Year Round Riverside Emergency Shelter
The shelter program is an intervention to impede homelessness because of the easy access to shelter care as a low-impact point of entry program. Shelter clients are introduced to a variety of supportive services in a safe and clean environment. The goal is to provide stabilization from the streets and guide shelter clients towards self-reliance through an intake / assessment process and an active case management plan with weekly monitoring is performed through the Access Center. (64 Beds – Men, Women & Children).

Cold Weather Shelter Program
The homeless shelter is a hypothermia shelter program during the cold and wet winter months. It is a place to learn about trusting shelter care. Shelter clients are offered case management and encouraged to work on self-reliance activities.  (56 Beds – Men, Women & Children)

Family Shelter
This is an emergency shelter program for families. Services are offered on a continuous year round basis with intake / assessment and intensive case management that seamlessly coordinate with the Year Round Riverside Emergency Shelter and Access Center. The goal for all shelter clients is self-reliance through employment and permanent housing.  (50 Beds – Families)

Transitional Housing Program
The POLM Transitional Housing Program is a 54 Unit, 142 Bed facility serving families and single, chronically homeless women desiring to permanently break the cycle of homelessness. Residents may stay for up to twenty-four months. While participating in the program, each adult develops an individualized case plan and also receives employment readiness and job placement assistance, personalized budgeting and housing assistance and additional life-skills training from a professional Case Management team.)

Access Center
The Access Center is a one-stop center for the homeless to learn about and access services that assist with ending homelessness. Families and individuals are guided to the services that lead them to self-reliance. The Access Center is the central intake point for all shelter care and sets up clients registered in the Year Round Shelter Program with case management activities that include but are not limited to; addressing medical and mental healthcare concerns, guidance towards permanent and/or transitional to permanent housing options, establishing eligibility and application for financial assistance, referrals for job readiness skills and work placement assistance, life skills trainings and workshops and other services that lead the client towards self-sufficiency.

Men’s Supportive Housing Program
This is a permanent housing facility for dually diagnosed men who are chronically homeless. Supportive services are provided through individual service plans that are established and monitored by a Case Manager. Eligibility and intake are performed through the Access Center. (6 Beds – Men)

Guest Chef Program
This program invites community and church group volunteers to assist with shelter meals. Groups select a night to prepare dinner for the shelter residents. This provides the community an opportunity to serve the homeless. This in turn assists staff in working by allowing more time to work on case plan activities for the clients, and provides financial benefits for the program budget.

Volunteers
Volunteers are needed and appreciated. Assignments vary from shelter activities, special events, professional services for the clients, administrative duties and others. All volunteers are required to complete a volunteer application and background check. Click on “Lend A Hand” link on the Home page for an on-line application. Volunteer orientations are performed one time per quarter on a Saturday morning at the Year Round Riverside Emergency Homeless Shelter. Call the administration office for training dates and times.