Mission and public details
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING for WOMEN and CHILDREN.ABOUT US...THE AMOS HOUSE PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN 1986 BY FIVE AREA CHURCHES THAT RECOGNIZED AN UNMET NEED IN THE NEW YORK/CONNECTICUT AREA to HELP HOMELESS FAMILIES MOVE to PERMANENT HOUSING and IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. THE FOUNDERS FELT THAT HOMELESSNESS WAS THE RESULT of A VARIETY of ISSUES, and EACH SITUATION WAS UNIQUE. THEREFORE, THEY STRUCTURED A PROGRAM THAT MET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS of EACH FAMILY and RECOGNIZED THAT ONCE IN PERMANENT HOUSING, THESE FAMILIES WOULD BECOME VALUABLE CONTRIBUTORS to SOCIETY.THE FIVE FOUNDING COVENANT CHURCHES ARE:ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH, DANBURYFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, DANBURYNEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, DANBURY…
- Organization
- AMOS HOUSE INC
- EIN
- 06-1186179
- Address
- 34 ROCKY GLEN RD, DANBURY, CT, 06810-8003
- County
- Fairfield
- Tax category
- Housing Development, Construction & Management
- NTEE classification
- L21






