Volunteers of America Housing and Transitional Services understands the impact and devastation of homelessness on families and children. We believe in housing families as quickly as possible, then addressing the issues that caused the family to become homeless in the first place. This "Housing First" philosophy motivates staff and family members to look for solutions and tackle apparently insurmountable barriers in order to stay in housing. 

Read Kim Wennig’s story, and learn how we use innovative tools, in this case a ’self-sufficiency matrix’ - industry jargon for a concrete accounting of progress, to help individuals and families live the life they deserve.

The benefits go beyond the people we help

Volunteers of America is impacting the community by making a real difference in the lives of the people we serve, empowering and inspiring them to do what it takes to get a better life and become self-sufficient. The adults in our families earn educational degrees or vocational certificates and become valuable members of the workforce, contributing to our region’s economic development. Many will no longer need government subsidies in order to survive. Children of successful parents do better in school, learn their own lessons of self-sufficiency, and are less likely to live in poverty as adults.

EVERYONE - especially a child - should have a safe place to sleep at night

Every family, every child, every citizen of our community.  We offer a range of services and prioritize homeless prevention.  It creates much less disruption and anxiety on the family involved, and frankly costs the community much, much less than the alternative.  To that end, we offer:

• rent and mortgage assistance
• deposit loans
• I.D.A. collaborative savings match program

However, if a family finds themselves homeless - and if they qualify to be the 1 out of 5 families that can actually find available emergency housing resources - then we can offer:

• Emergency shelter services, up to 90 days
• Transitional housing services, up to two years
• Intensive case management, which offers individualized family service plans for EACH household we work with

Questions or need more information?  Please email us or call 425-259-3191.