Why an
Interfaith Hospitality Network
in Warren County?
Because Interfaith Hospitality Network...
...Works
- Over 125 Interfaith Hospitality Networks (106 affiliates) in America
- More than 60 networks are currently forming
- IHNs have been working successfully for more than 15 years
- More than 4000 congregations are involved in IHNs
- More than 100,000 volunteers provide services and support
...Helped Over 130,000 Homeless Parents and Children
- Families get safe, homelike emergency shelter, meals, and support
- Families benefit from case management and social services
- Families find housing and jobs and regain independence
- Families stay together and maintain their dignity
- Parents and children remain in their home communities and schools
...Helped 83% of families find permanent or transitional housing last year
...Helped unemployed guests find jobs or enter into and participate in job training programs
...Involves the whole community
- Congregations, organizations, civic groups, businesses, and individuals share the commitment
- IHNs create cost-efficient use of community resources; they don't duplicate services
- IHNs work with agencies to provide counseling, job training, and help with searches
- IHNs have been the catalyst for greater community programs like transitional housing, parenting workshops, educational and tutoring programs, food pantries, credit counseling, and so forth.
...Makes it happen every day of every week, all year long
- IHN directors and their support staff manage the day centers and administrate the networks
- Teams of IHN coordinators and their assistants focus on each week of hosting responsibilities
- Assistant coordinators schedule volunteers and oversee activities at host congregation
- Congregations and volunteers value their experiences as most satisfying, moving, and inspiring
- Families cite the caring, compassion, and benevolence as some of their most important benefits
- Congregations, volunteers, and families agree that nowhere does the Hand of God touch them in a more profound and enduring way than through their Interfaith Hospitality Network
Introduction to IHN
Benefits of IHN
What's in a Name?
Why an IHN?