Siena Francis House - Homeless Shelter

1702 Nicholas Street
Omaha, NE 68102

Class of Housing/Services: homeless shelter for men and women and meals

General Information:
Women's Shelter The Siena/Francis House’s Shelter for women (also known as the “Siena House”) is located in our 1702 Nicholas Street facility, and has 40 emergency shelter beds available, all of which are filled on a nightly basis. The Siena House accommodates women (19 years and older). Men's Shelter The Siena/Francis House’s Men’s Shelter (also known as the “Francis House”) is located in our Baright Shelter (1111 North 17th Street), and has 222 emergency shelter beds available, all of which are filled on a nightly basis. Because of the tremendous need for this service, we utilize our organization’s dining room and lobby as an “overflow” men’s shelter. Depending on the weather, we typically have 100 or more additional men sleep on mats on the dining room floor, or in chairs. The Francis House accommodates men (19 years and older) in the overnight shelter. Guests can check in for overnight shelter as early as 4:30 p.m. daily, and must leave the shelter by 7:00 a.m. the next morning. Meals The Siena/Francis House is the largest meal provider to the homeless in the State of Nebraska. In 2016, the Siena/Francis House Homeless shelter provided 417,226 meals to the more than 3,800 hungry individuals who were homeless at our shelter last year. The following meals comprise our shelter’s Meal Provider Program: Breakfast Brunch on Sundays and all major holidays Mid-day Lunch & Sack Lunches Evening Dinner Each year, the Siena/Francis House partners with nearly 450 local grocery stores, food production companies, schools, businesses, churches, and households to provide the vast majority of the food used to prepare these meals. Similarly, the Siena/Francis House partners with over 350 local churches, schools, businesses, and households to prepare and serve these meals. These relationships allow the Siena/Francis House the ability to serve the profound number of persons who come to us in need of food. These relationships also allow us to keep our Meal Provider Program costs as low as possible.

Website: http://sienafrancis.org/

Helpful Definitions For Siena Francis House - Homeless Shelter:
Emergency Homeless Shelters both provide short term relief for the homeless and low income persons. Usually there is a maximum stay of 3 months or less. Many of these shelters ask their clients to leave during the day. Meals and other supportive services are often offered. 3 times out of 5 these shelters offer their services free of charge.

How To Volunteer at Siena Francis House - Homeless Shelter:
Be a volunteer. Call Siena Francis House - Homeless Shelter at (402) 341-1821 for current volunteer work opportunities.

As A General Note About ShelterListings.org Listings:
ShelterListings.org does our best to provide listings that are free of cost. Many of the homeless shelters and services are free of charge. Some do charge small fees. We always urge the users of our website to visit the websites of the providers listed, OR give them a phone call to find out complete details.

In furtherance; Halfway Houses, Transitional Housing, and Substance Abuse Treatment Centers for the most part charge a fee. Most of the substance abuse resources we provide are low cost, Medicaid or sliding scale fee. We provide as much information as possible on the website of these locations.

Rooming and Boarding Houses do charge fees. We list them where we find them. They are a nice low cost option for housing.

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