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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Shelters
Mission: Serenity house of clallam county is a community based organization dedicated to providing shelter and services to homeless individuals and families. The organization's mission is to end homelessness in our community.
Programs: Emergency services single adult shelter (sas), street outreach shelter (sos), family shelter services (fss) and housing resource centers (hrcs) sas is a 24/7 (always open) emergency shelter with meals and case management for adult women and men. Sos opens nightly from 9 pm to 6:30 am to provide a safe place to sleep for persons 18 and older. Hrcs in port angeles, sequim and forks are the coordinated entry points for housing programs, referrals and emergency assistance to prevent homelessness. Fss maintains six small apartments in port angeles and two in sequim where families with minor children may stay, usually for up to 45 days, while intensively working to obtain permanent housing.
stabilization services evergreen family village (efv), serenity court (sc), homeless youth, child care center (ccc), chronically homeless and subcontract services efv provides up to two years of housing with supportive services for families with children transitioning from homelessness into permanent, stable housing sc is a similar program for singles and small families. Housing first programs, including tenant based rental assistance, one family one home, transitions to housing and cornerstone, help formerly homeless families with children with rent and supportive services to help them transition into permanent stable housing. Permanent supportive housing at tempest and maloney heights apartments in port angeles serves chronically homeless adults. Ccc is a specialized program of child care and education for children of homeless families and other families. For homeless and at-risk youth, ages 13-to-24 years, the drop-in dream center provides basic necessities and services.
serenity house thrift stores in port angeles and sequim accept donations and offer affordable, quality goods to the community at two locations, every day of the week. The revenue they generate contributes substantially to supporting serenity houses service programs.
other programs including serenity court, street outreach 10 yr plan, vine street and irvine housing, thor youth, cornerstone and other rental assistance.
Serenity House of Clallam County is a non-profit serving Clallam County with rental assistance, shelter and eviction prevention funds. They supported the community during COVID by providing isolation space for homeless to receive medical care and self isolate. Currently Serenity House provides 63 housing units, family shelter and a 152 bed homeless shelter. Three meals per day are served at the shelter as well.
