Transitional Housing

Transitional Housing

TRAC staff is knowledgeable about available housing resources for former foster youth. TRAC is working with many partners to increase the number of transitional housing programs available to youth aging out of substitute care.   
 

Collin County

City House Progressive Pathwaystransitional living program serves pregnant, parenting and homeless youth ages 15 to 21 for up to 18 months or until they turn 21.

Eligibility:
Program participants must:

• Not be in the conservatorship of the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
• Not be on probation.
• Not have a history of criminal activity
• Agree to drug screen (Required prior to admission and random drug screens conducted after admission).
• Be capable of and motivated to achieve independence.

Other important information:

• Three concentrated impacted experiences are provided to residents: goal assessment, daily living skills management, and successful independence.
• Program participants must be continuing their education or be employed or a combination thereof.
• Program capacity is 20 youth.
• Progressive Pathways is located in McKinney, TX.

Referral Contact Information:
Office phone:972-424-4626
Web site:www.cityhouse.org
Address:1947 Ave. K, Suite 100, Plano, TX 75074

Dallas County

Annie’s House- transitional housing facility for women victims of violence.Annie's House offers safe and affordable housing alternatives to clients who have completed the shelter process.   Annie's House has 18 fully furnished apartments with both one and two bedrooms.  The focus at Annie's House shifts from the immediacy of staying safe to personal growth and self esteem development.

Eligibility: victims of family violence

Services offered:

• classes like ESL and resume writing
• individual and group counseling on domestic violence and sexual assault
• medical and legal aid
• job training

Referral Contact Information:

Crisis hotline:214-946-HELP

Office phone: 214-559-2050

Website:www.genesisshelter.org

Buckner Children and Family Services’ Family Pathways program provides single moms with the opportunity to live in a safe secure environment on the Buckner campus while program participants learn the necessary skills needed to become self-sufficient.  

 Eligibility:

• Single mother
• In school full-time at a community college
• Willing to commit to educational goals

Other Important Information:

The program requires participants to be attending college full-time.  Each applicant will go through an interview process and a criminal background check. There is a $300.00 deposit and $150.00 monthly rental fee.

Referral Contact Information:

Office phone:214.319.3462
Main Office:214.328.3141
Office fax: 214.319.3459
Email: kjones@buckner.org
Website: www.buckner.org
Address:5200 S. Buckner Blvd, Dallas, TX 75228

CitySquare’s  - OnTRAC Transitional Housing for homeless young adults 18-24. Two levels of residential and supportive services (detailed below) prepare and support young adults as they develop and practice skills to live independently. 

Eligibility: Serves homeless young adults 18-24 years old who are leaving or being discharged from the foster care system or other juvenile facilities and lack the resources and support networks needed to obtain housing.

Other important information:
Residents at each program level will enter into a contractual agreement with TRAC staff establishing rules and expectations of the program participant. A primary expectation of OnTRAC program transitional housing residents is that they will utilize the full range of services available to them at the Transition Resource Action Center (TRAC).

The shared apartment housing option allows the young adults to have a peer support network in their apartment and/or apartment complex and will allow them to experience a community living situation, in their apartment and in the apartment complex.
TRAC offers two levels of transitional housing, each proposed to fit the needs of participants who are at varying stages in their journey to independent living. These program options will facilitate the movement of homeless young adults to sustainable independent living within 24 months.

Level I transitional apartments focus on intake, assessment and stabilization. The young adults will share the apartment with three other young adults under the on-site supervision of a resident advisor for up to three months. As they become stabilized and plan a direction for their transition, they will be ready to move into their own apartment Level II, for a maximum of 12 months, indirect supervision will also be offered, but at a reduced level.

The TRAC transitional housing is combined with supportive services that will help promote residential stability, increase independent living skills, and support advancement to livable wage jobs.

Referral Contact Information:

Office phone:214-370-9300 x24
Email: carla@traconline.org
Website: www.citysq.org/trac 

Brighter Tomorrows provides 10 long term transitional apartments for homeless families who can stay up to 2 years. Families do not pay rent, but do contribute to a savings plan and pay utilities and partial day care expenses upon gaining employment.

