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Emergency Shelter
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Gillespie
Center: IHA
maintains 15
beds for men in
this emergency
shelter that
generally
operates at over
100% capacity.
IHA also
provides social
services and
casework in this
24-hour
facility.
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Hoskins’
Place: This
4-bed emergency
shelter for
women is next
door to the
men’s facility
and offers the
same services.
The shelter
continues to
operate at
capacity.
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Bacharach
Community:
Located on
Wassell Lane in
Westport; these
three homes
provide
emergency
shelter for up
to four
families. These
mothers and
their children
are in need of
safe emergency
housing and
caseworker
assistance.
Housing
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Homes With Hope:
This is IHA’s initial
program providing
permanent affordable
supportive housing.
Formerly homeless,
mentally ill individuals
and families live with a
lease in independent
housing. They receive
support from
professionally trained
service coordinators.
IHA currently operates
eight apartments in our
model program.
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The Westport Rotary
Centennial House:
IHA is in the process of
developing 6 units of
permanent affordable
supportive housing on
their property at 10
West End Avenue in
Westport allowing the
agency to progress
towards the long-range
goal of 50 additional
units.
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Linxweiler House: This
facility provides
transitional housing for
employed clients in recovery
who demonstrate a strong
desire to change their lives
significantly. They may stay
up to one year in this
self-governing environment.
Food
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Community Kitchen: IHA
operates the Community Kitchen at the Gillespie
Center and serves 30,000
meals annually. Volunteers
from numerous organizations
in our community take turns
preparing lunches and
dinners; breakfast is always
available through the
resources of our Food
Pantry.
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Food Pantry: IHA maintains a
Food Pantry at the Gillespie
Center that is supplied by a
variety of food collection
and donation drives in
Westport and surrounding
Fairfield County.
Training
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PRIDE: An intensive
employment-readiness program
for men and women with
significant barriers to
employment, including mental
illness, substance abuse or
homelessness. This highly
structured training program
teaches job seeking skills
and workplace expectations,
builds self-esteem and
explores potential
employment opportunities.
Mentoring
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Women’s Interfaith Network
(WIN): A program designed to
support IHA clients and
other women at risk who are
struggling to create stable
and self-sufficient lives.
Through weekly one-on-one
meetings, trained volunteer
mentors under the
supervision of an IHA
program director, offer
compassion, guidance and
friendship, fostering
confidence and
self-reliance.
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