Lutheran Social Services - Riverside Area Office

3772 Taft Street
Riverside, CA 92503

(951)656-6020 Visit Website

Class of Housing/Services: permanent supportive housing, comprehensive case management

General Information:
LSS Riverside has moved this year from transitional housing to permanent supportive housing, comprehensive case management and continues servicing critical needs such as food, clothing and transportation vouchers. We house the chronically homeless at Genesis House, provide outreach services that assist with mortgage/rental assistance and transportation. We also assist them with obtaining legal California identification, Social Security benefits, medical, mental and dental attention, and much more. Our exclusive attention in Riverside is on low-income households and the homeless.

Website: http://www.lsssc.org/

Helpful Definitions For Lutheran Social Services - Riverside Area Office:
Transitional housing is affordable supportive housing designed to provide housing and appropriate support services to persons who are homeless or who are close to homelessness. The transition is to help them be more self sufficient to move towards independent living on their own. Transitional housing locations are oftentimes called Halfway Houses. The naming of the two (Halfway House OR Transitional House) is oftentimes interchangeable.

Many Transitional Housing programs are subsidized and are income based. Income based transitional housing generally charges 30% of your income for rent when you do have income. Contact the transitional housing facility to see if this applies.

Services provided at transitional housing facilities varies from substance abuse treatment, to psychological assistance, job training, domestic violence assistance, etc. The assistance provided varies, but it is generally affordable and low cost housing. Read the descriptions of each of the transitional living locations for more detailed information. Transitional housing facilities also may or may not assist with alcohol and/or drug substance abuse treatment.Supportive Housing Programs that provide an alternative living arrangement for individuals who, because of age, disability, substance abuse, mental illness, chronic homelessness or other circumstances, are unable to live independently without care, supervision and/or support to help them in the activities of daily living; or who need access to case management, housing support, vocational, employment and other services to transition to independent living.



How To Volunteer at Lutheran Social Services - Riverside Area Office:
Be a volunteer. Call Lutheran Social Services - Riverside Area Office at (951)656-6020 for current volunteer work opportunities.

As A General Note About ShelterListings.org Listings:
ShelterListings.org does our best to provide listings that are free of cost. Many of the homeless shelters and services are free of charge. Some do charge small fees. We always urge the users of our website to visit the websites of the providers listed, OR give them a phone call to find out complete details.

In furtherance; Halfway Houses, Transitional Housing, and Substance Abuse Treatment Centers for the most part charge a fee. Most of the substance abuse resources we provide are low cost, Medicaid or sliding scale fee. We provide as much information as possible on the website of these locations.

Rooming and Boarding Houses do charge fees. We list them where we find them. They are a nice low cost option for housing.

If you need assistance call 'Lutheran Social Services - Riverside Area Office' directly at: (951)656-6020

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