South Oakland Citizens for the Homeless

Welcome Inn Day Center began in 2003 as a community-based response to the growing number of homeless men and women seeking overnight refuge in south Oakland County during winter's harshest months. Since then, Welcome Inn has worked in concert with area nighttime shelters by affording daytime care and accommodations to their quests when they are closed. Operating mid-December to mid-March, Welcome Inn is open Monday-Friday from 7am-7pm and provides services designed to fulfill our guests’ basic-needs as well as assist them on their path from homelessness to self-sufficiency.

The services Welcome Inn offers include but are not limited to: Shelter & Transportation – In addition to providing daytime respite from the elements, Welcome Inn transports its guest to and from the overnight shelters as well as to and from all offsite services provided; Food – Welcome Inn serves over 10,000 freshly prepared meals each season; Medical Care – Through partnerships with the Oakland County Health Department and Oakland University School of Nursing, Welcome Inn facilitates regular access to medical care that is administered by licensed nurses and nurse-practitioners; Case management – Working as a liaison between guests and other area service providers Welcome Inn staff assists its guests with the fulfillment of partner requirements so that they can successfully access higher-level programs inclusive of housing placement and vocational training; Clothing and hygiene assistance – Welcome Inn operates an onsite clothing closet and facilitates regular access to showers and laundry services.

As the only program of its kind in south Oakland County, Welcome Inn offers professional and volunteer support services that address both the critical and emergent needs of its community’s homeless via the provision of life’s most basic necessities as well as access to the tools and resources necessary to mitigate their current struggles.