Safe Harbor Easton
Programs

Safe Harbor is a 26-bed shelter for homeless adults. It is also a daytime drop-in program for low-income and functionally disadvantaged individuals.

At Safe Harbor Easton, we address homelessness with its attendant difficulties and instability in the lives of low-income functionally disabled adults. We create a community, which provides direct, basic services and gives the people who participate a voice in the decisions, which affect their lives. We developed our program to facilitate self-sufficiency, to empower people with the skills for daily living with dignity, and to prepare people to participate in the larger community where they live. The program's caseworkers work with each participant to develop goals for gaining self-sufficiency.

During the day, Safe Harbor Easton offers a variety of needed services to the residents and to the functionally disabled, low-income individuals who have been the traditional participants in a program formerly called the Easton Drop-In Center. At Safe Harbor, the day program participants receive breakfast and lunch in a friendly, caring atmosphere. Other services, available to residents and day program participants, include: life skills classes, medical checkups and counseling, confidential AIDS testing, literacy classes, drug and alcohol counseling, services to veterans, Social Security representative payee program, and other services dealing with homeless prevention, employment, and housing.

On a yearly basis, Safe harbor serves up to 300 homeless adults and over 150 daytime participants.