Homeless Shelters
Serving three communities, our homeless shelters provide safe, clean housing, and wraparound services for individuals.
How you can help
Shelters
As the only facilities of their kind in Collier County, the Campbell Lodge and Fort Myers Shelter for Women And Children provide critical resources to men, women and children experiencing homelessness. Our shelter network includes dormitory-style housing for unaccompanied adults and private family units for parents with children.
Rather than simply offering short-term relief, St. Matthew’s House and its partners work to facilitate holistic rehabilitation and lasting change. Our shelters meet basic needs while providing access to medical and mental health care, job training and placement, educational opportunities, benefits enrollment, life-skills, financial literacy, spiritual development, legal assistance, and more. By leveraging these resources, our shelter residents begin moving from crisis towards stability and ultimately reach their full potential as contributors to our community.
Each year, the St. Matthew’s House shelter network serves more than 1,100 men, women and children experiencing homelessness in Southwest Florida.
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Intake/Crisis Coaching
St. Matthew’s House offers crisis coaching as the initial point of contact for individuals experiencing homelessness or addiction. Our team assess needs, provide information, determine eligibility, and connect prospective participants to needed resources, including St. Matthew’s House shelter and recovery programs.
This team serves as our organization’s liaison with community partners, collaborating with medical and mental health providers, law enforcement, schools, and other social service agencies to identify those in need of residential support and coordinate placement. In cases where our programs are at capacity or clients are ineligible, our crisis coaches work to find suitable alternative placements, ensuring that no one is left without assistance whenever possible.
Each year, St. Matthew’s House crisis coaching provides nearly 85,000 touchpoints with individuals or family members seeking support through our residential programs.
