Transitional Housing | Heartland Family Service
600 9th Avenue, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Heartland Family Service - Heartland Bridges
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Short-term transitional housing, designed to assist people with a diagnosed mental health or co-occurring condition while they transition to stability in the community. Helps clients secure permanent housing and connects them with community-based mental health or substance abuse services and avoid unnecessary incarceration.
Staff are available 24 hours a day at the facility for resident oversight and assistance. The building consists of 15 beds that are arranged in either single- or double-occupancy bedrooms, plus bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, and living room. Residents pay 30% of their income toward their living expenses at the facility.
Staff can help clients:
- Create a plan for housing
- Connect to services to improve physical and mental health
- Support in recovery from substance use
- Support in finding employment or applying for Social Security benefits
- Connect to programs that help with life skills (cooking/cleaning, budgeting, relationship/communication skills, etc.)
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Provides human services in the areas of Child and Family Well-being, Counseling and Prevention, and Housing, Safety, and Financial Stability.