals as they build brighter, more stable futures, and we know lasting change happens when services are backed by research and guided by the voices of those we serve.

Explore!

As you explore Padua Path, we invite you to lean into this work, grow your skills, and join a community committed to creating opportunity and dignity for every person.

Our mission is clear:

to use research-based and client-led approaches to end poverty by empowering people to achieve personal and economic stability and reach their Bigger, Brighter Future.

And our vision is bold:

to become the new norm in poverty-ending solutions by sharing our research-based, client-led approach with service providers across the nation.
Your learning, your rules

Let’s walk this path, and end poverty, together.

Evidence Based and Research Backed

Join Padua, a rigorously tested model with proven outcomes in housing stability, employment, health, and financial resilience, evaluated by Notre Dame’s LEO.

Expert Training and Ongoing Support

Receive hands on onboarding, biweekly Skills and Techniques training, and continuous coaching to deliver consistent, high-quality service.

Sustainable and Mission Aligned

Launch with multiyear funding and tailored budgets, and become part of a national movement dedicated to walking with families toward Bigger, Brighter Futures.
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TESTIMONIALS

Don't just take our word for it...

With Padua’s support, I found stability, first with a job and then with a home. But Padua was more than just finding a job and a house; it was about rebuilding my confidence and dreams. I rediscovered my passion for event planning and catering, something I’d always loved but never pursued as a career. With Padua’s encouragement, I enrolled in culinary arts training and began building my own business.
LISA
Padua helped me find a home and paid my rent a couple of times to help me be able to save. I probably saved almost $10,000 in a year. It lasted a long time because I was adding my paycheck on top of what I already saved. And I’ve never in my life been able to do that, like never. This is the nicest place I’ve ever lived in my life. And it’s mine. And everything in it is mine. And that’s huge to me.
Jasmine
Without Catholic Charities Fort Worth, we would still be stuck in a cycle of renting and living paycheck to paycheck,” Amilia continued. “Now, my husband makes $27 an hour and manages his own crew, I was promoted to Supervisor at CVS, we’ve almost paid off our truck and we have a home.
AMELIA
YANGEL
DIANA
ANA
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What makes us different

Padua is revolutionary in its individualized, evidence-based approach to ending poverty. 

Free from time-bound, transactional case management, Padua believes that our Clients are EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN LIVES. We utilize PERSONALIZED, JUDGEMENT-FREE METHODS to end a person's poverty, for good.
Whether our Clients' goals are landing a job or completing their education, our TWO-PERSON TEAMS MEET CLIENTS WHERE THEY’RE AT, walking alongside them to provide emotional and resource support every step of the way.
Padua equips people in poverty with the tools they need to PLAN FOR THE FUTURE and COPE WITH THE UNEXPECTED. In doing so, our Clients experience IMPROVED FINANCIAL WELL-BEING, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS.

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Join us and let's battle poverty together!
Thank you!