Interfaith Works' Homeless Services provide shelter, critical case management and therapeutic programs for homeless adults in Montgomery County, MD through the following programs:

SHELTERS

Wilkins Avenue Women's Shelters (Sophia House and Community Based Shelter)

• Sophia House Assessment Center for Women
  Sophia House is a 30-bed short-term emergency shelter for homeless women who struggle with issues related to mental illness, substance abuse, trauma and long-term disabilities. The Case Manager at Sophia House provides a clinical assessment and helps the women connect appropriately with housing, medical, mental health and social services that enable them to work towards recovery and self-sufficiency. Over 150 women are served here each year.
  
  
• Community Based Shelter
  The Community Based Shelter (CBS) provides transitional housing in a shelter environment for single adult women already committed to changing their lives with the support of mental health, medical, and therapeutic programs. Many residents are involved in education and job training programs, or may indeed have jobs. CBS provides the case management structure necessary to help residents recover and move to permanent housing. This 30-bed facility serves close to 80 women annually.

Carroll House

Carroll House provides transitional housing in a shelter environment for homeless men. This 32-bed facility offers housing, case management and counseling to help residents gain independent living skills. The shelter also provides breakfast and dinner for the men as well as access to kitchen and laundry facilities. IW helps prepare the men to transition out of the shelter environment by providing case management, vocational counseling, job training, and a range of therapies. Staff also identify appropriate services for residents with disabilities or other issues.

Volunteers provide ALL the meals at these three shelters, over 21,000 dinners each year. Every night, holidays included, volunteers join with residents to serve food and friendship. Congregations, corporate teams, scouts, students, seniors and families provide this special sustenance for their neighbors in need. More than food is served with the knowledge that the community cares is nourishment in itself for residents of these shelters.


DAY PROGRAMS

Community Vision

Walking through the doors of Community Vision is the first step homeless clients take to recover from unstable lives. Located at Progress Place, just off Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring, Community Vision provides case management, job training, vocational services, substance abuse programs, recreational and therapeutic groups. The case management team concentrates on full clinical assessments and referrals for housing, mental health and substance abuse treatment. Community Vision is a day program however provides emergency night shelter during the winter. Other services include meals, laundry, showers and transportation.

Community Vision's Career Development Program provides training in food service and computer skills, job readiness classes, skills assessment, job placement, and support in the workplace when needed. Volunteer mentors meet with clients on a regular basis to help them achieve their goals. Interfaith Works has partnered with Art for the People, a local nonprofit that brings visual arts to under-served populations. Their weekly art therapy class at Community Vision acts as a catalyst for change in many clients.

Community Vision Calendar

Community Vision Course & Workshop Descriptions