Project Homeless Connect

It happens every year. People's lives from around the Flathead are irrefutably changed in a positive manner as a result of Project Homeless Connect.

A wide variety of services for individuals, families and veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless will be available during Project Homeless Connect. This year, the event will be held at the expo building at the fairgrounds in Kalispell, on Wednesday, June 17th, from 11am to 7 pm.

Guests will be asked to fill out an intake form that will assess their situation, including whether they consider themselves to be homeless or at risk for being homeless (about to be evicted or foreclosed etc.) and whether they have struggled to pay housing costs such as rent, mortgages or utility bills over the past six months. The intake form will help direct people to appropriate services.

Previous services have included:

° Bicycle repair

° Child car seat installation

° Dental exam, cleaning and treatment referrals and hair care

° Employment assistance

° Financial education

° Identification services (Montana driver’s licenses and birth certificates)

° Medical services, including immunizations, hearing test referral, reading glasses and general health information

° Pet services, including vaccinations, basic health checkup, spay/neuter certificate

° Veterans services, including transportation and housing options, medical services, readjustment counseling, advocacy and employment for veterans

° Household items and personal care items, including clothing and accessories, backpacks and sleeping bags and food bags.

For more information, please contact Samaritan House at 257-5801. Thanks!