Eligibility:Single adults with children or married couples with children. No substance abuse.
Services provided:

• Job skills training
• Job Placement and assistance
• Child care
• Help getting benefits
• Counseling
• Meals
• Food
• Food pantry
• Clothing
• Transportation
• Educational/ GED programs

 Referral Contact Information:
Office phone:972-254-4003
Address: 928 Bluebird, Irving TX, 75061

Family Gateway’s Gateway Apartments provide transitional housing for 25 families after completion of the short-term program. The apartment program also provides counseling in life skills. Most importantly, this facility provides the extra time and assistance necessary for our families to regain their confidence and re-establish their own resources. To move in, a family must go through a screening process and demonstrate the potential and motivation to do what it takes to improve their lives. They are required to put in long hours in order to take advantage of the opportunities.

 Other important information:

The apartments provide:

• caseworker services
• counseling
• job search assistance
• training classes in parenting and budgeting
• Self-Improvement Training

Referral Contact Information:

Office phone: 214-741-6515
Email:info@familygateway.org
Address: 711 South St. Paul Street, Dallas, TX 75201
 

Our Friends Place has a Transitional Living Center for young women ages 18-24.  It is a residential apartment program with a live-in Program Manager.
Other important information:
Program participants commit that they will:

• Obtain and maintain a job
• Continue their education through vocational or educational classes
• Pay 25% of their earnings as rent
• Establish a savings account with 10% of their earnings
• Keep their apartments in good order
• Meet Weekly with Program Manager
• Attend Group meetings on Thursday Evenings 7:30pm - 8:30pm

 Referral Contact Information:

Office phone:214-520-6268
Email: info@ourfriendsplace.org
Web site: www.ourfriendsplace.org
Address:  2501 Oak Lawn Ave., Ste 500;  Dallas, Texas 75219-4046 

Promise House’s Lifestyles is a longer term residential program for older youth, ages 16-20, who have nowhere to go, no family, no money and nowhere to live. This program offers older youth the opportunity not only to learn how to live independently but to finish their education, find meaningful work and to become productive citizens.

Referral Contact Information:
Office phone: (214) 941-8578 / 1-866-941-8578 (toll-free)
Email: contact@promisehouse.org
Website: www.promisehouse.org
Address:  224 West Page,  Dallas, TX 75208

Promise House’s Wesley Inn is a long-term residential care for pregnant and parenting youths, ages 14 - 21, who have no community resources. A broad continuum of care is offered including housing, job and life skills training, and therapy for up to 18 months.

Referral Contact Information:
Office phone: (214) 941-8578 / 1-866-941-8578 (toll-free)
Office fax: 214/941-8670
Email: contact@promisehouse.org
Website: www.promisehouse.org
Address:  224 West Page,  Dallas, TX 75208

Tarrant County

ACH Services’ Families Together program offers a single parent with up to three children housing and supportive case management. ACH provides parents with multiple services, including job training, employment assistance, medical support, money management training, financial assistance, tutoring, counseling, parenting training, access to social services, and help finding a new home. Once admitted the family can move into Families Together housing for up to nine months.

 Eligibility:

Parents must complete an application and attend an eligibility interview. MUST NOT have felony convictions, active drug or alcohol addictions, TB, or not willing to work.

 Referral Contact Information:

Intake Coordinator: 817-335-4041
Email: intake@achservices.org
Website: www.achservices.org
Address:1424 Summit Ave., Ft. Worth, TX 76102

Cornerstone Assistance Network’s 3CP offers transitional living apartments scattered throughout Tarrant County.

 Services offered:

• Transitional housing in scattered sites throughout Tarrant County
• Intensive case management services
• Rental assistance for a 24-month period

 Referral Contact Information:

Contact person: Shay Miller, 817-810-9941
Website: http://www.canetwork.org
Address: 6924 Glenview Dr.; North Richland Hills, Texas 76180

Cornerstone Assistance Network’s  Dwelling Place is a five-bed facility for homeless women with no children in their custody.

