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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Shelters
Mission: Safe harbor easton is a transitional shelter dedicated to empowering and educating homeless men and women, and to helping them to achieve a better way of life. To that end, safe harbor easton provides safe, secure housing and case management for all clients.
Programs: Arise shelterby day, safe harbor easton is a sanctuary for low income adults seeking a place to gather for meals and to obtain support services such as case management and referrals to local providers in the lehigh valley. By night, it is an emergency and short term transitional shelter for homeless single men and women. Safe harbor easton currently houses 20 men and 16 women. Shelter residents are permitted to stay for a period of 60-120 days while they strive to achieve self-sufficiency.
recovery centerwhile the recovery center is not a treatment program and does not provide counseling, the staff at the recovery center is here to assist people in finding the treatment program and/or services appropriate to their needs. The recovery center has an assortment of materials available on recovery for people seeking to begin treatment and to help those already in the process to sustain their recovery. In addition, computers, internet and telephone are available for program participants to use for medical assistance applications, job applications, resumes, letter writing, housing applications and other recovery related services.
the day programat safe harbor easton, low-income members of the community can participate in a program based on dignity and respect on weekdays (monday through friday) from 9 a. M. - 3 p. M. They can take advantage of a number of helpful basic services, including a hot breakfast and lunch and homeless prevention case management services. Along with providing refuge from the streets, the program facilitates self-sufficiency and empowers people with the skills for daily living.
safe harbor free clinicthe clinic is operated by lehigh valley health networks and it includes a network of 60 doctors that will participate in the free clinic. The safe harbor free clinic is available to all residents of safe harbor easton as well as day program participants on a sign-up basis. There is a room onsite that has medical equipment (exam table, scales etc. ) there is also participation by desales university. The clinic is currently open tuesday evenings from 6:00pm - 10:00pm and the 2nd and 4th fridays of every month from 11:00am-2:00pm or as needed.