Transitional Housing | Heartland Family Service
600 9th Avenue, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Eligibility
Required documents
Voice - Main Phone
Application process
Call or visit website for information; Applicants must complete screening form available on the website
Fees
Call for information
Service area
Cass County, IA
Fremont County, IA
Harrison County, IA
Mills County, IA
Monona County, IA
Montgomery County, IA
Page County, IA
Pottawattamie County, IA
Shelby County, IA
Description
Short-term transitional housing, designed to assist people with a diagnosed mental health or co-occurring condition while they transition to stability in the community. Helps clients secure permanent housing and connects them with community-based mental health or substance abuse services and avoid unnecessary incarceration.
Staff are available 24 hours a day at the facility for resident oversight and assistance. The building consists of 15 beds that are arranged in either single- or double-occupancy bedrooms, plus bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, and living room. Residents pay 30% of their income toward their living expenses at the facility.
Staff can help clients:
- Create a plan for housing
- Connect to services to improve physical and mental health
- Support in recovery from substance use
- Support in finding employment or applying for Social Security benefits
- Connect to programs that help with life skills (cooking/cleaning, budgeting, relationship/communication skills, etc.)
What's Here
Providing organization
Heartland Family Service
Provides human services in the areas of Child and Family Well-being, Counseling and Prevention, and Housing, Safety, and Financial Stability.