Riddle commented, In the application process we determine how their needs will be met to assess whether moving here will be a good decision. Riddle noted that the type of services offered by transitional housing is a actually way to help divert an out of home placement. Riddle rebutted some comments made at the human services meeting and by human services employees that HCWR advertises in the newspaper in Minneapolis for the June Kjome Place or that they they need to fill up rooms to pay for the building. Since the human Services meeting Tuesday, outreach initiated by HCWR has been made to meet with the county to enhance communication between the two agencies. Riddle commented that she felt the meeting with Hustvet went well and said, I want good positive working relationships with people.
Transitional housing is housing that is provided for families after a crisis.
It is not a safe house or a place where people hide, rather it is a place where families can stay to get their lives together. To be eligible, a family must be without adequate housing, homeless, a single mother with children, or a family who has been battered. Families must have their situation stabilized before being accepted into the June Kjome Place. 30 percent of a families income goes to pay rent. A person may stay in transitional housing up to 24 months.