Center for Homeless Children and Their Families

Providing emergency shelter and licensed child care for homeless families

Overview:

• Provides emergency shelter for up to 35 family members and licensed, on-site childcare, freeing parents to focus on the core causes of their homelessness. 

• Each family receives case management to develop action plans which include full assessment of children’s developmental, educational, physical and mental health combined with analysis of family’s homelessness issues. 

• Parents receive mental health and chemical dependency assessment/treatment, help obtaining employment or public benefits, financial literacy training and housing search assistance.

• Families must participate in Residential Parenting Education that emphasizes well-being of the children as the compass for family decision-making. The Residential Parenting Education approach integrates services of COTS’ Children’s Haven with COTS’ parenting education program, Kids First.

• After the emergency shelter, families can go into our Faith Based Shelters or they can move into our Transitional Housing for up to 2 years.