Every day of the year, The Haven provides a refuge, a place where anyone in a housing crisis can come to find the support and resources they need to survive and exit their crisis. We’re a low-barrier day shelter, vital housing services provider, and main point of entry for our area’s homelessness system of care. Whether serving a healthy breakfast, providing on-site mental and physical healthcare, or preventing a family from experiencing homelessness, we endeavor to make all we do accountable to a healthy housing outcome. The Haven’s mission is to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring for our neighbors.
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In FY25, The Haven is pleased to share that we welcomed 462 unique individuals to our Day Shelter, where we provided respite care, a healthy meal, and supportive services to every person, free of charge to them, during each of the 28,000 visits over those 365 days of operation. Our housing assistance programs helped 342 individuals (including 59 children under 18 years old) exit or avoid homelessness, including a family of 7 individuals, all under the age of 22 years old, who came to experience homelessness through sudden and tragic circumstances. The Haven’s team met with the head of household on Friday and they were housed by Tuesday, preventing them from experiencing street-based homelessness and supporting them during their time of crisis.
Additionally, a Day Shelter guest shared how The Haven has made a difference in their life. They shared how they were “welcomed in the Day Shelter with open arms” and they’ve since been housed through the foster youth cohort of a Haven housing program. They shared that they were supported as soon as they walked in the doors of the Day Shelter and provided the feedback that in our Day Shelter, we treat people like human beings, not just situations or circumstances. We are grateful for their feedback and The Haven remains committed to upholding our value of radical hospitality and working to provide humanizing and relational experiences, often not available to people experiencing homelessness.