Programs
With more than 40% of Americans a $400 expense away from financial distress, the threat of crisis looms closely for too many.
We provide a variety of strategies to ensure the people we serve do not fall into the cycle of housing instability.
Prevention is the lifeline to stabilize housing for those who are at risk of becoming homeless.
Anchors to Stay Prevention Program
Eligible program participants must go through our screening process, providing all required documentation, and demonstrate a temporary financial need. The program provides short-term financial assistance to stabilize individuals facing a short-term financial crisis.
Casting Lifelines Referral Program
Every phone call, whether eligible for our programs or not, is screened and matched with services and resources available locally in the community. A volunteer or staff is available to help cast you in the right direction.
Daymark Shelter Program
We offer hospitality to families experiencing homelessness through our innovative shelter model that is used all throughout this country — using existing space like congregations and volunteers motivated by compassion.
We serve families of all compositions (grandparents, single parents, dual families, and yes even their PETS) often providing their only shelter option.
And it works.
On average, 88% of the people served in our shelter program secure housing within three months. Because of the depth of services and community support, families stay housed. Our prevention and stabilization services increase that impact.
HOW IT WORKS
The resources are already there. In the community, there are congregations and organizations that can provide space in their buildings to serve as temporary homes. We partner with over 20 host sites currently in which families are given their own private space to sleep. Our Day Center is a home-like atmosphere where families can have an address, take showers, do laundry, receive programming, and look for housing and jobs. With volunteers giving their time, making meals, and sharing hospitality, family homelessness is addressed without the creation of expensive shelters.
These volunteers are the core of the program. They share food, spend the night, play with children and lend their passion and expertise to help families get back on their feet. They prove that motivated people can solve family homelessness. And, in the process, they truly create “home” – and a community – for families who have no place left to turn.
