A transitional housing and intensive rehabilitation program for homeless women and their children, Marian House I – their entry level program – serves 14-18 families at any given time. They provide intensive supportive services, including education, employment, and counseling during this phase.

​Once families achieve their initial goals, they can move on to Marian House II, where they live in a community setting along with others striving to achieve similar goals for healthy living. Families continue to receive supportive services as they pursue their larger rehabilitation goals in a more independent setting.

​In 2016, due to government’s manifest miscalculation of a Housing First-only approach, Marian House lost $400,000 in annual funding which – as of the writing of Answers Behind the RED DOOR– totals over $1.4 million lost to date. Thankfully, due to an extraordinary fund-raising effort on their part, the local community stepped up to fill the gap so Marian House could continue their amazing work.