Dubuque halfway program

The Housing program provides affordable housing for low-income families with children who have graduated from our Linn County Transitional Housing program.

HACAP manages a number of apartments and single-family dwellings for low-income families with children in the Linn County area. We call our program "Operation Home. In addition to stable housing, Veterans who enroll in the Operation Home Program are eligible to receive case management services, connections to Veteran and mainstream benefits, and temporary financial assistance. An unused convent that is part of St. The renovated facility, the Maria House, began serving homeless and near-homeless women and children from the greater tri-state area in September of Shortly after the inception of Maria House, staff quickly realized that it was difficult to serve both the emergency and transitional populations under the same roof at Maria House.

The emergency population was seeking to have their basic needs of food and shelter met and were unable to follow the structure and rules of Maria House. In addition, Maria House almost always has a waiting list and receives many calls from women who need temporary shelter but are not always appropriate for a transitional housing program.

In response to the increasing need for shelter for homeless women and children, Opening Doors addressed opening a second program. Fortunately, the same group of women religious that committed the seed money to start Maria House approached Opening Doors because they wanted to again work collaboratively on a project that would benefit some of the neediest persons in the tri-state area. As they made contact with other persons and agencies in the Dubuque area, they realized how clearly our community needed an emergency shelter for women and children.

The project became a reality when Teresa Shelter opened on May 23, The shelter provides emergency housing to about 32 women and children from the greater tri-state area.

The Domestic Violence Shelter operated by the Dubuque Community Y operates a shelter for women who are currently experiencing an abusive situation. Opening Doors does not provide the safe house environment required for this population. However, women sometimes move to Maria House or Teresa Shelter after they have completed their day maximum stay at the Domestic Violence Shelter.

Is Opening Doors a United Way agency? How else is Opening Doors funded? How can I get involved? Volunteer: Email volunteer openingdoorsdbq.

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