Interfaith Works' Housing Services provide transitional and permanent housing for disabled adults and families leaving the emergency shelter system through the following programs:

• Horizon House
  Horizon House provides permanent supported living for formerly homeless disabled adults in homes scattered throughout Montgomery County, MD. We currently have five homes providing housing for 25 adults. Case managers provide oversight and support as residents work towards self- sufficiency. Many are working or involved in education and job training programs. Horizon House is a project of Hope Housing, administered by Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless since 2002.
  
  
• Welcome Homes
  Welcome Homes provides a safe and secure environment for up to 8 elderly disabled women, many of  whom have a history of chronic homelessness - even living on the streets for decades - with no place to go. The  program provides around-the-clock support, creating a permanent haven to meet the needs of the women who make their home there.
  
  The Welcome Homes staff work to optimize the residents' independence while helping to coordinate the individualized care they need. Welcome Home has recently moved to a  new location in Rockville and will soon be transitioning to an Assisted Living facility.
  
  
• Watkins Mill
  Watkins Mill provides safe housing for up to 8 homeless women with chronic and persistent mental illness. The group home serves as a transitional shelter and offers residents two meals a day, case management, medication monitoring, and referrals to permanent housing.  Twenty-four hour staff are available and able to handle emergencies and client concerns at any time. We provide a safe,  nurturing environment where residents are empowered to maintain mental and physical health while preparing for successful transition into permanent housing.
  
  
• Interfaith Housing Coalition
  Interfaith Housing Coalition (IHC) provides supported housing to homeless families. IHC families live in one of 26 housing units scattered throughout the County, supported by dedicated professional case managers. When ready, families are linked with teams of volunteer mentors through Interfaith Works' Friends in Action program, who give guidance, support and friendship as families work towards economic independence and social stability.
  
  Interfaith Housing Coalition is a wholly owned subsidiary of Interfaith Works.
  
  The Interfaith Housing Coalition (IHC) is an interfaith, non-profit 501 (c )3 organization. Providing affordable housing and case management to formerly homeless families. IHC currently owns 16 properties around Montgomery County, both townhouses and apartments. In addition, ten IHC apartments are part of a partnership with Poretsky Building Group, in a small apartment community in Wheaton. IHC rents these homes to families referred by shelters and Montgomery County's Department of Social Services. Families are accepted into our program based on their expressed desire to work towards economic and family stability.
  
  Our Mission is to advocate an improved quality of life for homeless families in Montgomery County:
  
  
  • Empowering homeless families in Montgomery County,
  • Enabling families to move from shelters to stable, independent housing, and
  • Preparing families for independence outside the program.
  
  In collaboration with a diversity of local congregations and community organizations, IHC provides comprehensive case management and housing to ensure that families leave the program with the resources to earn a living wage, manage cash flow, debt, and savings, retain affordable long-term housing and build a secure future.
  
  As a condition of being accepted into the transitional housing program each family must agree to work with the case manager to identify and implement family established goals. Program goals are tailored to each family's unique situation. Families will also be given the opportunity to work with mentoring teams from our award winning program FRIENDS IN ACTION (FIA) to help them with various goals as well as providing extra support. The mentors are recruited and trained from many congregations throughout Montgomery County. With the support of a FIA mentoring team, Interfaith Housing Coalition feels the families will be one step closer to independence in their own home. For more information please contact Monica Barberis-Young