Pathways to Housing

Mission

At Pathways to Housing, we help individuals experiencing homelessness build healthy lives by utilizing compassionate assistance and self-reliance as tools for growth, learning, and stability. 

We collaborate and partner with other local organizations and government agencies to achieve our mission, so that our efforts are not redundant and to maximize available resources.

We are grateful for individual donors and grants from community partners that provide the majority of our funding. 

Programs and Services

Founded in November 2020, Pathways to Housing began by providing prepared meals, supplemental food, hygiene items, clothing, and more to individuals enrolled in Shasta Community Health Center's HOPE Medical Respite program. The program serves homeless individuals who are discharged from the hospital and need post-acute care services such as wound care, home health nursing and physical therapy.

In February 2022, we opened the Hartman House: a 15-bed congregate living facility located in South Redding.  Funding for this facility was provided by Dignity Health and a grant from Shasta County Health and Human Services.  The Hartman House is a safe and welcoming environment where we serve up to 10 men and 5 women at a time.  Residents typically stay between 4 and 8 weeks while they heal and become medically stable. They have their own sleeping area, locking storage, receive three nutritious meals per day, and have access to laundry and showers and mail service. 

SCHC's Medical Respite team provides health care and case management services on site and our staff is available 24/7 to provide assistance and support. Meals are prepared in the commercial kitchen and served in the dining room. Residents are connected to other support services like job training, mental health and substance abuse treatment, Medi-Cal enrollment and housing opportunities.

We also operate a scattered site model for individuals who are not a good fit for a congregate living model, such as those who have pets, family members or severe and untreated mental health or substance use challenges. We place people into a motel room and bring medical care, case management, laundry service, meals, hygiene products and clothing to them.

In March 2023, we began providing meals to individuals enrolled with other homeless service providers in Redding. 

In May 2024, we added on two new programs: Short-Term Post-Hospitalization (STPH) and Short-Term Shelter (STS). Similar to Medical Respite, STPH patients receive medical care and access to other supportive services while in a safe and healing environment; the main difference is that STPH is less intensive and can be provided for up to six months across the patient's lifetime. STS was designed to allow Medical Respite patients' significant others stay with them at the Hartman House, this is provided on a case-by-case basis.