We are the only residential facility in the Tri County Area of Orangeburg, Calhoun and Bamberg counties that provide homeless men, women and their children with access to temporary shelter, hot meals, and stabilization services in an atmosphere that makes them feel at home.
There are 3 types of Program Levels available:
Program Levels*
- Emergency Program: Up to 90 days stay - An individual may stay in an Emergency Program (bed) for up to 90 days. During this time they receive all services. By the end of the 90 days the resident must decide if they are ready to move into another bed level and start working towards stabilizing their life.
- Stabilization Program: Up to 6 months including the previous three months (depending upon bed space) - The program will provide case management services and short-term housing up to 6 months, including the previous two months (depending upon bed space), to individual homeless men and women who are motivated and ready to participate in a structured program of recovery, including increasing their income and securing permanent housing. Provides services and housing that allow homeless people the opportunity to stabilize from their crisis and develop a plan to improve their employment, housing, health care, mental health, and addiction issues as needed.
- Extended Program: Up to 8 months including the last six months (depending upon bed space) - Provides housing to adequately address personal obstacles so that the clients can achieve self-sufficiency, improve skills, increase knowledge and change behaviors to maintain permanent housing. Clients must meet all program requirements and also are expected to obtain and sustain income (from employment, benefits, or both) and to save money once they have income. Clients will work more intensively with a Case Manager to improve skills and knowledge and change behaviors so that they can attain and maintain appropriate permanent housing. Each need will be assessed, and a plan will be designed to assist him or her to enter the workforce and budget his or her money.
*Exceptions for the Program Level extensions with documented valid reason. The Executive Director must provide approval.
WHAT SERVICES DO WE OFFER!
Through Case Management and referrals, we offer the following services:
- Personal and Professional Development
- Educational Assistance
- Workforce Development
- Mental Health Assistance
- Substance Abuse Assistance
- Counseling (individual and group)
- Housing Assistance Services
- Health Care Services
- Financial Literacy
- Mentoring
- Spiritual Enrichment
We also provide the following:
- 3 nutritious meals per day
- Clothing Closet
- Computer Room
- Laundry Facilities
ELIGIBILITY AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
To receive a bed individuals may be referred or may make a self referral, must complete an application, and go through an intake process.
BED FILL CRITERIA
(40 maximum bed capacity)
The Samaritan House has a 40 bed capacity that will accommodate 20 females and 20 males in separate dormitory areas.
Priority 1* – Individual(s) living in the streets, cars, abandoned buildings, or a place that is not meant for human habitation
Priority 2* – Individual(s) that have been living in an institution for less than 90 days AND was living in a shelter/street immediately before institutionalization
Priority 3 – Referrals from medical providers, law enforcement, agencies, churches, and community citizens
Priority 4 – Situational (Individual may be
referred or make a self-referral):
- Economic Conditions
- Family Dynamics
- Other
*Based on HUD “Documentation Standards for Chronic Homelessness”
To receive a bed:
- Individuals must be able to perform all aspects of daily living without assistance. They must be able to bathe and dress themselves. They must be able to sleep in a bunk bed, administer their medications (if any), and come to the dining area for meals.
- Individuals must be willing to submit to a SLED background check, drug screening, and screening on the sex offenders’ registries (if required).
- An individual who has a criminal conviction of sexual assault and is listed on either the National, State or Local Registry of Sex Offenders is ineligible to stay at The Samaritan House.
(Information obtained from background checks may disqualify some admissions.)