Mercy Education Project creates a learning community that serves women and girls to position them for success.

MEP's programming serves two groups. Girls in grades 2 through 12 receive one-to-one tutoring, STEAM enrichment, college and career readiness, and more. Women receive adult basic education, GED preparation, and workforce development. Over 60 volunteers give an hour or more each week, and every service is free, including transportation to those who qualify.

Mercy Education Project believes in the values shared by MEP’s founders, the Sisters of Mercy:

• Works of Mercy

• Community

• Service

• Social Justice and the 5 Critical Concerns

Our work carries on a tradition begun in 1827, when Catherine McAuley opened the first House of Mercy to offer women and girls shelter, education, and a way forward. We began as a tutoring program serving 14 girls. Today we help hundreds of women and girls each year.