Multi-county Community Service Agency Meridian

2900 St. Paul Street
Meridian, MS 39301

601-484-3969 Visit Website

Class of Housing/Services: supportive housing, emergency food and shelter.

General Information:
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (PSH) is to develop and provide transitional housing; moving from homelessness to stable housing. The STEPS program offers rental assistance, housing and credit counseling, and case management among other services. To be eligible under this program , applicants must be : homeless, have children under 18 years of age, have retained employment at least six mouth prior to program application, have goal of home ownership, and be willing to enter case management. PHS also counsels individuals toward improving their credit worthiness so that they become more financially self-sufficient. We also sponsor home ownership workshops in order for an individual to receive a certificate, and become a first time home buyer EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER (EF&S) is a federal program, which provides food and/or shelter assistance to low- income families during a crisis situation in the agency's outlying counties. EF&S is a supplemental food and shelter assistance program that is designed to work in combination with other assistance programs in efforts to maximize and target limited resources.

Website: http://www.multicountycsa.org

Helpful Definitions For Multi-county Community Service Agency Meridian:
Transitional housing is affordable supportive housing designed to provide housing and appropriate support services to persons who are homeless or who are close to homelessness. The transition is to help them be more self sufficient to move towards independent living on their own. Transitional housing locations are oftentimes called Halfway Houses. The naming of the two (Halfway House OR Transitional House) is oftentimes interchangeable.

Many Transitional Housing programs are subsidized and are income based. Income based transitional housing generally charges 30% of your income for rent when you do have income. Contact the transitional housing facility to see if this applies.

Services provided at transitional housing facilities varies from substance abuse treatment, to psychological assistance, job training, domestic violence assistance, etc. The assistance provided varies, but it is generally affordable and low cost housing. Read the descriptions of each of the transitional living locations for more detailed information. Transitional housing facilities also may or may not assist with alcohol and/or drug substance abuse treatment.Supportive Housing Programs that provide an alternative living arrangement for individuals who, because of age, disability, substance abuse, mental illness, chronic homelessness or other circumstances, are unable to live independently without care, supervision and/or support to help them in the activities of daily living; or who need access to case management, housing support, vocational, employment and other services to transition to independent living.



How To Volunteer at Multi-county Community Service Agency Meridian:
Be a volunteer. Call Multi-county Community Service Agency Meridian at 601-484-3969 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.

If you need assistance call 'Multi-county Community Service Agency Meridian' directly at: 601-484-3969

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