Open-Inn Inc

Programs: Independent living programstransitional living and supportive housing programs:for young adults, ages 18-25, who are homeless with no alternative resources. Programs range from short-term emergency motel vouchers for immediate stabilization to long-term (up to two years) housing through a scatter-site model. Young adults are expected to maintain employment, enroll in or complete an educational plan, participate in life skills classes while maintaining a budget and household. Intensive case management, employability skills training and counseling are offered through community partners. Programs vary among counties. New programs added 2011: frontiers program which houses young adults in permanent housing ages 18-24 who have an smi diagnosis and/or substance abuse disorder. Transitional apartment living programs:for young adults, ages 16-18, who are forced to make a rapid transition to adulthood, the community-based programs offer on-site apartments, life skills training and support necessary to accomplish goals designed to reach self-sufficiency. Young adults are expected to participate in an educational program, secure employment and attend life skills classes. Participants may be male, female, pregnant or parenting. Serving both pima and yavapai counties.

shelter care has been the cornerstone of open-inn operations since 1974. Open-inn currently operates four (4) short-term crisis shelters in arizona. The tucson shelter serves youth (8-17) who are runaway, homeless or unable to remain home due to a crisis situation. The shelters in prescott and flagstaff serve youth (6-17) and the shelter in huachuca city serves children (birth-17) for graham, greenlee, cochise and santa cruz counties. Children, youth and families participate in a structured, therapeutic environment which includes individual, family and group counseling, cognitive skill building, educational support and case management.

open inn's outreach program provides 24 crisis intervention and support for homeless teens through a network of safe place sites throughout tucson, flagstaff and cochise county. Street based outreach services including assessment, case management, basic needs, reproductive health care, and food are provided to homeless youth and young adults at a circuit of parks, recreation centers, transit stations, malls and other places youth congregate. Open inn's walk-in youth resource center provides case management, basic needs, showers, hygiene and health items, food, discussion and educational groups, activities and referrals for homeless youth and young adults. Case management services are provided to homeless and near-homeless young adults ages 18-25 in pima county to promote self-sufficiency.