Our Model
Prevention
Open Doors recognizes that the best way to end homelessness is to stop it before it happens. Our prevention programs assist area residents as they gain housing and find financial stability and success.
- Community health care
- - provided by Norwalk Community Health Center
- Access to healthy food
- Financial stability planning
- Community closet
Experiencing Homelessness
Open Doors works with adults and families with children experiencing homelessness by providing emergency shelter, case management, and hot served meals. Open Doors recently added street outreach and employment services to ensure that every person experiencing homelessness in the greater Norwalk area has access to housing and income.
- Street outreach
- Safe shelter
- Nutritious daily meals
- Children's Resource Center
- Employment placement
Stability
To rapidly move people from homelessness to housing stability, Open Doors provides case management and affordable and deeply affordable housing for those transitioning out of homelessness.
- Affordable and deeply affordable housing
- Career strategies
