Programs

Turning Point provides the following resources to eligible individuals and families in need:

Utility assistance
Rental assistance
Use of telephones, electricity, and a temporary mailing address
Housing and employment information
Referrals to emergency shelters, clothing sources, and other agencies
Emergency food supplies
Baby Point provides monthly resources (soon to be weekly starting in April) to eligible families for infants and toddlers to receive diapers, wipes, baby toiletries.
Various other needs as available (i.e. emergency food, gently used clothing and tents for homeless)
Emergency Response Plan temporarily houses homeless individuals during extreme winter weather events.
Holiday Magic outreach program provides eligible families in need with gifts for children at Christmas

Emergency Response Plan

Special Programs

The bitter cold spell in February 2023 emphasized the need to shelter those sleeping outside during a deep freeze event or blizzard conditions, as we sheltered 19 individuals over 2 nights. That event encouraged WACH to develop an Emergency Response Plan to be prepared with specific procedures and guidelines to implement the Plan to keep the unsheltered safe and warm during extreme winter weather events.

So far this winter (December 2024 and January 2025), Turning Point supported 55 beds over five nights for unsheltered people at a local hotel due to extreme cold, providing water and food to each person. The need is great. If you would like to donate to this program, call the office at 508-291-3562, the mobile line at 508-728-5384, contact us through the website, or email [email protected].