The Midwest Shelter’s Larson Home
provides transitional housing and
supportive services to U.S. Veterans
of any era who meet the following
criteria:
180 days of active duty
service
Greater than dishonorable
military discharge
Diagnosis or symptoms of
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,
substance abuse/dependence or
other mental health issues
Abstention from drugs and
alcohol for 30 days (preferred)
Able to pass breath
screening, drug test &
background check
No convictions for
sex-related crimes or history of
violence or aggressive behavior
The average length of stay at the
Larson Home, which is staffed 24
hours a day, seven days a week, is
less than eight months.
Application
Submit application via scanned
email to
bobadams@mshv.org
or fax to
630-653-6748.
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Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. You must have Adobe Reader installed on
your computer in order to view/print the documents.
Affordable
Housing: The Robert Miller Home
The Midwest Shelter’s Miller Home
provides apartments to low income
U.S. veterans of any era, including
females and disabled veterans.
Veterans must meet income
guidelines, have stable employment
or income and agree to maintain a
sober living environment.
Application
Submit application via scanned
email to
Jason@mshv.org or fax to
630-653-6748.
This document is in
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. You must have Adobe Reader installed on
your computer in order to view/print the documents.
Supportive
Services for our Housing Programs
Psychological Treatment -
Residents receive weekly
individual therapy, as well as
access to group therapy, to help
them deal with issues of
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
and/or substance abuse.
Case Management - Residents
receive education and legal
assistance and training in
living skills, financial
management and communication
skills.
Medical Treatment -
Residents are able to undergo
medical procedures that they are
entitled to, but could not get
without a permanent address or
access to after-care treatment.
Employment Training - MSHV
teaches our residents resume
writing and job interview and
computer skills.
Permanent Housing Assistance
- When a resident is deemed
ready to leave the shelter, the
staff assists him in finding
housing and provides necessities
to make the transition.
Outreach
And Other Services
MSHV reaches out to more than 200
homeless people each year, many of
whom are veterans, through our
outreach program. MSHV staff,
residents and volunteers seek out
homeless people in DuPage County and
provide them with provide water,
food, clothing, blankets, hygiene
supplies and referrals. These basic
needs are available to veterans in
need on an appointment basis.
MSHV
provides outpatient counseling
to veterans in need of clinical
services.
For more
information or interest in our
outreach or outpatient counseling,
please call our Director of Programs at
630-871-8387.
How Are We
Doing?
The
Shelter has been cited as the
model program for transitional
housing in Illinois by the VA
Medical Center at Hines Hospital
and by the Illinois Department
of Veterans Affairs.
MSHV
spends 74% of all funds directly
on program services.
MSHV
is 60% privately funded,
including fundraising; 40% of
funds come from state and
federal grants.
More
than 60 veterans have gone
through the Larson Home since it
opened in 2007.
The
Larson Home has a 69% success
rate (meaning that veterans are
housed, employed and sober) upon
completion of the program.
