SECOND LARGEST PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN MARYLAND, INNTERIM HOUSING CORPORATION WORKS TO FILL THE GAP IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR HOMELESS WOMEN WITH CHILDREN.

A collaboration with the Baltimore County Office of Community Conservation, INNterim Apartments" in Owings Mills, Maryland, has opened to provide transitional housing and services for homeless women with children.

(Owings Mills/Pikesville, Md. -- Nov. 22, 2002) A collaboration with the Baltimore County Office of Community Conservation, INNterim Apartments" was dedicated at a ribbon cutting officiated by Maryland State Senator Paula Hollinger on November 14, 2002, at the site on Jensen Lane in Owings Mills on the Rosewood Center campus.

Three long-idle buildings at Rosewood Center, newly refurbished, now hum with activity, providing housing and services for homeless women and children. Two residential buildings, a day care center, plus sister facility INNterim House" on Sudbrook Lane in Pikesville, expand the capacity of non-profit INNterim Housing Corporation to serve 90 homeless individuals at any one time.

The second largest program of its kind in Maryland, INNterim provides 70 percent of the transitional housing for families in Baltimore County at these two locations:

INNterim House, 112 Sudbrook Lane, Pikesville 21208
INNterim Apartments, 10203 and 10204 Jensen Lane, Owings Mills 21117

INNterim House, where families occupy separate sleeping rooms but share living areas and eat together, provides more support for families in the early stages of transition. INNterim Apartments, where families occupy private, self-sufficient apartments, provides a step toward independence for families who have made progress toward the goals. Families may stay in INNterim housing up to two years.
   
The goal of INNterim House is that each participant become employed at a living wage, move to permanent housing and acquire the life skills needed to maintain this self-sufficient status.

INNterim offers a comprehensive program of services:

(1) Secure and supportive residential environment with 24-hour supervision.

(2) Intensive case management to help each mother implement an Individualized Service Plan that defines how she will overcome barriers to self-sufficiency.

(3) Computer classes and job readiness training, referral to vocational training programs.

(4) Employment Counseling.

(5) Housing location assistance

(6) Substance abuse and mental health counseling, NA/AA meetings.

(7) Training in Life Skills, Money Management (including credit counseling), Parenting, Health and Nutrition.

INNterim is a 501(c)(3) organization, receiving funding through the Consolidated Homeless Services and Prevention Programs of Baltimore County, and the Supportive Housing Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Over 20% of funding comes from private sources including individual donors, corporations, religious and civic organizations, and charitable foundations.

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