Welcome Center

	Hospitality House of Western Nevada County A Community Shelter for the Homeless
	The mission of Hospitality House is to provide the homeless with a compassionate place of rest, sustenance, dignity, and hope.
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Please CONTRIBUTE

Be part of our community effort and give generously so we can continue our services! You can write a check and send it to our address below, or click on the PayPal button to have your debit or credit card charged. Where will my money go?

Make checks payable to:
HOSPITALITY HOUSE
P.O. Box 3223, Grass Valley, CA 95945

A Great Way to Make Donations to Hospitality House:
Make a monthly donation using a direct transfer from your bank account to the Hospitality House bank account.
Doing so does away with the bother of writing and mailing checks and saves us admnistration costs and credit card processing fees. You will receive an email confirmation of your donation on the date it is made. You can stop the transfer process at any time.
Call Cindy or Rosann at 530-271-7144, or email Rosann at Rosann.HH@gmail.com
for details.

All contributions are tax-deductible.
Hospitality House is a nonprofit public benefit corporation organized for the specific purpose of providing assistance to the homeless.

Hospitality House is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from state franchise or income tax under code section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.

WELCOME CENTER

HOW THE WELCOME CENTER OPERATES

The Hospitality House Welcome Center is open for the Fall/Winter season every day from 1:00 to 5:00PM providing meals for the homeless in our community, showers, laundry facilities, lunch and case manager appointments.

When open during the Winter Season, guests can meet at the Welcome Center where a charter bus takes them to the church hosting the shelter for that night.

Guests are invited to register each day. The registration process includes showing proof of TB testing (or signing up for TB testing), and signing up for chores. Adults must consent to random or suspicion-based drug testing as a condition of admittance to the shelter. All guests will be given a daily alcohol breath test. Any guest with a breath alcohol concentration of .08 or above will be given a written violation and suspension from the shelter. Guests testing below .08 will not receive a written violation, however they will be suspended for one night.

Guests can take showers, do some laundry, get hot or cold drinks and snacks, or just relax, read or watch TV. They can leave their belongings for the night in a bag or in a crate in a locked room.

Guests must agree to the house regulations their hosts expect them to observe while on their premises.

Our Welcome Center is that cute spanish-looking house located right next to the Grass Valley United Methodist Church, 236 South Church Street in Grass Valley.

We are thrilled to be given the privilege to operate in such a beautiful place, with room to relax, two bathrooms to take showers, laundry facilities, and more. Looks and feels like home!

But ... we have grown a lot and will need a new space soon.

CHECK-IN TIME

Winter Hours: Daily 1:00PM to 4:00PM.
New intakes please arrive before 4:00PM.
Summer Drop-In hours: Monday - Friday 11:00AM to 3:00PM.

SERVICES

• During summer months lunch is served Monday - Fridays.
• During winter months seven days a week lunch and dinner are served and a safe place to sleep are all provided by over two dozen local faith communities and their volunteers.
• Voluntary medical care and referral services weekly (Dr. Lang).
• Annual dental screenings and off-site emergency dental care (Sierra Family Medical Clinic).
• Free eye exams/glasses.
• On site TB testing and flu shots (Public Health Department and Fred Skeen R.N.).
• Mental health and substance abuse service referrals (Nevada Co. Mental Health, CoRR and others).
• Case management/referrals provided by Hospitality House Case Manager and staff.
• Weekly Behavioral Health Assessments (on site).
• Eligibility Worker (Nevada County Department of Social Services).
• Hot showers and laundry.
• Free clothing, shoes, bedding, change of clothes, coats, hygiene products and incidental needs, etc.
• Recreation and community-building such as daily house meetings, movies, games, and cards.
• Bus passes for those that qualify.
• Life skills and personal life-enhancing activities/plans for budgeting, credit repair, healing broken relationships, and goal setting.
• Job Counseling with assistance preparing resumes, interview skills and job search.
• Paid Identification Card fees.
• Crisis support.
• Providing pathways to independence.

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