Love Chatham

Hotel Ministry: The hotel ministry assists community members by providing initial shelter for someone who is experiencing homelessness. The ministry then works within the network of service providers and with other community members to find support and resources. Love Chatham also provides food to clients that are living in a hotel room along with other supportive services.

Rental/Utility Assistance: Love Chatham seeks to provide some direct monetary resources, when available, when clients have a need that is unmet by other area programs or in collaboration with other programs. Love Chatham qualifies for the Emergency Housing Funds through Chatham County (EHF) and at times will be able to work with clients to meet even more needs through this available path of funding. The majority of our emergency resources are focused on emergency housing needs and the rental/utility assistance is preventative in nature. We can often prevent homelessness by intervening with direct resources to alleviate a challenge being experienced financially.

Transitional Housing: This program provides additional support for community members that are stabilizing and seeking permanent housing. This program offers more thorough casework and resources, and promotes the interests of the community member by using a housing first model as the appropriate starting point for stability. The House Manager regularly provides updates to community partners as well as a monthly summary of progress and casework. This program has some significant momentum and the path forward for more housing is being created through this program. Our first house that was setup and established at the end of 2023 is a women's transitional housing program also known a "Our House". Love Chatham is considering opportunities to expand its services through the program and developing additional capacity to serve by developing programs under this umbrella that will serve men and/or family units.