Family Service Of Montgomery County Pa

Housing - housing resource center (hrc) is a rapid re-housing program that connects families and individuals experiencing homelessness to permanent housing we provide permanent supportive housing for vulnerable populations who are housing unstable. The share housing program matches home hosts with home sharers, one of whom must be a senior, to help address the housing crisis in montgomery county. The alternative response housing initiative (arhi) provides short-term assistance and case management to families referred by the montgomery county office of children and youth. Montgomery county reentry initiative was established by the agency in collaboration with montgomery county correctional facility, montgomery county adult probation and parole department, and the criminal justice advisory board in response to the need to intervene with high risk individuals to reduce the rates of recidivism in montgomery county, and to increase the likelihood of successful reentry. Case management, national model intervention approaches and supportive services are provided in the correctional facility, the community and in-home.

Health and wellness: project hope provides services to those infected with or at risk for hiv/aids. The services available from project hope are: hiv antibody testing, medical case management, prevention education, housing, transportation, nutritional education, and behavorial health counseling.

Older adults: services to seniors include meals on wheels in which meals are delivered by volunteers five days a week (seven days as needed) to the homebound elderly. Project hearth (helping elderly adults remain in their homes) includes mental health counseling and volunteer support services. Hearth volunteer support services assist seniors to remain independent in their homes by providing a range of services.