Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing

The vast majority of homeless individuals and families fall into homelessness after an economic or health crisis. Ritter Center can help prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless due to non-payment of rent and can also help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized. This program provides a variety of services including rental assistance, security or utility deposits, utility payments and moving assistance. Our Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing services are funded by both federal and local governments, and they enable Ritter Center to offer financial assistance and housing stabilization services for qualified individuals and families.

Representative Payee Services

For some of our clients, managing day-to-day finances can be a real challenge. Social Security requires that some recipients engage a payee to help manage their income. In those situations, our Case Management team is available to help people budget their fixed income and ensure that all of their bills, such as rent and utilities, are paid on time. Representative Payee participants are given weekly spending money to ensure that their fixed income lasts the whole month.

Custody to Community

We work with individuals incarcerated in the local county jail who are about to be released. Ritter Center helps connect them to medical care, substance use treatment, and shelter/housing resources to successfully reintegrate back into the community.