Community Shelters
Provider: ASCENCIA
The agency provides shelter services for homeless individuals and families with children, including men with children, and pregnant women in the city of Glendale. Services include community shelters. The average length of stay is 60 days. Services are provided through the CES/FSC programs. Services are restricted to Glendale residents.
This program is intended to move people to permanent or transitional housing. Program applicants are expected to be working or on a path to obtaining a source of income. Individuals must agree to save money and participate in case management services. The program will not enroll people with a history of violence or who are actively using illegal drugs. Individuals may only stay at the shelter between 4:30pm to 7:15am; they must leave during the day.
People who do not qualify for emergency housing/shelter may still be eligible to receive case management and other services.
The emergency housing facility consists of 42 beds each with locking drawers underneath , wheelchair accessible restrooms with showers, commercial grade kitchen, laundry facilities, activity area and children's study. Tutors come on school nights to help children with homework. Additional services include free financial literacy classes, trauma and art therapy, psychiatric services, and sexual health, reproductive health and health education. Parenting classes and group counseling as indicated.
People with a service animal must have a plan for the care of the animal; aggressive, sickly, dirty or parasite-infested animals will not be permitted.
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People with children are accepted through the FSC program.
Individuals walk in to apply for service. The program accepts two new intakes per day and clients are prioritized for services and matched to housing type via the Coordinated Entry System. Participants must be residing in Glendale and homeless or chronically homeless (sleeping somewhere not meant for human habitation); proof of homelessness is required. Applicants are not housed on the same day; the shelter has a prioritization wait list of over 200 people and accepts people into the program based on their vulnerability.
Website
www.ascenciaCA.org|
Service/Intake and Administration |
+18182467900
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FAX |
+18182462858
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