To end homelessness and achieve equity, health, and dignity through housing, connection to services, and community.
The glory hall shelter (tgh) - on march 31, 2022, juneau christian cooperative ministries (jccm) merged with juneau housing first collaborative (jhfc) and brought jccm's tgh program into the organization. In the summer of 2021, tgh moved its operations to a new facility at 8715 teal st. The facility contains 43 private sleeping spaces as well as 12 overflow spaces, a dining room, storage for patron belongings, a produce garden and a meeting space that can be used by partner agencies to meet with patrons. Tgh provides the following services in the community: emergency night shelter, limited case management, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, snacks and other food assistance, day shelter, laundry, showers, clothing, basic necessities, transportation assistance, social service referrals, id assistance, community outreach, produce garden, labor program, advocacy, volunteer opportunities, and 24/7 staffing in the shelter.
The juneau housing first project (forget me not manor) provides permanent supportive housing units that targets juneaus highly vulnerable chronic homeless population who are chemically dependent and exhibit an extensive history of emergency service utilization. Many of these individuals have co-occurring disorders (substance abuse & mental health disorders). Forget me not manor provides safe and secure housing to 64 residents in order to facilitate dignified lives, a healthy community, and provides significant cost savings to the community. Jhfc operates 64 units of permanent supportive housing with services, including clinical services provided on site through a partner agency. Jhfc constructed an additional phase of this building to add 28 more units.