Program areas at Shared Housing Center
Group residence facilities house single women with small children and older adults. Through our partnership efforts, we are able to offer daycare, mental health counseling and life skills training. Adults have the opportunity to improve their education and employment skills, budget management, computer knowledge, and enhanced parenting skills. Children are enriched with after-school programs, monthly literacy programs and recreational, educational and social services. Transitional in setting, the goal of the program is for our families to become self-sufficient, stable and independent. We assisted 33 families with women and children and enjoy a high success rate.
Homeshare facilitates arrangements between individuals in dallas county who have more Housing than they need with people and/or families in need of Housing. Services include careful screening, criminal background and reference checks, home visits, assistance with the housematch trial period and ongoing assistance to assure the success of the match, rematch assistance if needed, and information and referral to other services when appropriate. In 2023, this program faciliated new homeshare arrangements, assisting 26 individuals.
In partnership with the city of dallas and dallas Housing authority (dha), Shared Housing provides rapid rehousing to homeless families and homeless senior citizens and disabled individuals using dha apartments. Clients have access to our food pantry, computer lab, and donation room of clothing, shoes, etc. This program assisted 145 families in 2023.