[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15979]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING THE SAMARITAN INN

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                       HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 23, 2009

  Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor The Samaritan Inn, 
which took its first resident in 1989. Since it began, the Inn has 
served over 400 men through outreach or residential housing.
  The Samaritan Inn is transitional residential living with supportive 
services for up to 12 homeless adult men at a time. Men may stay for up 
to 24 months. The Inn provides for group living in a safe, supportive, 
home-like environment. The project has as its primary mission to 
promote residential stability, increase skill level, and increase 
income which leads to greater self determination, thereby enabling the 
men serviced to move to permanent housing.
  Specifically, the Inn: (1) provides safe, decent temporary shelter 
for homeless men in transition from homelessness to independent living 
in permanent housing; (2) provides case management services that 
emphasize healthy relationships, financial responsibility, education 
and training, household management, work ethics, mental and physical 
health, and responsible personal behavior; (3) provides opportunity to 
recover self-esteem, build confidence, restore dignity; and (4) 
provides life skill training and job development skills required to 
support and sustain independent living in permanent housing.
  For a number of years, Samaritan Inn was the only HUD supported 
transitional housing available for men in the Kanawha Valley. Today it 
is one of only two HUD supported transitional facilities for men in 
this area.
  The Inn is a stately Victorian home-like facility that is 
conveniently located in downtown Charleston and is close to bus lines 
and businesses.
  Upon entry, each resident works with staff to establish 
individualized goals designed to overcome the obstacles to permanent, 
independent living. Each resident is required to work, pay up to 30% of 
his income in rent, maintain his own living area, share the cooking and 
cleaning responsibilities, participate in a life skills curriculum, 
substance abuse education, and participate in community volunteer 
activities.
  The Samaritan Inn provides a safe environment to recover from 
homelessness, offers services that permanently change the lives of men 
who have been homeless, and empowers men to be productive independent 
citizens of our community.

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