Programs

Emergency Shelter

The Emergency Shelter provides homeless adults and families temporary shelter and meals.  On-site programs, Shelter staff, and community volunteers help clients access resources for independent living.  The program emphasis is to help clients set short-term goals that will equip them for relocation into a stable environment upon exiting the Shelter.  Maximum length of occupancy is four months with options extending to ten months for eligible program participants.

• 78-bed capacity: 50 men, 28 women and children (housed separately) filled on a first come, first served basis
• Structured communal living arrangement including assigned chores
• 24-hour staffing, open seven days per week
• Crisis intervention
• Specific referral processes exist for hospital patient discharges and inmate releases
• Case management assessment involving community resource networking with the Employment Security Commission, Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Work First, Legal Services, Mental Health services, Social Security Administration, Public Health services and others.