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Friends In Service Helping (FISH)

Address
138 East Long Street
Carson City, NV - 89706

Contact
(775) 882-3474
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MISSION
To provide food, clothing, shelter and medical aid to the homeless and hungry within our community, with the objective to provide programs and referrals to families and individuals so they may become self-sufficient.

Client Services
Monday - Friday 9am - 12pm / 1pm - 5pm

Carson City Family Dining Room
138 E. Long Street, Carson City
Open 363 days a year (closed on Nevada Day Parade day and Thanksgiving)
Monday - Saturday hours are 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Sunday hours are 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

FISH provides temporary housing and shelters to men, women and families. In 2014 FISH provided 14,125 nights of shelter to people in Carson City.

Two year-round emergency shelters are available in Carson City along with Interim housing (sliding scale rentals) for six families with dependent children to assist homeless or at-risk families achieve self-sufficiency.
The FOCUS House offers shelter nightly to 16 men. The Wylie House serves 8 single women and/or families nightly.
In addition, during the winter FISH operates an emergency cold-weather shelter in Fuji Park. The shelter is free and open on nights that are forecasted to have a low of 15 F or below. The Fuji Park shelter is operated in collaboration with Carson City Parks and Recreation