More than 180 families have benefited from the services of IOH since it first opened the doors of its transitional housing facility more than 15 years ago. These families have gone from financially insolvent and homeless, to independent, debt-free lives. Over the last three years, 90% of participating families "graduated," meaning they stayed together as a family, found jobs earning sufficient income to support their move to independent housing, and are keeping their children in school.

Each two-parent family that comes to IOH must be committed to changing their lives, staying together as a family and keeping their children in school. By keeping families together and strengthening them, IOH returns a self-sufficient, two-wage earning family to the larger community.

olunteer Opportunities:

· Adopt an apartment (sponsor and execute the cleaning, painting, furnishing, and general refurbishment of an apartment)
· Grounds maintenance and beautification
· Building maintenance and improvement
· Movers
· Community Meals
· Community Meeting Childcare

olunteers Benefits
As an IOH volunteer, you can help others:

· Break the cycle of poverty
· Escape marginal existences
· Transition from homelessness to permanent housing
· Achieve stable employment
· Move from dependency to self-sufficiency
· Acquire and maintain permanent housing through economic and emotional stability

onate food and household supplies to IOH Pantry