Iowa Homeless Shelters

The Waypoint Madge Phillips Center Shelter provides shelter and stabilizing resources for homeless women and their children. The Center offers basic needs, information, strategic referrals, one-on-one support, and skill development so women can achieve and maintain self-sufficiency and family stability.

Waypoint provides support services to help victims and their families deal with the trauma of domestic violence or sexual assault. All of our services are free and confidential. Waypoint believes in the worth and dignity of all individuals and their right to live a life free from violence.

We know it takes more than a hot meal and a few nights stay to get men and women back on their feet.  For those willing to take the journey...we offer a way out through our NEW LIFE Program.

At Hope Ministries, we believe in a holistic approach to helping homeless men, women and children. That’s why in addition to providing the basic necessities of life – food, clothing and shelter – we also provide a long-term residential, life-recovery program. Our goal is to address the root causes of homelessness, chronic poverty, addiction and other life struggles and help our recovery residents become productive members of society

Guests at both our Bethel Mission and Hope Family Center facilities who are ready to make a commitment to long-term change and accountability start out by participating in the first phase of our recovery program. The first phase for men lasts one month; for women and children, two to three months. This is a time of structured transition– and it’s also an evaluation period, meant to test the resolve of residents. Each student has a personalized care plan involving reading assignments, class participation, Bible study, work therapy and addiction counseling. Recovery residents are held to a high standard and agree to intentional accountability.

Mental health professionals are available to courts of law, schools, agencies, and individuals to evaluate situations, assess problems, determine needed services and make appropriate recommendations.

Halfway House:To enter Halfway House an individual must have successfully completed a primary residential substance abuse treatment program and not have used alcohol or drugs for at least 30 days.

ASAC is licensed by the Iowa Department of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion, Prevention and Addictive Behaviors, to provide comprehensive prevention and treatment services to combat the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

ASAC is licensed by the Iowa Department of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion, Prevention and Addictive Behaviors, to provide comprehensive prevention and treatment services to combat the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

ASAC is licensed by the Iowa Department of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion, Prevention and Addictive Behaviors, to provide comprehensive prevention and treatment services to combat the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

Foundation 2's Transitional Living Program (TLP) and Iowa Aftercare Services Network (IASN) are designed to provide housing, skills training and support services to young adults (ages 16-21 for TLP and 18-21 for IASN) for whom family living or residential treatment is no longer an option. 

Homelessness is a difficult, complex and often-misunderstood economic situation, which affects over 21,000 Iowans. Primary reasons for homelessness include lack of income, lack of affordable housing and incidents of domestic violence.

we provide transitional housing units in four counties:Benton,Johnson ,Linn and Washington.

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Homelessness is a difficult, complex and often-misunderstood situation. It affects people of all ages and family status. The homeless population in Iowa is estimated at 21,000 with two-thirds being women and their children. In 2005 the Continuum of Care in Linn County reported that

This program is aimed at bringing individuals with a disabling condition who have been continuously homeless in from the cold. This community improvement project focuses on housing first, stablizing an individual's life through safe housing.