Our Neighbors Place Inc

Transitional Housing and Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA): This program is designed tostabilize and rehouse families experiencing homelessness. This program features a 4 unit building (2two bedroom and 2 three bedroom units) where families can live for up to 2 years while they work onsecuring permanent housing. Families work with our Case Manager while they live in the building.Families contribute 30% of their income toward rent while they work toward the goal of findingpermanent housing. TBRA vouchers (through WestCAP) are accepted in the program as TBRAvouchers are only offered to households experiencing homelessness.

Backpack Program: The Our Neighbors' Place Backpack Program partners with the River Falls SchoolDistrict and Ezekiel Lutheran Church. This volunteer-run program provides backpacks with food andvouchers for over the weekend during the school year, and continued through the summer months.

The Closet: Connecting people with vouchers for free clothing and reduced-price clothing is theessential function of the Closet. Often clients present themselves at the Day Center without sufficientclothing to meet their daily living needs. The Closet provides the ability to offer clients high-qualitygarments they can feel proud to wear. The Closet also provides voucher holders with free personalcare items, diapers/wipes, cleaning products (laundry soap, dish soap, toilet paper, paper towels,cleaning supplies, etc., and new socks and underwear.