Franklin Avenue Shelter

Next Steps Rooted in Holistic Care

Healing Through Connection, Not Just Recovery

The Franklin Avenue Shelter, our intermediate housing program, provides a safe place to stay along with essential, on-site support through regular check-ins, case management, and an on-site nurse. Whether residents need assistance with housing, healthcare, or daily needs, our team is present to ensure they feel seen, supported, and cared for.

As a low-barrier, referral-based shelter, we offer wrap-around services in partnership with trusted community organizations. Through peer support, daily dinners, and trauma-informed care, we foster an environment rooted in safety, connection, and unconditional love. The Franklin Avenue Shelter serves as a steady next step toward healing and independent living.

Pathways to Staying With Us:

Access to the Franklin Avenue Shelter is organized through the Coordinated Entry System (CES), which helps connect people to housing and shelter options across Central Oregon. We offer private and semi-private rooms for both individuals and families.

If you’re already working with a service provider, they can make a referral for you through CES. If not, you’re still welcome to reach out directly. You can call the CES hotline at 541-630-2533 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00pm–4:00pm to get started.

Individual Housing

Our individual housing units offer intermediate residence for medically vulnerable adults and focused support through regular check-ins, case management, and partnership with our on-site nurse.

Family Housing

Our family units provide stable, intermediate housing and continuous support for families in hardship. We walk alongside them, helping them with their next steps and ensuring they never feel alone.

How You Can Help

Donate

Help us support the life-changing work of the Center through financial support.

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Mentorship

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Stories of Hope

Moments of Resilience, Dignity, and Possibility from our Community.

The complexity of the human experience is dynamic and deep. We would love to share with you what we are learning about loving people well, regardless of their situation, condition, trauma, employment status, housing situation, or history. We hope you enjoy this carefully curated content.

Syd Brestel - Story of Transformation

When Syd retired from ministry, he wanted to continue serving, so he volunteered at Shepherd’s House Ministries. But decades of church ministry didn’t prepare him for what he found.

Mike Yunker - Story of Transformation

Pastor Mike shares how serving at Shepherd’s House Ministries transformed his life by creating a safe, grace-filled community focused on unconditional love and seeing the God-given worth in each person, and he believes preserving that authentic culture is the ministry’s most important future challenge.

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Our Bend shelter provides a safe space 24/7 with 100 beds available on a first-come, first-served basis. We are committed to meeting the basic needs of food, shelter, and community while treating all people with dignity and care. Here, we meet individuals wherever they are in their journey, offering essential case management services.

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Redmond Center

The Redmond Center, the only facility in Central Oregon with walk-in family rooms, is open 24/7 and offers meals, overnight stays, case management, housing support, employment and mentorship opportunities, and shower and laundry services.

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