Service Partners

It takes many hands to lift one person up! At Talbot Interfaith Shelter, we work with a number of local organizations to make sure that our guests have access to all of the resources they need in order to rebuild their lives.

Our Service Partners

Housing Commission of Talbot

We have been partnering with the Housing Commission for several years to procure transitional apartments at reasonable rates.

723 Properties

We are fortunate to partner with this private landlord who provides 2 apartments for our transitional housing program.

The ACT Team (Assertive Community Treatment)

We partner with ACT to provide mental health screening and services to our guests until they can get in with a mental health provider.

St. Vincent de Paul

The wonderful people at SVDP help with short hotel stays until a room becomes available. They also provide vouchers for food, household goods, clothing, and furniture to program participants moving into our transitional apartments.

Neighborhood Service Center

NSC provides our guests with energy assistance and occasional rental assistance. They also have a food bank which our guests can utilize. We share information and referrals for shelter applicants.

Talbot County DSS

Each shelter guest has a social worker. They can help coordinate items needed for moving into housing and offer some help with rent on certain occasions. DSS also provides a parenting workshop for our guests.

Critchlow Adkins Day Care

Their scholarship program has enabled several of our families to afford child care. We also partnered with them to help their single-parent families afford daytime childcare during the pandemic.

Continuum of Care Housing Program

Our local CoC is through Mid-Shore Behavioral Health. This is a great resource for all homeless services on the Mid-Shore. They host a Roundtable on Homelessness meeting every second Tuesday of the month.

Main Street Housing

MSH provides affordable housing for people with a mental health diagnosis as part of Mid-Shore Behavioral Health.

Crossroads Community

Crossroads provides outreach case management and affordable housing for people with a mental health diagnosis.

Talbot County Health Department

TCHD offers classes for guests and staff, including smoking cessation and opioid misuse prevention, as well as prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse.

Talbot County Career Center

Job seekers can post resumes online, or on the board at the office. They also provide job counseling. Occasionally we receive referrals from them for people seeking shelter.

Chesapeake Voyagers

They have peer support and daytime activities available for our guests.

Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence

We collaborate with MSCFV to provide shelter and services for victims of domestic violence and their families.

Chesapeake Neighbors

They provide a percentage of the homes they build or purchase to TIS for transitional housing.

YMCA Choptank

The YMCA helps to get our children into summer camp programs.

Mid-Shore Roundtable on Homelessness

Led by Mid-Shore Behavioral Health, we attend monthly meetings with other local shelter programs to discuss trends, challenges, and how to work together to provide solutions for our homeless neighbors. This is also our referral network.

Other Shelters on the Mid-Shore

Salvation Army, Dorchester Winter Shelter, His Hope Haven and St. Martin’s Ministries in Caroline County, Haven Ministries in Queen Anne’s County, Samaritan Group in Kent Co.

About Our Service Partners

It is important that we are able to provide every possible resource a guest could need to reclaim their independence and move forward successfully as they progress through our S4 Program and beyond.

We are incredibly fortunate to partner with other organizations throughout the area to provide everything from housing to rental assistance, educational programming to mental health services. It takes a village, and our village is extraordinary!

How can my organization help TIS?

We are always looking for new ways to help our guests build success! If your organization provides a service that assists people living in poverty, and you would like to partner with Talbot Interfaith Shelter to help our guests move from homelessness to self-sufficiency, we would love to hear from you! Use the form to the right to reach out to us, and we will be in touch to see if we can work together to change lives!

Need more information?

If you are interested in learning more about becoming a service partner, simply fill out the form below.