Immacare Inc

The emergency shelter is year-round and open 24/7, serving men experiencing homelessness in the greater hartford area. It provides temporary housing and shelter, hot and nutritious meals, and linkages to community-based services such as mental health and substance abuse treatment, education and employment and health care. Upon the completion of the major renovations, immacare's emergency shelter has transformed into a housing navigation center, a new low-barrier, service-enriched shelter with the focus on individuals working on ending their homelessness. Intensive onsite support services will be provided in the newly renovated facilities. The agency provided such services to 237 unique individuals experiencing homelessness during the last operating year. The mobile outreach program searches for chronically and literally homeless men and women living under bridges, in parks and along railroad tracks who, for a variety of reasons, do not want to stay in a shelter. Last year, services were provided to 376 individuals experiencing homelessness. In addition to being provided with food, clothing, water, and other essentials, staff worked with them to engage in the services required to end their homelessness.

Immacare houses additional formerly homeless persons in casa de francisco, a 50-unit apartment complex in which half of the apartments are designated for formerly chronically homeless individuals and half are open to individuals with incomes below 50 percent of the area's median income. Similar to our scattered-site permanent supportive housing program, case managers work with these residents on remaining housed, as well as linking them to needed services, including medical and mental health care, addiction services, entitlement assistance, education and job training.