Albany Helping Hands

EMERGENCY HOUSING
Shelter Guest Check  in time:
8:00 am to 8:00 pm daily
Capacity:  100 beds

We are filled or close to our capacity of one hundred persons during periods throughout the year, especially during seasonal cold and wet weather.

Stage 1- Homeless Emergency Shelter  
(Up to 30 days)
    Temporary Shelter
    3 meals daily, snacks
    Medical and mental health care on site
    Reestablishing identification support (if necessary)
    Provisions: Soap and other toiletries, clothing, bedding, laundry services, haircuts
    Mail access
    Phone access
    Computer and Internet access for utilization in guest education, job training, job and housing searches, and email.  
    GED Completion Program (if necessary)
 
 
Helping Hands is the only stable, on-going emergency shelter in the area. As more people fall into homelessness, the consequences to the community are severe. It is our goal to continue to support the homeless during this very critical time. Linn and Benton County residents are very dependent on the emergency housing and meals we provide. We want to offer them more. We want to offer them a way out of homelessness.

TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
We only have one transitional house at the moment.  We are still in the experimental stages of the program.  However our main goals and objectives for this program is to put homeless people with incomes into transitional housing. 
   
Eligibility 
    Homeless
    18 years or older
    Employed, collecting benefits or enrolled in or awaiting enrollment in an educational or job training program.
    Be able to participate in and contribute to communal living.
    A minimum of 30-days of sobriety
    Have an ability to live independently or with a group in a group home.