INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF
SOMERSET COUNTY
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INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY
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PROGRAMSPHASE I -- Emergency Shelter - Flynn Day CenterIHN of Somerset County provides emergency shelter, meals, transportation, basic needs, case management, advocacy and referral to homeless families and individual women. Shelter, meals and support are supplied through volunteers at religious congregations throughout the county. Volunteers are trained to provide basic services with support and respect that stresses human dignity. Professional staff supervise the volunteers and provide counseling and skill training to the clients directed at individualized goals and objectives that are identified for clients to reach self-sufficiency. Emergency shelter is provided at the Flynn Center is located in Somerville and houses IHN offices where professional services are provided. It is also the "home" setting for clients during the day, seven days a week. Children go to and from school, parents go to PHASE II -- Transitional Program - Sunrise House The Sunrise House accommodates two families who have prepared themselves for independence in our emergency shelter and are stalled in their search for affordable housing. Families living at Sunrise House continue their case management for eighteen months with professional staff while focusing on their housing search, financial management and daily living skills. In preparation for permanent housing, families at Sunrise House pay the amount of net income that is in accord with Section 8 rental assistance and make a sliding scale contribution toward payment of utilities. IHN is also offering case management support for all clients once they have acquired their own permanent housing. PHASE II -- 18 Month Supported Case Management IHN is also offering case management support for all clients once they have acquired their own permanent housing. In response to an identified gap in service to previously homeless clients, IHN also offers case management for 18 months to help clients maintain independence once they have acquired their own permanent housing having the support to maintain their independence.
PHASE III -- Continuum of Housing With the grant of two project-based Section 8 vouchers for IHNSC our clients may qualify for one of two apartments owned by Trading Post Realty as space permits. We now have the ability to help clients who have started in our Emergency Shelter, have completed their case work to move to Sunrise House and move on to the their own affordable housing -- complete with case management and support services.
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