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Our Welcome Home Program

Wings Homeless Advocacy is dedicated to providing essential services and support to individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

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Making a House a Home

In 2010, we saw a gap in the continuum of services. People were getting housed, but they couldn't afford the basics of a home when they moved in. People were sleeping on the floor. Eating off of paper plates. Sitting on the floor in empty houses. 

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We knew we had to do something. 

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So we started an early version of our Welcome Home Program, getting people mattresses and bedding who otherwise couldn't afford them when they moved in. Fast forward to 2025, and our Welcome Home Program has helped over 1,000 people stabilize after homelessness with beds, bedding, furniture, and essential supplies. 

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Our Welcome Home Packages provide dignity and additional stability to our newly housed neighbors. Click the button below to read stories of our neighbors helped by this program. 

How It Works

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What's Included In A Welcome Home Package?

Every household we serve gets a "Welcome Home Basket", which costs us an average of $85 per household.

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Whenever funding is available, eligible families or individual clients will receive a complete Welcome Home Package.

 

The complete package can include a bed frame, a mattress, and a complete bedding package (sheets, pillow cases, and mattress cover, etc.).

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Each complete package costs us an average of $600 to source, package, and deliver for a single individual. For large families, it can cost $1,000 or more, depending on the family size.

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  • Our Welcome Home Basket:

    • Cleaning Products (all-purpose cleaner, dish soap, sponge, etc.)

    • Bedding

    • Laundry bag 

    • Laundry basket

    • Hygiene products ( deodorant, toothbrush, shampoo, etc.)

    • Kitchen items (spatula, serving spoon, can opener, etc.)

    • Children's dishware for kids under 6

    • Dish & kitchen towels

    • Silverware

    • Razors (one per person over the age of 13)

    • Feminine hygiene products (if applicable)

    • Clothes hangers

    • 2 pairs of socks (per person)

    • 1 T-shirt (per person)

    • 1 pair of underwear (per person)

    • Cleaning supplies (broom, mop, dustpan, etc.)

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  • Whenever funding is available:

    • A mattress (twins, twin XLs, and queens). 

    • A bed frame (twins, twin XLs, and queens).

FAQ

  • Who is eligible for Welcome Home Program services?

    • Wings accepts referrals from partner agencies. To become a partner agency, please email info@wingsadvocacy.org for more information. We cannot accept self-referrals at this time, only referrals through a case manager. ​

  • Where do you get funding for this program?​

    • We can provide our services because of the generosity of our community, and our Welcome Home Program is almost entirely funded by donations from individuals and businesses that believe everyone deserves a home. ​See below for ways you can get involved. 

  • Do your services cost anything?​

    • We can offer our services free of charge for as long as there is a supply (sometimes we run out during the year and have to say no to requests until we secure more funding). We ask that anyone who can pay for these services (either through agency funds or self-pay) contribute towards the cost of the services to ensure we can serve those who cannot pay and have no access to funding. ​

    • Our Welcome Home Program costs us around $70,000 per year, which is roughly 1/3 of what it would cost a traditional agency to run the program (hiring, training, and managing staff to deliver services in an office space, etc). Every dollar invested in us does the work of three. 

  • I'm a case manager, and I just put in a request to Wings. How long will it take for my client to get their Welcome Home Package?​

    • We are a volunteer-powered organization, which means that we have to rely on our amazing volunteers to deliver our services. This means we have to work around their work schedules, general availability, and car/truck access. Our dispatchers are volunteers as well, so even though we try to process all requests in a timely manner, it may take a few days. Once we confirm your request, we will work with you to schedule the delivery, which will depend on our volunteers' availability. ​

    • TLDR: It depends, we'll contact you as soon as possible to arrange a schedule for our volunteers to deliver the Welcome Home Package. â€‹

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