Emergency Shelter

We average 200 clients

sleeping in the emergency shelter each night. During colder months, the men served at the shelter averages about 250. We turn no one away if they need assistance.

The Emergency Shelter operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Each month on average, the Shelter provides 6,000 nights of lodging and the Jacobs Hope Cafeteria serves 12,000 meals. Many volunteers help serve the meals, and clients also participate in work crews in the kitchen.

Typically, homeless individuals don’t have access to regular health care. That means two things: they develop health problems that become compounded by years of neglect, and their health problems help keep them homeless.

The Healthfirst staff treats an average of 500 clients each month at the Hyde Hope Health Clinic. Health Clinic nurses also educate them on health care issues, helping prevent future health problems.

Each client has a Caseworker to connect them with the services they may need. It could be an assist to find a job, working through a language barrier, or just connecting them with services from which they could be receiving assistance. Caseworkers work directly with clients in the Emergency Shelter. The Hope Center Emergency Shelter is for adult males only. Women and families may obtain shelter from the Salvation Army on West Main Street.