Our House Family Shelter

The Our House Family Temporary Housing Program serves children and their parents, as well as single women. The program’s goal is to move families and single women from homelessness into safe, stable and affordable housing.

 

The program includes room and board plus the following supportive services:

• Mandatory Case Management Services
• Savings Plan
• Psycho-Social Counseling
• Housing Outreach and Assistance
• Employment Assistance
• Life Skills Training
• Referrals to and Assistance Securing Mainstream Benefits
• Tutoring for the Children
• Transportation
•  Emergency On-Site Child Care

All services are provided at no cost to our clients.

 

The outcomes for this program include:

1) Increasing income through employment or mainstream benefits

2) Saving at least $1,000

3) Reaching at least 75% of established individual goals.

3) Securing and maintaining safe and affordable housing for at least four months after exiting the program

 

During the recent program year 90% of Our House clients moved into permanent housing and 85% left the program with employment. For more information, contact the Housing Office at 909-622-3806, x.106.

Individual volunteer opportunities include tutoring, homework help, assisting with eligibility screening, and data entry. Group volunteer opportunities include play dates for the children, providing meals on the weekends, occasional sprucing up of the shelter. For more information on volunteering, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at 909-622-3806, x. 108.