Professional Case Management

The emergency shelter employs case managers, peer support specialists, and program assistants, and provides access to transportation, a gamut of supportive services, and access to addiction support groups. Firehouse works extensively with other area agencies to resolve all sorts of inequities, through AIDS awareness workshops, health clinics, GED courses, literacy classes, employment counseling, life skills, and job placement.  Overnight guests must meet regularly with the case manager to develop a life plan and make progress toward life goals, and the case manager partners with every possible community agency to assist the men to put an end to their homeless episode. Primary goals are to end the guests current episode of homelessness and to initiate long-lasting change regarding their housing stability.