St Francis House Inc

Sunrise Apartments. Sunrise Residence Inn was established by St. Francis House in 2000. Sunrise is a permanent housing program that assists homeless working individuals whose goal is to become self-sufficient. Since affordable housing is difficult to find in Gainesville, the program at times also invites persons who receive disability income to participate. Some residents use the program for a year or two, then move on to private housing. Others, who have fixed incomes, have lived at Sunrise since it was opened. Residents work with a case manager based on their personalized case plans.

Arbor House. Arbor House provides affordable housing in a communal setting to working mothers with children. There are 13 rooms available for rent; residents enjoy their own room, but share bathrooms, kitchen, and living room spaces with other tenants. Each family works with a case manager to design a plan to move to self-sufficiency. Low-income families who cannot afford market rent benefit from this set-up since they work as a community to achieve similar goals. The extended time families can stay at Arbor House, in accordance with their case management plan, allows mothers to pursue education and skills, and thus, increase their incomes.