The Poverello Center, Inc. is an award winning nonprofit organization that has been helping the homeless in Montana since 1974.
"The Pov", as we're often called, advocates for and provides a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.
The Pov's downtown, Ryman Street shelter, sleeps up to one hundred homeless residents a night and serves 100,000 hot meals, 365 days a year. It is the largest homeless shelter in Western Montana.
Approximately 300-350 impoverished Missoulians utilize the Pov's services each and every day.
The Poverello Center operates transitional housing facilities for homeless families, The Joseph Residence, and for homeless veterans, The Valor House. We also provide outreach to shelter resistant individuals through our Homeless Outreach Team.
Clients of all programs represent the homeless, working-poor, disabled, mentally ill, elderly, veterans, families, runaways, children, and folks struggling with substance abuse recovery.
Services provided include mental health referrals, an on-site medical clinic operated by Partnership Health, a food pantry, clothing room, hot showers, agency and job referrals, laundry room, soup kitchen, sack lunch program, and a variety of other services that enable our clients to move into safe, affordable housing and begin a life of integrity back in the work-force.
The Pov receives significant support from the community at-large through monetary donations as well as in-kind donations such as volunteer hours. In 2011, the Poverello Center had more than 7,700 hours of time donated by more than 850 volunteers.
The Pov provides shelter, food, help, and hope TO ALL WHO ASK.
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