Services Part II
Transitional Housing Program
Homeward Bound developed an intermediate program within the transitional housing program, the Second Step Program. The Second Step Program is designed to provide residents up to an additional 60 days of case management services, shelter, and three meals a day as they take the steps required (to secure employment either full-time or part-time, establish a bank account, and begin to repair credit) to enter either the long term transitional housing program at Emmaus House or secure permanent housing.
The transitional housing program is a fourteen (14) bed unit with the capacity to house up to 5 families. This program is for residents who have secured full-time employment or part-time employment with job training. Participants are required to pay a nominal program fee, establish and maintain a savings plan and bank account, and continue to payoff any outstanding debt.
Upon leaving the transitional program participants are able to move into permanent housing with improved credit, money saved in the bank, and the skills to maintain an improved quality of life. The goal of the transitional housing program is for participants to have eight months to eliminate bad debt from their credit report, acquire money management skills, maintain employment, and get accustomed to paying for housing in the form of program fees, then they will exit Emmaus House with improved credit, money in the bank, steady employment, and prepared to maintain permanent housing in the free non-subsidized housing market.
Life Skills
A guiding principal of Emmaus House program is for families to obtain safe and stable housing while increasing their level of self-sufficiency. Emmaus House program includes three essential life skills components:
- Parenting classes
- Employment readiness
- Money management
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