Shelter of Hope

OUR PURPOSE

Shelter of Hope's mission is to provide temporary emergency shelter and permanent housing assistance for individuals and families in need of transitional services leading them to self-sufficiency and for whom none is available from existing community resources. Provisions are made without discrimination because of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, handicap, national origin, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Shelter of Hope serves households with children and without children, who are residents of the FIVCO Area, which includes Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Elliott, and Lawrence Counties in Kentucky. Preference is given to literally homeless households, families with children, homeless veterans with or without children, adults with disabilities, and domestic violence victims unable to enter into the local Victim Service Provider.

OUR PROGRAMS

Our primary goal is to transition guests from emergency temporary housing and supportive services towards permanent housing and self-sufficiency. We continue to increase services to meet the rising demand for affordable low-income housing and to promote community involvement and support through homelessness awareness and education.

• Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) provides assistance to individual households to help them afford the housing costs of market-rate units by making up the difference between the amount a household can afford to pay for housing and the local rent standards. Other TBRA services help tenants pay for costs associated with rental assistance.

• Continuum of Care (CoC) quickly rehouses homeless individuals and families, including those with disabilities. The goal is to minimize the trauma and dislocation of homelessness; to promote access to local assistance organizations; and promotes self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness. CoC case management is a collaborative and planned approach to ensure an individual or a family who experiences homelessness gets the services and supports they need to move forward with their lives.

• Emergency Solutions Grant Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) includes housing identification, rent, move-in assistance, and case management. Rental assistance and services help people obtain housing quickly, increases self-sufficiency, and helps individuals and families stay housed. ESG-RRH uses a housing first, low-barrier approach (will not be turned away for lack of employment, income, presence of criminal record, or substance abuse, etc.) to rapidly rehouse those experiencing homelessness. Services provided are tailored to the needs of the household. ESG-RRH case management is a collaborative and planned approach to ensure an individual or a family who experiences homelessness gets the services and supports they need to move forward with their lives.

• Prevention & Street Outreach are essential services that strive to prevent homelessness from occurring and reach out to unsheltered homeless individuals and families, connecting them with emergency shelter, housing, or critical services, and providing them with urgent, non-facility-based care. 

OUR REFERRAL PROCESS

For a homeless person to receive assistance from Shelter of Hope, they must first contact CAReS in The Neighborhood at 2516 Carter Avenue in Ashland, KY or call (606) 324-2949. There the individual or family will be entered into the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). Applicants will then be placed on a prioritization list according to their assessment. This process helps to eliminate the duplication of services. If immediate shelter is needed, contact The Salvation Army Shelter at 2236 Carter Avenue in Ashland, KY or call (606) 329-2874. There may be a small fee associated with your stay. Those who qualify for housing assistance should expect a call from Shelter of Hope, (606) 324-6700, once they are placed on the housing list.