A service center providing free toilets, showers, and laundry facilities. A warm, clean, dry place with toilet facilities, that is open during the day when night shelters are closed. There are usually limited sleeping or respite facilities. Phones, food, showers and laundry are often provided. At some centers, nurses or other services are available, and there are optional activities like games or study groups, AA meetings and other support groups.
Some centers have temporary storage.
Amenities usually include a room of your own, a common kitchen and laundry facilities. Transitional shelters usually have a set time limit for residency and program steps that must be completed, intended to prepare a resident for housing and self-sufficiency. This does not mean that you have been given a house for life. It is usually a rented apartment. This is the usual low-income housing.