Housing Program
The support you need to make a home of your own.
Youth housing to meet a wide range of needs.
Young people ages 17-24 who are at risk of or struggling with homelessness need more than a roof over their heads. They need help learning independent living skills as well as support for coping with years of trauma, abuse, neglect, or other challenges. Our programs combine safe, fully furnished apartments with access to a dedicated team of counselors and support staff to help young people learn not just how to live on their own, but how to thrive. Here’s what you can expect from our housing programs:
What you can expect from the Housing Program:
A safe, furnished place to stay for 12 to 18 months while you work on independent living skills like budgeting and cooking
Counseling to help with your educational and employment goals
Support for mental and emotional challenges
Parenting support if you have children of your own
Help finding permanent housing after you’ve completed the program
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What does Transitional Living look like at Huckleberry House?
Transitional Living at Huckleberry House.
What kind of support is available in the Transitional Living Program?
For more information about the Housing Program, call us at (614) 294-8097. Our program does have a waiting list.
Our apartments provide what you need to get started.
Huck House, in partnership with Community Housing Network, Kaleidoscope Youth Center, The Jefferson AVenue Center, and Homeless Families Foundation, provides access to more than 100 fully furnished apartments where young people, and often their children, can live while participating in our programs. All of our apartments are in complexes where staff is on site regularly, so you can have easy access to support when you neeed it.
You get much more than a safe place to live.
The Housing Program is all about building the skills you need for a better future. Our staff works with you on things like how to make a budget, how to grocery shop and cook healthy meals, and how to keep your home clean and safe. We provide counseling for working through any emotional difficulties and challenges you may face. We can also help you work toward your employment and educational goals, and you are expected to attend school and/or maintain a job while you’re in the program. At the end of the program, you will have a solid foundation for building the kind of life you want and for succeeding on your own.
We can help with your parenting needs.
Many of the young people in our program have children of their own. We help you build skills for caring for and enjoying your children, and our program provides resources, including an onsite playroom, where your children can have fun learning and playing. While you’re building your own future, you can build a better future for your kids, too.
Your independence is our shared goal.
Our focus is on helping you live independently. Our staff is always there for you to provide counseling and support and to work with you on skills. While the rules differ by apartment and complex, we’ll work with you on a schedule that meets your needs.
Domestic Violence Project:
A new lease on life for young victims
Huck House offers a special Housing Program specifically for victims of domestic violence. We dedicate several of our apartments to people who have experienced domestic violence and we provide additional security and support, as well as around-the-clock access to workers trained in safety planning and victim services. The primary goal is to give young victims of violence a safe and supportive place to stay—a place where they can sleep through the night, sometimes for the first time in years.
Young people in the program will work to establish boundaries and to leverage the legal system to help ensure their wellbeing and the wellbeing of their children. We help residents learn to feel safe living their lives during the day and closing their eyes at night.
The Domestic Violence Project is made possible by a grant from the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). Huck House receives referrals from CHOICES, Central Ohio’s only domestic violence shelter. We will also accept referrals from the Center for Family Safety and Healing and the Salvation Army Human Trafficking Program.
