HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAMS
Our Homeless Prevention Services Programs focus on helping families, married couples, heads of households and single females who are homeless. These individuals or families have been living in a shelter, have an eviction notice, or have been living on the streets and are unable to afford housing on their own.
Our Homeless Prevention Services Programs focus on helping families, married couples, heads of households and single females who are homeless. These individuals or families have been living in a shelter, have an eviction notice, or have been living on the streets and are unable to afford housing on their own.
Right now our programs that help the homeless are in need of your help. When families who are homeless are referred to our programs, they come to us empty-handed. Often when they leave, the household items we have provided leave with them or are no longer useable.
The Homeless Prevention Programs are always in need of the following. To donate any of these items, please drop off at 3612 Cuming Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Thank you for your support.
Iron/ironing board
Spatula
Dryer sheets
Food containers
Small AppliancesCan opener
Coffee maker
Cutting board
Hand mixer
Colander
Toaster
Serving bowls/utensils
Blender
Flatware
Bathroom ItemsKnife sets
Toilet paper
Dinnerware
Towel sets
Glasses
Toilet brush
Cookware
Plunger
Cake/pie pans
Shower curtain/liner/rings
Measuring cups/spoons
Trash can
Pot holders/mitts
Miscellaneous Items
Baking pans
Light bulbs
New dish towelsLamps
Small throw rugs
New twin/full sheet sets
Broom/mop
New pillows/pillowcases
BucketNew crib sheets/protectors
Cleaning solution
Laundry Items
Garbage can/liners
Small laundry soap
Dusting cloth/sprayBleach
Bathroom cleaners
Laundry basket
37th STREET RESIDENTIAL READINESS PROGRAM - Provides short-term (16 weeks) temporary transitional housing and education and life skill development within a community milieu for homeless individuals and families.
SCATTERED SITE/HARRINGTON HOMES AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM Transitional housing is avalable for up to 24 months. Two and three bedroom homes are available in the Omaha community. Weekly Case Management is provided. Goal setting, budgeting, and support services are offered. Referrals to community resources, employment assistance, life skills enhancement, parenting support, and assistance in obtaining permanant housing is available. Six months of after care is also available.
TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM - Provides temporary residential services (28 days) for mentally ill adults. Services include structured case management, referrals to community agencies, educational and therapeutic groups, social and recreational activities. A clean, safe environment allows for crisis management, medical observation and education, lodging, transportation. Tree meals a day are provided. Life skills education class and substance abuse screenings are part of the program.
Material Assistance and Seasonal Services (MASS) - Food pantry, clothing, household items, prescription medications, rent/mortgage payments, Christmas assistance, Heat-Aid/Share, Fan Program, Back To School distribution of backpacks, referral services and fire victims assistance.
SEASONAL SERVICES - Christmas bureau, summer camp program, heat aid and fan loan program
COMMUNITY ASSISTED SUPPORT SERVICES - Provides community support services (6 months to 2 years) for men and women who experience severe and persistent behaviorial health concerns. 24-hour accessibility.
EMERGENCY COMMUNITY SUPPORT - Provides community support services (90 days) for adult men and women who have recently experienced a behaviorial health crisis.
INTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT - Provides community support services (6 to 18 months) for men and women who experience severe and persistent behaviorial health concerns. 24-hour staff accessibility.
ONE STORY OF HOW THE SALVATION ARMY TOUCHED A LIFE...
Loretta had been using drugs since she was 12. It was the only life she knew. And for many years, it was the only life her five children knew.
At a particularly low point, Loretta vowed to make a change. She was in jail for shoplifting, had lost her house and had lost custody of her children. But she hadn't lost hope. When Loretta was released, she enrolled in the 37th Street Program, which assists homeless individuals in learning the skills they need to become self-sufficient.
"It's like I'm finding myself," Loretta says. "It's just amazing." With a number of Salvation Army programs, therapy and a little help from up above, Loretta has been clean now for over 15 months. She's learned how to take care of herself and also learning how to take care of her children.
"I've mainly been working on getting closer with my kids and just being a good parent." Recently, all of Loretta's children were returned to her custody.
She is now attending Metro Tech, working towards an associates' degree in Chemical Dependency Counseling and will soon be moving into a home of her very own. She continues to volunteer in The Salvation Army pantry .
"I am so very grateful for the Salvation Army and the many things they offered me. I feel I was sent there for a reason. I can't imagine where I would be without the help of such an organization as The Salvation Army." Loretta smiles and adds, "God bless!"