 Eligibility:

• Sober at least six months
• Homeless
• Working at least part-time
• Pay 30 percent of income toward rent up to $250

 Services offered:

• Assistance with education and training
• Budgeting
• Goal setting
• Assistance with employment
• Mentoring

 Referral Contact Information:

Contact person: Shay Miller, 817-810-9941
Website: http://www.canetwork.org
Address:6924 Glenview Dr.; North Richland Hills, Texas 76180

Cornerstone Assistance Network’s New Life Center is an 18-bed single-room occupancy center in Ft. Worth for single men who are in transition to independent living and are recovering from substance abuse. The program is 24 months.

Services offered:

• Housing
• Intensive Case Management Services

Referral Contact Information

Contact person: Roddy Youree, 817-810-9941 ext. 107 or 817-595-0274
Website: http://www.canetwork.org
Address:6924 Glenview Dr.; North Richland Hills, Texas 76180

The Faith Project provides supportive services, including housing, for homeless adults ages 18-21. The program is designed to enable homeless young adults to obtain and remain in permanent housing, increase their personal skills and/or income, and achieve greater independence. This two-year program is operated by Volunteers of America Texas.

 Eligibility:

Homeless youth aged 18-21. Participants must be working, actively searching for employment, or be enrolled in school.

 Services offered:

• Assessment
• Housing (assistance with rent and utilities)
• Transportation
• Accessing benefits
• Job training
• Job seeking
• Assistance with continuing education (GED, college, vocational training, etc.)
• Life skills training
• Individual counseling
• Substance abuse treatment
• Emergency assistance for food and personal hygiene

Referral Contact Information:

Alusina Taylor - 817-529-7340
Terry Swift - 817-529-7347

GRACE (Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange) Transitional Housing Program is designed to provide formerly homeless persons with housing and supportive case management. Serves Grapevine, Southlake and Colleyville. Clients and their families have a place to live while they work, pay off debt, learn new skills and regain personal confidence. Volunteers from local churches aid in supporting the participants, through donation of furnishings to mentoring.

Eligibility:

Income guidelines must be met.

Referral Contact Information:

Phone: 817-488-7009
Email:dlyons@gracegrapevine.org
Website: www.gracegrapevine.org

YWCA’s My Own Place is a program of the YWCA, Ft. Worth that offers transitional housing in downtown Ft. Worth for young women, 18-21 years old, who are exiting substitute care or have exited care within the past 3 years.
Eligibility:

• Female
• 18-21 years of age
• Employable
• Drug-free
• Motivated to become independent

Other important information:
My Own Place offers:

• Private furnished room and bathroom
• On-site laundry and kitchen facilities
• Near movies, shopping, entertainment. Restaurants, work-out facilities, swimming pool, and public library all are within 1-5 blocks.
• Opportunities for college or vocational training
• Assistance with finding a job
• Bus passes for work and school on all primary bus lines
• Convenient and fun downtown Fort Worth within walking distance of hundred of employers
• Cool staff to talk to!

My Own place requires:

• Work and/or attend school 40 hours a week.
• Remain drug-free
• Pay $30 weekly for housing and all services

Referral Contact Information:
Office phone:817/332-6191
Office fax: 817/332-6172
Email: myownplace@ywcafortworth.org
Web site: www.ywca.org/fortworth
Address:YWCA, 512 W. 4th St., Fort Worth, TX 76102-3688

YWCA’s Supportive Living Program is a transitional living program for women in downtown Ft. Worth that provides safe, secure housing and social services for women who want to become self-sufficient. 
Eligibility:

• Female
• Employable
• Drug-free
• Motivated to become independent

Other important information:

The Supportive Living Program offers:

• safe, secure housing
• intensive case management
• crisis intervention
• budgeting and money management
• life skills training
• bus passes for work and school on all primary bus lines
• clothing
• food
• job search assistance & health services

Additional information:

• work and/or attend school or vocational training
• attend weekly case management
• participate in life skills education
• remain drug-free
• pay $45 - $55 weekly for housing and all services

Referral Contact Information:
Office phone:817/332-6191
Office fax: 817/332-6172
Email: supportiveliving@ywcafortworth.org
Website: www.ywca.org/fortworth
Address:  YWCA,  512 W. 4th St.,  Fort Worth, TX 76102-3688