Project Tour
The current shelter (which will be sold when we move) is located in a 120-year old building with under 5,000 square feet of space. Our new center will be a brand-new building with 24,000 square feet. This expanded facility will allow the Light House to meet the needs of those it currently turns away.
Homeless Prevention and Support Center
- Teaching-kitchen for culinary job training and nutritional education
- Employment resource room/computer lab
- Common area for recreation and group meetings
- Private counseling and social services rooms
- Classroom
- Quiet room/library
- Art and music therapy
- Donated clothing room
- Segregated restrooms, showers, laundry facilities and lockers for an additional 25-50 homeless people a day who are not staying at the shelter
- Administrative offices
- Outdoor playground for children
- Healing Garden
We invite you to view a complete list of rooms available for naming opportunities within the new shelter.
Day Center
The Day Center will allow chronically homeless people find shelter from extreme weather and safety from the streets. Here they will have the opportunity to tend to their basic hygiene needs with showers, restrooms, laundry, new clothes and haircuts. They will also receive food and basic human services.
The new center will provide an opportunity to receive mail, phone calls and access personal computers. Chronically homeless clients who complete individualized plans for self-sufficiency will gradually gain access to more support services.
Emergency Living Shelter
- 30 beds for men in one sleeping area
- 15 beds for women in a separate sleeping area
- Separate showers, restrooms, and living areas for men and women
- Five family apartments
- Family kitchen, dining and food storage area
- Laundry and locker facilities
- Children’s playroom