South Park Inn

South Park Inn is an emergency homeless shelter located on 75 Main Street Hartford, CT. It was founded in 1982, before the shelter it was once South Park Methodist Church. When you first arrive to South Park Inn you are assigned a who helps you with transportation, personal hygiene supplies, and helps you find your own housing. You have to be 18 years old to stay at the South Park Inn. The shelter opens at 5:00 p.m. and closes at 8:00 p.m. for adults.The first floor is for male sleeping corridors and the second floor is for females and children to sleep. Everyone that stays at the shelter must do chores. 171 children stayed in the shelter in 2004. South Park Inn also has a program for men called Transitional Living which is for 33 homeless men who are motivated to make substantive changes in their lives. Homelessness is largely due to lack of affordable housing, chronic mental and emotional illness, addiction to alcohol and/or drugs, or lack of education skills to obtain employment.

External links

*http://www.southparkinn.org