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Interfaith Hospitality Network of Ocean County

The Interfaith Hospitality Network of Ocean County, part of the national network Family Promise, provides families with temporary shelter in churches until they can find and/or afford permanent housing. Four times a year, St. Mary’s offers one week of housing to IHN families. Many enthusiastic members of our congregation provide supplies, funds, dinners, and overnight hospitality to our guests. Each family is allowed to remain in the program for three months, giving them time to save for the requisite first month’s rent and security deposit for housing of their own. The Interfaith Hospitality Network also provides budgeting and other financial management skills, socialization skills, and homework help for the children of families in the program.

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