IHS is committed to serving people who are homeless in our community by providing the basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter in an environment of compassion, fairness and dignity. We seek to significantly improve the lives of our guests by providing supportive services which are professional, equitable and transformative

Vision Statement
We believe that all people in our community have the right to safe, affordable and decent housing and IHS is committed to a leadership role in changing this belief into a reality. IHS will provide temporary shelter and work to end chronic homelessness through innovative collaborations and strategic programs.

Description:
IHS is Oahu's only 24-hour emergency walk-in shelter for men, women and families with children who are homeless.

We offer a range of services including safe, emergency shelter from our 2 locations. IHS Men's Shelter serves up to 240 individual men a night, and the Women and Family Shelter serves up to 70 individual women, and 23 families with up to 60 children every night.

IHS provides 3 hot meals every day, currently serving an average of 800 meals a day. This tremendous effort is possible through the support of the community and volunteers.

In addition to providing the essential services of food, shelter, hygiene supplies, clothing and more, IHS offers Case Management services, referrals, advocacy and a dynamic Supportive Housing Program - a successful program designed to end and prevent chronic homelessness.

Through effective partnering IHS is able to offer a wide range of on-site services including family enrichment courses (TIFFE), substance abuse counseling (Hina Mauka), medical and dental care (Kalihi Palama Healthcare for the Homeless). This is only a partial list!

History:
IHS has been providing services to the people who are homeless on Oahu for over 28 years. The founder, Rev. Dr. Claude DuTeil started his outreach by handing out peanut butter sandwiches (on donated Loves bread)and hot coffee to people in need. This is how IHS derived its first name of "the Peanut Butter Ministry". Father Claude DuTeil was a great believer that everyone deserved to be treated with compassion, dignity and respect. This is what we seek in our volunteers and staff - a commitment to treating all our guests with compassion, dignity and respect

Contact person: Peter Leon Guerrero, Community Relations Associate, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (808) 845-7190

Address:

546 Ka`aahi St Honolulu, HI 96817 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.ihs-hawaii.org