Inter-Faith Housing Alliance in Ambler is open and providing shelter and supportive services to families. The Inter-Faith Food Cupboard in Roslyn is open with pre-bagged groceries. If you are dropping off a donation at the Food Cupboard, please call 267.318.0607 after 10 am to hear daily operating hours. If you are dropping off a donation at our Ambler office (Hope Gardens), please call 215.628.2334 to schedule.
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Interfaith Hospitality Network

The Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) is Inter-Faith’s emergency shelter program. The Network provides Montgomery County families with children who are experiencing homelessness with a safe place to stay, along with supportive services, for up to 90 days. Inter-Faith Housing Alliance is a partner with Your Way Home of Montgomery County.

Our shelter delivery model is unique and cost-effective. Twenty-five “host” and “buddy” congregations house and support our families for one month each year at their places of worship. Families are provided with comfortable accommodations in classrooms converted to bedrooms. Volunteers from the congregation, who collectively contribute more than 3,000 hours of their time each year, prepare and share meals, provide overnight assistance, and help with transportation. Many volunteers make special connections to our families, often providing a level of genuine intrinsic support that bolsters our families and brings them further into a community that is invested in their success.

More than half of our partnering congregations have been involved with Inter-Faith for 20 years or more. While Inter-Faith works in partnership with community congregations, the program is non-denominational.

Each day, participating families visit Inter-Faith Housing Alliance where staff provides intensive case management and comprehensive support services to help families resolve their homelessness. These services help parents care for themselves and their families, improve their life skills and decision-making abilities, and develop the internal resources necessary to become self-sufficient.

Our unique model can accommodate families of various compositions including two-parent households and male-headed households. Most families are single-parent, female-headed households with young children. In FY2020, 14 adults and 13 children were served.

If you are seeking shelter, please call Your Way Home at 211 or 866.964.7925. Interested in getting your congregation involved? Contact Inter-Faith’s Community Resource Manager by emailing sue@i-fha.org, calling 215.628.2334, or filling out a contact form.

Current Congregations in the Interfaith Hospitality Network

Ambler Church of the Brethren
Ambler Mennonite Church
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Citylight Church
Congregation Beth Or
Congregation Kol Ami
First Presbyterian Church of Ambler
Grace Baptist Church of Blue Bell
Gwynedd Friends Meeting
Jarrettown United Methodist Church
Keystone Fellowship Church
New Beginnings Community Church
Or Hadash
Sanctuary United Methodist Church
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Rose of Lima
St. Thomas’ Church, Whitemarsh
Supplee Presbyterian Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Upper Dublin Lutheran Church
Zion Baptist Church

 

Please contact us if you are interested in getting your congregation involved.

What our families say:

"You taught me that I really can do anything. I’m my own hero!"

What our volunteers say:

"In the process of “feeding” others, my soul got “fed”!"

CONTACT US

  • HOUSING PROGRAMS:
    31 South Spring Garden Street,
    Ambler, PA 19002
  • P: 215.628.2334
    F: 215.643.5194
  • office@i-fha.org
  • FOOD CUPBOARD:
    1250 EASTON ROAD,
    ROSLYN, PA 19001
  • P: 267.318.0607
    FOODCUPBOARD@I-FHA.ORG

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