Suffolk House Emegency Shelter - Shelter For Homeless Families

400 Finney Avenue
Suffolk, VA 23434

757-934-1353

Class of Housing/Services: Shelter for Homeless Families

General Information:
F.O.R.-Kids Shelter for Homeless Families. Up to 20 families with 40 children live in ForKids Emergency Shelters each day.  In the shelters service teams work with each family to identify emergency needs, develop service plans to address those needs, and find solutions to critical housing barriers such as landlord debt, housing judgments and utility debt.  Families may stay in emergency shelter for up to 120 days as they gain essential skills and work toward self-sufficiency.  79% of the families leaving Haven House and Suffolk House exited to permanent or transitional housing.

Helpful Definitions For Suffolk House Emegency Shelter - Shelter For Homeless Families:
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.

How To Volunteer at Suffolk House Emegency Shelter - Shelter For Homeless Families:
Be a volunteer. Call Suffolk House Emegency Shelter - Shelter For Homeless Families at 757-934-1353 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 'Suffolk House Emegency Shelter - Shelter For Homeless Families' directly at: 757-934-1353

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