Marian House I (Headquarters)
Marian House
ABOUT
A transitional and permanent housing and support services program. (Un programa de servicios de apoyo y vivienda transitoria y permanente.)
People We Serve
Homeless women and children.
Phone
(410) 467-4121 voiceLocation
949 Gorsuch AvenueBaltimore, MD 21218
Services
- Supportive Services
- Transitional Housing
- Rental assistance
- Educational Services
- Community support
- Addiction Treatment Services
- Counseling and Case Management
- Transitional Family Program
- Permanent Housing
Website
www.marianhouse.org
info@marianhouse.org
General Information
Provide a safe, sober environment for women to transition to stable and independent lives.
Headquarters building includes office space for staff and housing and support services for women in the program. The courtyard in the center of the building offers a fountain, trees, shrubs, flowers and benches for sitting.
For intake and referral inquiries, please contact us at 410-467-4121 or info@marianhouse.org. (Un ambiente seguro, sobrio y amoroso que desafía para las mujeres que quieren hacer una transición a vidas estables e independientes.)
Services
Supportive Services
About
At Marian House, individuals are provided with supportive services such as meals and personal supplies, rehabilitation counseling, case management life skills training, job readiness, pre-GED and GED education, referrals for medical care, and a savings program to prepare women for independent living.
Transitional Housing
About
MARIAN HOUSE I is the transitional housing and intensive rehabilitation phase which provides comfortable, structured community living. Women are given the opportunity to move into a more independent living environment in the second phase of the program.
MARIAN HOUSE II allows women to continue to live in community settings with other women striving to achieve similar goals for independent, healthy living.
Address
Headquarters on Gorsuch Avenue.Service Categories
Rental assistance
(Scattered Sites)About
Provided through a Shelter Plus care grant that we receive to assure that payments are affordable.
Scattered site program helps with finding suitable housing with the assistance of our staff. We enter into a rental agreement with the landlord of an apartment or home, allowing you to live independently with the assistance of rental subsidies.
Audience:
Women and often families are assistedEducational Services
About
Services offered by the full time education coordinator and provide access to our George McManus Education Center. Each resident receives an educational assessment upon entry, creating a plan.
We partner with the Greater Homewood Community Corporation to provide an onsite GED class, with individual tutoring and self-directed study offered.
Service Categories
Community support
About
Residents are encouraged to work together to support one another in their recovery efforts. At Marian House residents learn how to trust themselves, staff and one another. They also learn how to develop healthy, supportive relationships. Community is developed through shared chores, community meals and celebrations and the sharing of common living spaces.
Addiction Treatment Services
About
Marian House provides on site addiction treatment services and each resident is assisted with developing a recovery plan that includes activities within Marian House as well as within the greater community. Marian House provides a weekly, comprehensive addiction group on site for all incoming residents. Participants receive at least twenty-one hours of addiction education which include the disease model of addiction; early recovery; dual diagnosis; trauma symptoms and etiology; relapse prevention and spirituality through this process. Residents are also referred to outpatient drug treatment programs as needed and are expected to participate in the 12-step fellowship programs of AA and/or NA.
Counseling and Case Management
About
Provide personal rehabilitation counseling from our staff therapists. Through therapy, our counselors help residents overcome their issues.
Referrals are made to additional services such as health care and psychiatry as needed.
Transitional Family Program
About
Serves women who are ready and able to reunite with their children. The Family Tower can house four families in four three-bedroom apartments for up to two years, with 10-12 families are housed in shared living environments.
Residents of this program have access to all Marian House I supportive services including individual, family and child therapy as well as education and employment assistance. The children living in these units also have access to tutoring and enrichment services as needed.
How to Apply:
Women placed in the family program are often first in Marian House I, but referrals are also taken from family shelters in the community.Permanent Housing
About
MARIAN HOUSE III houses approximately 80 women and families in the permanent housing program where you receive community support, case management, home visits and access to support services such as educational, rental and employment assistance.