Greene County Housing Program and Transitional Housing
 Our Foundation
The Dayton Area Chapter’s Greene County Emergency Housing Program (EHP) was established in 1990 to help families who, due to an illness, the sudden loss of a job or other unfortunate circumstance.
The Transitional Housing Program (THP) was built in 2008 and residency began in December of 2008 to assist clients who had already been living in our EHP units and due to reasons beyond their control needed an extended period of stay.
Temporary Residency
Each EHP resident is provided with a maximum of 90 days of housing, during this time an experienced housing case manager is assigned to each family to assists in resolving the situation that led to their homelessness.
To become eligible for the Transitional Housing Program certain regulatory requirements must be made. Families may stay for an extended 6 months.
Who is eligible for this program?
 To qualify for the program, a person must be the head of a household with at least one child and temporarily homeless due to:
Unsafe/unsanitary living conditions
Natural disaster (fire, flood, etc.)
Lack of financial resources
Lack of utilities
Eviction
Displaced by the city
How do I get a Referral?
In order to apply for the Greene County Housing Program, eligible families must first be referred by the Community Action Partnership Program.
To obtain this referral, candidates must first call 937-376-7747.
Referral and on-site services include:
Consumer Credit/budgeting Services
Nutrition classes
Parenting classes
Case Management
Assistance with locating permanent housing
Referrals to transportation services
Referral to Health Services
Referral to Educational/GED training
Referrals for After-School Tutoring
Assistance with locating permanent housing
In-Kind Contributions
 To donate furniture, kitchen items (pots & pans, cooking, utensils, dish cloths), household items (blankets, towels, sheets, pillows and pillow cases), or personal hygiene items (soap, toothpaste, Kleenex or diapers), please give us a call at 937-376-3111.
Additional Information
To learn more about services provided by the Greene County Housing Program, call 937-376-3111 or write: The American Red Cross Greene County Housing Program, 1080 East Main Street, Xenia, Ohio 45385.
Financial Information
As a Red Cross program, the GCHP is a non-profit service that depends upon a variety of funding including grants & donations from the general public. The construction of the transitional housing program was funded by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, Hunting ton National Bank and The Ohio Housing Finance Agency.
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