Hutton House Emergency Shelter for Families
The Hutton House was opened in 1988 and named after Rev. Bob Hutton (a past director) who had a dream to provide housing for the homeless.
Hutton House is now the largest homeless shelter in the Upper Ohio Valley, primarily funded by a HUD Emergency Shelter Grant administered by the Ohio Department of Development.
Focusing exclusively on homeless families, Hutton House is the only shelter which offers fully-furnished one- and two-bedroom apartments. Each family that enters the shelter receives an individual apartment that is completely furnished by donations. A family also receives cleaning supplies, personal care items and food. Upon entering the shelter each family receives personal case management, family and life skills training and referrals to other programs to help meet their needs.
Hutton House is a place that accepts people for where they are not for where we would like them to be a place to start over to rebuild, to learn the skills to help them cope a place to call home for a short period of time.
Donations toward the purchase of:
- Personal Hygiene Items
- First aid supplies
- Paper products
- Personal care products
- Cleaning products
- Bath linens, Hand & bath towels, washcloths
- Laundry products
- Mops/brooms/buckets
- Pampers (all sizes)
- Good or new furniture and appliances
- Dishes/pots & pans/silverware
- Coupons with no expiration date
- Anything that makes a house a home
Hospitality Room
The Urban Mission’s Hospitality Room is located at the Warehouse and is available for community members to visit during the day to receive fresh produce and bread, shelter from the weather, haircuts, and other personal services.
Those who frequent the Mission’s Hospitality Room view this safe space as welcoming, supportive, and a second family.
Donations of:
- Your time to visit with our Hospitality Room guests
- Chairs
- Televisions
- Computers
- Hair supplies
Donations towards the purchase of:
- Coffee, creamer, sugar
- Internet access
- Furniture