PORT Emergency Homeless Winter Shelter Program
provides annually, emergency shelter, dinner and breakfast to
over 600 men, women and children for a 20-week period, seven
days per week from November through March. PORT is about to
begin the 15th year of homeless services . Additional
services are provided through contract or collaborative
partnerships with other service provider agencies. The Office of
Human Affairs provides showers Monday – Friday at the Julius
Conn Gym, PBIC will provide transportation, the Hampton-Newport
News Community Services Board will provide mental health
intake/intervention/referral and HIV/AIDS testing/education.
Other
community collaborative partners include:
- Peninsula
Agency on Aging
- Mary
Immaculate Hospital
- MIH
Wound Care Clinic
- Riverside
Hospital
- Avalon
Domestic Violence Shelter
- Vibrant
Life Ministries
- Catholic
Charities
- Health
Care for the Homeless
- Veterans
Administration
- ACCESS
- Transitions
Family Violence Services
- Peninsula
Salvation Army
- REMOVE
FRIENDS OF THE HOMELESS
- The
Road Ahead Center (TRAC)
- Newport
News Police Department
- Newport
News Sheriffs Department
- United
Way First Call for Help
-
Office of Human Affairs - Clean Comfort Program
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