HARRY TOMPSON CENTER INC
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Harry Tompson Center is to provide a day shelter for the homeless where a variety of services are provided, including attending to basic hygienic needs, as well as attempting to find employment, housing, counseling and treatment for addiction and mental illness providing a degree of dignity and comfort to the chronically homeless, with the goal of re-integrating as many of the homeless as possible back into mainstream society. We believe in helping meet the needs of our homeless guests in a way that offers compassion, dignity and respect. We believe in the healing powers of smiles, hugs and knowing a friend’s name. We believe everyone deserves to have their basic needs met and that everyone deserves to have a home. We seek the most vulnerable of our guests and work hard to find appropriate housing for them. We believe in the power of a loving community and seek to build community with all of our guests, staff, volunteers and supporters.
About This Cause
Our job is to provide service, but our work is to be human. We are a day shelter that serves hundreds of individuals experiencing homelessness every day. We work hard every day to meet the needs of our guests with our our life-saving services. As one of the partner agencies of the Rebuild Center, the Harry Tompson Center provides a wide range of services thanks to a dedicated staff and numerous volunteers. The Rebuild Center, located at 1803 Gravier Street, is open Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. HTC Services at the Rebuild Center include: Providing a safe space to gather Restroom facilities Shower facilities Phone room for local and long distance calls Cell phone charging Hygiene supplies and miscellaneous guest supplies (winter wear, socks, backpacks, etc.) Medical clinic and medication assistance Mental health care Legal services Case management and housing placement Collaboration with DePaul USA to provide housing assistance with the Rapid Rehousing for Chronically Homeless Individuals Program Haircutting services Computer services Prescription and reading eyeglasses Office services: copying and faxing Guest support group Library Cart with free reading materials Space for other non-profits to offer assistance: i.e. NO AIDS Task Force, Volunteers of America, Metropolitan Human Services District, etc. In October 2013, the Harry Tompson Center expanded its services at a new location, the Veterans Administration Community Resource and Referral Center (CRRC) located at 1530 Gravier Street in renovated wing of the old Veteran’s Administration Hospital. HTC staff work with the Veterans Administration, Travelers Aid Society and other organizations to assist both homeless veterans and non-veterans with other day center services. The CRRC is open Mondays through Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. HTC Services at the CRRC: Shower services Laundry services Hygiene supplies distribution Along with our partnering agencies, we do our best year after year to meet the basic human needs of our homeless guests.