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- EIN 22-2841105
- (973) 746-1400
- 46 Park Street Montclair NJ 07042-3441 USA
- www.ihnessexnj.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Shelters, Housing & Shelter, Temporary Housing
Mission: Interfaith hospitality network of essex county is dedicated to providing shelter, direct services and housing assistance to homeless and "at risk" families with help from an extensive network of volunteers and other partners throughout the community. Background of ihn organization: since 1988, interfaith hospitality network has provided homeless families with emergency shelter, meals and support to essex county residents using host and support congregations throughout the county. Today, this rotational shelter system consists of 38+ congregations and over 1250 volunteers who provide shelter, meals, and hospitality 365 days a year. Ihn has 4 full time and 3 part time staff. The professional social services staff led by a director of housing and social services, plus a shelter case manager and a case manager that assists with housing and is the afterschool coordinator.
Programs: A total of 372 individuals totaling 120 families that were homeless and/or in a housing crisis were provided services by interfaith hospitality network (ihn) in 2016. Services were provided by a staff of 4 full time and 3 part time employees through the following 3 programs:emergency shelter, a rotational shelter system consists of 38+ congregations and over 1250 volunteers that provide shelter, meals, and hospitality 365 days a year. The home for good program, a rental, relocation and case management housing support service; the after school program, a free tutoring and enrichment program for k-12 children from the ihn shelter and housing programs.
the congregational shelter program provided 22 homeless families /70 individuals (65% were children under 18 years of age) with 52 weeks of shelter and 10,440 meals. Meanwhile at the ihn family resource center office in montclair, the families met weekly with the case manager to develop a plan to secure income and obtain permanent housing. Ihn homeless prevention - home for good program - provided 258 people from 81 essex families with back rent, utility, relocation security deposits, food, case management and other needed services to prevent homelessness. Additionally, ihn provided ongoing case management to 44 parents and children in permanent service-enriched affordable housing units in orange and surrounding communities, through a partnership with affordable housing developers.
educational programs- the after school tutoring and enrichment program provided 100 children from ihn client families with: tutoring, enrichment activities, field trips, healthy living activities, camp and holiday events/parties throughout the year. Ihn also provided 18 adult workshops for 30 individual clients to improve their job readiness, budgeting skills, improve their credit, and learn about tenant /landlord relations.