The Servant Center, Inc was established in 1996 after a couple of years as an Episcopal street-outreach serving low-income and disabled under a federal grant with the Social Security Administration. As a result of working with disabled homeless in hospitals, shelters and on the street, The Servant Center, in 1996, founded the first transitional respite housing program in Greensboro and named the program, Servant House. That program expanded its two-year transitional program in 2005 to include five hospice beds for the terminally ill Veterans, collaborating with Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro and Veterans Affairs. After several years with difficulties in finding permanent housing for graduates of the Servant House, the Servant Center founded the first permanent housing program with supportive services in 2004 and dedicated it as Glenwood housing. That program with supportive services, helps individuals remain in permanent housing. Glenwood Housing II is now in the planning stages and will be a collaborative effort with Habitat for Humanity to add 12-24 additional apartments. Other programs of The Servant Center includes the Grocery Assistance Program and Pantry which serves more than 1000 people each month and includes a monthly food bag delivery program to low-income elderly. The Disability Assistance Program dates back to a 1997 contract with Cone Health System that provides assistance with the application process for entitlements through the Social Security Administration.

The Servant Center works and serves in the Glenwood Community with the Glenwood Neighborhood Association with a community garden and partners with UNCG in maintaining and improving the neighborhood parks. The Servant Center has long been an advocate and consensus builder with other nonprofit's in developing the Homeless Prevention Coalition of Guilford county and participates in the 10 Year Plan to End (Chronic) Homelessness.

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